• Undergrad:

  California U of PA

• Tutors Out Of:

  Pittsburgh, PA

• Travel Radius:

  40 miles

• Tutoring Certifications:

  accountancy - ACT - astronomy - astronomy - baseball - basketball - Bible studies - business - chess - economics - elementary (k-6th) - excel - football - GED - general computer - general music - geography - geology - golf - grammar - GRE - html - Microsoft word - networking (computer) - philosophy - phonics - photography - photoshop - physical science - powerpoint - proofreading - reading - special needs - statistics - study skills - video production - vocabulary - volleyball - web design

• Tutor's Fee Per Hour:

  $31.50 * with a 10% discount after purchasing $360

ITA certification- internationally known tutoring certification Astronomy certification- I have at least 10 years of writing astronomy columns about stars, planets and messiers through in new republic, acm newsletter, cal u times, rustorian, and daily american. Baseball certification- I have about twenty years of reading stats, books, research its history, and watching TV on it. I also have extensive betting experience. Basketball certification- I have about 15 years of researching players and teams going back to the Charles Barkley era. I also have extensive betting experience. Business Certification- I have had about 6 years overall business experience in dealing with sales and services, economic development projects and city planning. I have owned electronics company, air and water purification. Chess Certification- I have had 15 years of experience in tournaments, playing for fun and know how all pieces move and research on different strategies. Economics certification- I have had 5 years of experience in economics through urban planning projects and managing economic development projects. Elementary k-6- I have tutored students in reading, writting, spelling, basic math subjects off and on since 2000. Excel Certification- I have 10 years of experience in writing excel databases, creating formulas, and charts/graphs for different economic development projects. Football Certification- I have 16 years of experience of watching football on TV, researching teams and players for betting purposes. General computer certification- I have had 10 years of computer experience through networking, sales, programming, hardrive, and software. Geography Certification- I have degree in geography in the master degree of Arts criteria. I have been working in different forms of geography, measuring distances, creating GIS maps, road distances, soils, farming tracts, and farming boundaries for 4 plus years. Geology Certification- I have been involved in the field of geology since 2001. I have done related rock studies near a watershed call Dark Shade Creek Watershed since 2007. Grammar certification- I have been involved in the field of writing since 1998 through Meyersdale's The New Republic, ACM Newsletter, California University Times, Rustorian, and Daily American. I have also written several graduate project papers between 15-30 pages and help people write them since 2003. GRE certification- I have joined several graduate programs over the last few years and graduate from one, I have about 4 years of preparation for graduate exams through geography, business, and economics purposes. Powerpoint certification- I have 10 years of experience in messing around with documents, slides, pictures, events, toolbars, and creating resumes. Networking computers certification- I have 5 years with Bearpaw Internet Solutions networking through high schools, colleges and homes. Phonics certification- I have been experienced in reading since my 8th grade year reading different books in baseball, Romeo Juliet, environmental sciences and so forth. Photography certification- I have had 10 years of experience taking pictures for storm chases, research purposes, basketball games in college, events, and football games in college (CUTV). Photoshop certification- I have had experience with the program going back to 2005. The purpose of knowledge of using this program was for camera pictures from storm chases, parties/events, and historical events. Reading certification- I have had experience with help others read for newspaper purposes or students with disability purposes for over a year now. I take my own courses to refresh myself since April of 2007. Statistics certification- I have had experiences of dealing with stats going back to 1998, also taking a course in it, but working most with graduate projects in economics. Study Skills certification- I have had experience of studying for tests and preparing for 20 years from elementary school until phd years in college. Volleyball certification- I have had experience since the age of six being involved in tournaments of knowing the rules and the guidelines. This would give me over 20 years of experiences through March of Dimes tourneys, player tournaments, and so forth. Writing certification- I have extensive writing experience going back to 1998 through newspaper articles, essays, and research papers.

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• accountancy

  I have 5 years of experience with different accounting standards through economic development, handling money, and do algebra and different types of math.

• ACT

  I have over 10 years of experience with ACT and other prior test throughout college and teaching/ tutoring experience. I have been going to school since I was 2. I have strong study skills for this type of test and would love the opportunity to tutor!!!

• astronomy

  I have at least 10 years of writing astronomy columns about stars, planets and messiers through in new republic, acm newsletter, cal u times, rustorian, and daily american.

• baseball

  I have watched baseball since 1989 and always have been a big fan from trivia, history and knowing the players of what their talents are and placing bets.

• basketball

  I have been involved in all sports since 1989 through watching them, placing bets, breaking down teams, terminology, and its players. I have been involved in bets since 2000. I have been involved in basketball since 1996, whether playing it or being an expert and breaking it down.

• Bible studies

  I have studied the bible under two experienced pastors since 1994 and have had the knowledge ever since.

• business

  I have run and owned my own businesses since 2001 for water and air purification purposes, plus sell computers and laptops since 2003. I have 50 credits in a phd programs from walden university for business leadership purposes. I have a degree in geography and urban planning. I have been involved in several business projects in gloucester county, nj, pittsburgh, oklahoma stadium project, and belle vernon evacuation projects respectively.

• chess

  I have played chess since 1986 and have played in tournaments from neveda to new jersey.

• economics

  I have 5 years of experience managing economics in different statures in jobs, growth development, tourism and attraction for business purposes through taking different GIS courses.

• elementary (k-6th)

  I have tutored students in reading, writting, spelling, basic math subjects off and on since 2000.

• football

  20 years of experience in betting, watching football, and know each team, player skills distinctively

• GED

  Adult Basic Education- Reading, Math, English, Spelling and Language Mechanics. (March 2007- present) Somerset County Technology Center, Somerset, PA- 106.5 hours

• general computer

  Bearpaw Internet Solutions, Full Time, (September 2003- present), Place: Holly Springs, MS. Position: GIS/Planner Environment/responsibilities: worked on GIS photo interpretation of marketing data to attract customers within 100 mile radius from Jackson, TN to Holly Springs, MS. (Arcview 3.0) - Bruce Reed: 662-252-2789, 662-274- 4860 ESRI CERTIFICATES Spatial Marketing Data in Arcview 3.0x (Workshop Certificate in ESRI) Visual Basic 6.0 Applications in Branching and Looping of Arcmap (Workshop Certificate in ESRI) Visual Basic 6.0 Applications in Working with Forms Arcmap (Workshop Certificate in ESRI) Arcview 8.0 in Tips and Tricks of Mapping (Work Shop Certificate in ESRI) Arcview 8.0 and 9.0 in Basics of Geodatabases (Workshop Certificate in ESRI) Map Objects Basics in Visual Basic 6 in ESRI (Certificate in ESRI) Introduction to ArcGIS Survey Analyst (Workshop Certificate in ESRI) Introduction to ArcLogistics Route (Workshop Certificate in ESRI) Working with ArcPad (Workshop Certificate in ESRI) Introduction of Geodatabase Analyst 9 (Training Seminar and Work Shop) Introduction to Map Objects Java Edition in ESRI (Training Seminar) Map Objects Basics in ESRI (Training Seminar) Migrating to VB.net in ESRI (Training Seminar) I-xpress and MapPoint in Class (Training Seminar) TECHNICAL SKILLS Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (10 years experience)-expert Skyglobe 3.0, 4.0 (10 years experience) Terra Server- topographic maps, elevations, streets analysis (4 years experience)-expert Arcview GIS 3.0, 8.0, 9.0 (4 years experience) - topographic maps (land usage)-expert ESRI – Marketing, Geography, and GIS certificates (4 years of experience)-expert Magellan Mapsend 4.0 (36 months experience)-expert AutoCAD 2004 (12 months experience)-intermediate SQL Server (1 month experience)- beginner ArcSDE (1 month experience) – beginner ArcGIS Explorer 9.2 (1 month experience)- beginner ArcGIS Explorer 2.0 (1 year experience) - intermediate ArcEditor (6 months experience)-beginner Arcpad (6 months experience)-beginner Arcmap (6 months experience) - beginner ArcGIS Toolkit (6 months experience)-beginner Microsoft Paint (6 months experience)-beginner Microsoft Photo Editor (6 months experience)- beginner 9.0 Illustrator (6 months experience)-beginner 6.0 Photoshop (6 months experience)-beginner 15.0 Design CADD Max (3 months experience)-beginner

• general music

  I have delt with music for 10 years from rap lyrics to orchestra music, plus writting reports of mozart, bach and so forth.

• geology

  I have done geology studies since back in 2000, I have been involved with this type of studies with the Dark Shade Watershed Creek since 2007. I have taken courses in this field and related fields of sciences to upgrade my skills in these other fields of hydrology, meteorology, emergency management and in fields of mapping rocks and soils since 2003.

• golf

  I have played golf since i was a kid from minature to ametur golf. I have been on different golf courses with different types of golf power clubs.

• grammar

  I have written dozens of papers on various subjects in sciences, environmental, planning, engineering, and so forth. I have 10 years of writting experience in grammar, sentence structure, citing sources and so forth with different newspapers and writting different projects, if you need references just say so.

• GRE

  I have had experience in different graduate studies fields since 2003 taking GIS, Law, public policy, planning, business, and project management courses, also preparing for certification exams and tests for graduation purposes going back to 2004.

• html

  I have about a 5 years of experience with html through computer documents, and programming.

• networking (computer)

  I have 5 years with Bearpaw Internet Solutions networking through high schools, colleges and homes.

• phonics

  I have had reading experience going back to 7th grade from reading books, essays and so forth. I have three degrees working on a fourth, plus been writing for the newspapers since 1998. I have been certified in several fields here on Wyzant. Also, hoping to get to help people with their read disabilities. I'm at a college level with this subject being refreshed with courses for six months.

• photography

  2 years a CUTV cameraman taking photographs of basketball games, and football games RELEVANT PROJECTS and PRESENTATION EXPERIENCE Photograph taking experience in projects Belle Vernon Evacuation Plan (Spring 2004) - GIS/Planner Accomplishments: To create topographic maps for emergency evacuation plan: Analyzed photos of Belle Vernon area and interpreted photos for effective evacuation plan Researched emergency management and terrorism prevention, routes of evacuation and solutions to problems of being better prepared and aware of natural disasters and terrorism attacks (Arcview 3.0, Microsoft Excel) Photographing and stormchase experience GPS/Meteorology Experience (storm chase/ research experience) Blizzard 1996 (January 1996) Confluence, PA Flood 1996 (January 1996) Confluence, PA Tropical Storm Fran (September 1996), Meyersdale, PA Weather Shadowing- WJAC TV-February 2nd, 1998 Salisbury Tornadoes (May 31st and June 2nd 1998) Meyersdale, PA Tropical Storm Dennis (September 1999) Meyersdale, PA Gustnado (July 31st, 2000), Meyersdale, PA Forecaster (August 2001-November 2002), California, PA Storm Chase (May 2002), (Midwest) Blizzard of 2003 (February 2003), California, PA Hurricane Isabelle (September 2003), Williamsburg, VA Hurricane Katrina (August 2005), Holly Springs, MS Tropical Storm Rita (September 2005), Holly Springs, MS Tropical Storm Ernesto (September 2006), Norfolk, VA References Available Upon Request Salary Requirements-Open

• photoshop

  I have about 3 years of experience in photoshop and 10 years of experience of messing around with camera pics through word, powerpoint, illustrator, Autocadd and so forth.

• physical science

  extensive physical science experience 38 meteorology credits, 6 GIS graduate credits, and 64 associate of science credits GPS/Meteorology Experience (storm chase/ research experience) Blizzard 1996 (January 1996) Confluence, PA Flood 1996 (January 1996) Confluence, PA Tropical Storm Fran (September 1996), Meyersdale, PA Weather Shadowing- WJAC TV-February 2nd, 1998 Salisbury Tornadoes (May 31st and June 2nd 1998) Meyersdale, PA Tropical Storm Dennis (September 1999) Meyersdale, PA Gustnado (July 31st, 2000), Meyersdale, PA Forecaster (August 2001-November 2002), California, PA Storm Chase (May 2002), (Midwest) Blizzard of 2003 (February 2003), California, PA Hurricane Isabelle (September 2003), Williamsburg, VA Hurricane Katrina (August 2005), Holly Springs, MS Tropical Storm Rita (September 2005), Holly Springs, MS Tropical Storm Ernesto (September 2006), Norfolk, VA

• powerpoint

  I have used powerpoint since 2000 doing numerous projects for presentations and my undergraduate work. CAPELLA UNIVERSITY PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECTS/PAPERS Project management- How to get political results through applying organizational behavior disciplines? RELEVANT PROJECTS and PRESENTATION EXPERIENCE Oklahoma City Stadium Project (Fall 2003) - GIS/Planner Accomplishments: Research and establish a point in Oklahoma City to build a stadium Photo interpretation, edit and creating data of location of stadium, specific street locations, tourist attractions, proper interstate connections to attract for easier routes (Arcview 3.0, Microsoft Excel) Belle Vernon Evacuation Plan (Spring 2004) - GIS/Planner Accomplishments: To create topographic maps for emergency evacuation plan: Analyzed photos of Belle Vernon area and interpreted photos for effective evacuation plan Researched emergency management and terrorism prevention, routes of evacuation and solutions to problems of being better prepared and aware of natural disasters and terrorism attacks (Arcview 3.0, Microsoft Excel) Urban Planning and Development in Allegheny and Washington Counties (Fall 2003) - Accomplishments: Research employment and economic development of Washington and Alleghany counties. Compare and contrast: study of economic statistics of western Pennsylvania, comparing statistics county by county (Microsoft Excel 2000) Somerset County Urban Planning (Spring 2004) - GIS/planner Accomplishments: Research of future development and employment of Somerset County Researched present/past/future activities in employment, economic development, and completed a demographic analysis (Microsoft Excel 2000) Gloucester County, New Jersey (Summer 2004)-GIS/Planner Accomplishments: Research urban development and economic statistics Research in demographic analysis of population and employment statistics (Microsoft Excel 2000) Satellite Radar Presentation of Hurricane Ivan (Fall 2004) Accomplishments: Breakdown photo interpretation of land usage of Hurricane Ivan: Erosion/Soil/Beach processes. Land Use Analysis of Northeastern Greene County- GIS/Planner (Fall 2004) Accomplishments: Analyzing a topographic map through Land Use analysis aerial photograph of Northeastern Greene County through forestry, grassland, urban and rural development. (AutoCAD 2000, 2004) Company: Dark Shade Watershed Association- (April 2007- present), Place: Central City, PA. Position: GIS Watershed Planning specialist: figuring out the solutions to problems on this watershed from water/air for better fish and game purposes and drawing maps. Photo interpretation of creeks in shade twp area. (Arcview 3.0, 8.0, 9.0) TECHNICAL SKILLS Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (10 years experience)-expert Skyglobe 3.0, 4.0 (10 years experience) Terra Server- topographic maps, elevations, streets analysis (4 years experience)-expert Arcview GIS 3.0, 8.0, 9.0 (4 years experience) - topographic maps (land usage)-expert ESRI – Marketing, Geography, and GIS certificates (4 years of experience)-expert Magellan Mapsend 4.0 (36 months experience)-expert AutoCAD 2004 (12 months experience)-intermediate SQL Server (1 month experience)- beginner ArcSDE (1 month experience) – beginner ArcGIS Explorer 9.2 (1 month experience)- beginner ArcGIS Explorer 2.0 (1 year experience) - intermediate ArcEditor (6 months experience)-beginner Arcpad (6 months experience)-beginner Arcmap (6 months experience) - beginner ArcGIS Toolkit (6 months experience)-beginner Microsoft Paint (6 months experience)-beginner Microsoft Photo Editor (6 months experience)- beginner 9.0 Illustrator (6 months experience)-beginner 6.0 Photoshop (6 months experience)-beginner 15.0 Design CADD Max (3 months experience)-beginner

• proofreading

  My school experience shows 20 years of experience of writing and proofreading my papers and other peoples papers through my resume and newspaper articles going back 1998 and projects going back to 2003. So, I have the passion for this subject as well!

• special needs

  I have helped with students with special needs through reading, writing, job search, and computers for 8 plus years now. This includes: computer research for topic issues for papers, studies or theories of psychologists, such as Freud, citing sources properly. I have also helped tourists with directions and reading maps properly.

• statistics

  I have dealt with different types of studies of statistics, such as economic statistics, urban development statistics, basic math stats, sports stats and putting them into excel documents, what are the strengths and weaknesses. I have about 10 years of experience in statistics through newspaper writing, projects recently done and so forth.

• study skills

  EDUCATION PhD in management with a specialization in Project Management (February 2008-present)- Capella University, Minneapolis, MN-36 credits Adult Basic Education- Reading, Math, English, Spelling and Language Mechanics. (March 2007- present) Somerset County Technology Center, Somerset, PA- 106.5 hours PhD of Applied Management and Decision Sciences with Specialization in Leadership (March 2005- June 2007) Walden University, Baltimore, MD- 50 credits Master of Arts in Geography and Urban Planning (Dec. 2004) California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA-36 credits Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts (Aug. 2003) California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA- 56 credits Associates of Science in general studies (May 2001) Allegany College of Maryland, Somerset, PA-64 credits High School Diploma (May 1998) Meyersdale Area High School, Meyersdale, PA ESRI CERTIFICATES Spatial Marketing Data in Arcview 3.0x (Workshop Certificate in ESRI) Visual Basic 6.0 Applications in Branching and Looping of Arcmap (Workshop Certificate in ESRI) Visual Basic 6.0 Applications in Working with Forms Arcmap (Workshop Certificate in ESRI) Arcview 8.0 in Tips and Tricks of Mapping (Work Shop Certificate in ESRI) Arcview 8.0 and 9.0 in Basics of Geodatabases (Workshop Certificate in ESRI) Map Objects Basics in Visual Basic 6 in ESRI (Certificate in ESRI) Introduction to ArcGIS Survey Analyst (Workshop Certificate in ESRI) Introduction to ArcLogistics Route (Workshop Certificate in ESRI) Working with ArcPad (Workshop Certificate in ESRI) Introduction of Geodatabase Analyst 9 (Training Seminar and Work Shop) Introduction to Map Objects Java Edition in ESRI (Training Seminar) Map Objects Basics in ESRI (Training Seminar) Migrating to VB.net in ESRI (Training Seminar) I-xpress and MapPoint in Class (Training Seminar) CERTIFICATIONS Typing speed- 40 WPM Typing speed test Ten key speed- 5500 KPH Ten Key Speed Test GIS Certification- (April 2008) Planning- AICP- (November 2008) Project management- PMP- pending TECHNICAL SKILLS Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (10 years experience)-expert Skyglobe 3.0, 4.0 (10 years experience) Terra Server- topographic maps, elevations, streets analysis (4 years experience)-expert Arcview GIS 3.0, 8.0, 9.0 (4 years experience) - topographic maps (land usage)-expert ESRI – Marketing, Geography, and GIS certificates (4 years of experience)-expert Magellan Mapsend 4.0 (36 months experience)-expert AutoCAD 2004 (12 months experience)-intermediate SQL Server (1 month experience)- beginner ArcSDE (1 month experience) – beginner ArcGIS Explorer 9.2 (1 month experience)- beginner ArcGIS Explorer 2.0 (1 year experience) - intermediate ArcEditor (6 months experience)-beginner Arcpad (6 months experience)-beginner Arcmap (6 months experience) - beginner ArcGIS Toolkit (6 months experience)-beginner Microsoft Paint (6 months experience)-beginner Microsoft Photo Editor (6 months experience)- beginner 9.0 Illustrator (6 months experience)-beginner 6.0 Photoshop (6 months experience)-beginner 15.0 Design CADD Max (3 months experience)-beginner

• video production

  I have been dealing with camera and videos since 2002 from being on tv and storm chasing.

• volleyball

  I have been involved in volleyball for about 20 years in tournments, practicing through states in NJ and PA. I have coached others and won tournaments going back to 1990.

• web design

  I have about 5 years of web design experience with camera pictures, and business websites.