Wayne R. Parker
2866 Bethesda Ch. Rd.
Carrollton, Ga, 30117
(770) 854-6591 E-mail: webmaster@action-links.com
Objective:
To use my knowledge and skills in a leadership role, in either
an entrepreneurial or administrative planning position, as a consultant,
project planner, or proposal developer.
Professional Experience
Action-Links Dec, 95 to Present
Carrollton, Ga
Independent Contracting: Communications and Internet marketing consulting agency
for medium to large companies. Develop strategies and implement systems,
utilizing the internet to improve effectiveness and efficiency of operations.
Write professional and technical plans and manuals. Develop proposals and
strategies for business and marketing.
Ed First, Inc. June, 90 to Jan 95
Rockmart, Ga
President, CEO CFO. Operated privately owned mental health service
provider. Operated group homes, residential institutions, personal care
homes, emergency care facilities, and private certified schools in three
states.
Murphy-Harpst Children's Home. July, 85 to June 90
Cedartown, Ga
Principal. Created a certified special education school, pre-kindergarten-
12th grade. Served as chair to several committees. Also worked extensively
in non-profit fund raising, meeting with area churches. Successfully wrote
several grant proposals. Wrote articles for news letter.
Education
Northeast Missouri State University 1978 to 1980
Kirksville, MO
Master of Arts, Counseling Psychology
Worked as graduate assistant to Dr. G.B.Walker. Set-up and operated
first Biofeedback laboratory in Mo. Operated EEG, EKG, and other equipment.
Wrote computer programs to analyze data.
Northeast Missouri State University 1970 to 1976
Kirksville, MO
Bachelor of Science, Psychology
Studied Human Perception-Communication Process and Pre-clinical Psychology.
Also have a major in Special Education, Learning Disabilities.
Special Skills
People oriented
Have supervised large teams of diverse professional and non-professionals.
Have several thousand hours logged as an individual and group therapist.
Taught public school, private school, college courses, coached, Scout master
with BSA. Certified teacher in Counseling, Social Studies, Psychology,
Special Education Behavior Disorders. Vacation Bible School teacher, Adult
Sunday School teacher
Use of computers
MS-DOS, Windows, Windows 95, Windows98, Unix. Very familiar with major word processors,
able to operate Quatro Pro, Excel, Access, Quicken, Peachtree Accounting.
Skilled in PowerPoint, Corel Suite Presentations, and other Multimedia,
Visual Basic 5. Also very skilled in HTML, Perl, JavaScript, Java, PHP3, and related programing.
Hobbies and interests
Selective plant breeding, including food plants such as peppers,
and melons, as well as ornamentals such as orchids and hibiscus. Participate in many outdoor activities
such as camping and hiking. Have completed "outward bound" instructor training.
Avid reader and book collector, specializing in Edgar Allan Poe editions. Doing research into probability and functional limits of string matching as it relates to the determination of algorithms through data presentation and analysis of output, and structures for solving string matching problems of varied length and varied accuracy.
