Real Estate Management
Resume:
ELMER S. BEATTY, JR.
**** ********* *****, *** - ***
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15221
ab9a21@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
A professional educator/manager with a law degree who is results oriented,
highly productive and successful professional possessing thirty+ years of
instructional, administrative and program development experience including:
1. Proactive in development, documentation and supervision of educational
programs in numerous proprietary schools;
1. Expert in reading, digesting and analyzing P&L documents within the
framework of different businesses including law, education and
transportation;
1. Proactive in the creation of new businesses including incorporation,
licensing, funding, staffing and operations;
1. Versatile professional with extensive background in law, business and
education;
1. Successful performance results in high risk arenas including 10 years
Courtroom experience;
1. Recipient of various professional and legal certifications and
licenses;
1. Author of published legal commentaries, case note reviews and feature
article for legal publication;
1. Supervised and directed successful institutional and programmatic
accreditation applications, site visits, follow up documentation, self
assessment reports and final approval;
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
04/22/2013 to the Present:
Reader/Scorer
Employer: Data Recognition Corporation Pittsburgh Office
13490 Bass Lake Rd 135 DRC Road
Maple Grove MN. 55311 Pittsburgh Pa.
(PH) 412-***-****
Duties: Seasonal employment serving as a reader/scorer of student
assessment examinations for the Pa. Keystone Project; set company
production highs for scoring over 12,000 exams in one month session;
07/01/2011 to the Present:
Title Abstractor: Working on a contract basis, conduct searches of all
relevant indices to collect and report information connected with
identifying surface and subsurface interests in real estate including
mortgages/liens/judgments in all counties in western Pa., northern W.Va,
eastern Ohio and southern NY including the ability to find the original
patent owners dating back to post Revolutionary time, timely completion of
assignments and recommending corrective measures to clear the title.
Corporate Employer: Delta Career Education Corporation
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Campus Employer:
Academy of Court Reporting Date of Hire: 4/13/2007 to
10/1/2011
224 Fourth Avenue
Pittsburgh Pa. 15219
Named "Educator of the Year" 2008 - Awarded by Campus Director and
Director
Of
Education
Re-Entry Goal
Exceeded by 102%
Employer: Attorney Sean Cassidy
Date of Hire: 5/1/2007 to
Main Street
11/2/2007
Greensburg Pa. 15601
Job Title: Abstractor
Duties: Search all relevant indices to collect and report information
connected with identifying surface and subsurface ownership and other legal
interests in real estate in the following Pa. counties, namely, Allegheny,
Westmoreland, Indiana, Crawford, Venango, Armstrong, Mercer, Washington,
Fayette and Greene. Searches covered a time period back to 1859 and earlier
if needed. Also, responsible for timely completion of assignments including
identifying the corrective measures, if any, needed to clear title.
Corporate Employer: Career Education Corporation Date of Hire:
2/12/1990 to 12/11/2006
Hoffman Estates, Illinois 61606
Campus Employer:
Sanford Brown Institute
Garden City New York
8/06 to 12/06
Title: Director of Education (Same
duties as enumerated below)
Western School of Health & Business
Careers, Inc. Pittsburgh Pa.
Director of Education - Monroeville
Branch 3/05 to 7/06
1. Supervision of Faculty and Staff including curriculum, daily
instructional needs and assessment, population management and student
retention, improvement of graduation rates, student discipline
measures, physical plant management and development, block scheduling,
and coordination with other departments; multi-million dollar budget
management;
2. Participation on Senior Management Committee including implementation
of new initiatives, policy making and best practices connected with
all facets of school operations;
3. Administrative supervision of all educational matters and coordination
of local concerns with corporate directors;
4. Successful supervision of several institutional and programmatic
accreditation approvals, including, ABHES, ASHP, ACCSCT, JCERT, AVMA,
CAAHEP & Pa. Department of Education;
5. Successful completion of ABHES Training Workshop;
6. Successful completion of Pacific Institute Training;
Recipient, Award for Annual Student Retention -2005 - our department had
the third best rate (83%) out of 84 schools in the company
Paralegal Program Director, Western School, Pittsburgh Campus
2/12/1990 - 3/23/2005
1. Supervised a complete reformation of the Paralegal Educational Program
including philosophy and mission statement; curriculum development; on-
line technology in the classroom; externship and placement expansion;
1. As a program leader, worked with other departments to increase
enrollment by 250% creating an equivalent increase in revenue;
1. From 2001 to 2003, achieved 85% to 95% retention levels for enrolled
students;
1. Rehabilitated the school's reputation in the legal community to a
level of recognized excellence in our graduates;
1. Supervised the improvement of externship placements from a low of 44%
in l991 to 100% in l992 and for each successive year to the present;
1. Identified and developed the placement opportunities from a low of 35%
in l991 to a high water mark of 92% in 1995;
1. Developed and implemented the on-line technology of Westlaw and
integrated Computerized Legal Research into the curriculum;
1. From 1993 to 2003, our program received the highest rating among
student surveys of "most recommended program to family or friends";
1. Increased significantly the amount of networking opportunities for
students by involving them in mock trial events sponsored by the
Allegheny Trial Lawyers Association, the National Institute of Trial
Advocacy and Duquesne University School of Law;
1. Supervised and developed course material related to accessing public
information from local governmental offices that serve as recording
offices including the Prothonotary, Criminal Clerk of Courts,
Sheriff's Office, Recorder of Deeds, U.S. Bankruptcy Clerk of Courts,
and the Register of Wills;
1. Service to the school on numerous committees including September Start
Committee; Faculty Compensation Program Committee (1998); Paralegal
Program Advisory Board Chairperson;
1. Created and maintained satisfactory contractual arrangements with
local law libraries allowing our students unlimited usage of their
facilities;
Deliverance, Inc - Verona Pa.
President and Founding Owner
1986 - 2000
1. Start up business created in cooperation with the Better Business
Bureau of Western Pa. who awarded us 5 delivery contracts worth 1.75
million dollars to provide delivery and distribution services in
connection with their Consumer Resource Book covering every home and
business in a 10 county area;
1. Successful completion of the BBB's contracts at an average of 15%
profit margin;
1. Successful acquisition of delivery contracts with the Pennysaver,
Alltel Telephone Directories, and Ruben H. Donnelly Co. Yellow
Pages;
1. From l986 until 1990, supervised the entire operation including
management of a work force of 10 to 50 employees and independent
contractors; managed a budget and payroll in excess of 1 million
dollars; supervision of marketing team and advertising;
1. Negotiated and completed the sale of the company to Johnny
Appleseed Delivery Co. of Denver Colorado (2000);
Total Transportation Corporation - Coraopolis, Pa.
Vice President and General Counsel
Founding Owner
1981 - 1986
1. Start up business with three other participating owners; developed and
supervised the acquisition of transportation licenses from the PUC,
ICC, Air Freight Forwarding Certificates, CAB, Importing and Exporting
Property Brokers, Cartage Hauling and Interstate Freight
Transportation Rights;
1. Managed a department of 10 to 15 persons and a budget of 1.5 million
dollars annually;
1. Freight industry was deregulated during the administration of
President Reagan compelling sale of my stock to other owners who
continued to operate the business;
Attorney at Law - Pittsburgh Pa.
1971 - 1981
1. Practiced law as a sole proprietor from 1974 until 1981 concentrating
on representing insurance companies in the defense of tort claims and
lawsuits;
1. 10 years courtroom experience representing tort defendants, accused
criminals and occasionally an injured plaintiff;
1. Associate Attorney, Dickie, McCamey and Chilcote, Pittsburgh Pa., 1971
-1973
1. Recognized as an expert in Energy Abstracting with ability to search
titles to oil, gas and coal rights back to 1859 in all counties in the
States of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky;
EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Academy of Court Reporting
2007 to Present
(See earlier details)
Education Management Corporation
2006 to 2007
(See earlier details)
Sanford Brown Institute
2006 to 2007
(See earlier details)
Western School of Health and Business Careers, Inc.
1990 - 2006
(See earlier details)
CCAC - North Campus, Pittsburgh Pa.
1995 - 1999
1. Evening Instructor in Paralegal Certificate Program
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, Inc -Pittsburgh Pa. 1971 -
1980
2. Adjunct Professor of Law
2. Courses taught included Business Law and Mortuary Law
Brentwood High School - Brentwood Pa.
1967 -1970
1. Instructor in American History, Junior Class
EDUCATION
Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh Pa.
Juris Doctor - June 197l
Honors Achieved:
2. Associate Editor, Law Review
2. Finalist, Trial Moot Court Competition
2. Author, Case Note, "Expulsion of Congressman Adam Clayton Powell"
2. Author, Commentary, "Cease and Desist Powers for the EEOC"
2. Author, Feature Article, Juris Newsmagazine, "Discrimination in
Employment"
2. Class rank, 9/53
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
Bachelor of Science - June 1967
Honors Achieved:
1. Justice, Student Supreme Court
1. Athletic Scholarship Recipient, NCAA Golf Team
1. Dormitory Resident Advisor
1. Undergraduate Assistant, History Department
Major: Social Studies/Secondary Education
References will be provided on request thereof.
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