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Education
B.A. (Social Anthropology), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1973
Advanced Diploma in Safety Engineering Technology, Cabot College, St.
John’s, 1996
Training
Interview Techniques, Canadian Employment and Immigration Commission,
Halifax, 1974
MANMAR Marine Weather Observer, Atmospheric Environment Service, St. John’s,
1979
PAWRS Aviation Weather Observer, Atmospheric Environment Service, St.
John’s, 1979
Ice Observer, Atmospheric Environment Service Edmonton, 1983
Basic Offshore Survival Training, Marine Institute, St. John's, 1984
Marine Emergency Disasters, Marine Institute, St. John's, 1986
Basic Survival Training (MED A-1 Endorsement), Marine Institute, St. John’s,
1998
MANOBS, Environment Canada, St. John’s, 1998
H2S Alive, Petroleum Industry Training Service, St. John’s, 1999
WHMIS, Petrell Technologies, St. John’s, 2000
Confined Space Entry, Secunda Marine, St. John’s, 2000
Basic Survival Training (MED A-1 Renewal, Marine Institute, St. John’s, 2001
Basic First Aid (including Heat Start CPR), Secunda Marine, St. John’s, 2001
Basic Marine Fire Techniques, Secunda Marine, St. John’s, 2002
ISO 9001:2000 Internal Auditing, fga Consulting Engineers, St. John's, 2006
Experience
1991- Present
President, Mobilewords Limited
Mobilewords Limited produces and publishes newsletters, articles, books,
advertising, brochures, proposals, and reports in print and digital formats.
1999 - present
Owner/operator Willow House, a rental cottage in Mobile, Newfoundland and
Labrador
www.willow-house.com
2000 - present
Media manager, Deer Lake Oil and
Gas, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Web and media production and management; prepare and present promotional
and informational materials for an onshore oil and gas exploration company.
2006 to present
Manager, Ameil Constructors Limited, Come by
Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador
Provide a broad range of management services to a metal fabrication company
including Quality Management System registration to ISO 9001:2000; Quality
Controller; Receiver; Occupational Health and Safety Co-ordinator; IT and web
systems management; document production and control.
2005
Chair Renewal and Restructure Committee,
Irish Loop Development Board, Trepassey, Newfoundland and Labrador
Facilitate public and private discussions and data collection regarding need
for and type of restructuring necessary for renewal of an economic development
board; chair two person committee to develop and present recommended changes
to board structures.
2003-2005
Broadband Facilitator and IT Task Force Chairperson,
Irish Loop Development Board,
Trepassey, Newfoundland and Labrador
Establish and promote IT strategic plan and oversee $4-million DSL build for
3500 households and 300 businesses in Irish Loop. Develop project public
presence through series of public fora and consultations across the zone;
prepare and present project information materials; report activities and
processes to Board.
2003
Establish Othello Moorings, a private consultation service specializing in
marine mooring design, construction, deployments, and recoveries
www.willow-house.com/othello.htm
1987-1991; 1991-1998 (part-time contractual)
Operations and Business Manager, Gerald Penney Associates Limited
Standard business management for a consulting archaeologist including
original research and writing for project proposals and project reports,
business accounting and financial control, fieldwork management, personnel
management, and printing and production management.
1979-1987; 1999-2002
Marine Technologist
Offshore oil rig ice, weather, and oceanographic environmental data
acquisition projects technician and manager with experience in computer-based
data acquisition, technical writing, software program documentation, training
and operating manuals production. Employers and contractors included MacLaren-Marex, Plansearch, NORDCO, McElhanney, FENCO, P. Lane Assoc., and
Oceans.
1968-1979
Journalist and freelance writer
The Western Star (1968-1969), The Evening Telegram (1969-1970), The Daily
News (1970-1971), CBC Radio and Television (1971), Cap and Gown (1970, 1971,
1972, and 1973), Decks Awash and MUN Extension Service Non-Credit Courses
(1975-1977), Newfoundland Department of Fisheries (1977-1978).
Public service
1992-present
Chairperson, Local Service District Committee of Mobile
A Local Service District identifies community issues and facilitates
consensus within a 5-member, volunteer committee to address such issues;
determines fees and services for the community, and contracts or supplies
services to residents; maintains and manages financial accounts for 70
households; co-ordinates public input into community affairs; communicates
public issues with community residents; facilitates community consensus on
issues pertaining to the community and region. The chairperson of an LSD reports
Committee activities and decisions to government and residents as needed
(minimally, annually).
1996-1997
Chairperson, Regional Economic Development Zone 20 Provisional Board
Facilitate and co-ordinate a 15-member board whose mandate was to establish a
permanent Regional Economic Development Zone (Zone 20; The Irish Loop) Board.
The Board operated under constraints of a Strategic Development Planning process
and involved achieving consensus across a wide variety of community
representatives, regional interest groups, and individual stakeholders. The
chairperson was required to practice and maintain neutrality in all discussions
and to document clear consensus (all board decisions had to be unanimous). Other
functions of the chairperson included identification and understanding of
regional development issues; strategic planning processes; human and documentary
resources that could assist the Board reach consensus and employ such resources
as required; reporting and communicating Board decisions to Board members,
community groups, government, and other Regional Boards (permanent and
provisional) in Newfoundland and Labrador.
MARINE TECHNOLOGIST
1995-1996; 1999-2002
Marine moorings technician Oceans Ltd.
Weather and wave data collection systems installation and recovery Bull Arm
(Hibernia).
Oceanographic data collection technician Grand Banks (Jean d'Arc Basin
Operations, Husky Oil, Terra Nova, Petro-Canada)
and Nova Scotia (Chevron Oil)
1989-1991
Environmental data collection specialist P. Lane Associates.
Hopedale water supply (Labrador); offshore brine dumping (Gulf of St.
Lawrence); drydock bottom sediments (St. John's).
1987
Ice and weather observer Sedco-BP 471 (MV Joides Resolution) Weddel Sea,
Antarctica (ODP).
1984-1986
Offshore observer project manager with proposal and report writing duties
(including business development) with McElhanney, NORDCO, and Oceans.
Co-ordinated survey and inventory of Petro-Canada environmental data
collection instruments and ancillary equipment across Canada.
Offshore project co-ordinator for Oceans Grand Banks (Husky-Bow Valley and
Petro-Canada).
Attended IEEE Oceanographic and Remote Sensing International Conferences
at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina (1984) and Washington, DC (1986).
1983
Project field co-ordinator and rig observer leader McElhanney.
Beaufort Sea (Gulf).
Marine moorings and environmental instrument technician Grand Banks, St.
Lawrence River, Sable Island Bank, Mortier Bay, St. John's Harbour, and Labrador
Sea.
1981 and 1982
Ice and weather observer McElhanney
Labrador Sea (Petro-Canada)
Marine moorings and environmental data instrument technician Labrador Sea
(Petro-Canada), Grand Banks (Esso), and Sable Island Banks. Increasing
responsibilities for proposal and report writing, business development and
personnel affairs at St. John's offices.
Preparation of offshore observer manuals for rig operations and training
documents McElhanney, NORDCO, and Petro-Canada.
1980
Ice and weather observer MacLaren Marex (Plansearch) Davis Straits (Aquataine);
Grand Banks (Esso and Petro-Canada).
1979
Ice and weather observer MacLaren Marex Flemish Cap, Grand Banks, (Texaco);
Davis Straits (Aquataine); Grand Banks (Esso).
WRITINGS
Design, maintenance, document, and technical support
services for
www.deerlakeoilandgas.com 2000 to present
Research, write, design and publish No Arrivals and No Departures, a digital book
at
www.willow-house.com/lake.htm
2002
Design and publish Poetry? A lifetime collection, a digital book
at
www.willow-house.com/spindizzy.htm 2002
Technical assistance and web-page services for
www.archeanresources.com 2002
Prepare Job Safety Analysis and Operational Procedures for Oceanographic Operations
(print and digital), adapted by Secunda
Marine, Maersk Canada, Atlantic Towing, and other marine operators 2001
Layout, design, and publish Where once they stood: a gazetteer of
abandonment 1998
(digital version at
www.willow-house.com/gazetteer.htm 2001)
Layout, design, and publish Rhymes of a Newfoundlander: Commemorative
Edition by A.C. Wornell 1997
Edit, annotate, and introduce In Town and Around the Bay: black and white
photographs by Bruce Neal published by Creative Publishers 1997
Establish and edit Zone 20 News for Regional Economic Development
Zone 20 Provisional Board 1996-1997
Develop and produce High Work Safety for W.L. Gordon Construction
Ltd. 1996
Author and preliminary design of In on the Pond: A trouting excursion in
Victorian Newfoundland published by Harry Cuff Publications 1994.
Edit and design unpublished Economic Viability of a Hatchery for
Newfoundland, Financial Models of Farms Using Hatchery Production,
Position Paper on the Future of Cod Farm Training, and 1994 Larval Cod
Rearing Project; edit and produce Cod Farm News, an internal
newsletter (12 issues); all for Sea Forest Plantation Co. Ltd. 1993-1996
Edit and produce unpublished Katalisk Archaeological Survey 1993,
South Castle Delineation 1993, and Katalisk Archaeological Survey 1994;
edit and produce 20 plus other project reports between 1987 and 1994; all for Gerald Penney Associates Limited.
Design consultant for Pat O'Brien's The Grenfell Obsession and Cabot
Martin's No Fish and Our Lives (Creative Printers and Publishers), and
Gerald Penney's edition of Doug Jackson's On the Country (Harry Cuff
Publications) 1993
Design, produce, and distribute to 10,000 households in Waterford Valley
information brochure for Friends and Lobbyists of the Waterford River 1993
Design and operate a computerized membership drive; design and produce
The NIFA News (6 issues); design, manage, analyze, and report Inshore
Fisheries History Project; all for Newfoundland Inshore Fisheries
Association 1991-1993
Publish and edit The Moratorian (13 issues) a weekly broadsheet 1992
Administrative support, data collection, and research/writing, on
Non-traditional Employment for Women Program and Graduate Employment
Program evaluations and on a socio-economic development study of
Stephenville Airport; all for Atlantecon.
Data collection, writing, and report production for two program evaluations
of Youth Employment Strategy sponsored Home Care Workers Program and
Peer Counselling Program for Instructional Development and Evaluation
Associates 1991-1992
Researched inventory of existing technology based job opportunities in
Newfoundland for Marine Institute Development Plan 1986
References
Available upon request
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