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DAVID WATJEN

*** ***** ***, ********** ** 19807

336-***-**** acpp68@r.postjobfree.com

My extensive business experience and extraordinary writing and presentation skills will enable C-Level

management to better formulate and communicate corporate goals and aspirations.

BUSINESS QUALIFICATIONS:

Internal and External Communications:

o Created and managed corporate identity publications and operational guidelines,

o Assisted with the development and dissemination of material for major news media outlets including

The New York Times, Washington Post, and National Public Radio, and radio/television affiliates in

major markets.

o Created training materials and led instruction sessions for human resources, risk management, ethics,

and teambuilding.

o Wrote speeches and presentations for C-Level management.

o Published twenty-five books in two separate mystery series and marketed through book tours.

Operations and Administration:

o Increased profits in existing business.

o Initiated best practices and unit cohesion development to improve core business standards.

o Utilized Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points reporting and training to improve employee safety and

product quality.

o Fostered team problem solving through mentoring and inclusion to achieve and define goals.

Project Management, Purchasing, and Capital Expenditures:

o Developed cost and quality standards. Determined specific goals, costs, and deadlines.

o Negotiated and manage contracted services with commercial enterprises.

o Recruited service and product providers with defined expectations and schedules.

o Designed and amend targeted control and analysis points scoring project development and attained time

lines.

o Set standards for inspection and just-in-time receiving.

o Decreased product returns 20%.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000 – Present Stafford Enterprises, Wilmington, DE

Vice President of Administration and Finance

Administer the daily operations, strategic planning, and financial accountability for a privately held,

public relations and business management consulting firm.

1982 to 2000 ARAMARK Corporation, Philadelphia, PA

Director of Campus Services

Direct responsibility for the overall operations for institutions of higher education for a fortune 500

company providing client services in all aspects of business; forecasted future sales and profit growth,

developing budgets to attain financial goals; supervised five salaried managers, and 250 hourly

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employees; coordinated operations in five separate locations and off-premise sites; prioritized the use of

personnel and resources available to meet constantly changing needs of our customers.

Operations Analyst for Southeastern Region of Campus Services Division.

WRITING EXPERIENCE

1994 to Present

Co-Author, under pen name Charles Todd, of two highly successful mystery series set in WWI and post-

WWI England. Stories required extensive research on the period with particular emphasis on speech

patterns and social interactions in a rigidly class conscious society. (Six time New York Times Best

Sellers List, Winner of; The Agatha Christy, Mcavity, Barry Awards; Nominee for; The Edgar, Nero

Wolf, Anthony and Dagger (UK) awards) Taught seminars on writing historical fiction.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

2001 to 2015 Mystery Writers of America, New York City, NY

Director and Corporate Officer

MWA is the oldest mystery writer’s organization in the US with three thousand members worldwide. A

501 c (3) Corporation. Retained legal counsel and provided parliamentary/legal counsel to the Board of

Directors. Drafted language for board meeting agenda, motions, ballots, and bylaw amendments.

EDUCATION

o UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Greensboro, NC

B.A., Business Communications, Emphasis in Business Management

o CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, White Plains, NY

Advanced Culinary Arts Degree

o MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SYSTEMS ENGINEER

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