Dean McCollom

Volunteer Search and Rescue ground pounder with a specialty in radio communications and process development.

Freelance Grant Writer

Provided reliable primary and secondary communication links for the Santa Cruz County Office of Emergency Services, Emergency Operations Centers and Public Safety Agencies throughout the county, as well as organizations such as the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and the major local hospitals.

Shelter Operations, Training, and Communications

Solo Unsupported Bicycle Trip From the Pacific Ocean To the Atlantic Ocean through OR, ID, MT, WY, CO, MO, IL, KY, VA.

Public Benefit Non-Profit Corp. • Managed $45k annual budget. • Detected long term embezzlement (20+ years). • Reconstructed 20 years of club financial statements for Forensic Accountant saving the club approximately $30K in billable hours. • Negotiated out of court settlement for a final recovery of 68% of embezzled funds. • Initiated rewrite of club standard operation procedures and bylaws. • Established segregation of duties among club officers. • Provided oversight of significant lease hold improvement projects.

• Grew annual revenues from $2.1M to $3.2M over a three year period. • Managed all aspects of program from quotation to final delivery. • Interfaced with customer on all technical and business matters. • Chaired Interdepartmental New Product Launch Meetings. • Streamlined quotation process to increase win rate, decrease quotation errors and facilitate recovery of excess and obsolete material charges. • Business intelligence: provided GM with companywide historical and projected budget by customer and market segment for semiannual meeting with owners.

• Custom sewn solutions for outdoor, industry, government and military. • Sole source supplier to U.S. Govt. and prime contractors, Engineered an elegant solution to niche document security and distribution problem. • Customers included National Geographic, an Elephant Seal research project, the movies Free Willy 3 and Flipper. • Broke even in six months. • Profitable every year. • I do my own accounting, bookkeeping and taxes.

Supervision: Ran the teller line, provided transaction approvals. Sales: Opened accounts for new Retail and Business Banking Customers Collaborated with WF mortgage, business lending, and card services to satisfy all customer business and personal banking needs. Service: acted as a champion to investigate and resolve customer problems.

MARKETING New Venture Marketing Marketing Management International Marketing Global Business Environment OPERATIONS Production and Operations Management Data Collection and Analysis ACCOUNTING Accounting Principals Profit Planning and Control Financial Statement Analysis FINANCE Financial Management STRATEGY Strategic Thinking Management of the High Tech Organization MANAGEMENT Developing and Managing People HR/LAW Personnel and Labor Relations Law &General Manager ECONOMICS Business, Economics and Society