Leo Briere

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SKILLS

Strong speaking and writing abilities; background in economics and finance;

political activism; audio-visual and broadcast production; teaching;

residential property management

EXPERIENCE

Editorial Assistant. Littlefish Inc. Responsible for composition and

production files for a national K-6 reading program correlation to

individual state standards.

Writer. Publication of feature articles in Triangle Business, opinion

pieces and letters to the editor in the News & Observer, poetic verses in

The Independent, and articles for Umstead Coalition newsletter.

Volunteer. Durham County Democratic Party: member of communications

committee and volunteer committee. Democracy South: gathered data on

campaign contributions, represented organization at festival booths. Member

of Recyclique, a local co-op to make and sell products using recycled

materials.

Musician. Professional accordion player. Experience includes musical

productions with North Carolina Theater, Meredith College, Raleigh Little

Theater, Thompson Theater, a special project for the N.C. Department on

Aging, and for private engagements.

Security Officer. Security Forces Inc. (2002-05) and Securitas Systems

(2005-present), Durham, N.C.

ESL Teacher. Durham Technical Community College (2004-05) and Durham

Literacy Center, Durham, N.C. Taught level two and level five ESL to non-

native English speakers for two semesters.

Property Manager. Personal investment property, Durham, N.C. (2000-02).

Responsibilities included maintenance, improvements, and tenant relations.

Audio-Visual Technician. Johnson Controls, subcontractor for

GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, N.C. (1997-2002). Part-time,

control-room monitoring.

Floor Director, Production Assistant. Raleigh Community Television (CTV),

Raleigh, N.C. (1991-95). Worked in all phases of production. Produced,

hosted, and edited to time limits a program on the Duraleigh Connector.

Floor director for a weekly show broadcast live on CTV.

Property Manager. Personal investment properties, Brockton, Mass. (1984-

90). Responsibilities included maintenance, improvements, and tenant

relations.

Vending Sales. Brockton, Mass. (1984-90). Established new sites and

maintained satisfactory relations at existing sites.

Computer Programmer. Enterprise Group, Needham, Mass. (1981-84). Enhanced

and maintained programs for large travel business using Basic Plus 2

programming language.

Computer Programmer-Analyst. Helix Technology Corporation, Waltham, Mass.

(1978-81). Multi-level interaction with users in a technical manufacturing

facility, working with accounting, inventory functions, and work-order

processing. Conducted a ground-up analysis of the inventory system for

implementation of MRP.

Computer Programmer. DMS Information Systems, Bedford, Mass. (1975-78).

Worked on new, integrated inventory management software package using a

proprietary language.

EDUCATION

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, bachelor of science degree in economics,

1972.

N.C. State University, Raleigh, N.C. Courses taken for personal advancement

(1990-98): Experimental Statistics in Biological Sciences II (graduate

studies); Operations Research; SAS Programming; Portfolio Management;

Introduction to Editing; Writing for Media; Screenwriting; Video for

Business. Also assisted Dr. Terry Kauffman in compiling material for a

communications textbook.

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