Development Services

Lawrence Spottedbird

Email: *********@********.***

Address: P. O. Box 1714

City: Bemidji

State: MN

Zip: 56619

Country: USA

Phone: 360-***-****

Skill Level: Senior

Salary Range: $150,000

Willing to Relocate

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LAWRENCE T. SPOTTEDBIRD

P. O. Box 1714

Bemidji, MN 56619

360-***-**** (Cell)

*********@********.***

QUALIFICATIONS

a Thirty-one years of professional experience in business development

a Over nineteen years of executive management and supervisory experience

a More than eight years experience in developing, managing and fiscal control of enterprises

in the Native American gaming industry

a Experience includes economic development, business management and development,

business start-up and expansion, technology and telecommunications business

development, federal contracting and procurement

a Oversaw federal, private and tribal contracts for information technology, environmental

services, and professional services enterprises

a Negotiated and secured professional services contracts ranging from $200,000 to $25

Million. Also secured Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for $200 Million for

Information Technology services

a Develop strategic partnerships with tribal, non-tribal and Alaska Native enterprises to

secure contract opportunities

a Lifetime experience living and working with Native American communities

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Red Lake, Inc. Red Lake, Minnesota 12/2011 a Present

Chief Executive Officer

Responsible for the overall operations of eight established enterprises owned by the Red Lake

Band of Chippewa Indians. Directly supervise enterprise managers and oversee compliance with

approved business plans and annual budgets. Oversee new business development to maximize

the tribal owned resources and expand the opportunities to generate revenue and job

opportunities for the tribe.

a Current initiatives facilitated:

o Initiated planning and development of new Tribal Holding Corporation

o Initiated Transition Plan for changing ownership and management of all enterprises

o Initiated new marketing plans for tribal owned fisheries and specialty foods enterprises

o Initiated new marketing and development of tribal owned retail center

o Oversaw development of new fiscal year business plans and budgets for current

enterprises

o Initiated development of two new tribal owned business enterprises:

i Professional IT services company

i Manufactured Homes company

i Professional financial services company

i Professional printing and media services company

i Professional tour bus services company

SpottedBird Development, LLC Silverdale, Washington 1/2008 a 12/2011

Principal/Senior Consultant

SpottedBird Development (www.spottedbird.com) was a professional business consulting

company that provided technology and telecommunications based business and economic

development, general business consulting services, tribal business development and

organizational development, and federal contracting development to small and minority owned

enterprises.

a Provide specialized consulting services that include:

o Information Technology Business Development

o Environmental Services Business Development

o Telecommunications Business Development

o Community-wide Telecommunications Network Development

o Federal Contracts Marketing and Procurement

o General Business Development

o Energy & Infrastructure Development

o Small Business Administration 8(a) Program Development

o HUBZone Program Development

o General Services Administration Business Development

o Rural and Native Community Assessments

a Developed Susanville Indian Rancheria Corporation (SIRCO) as a tribal-owned holding

company

a Developed SIRCO Federal Services, Inc. a a federal contracting company owned by an

Indian tribe in California

a Assisted Native non-profit in securing a Tribal Procurement Technology Assistance Center

that is funded by the Department of Defense

a Assisted in acquiring HUBZone Certification and SBA 8(a) Business Development

Program certification for tribal and other minority owned enterprises

a Assisted in the acquisition of $200 Million in ID/IQ Contracts for a tribal owned enterprise

a Formed Kiowa Chronicles, Inc. a a non-profit cultural preservation and education

corporation archiving the history and culture of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma and sharing it

with the world

a Established Tribal International Trade Center, LLC, brokering trade between American

companies and tribes and Korean businesses, other Asian countries, and South American

countries

a Licensed by Certiport to develop Tribal Computer Training Centers

a Executed Strategic Alliance Agreement between Tribal International Technology Company

and Dooin Co. Ltd, a Korean limited liability company on November 27, 2009.

Prince of Wales Tribal Enterprise Craig, Alaska 7/2006 a 1/2008

Consortium, LLC

Chief Executive Officer

I developed and was the Vice-President of the Board for POWTEC, LLC since it was established

in 2001 under the ownership of two small Alaska tribes. I served as Chief Executive Officer and

have performed various roles of responsibility for the day-to-day operations and management,

financial management and accounting, project management, business development and

marketing, and government contracts development.

a Secured new sub-contract opportunities with federal agencies from established prime

contractors

a Secured first major prime contract for POWTEC in the amount of $3 Million per year that

eventually grew to over $5 Million per year for a five-year contract.

a Secured $1 Million line-of-credit to support operations for growing contracts development

a Secured $200 Million ID/IQ Contract with DOI a National Business Center

SpottedBird Technologies, Inc., Silverdale, Washington 6/2003 a 7/2006

President/CEO

SpottedBird Technologies, Inc. was a professional business consulting company that provided

technology and telecommunications based business and economic development, general

business consulting services, and federal contracting development to small and minority owned

enterprises

a Supported the growth and development of POWTEC, a tribal-owned IT and Environmental

Services professional enterprise

a Helped develop aThe Technology Centera concept in partnership with the Craig Community

Association. The Technology Center is a state-of-the art computer and information

technology training and education center located on the Prince of Wales Island in

Southeast Alaska

a Facilitated tribal technology assessments with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians-

Economic Development Corporation

a Helped facilitate tribal telecommunications network with Sauk-Suiattle Tribe in Darrington,

Washington

a Provided Leadership Training to Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe in Port Angeles, Washington

n-Link Corporation Bremerton, Washington 4/2000 a 5/2003

Vice-President, Tribal Development

I was responsible for new technology based business development in partnership with Indian

tribes and Native corporations. Services provided were business development in Information

Technology services to the federal government, 8(a) Program, HUBZone Program, Indian

Incentive Program and other federally-mandated incentive programs supporting tribal and Native

owned contractors.

a Developed Prince of Wales Tribal Enterprise Consortium (POWTEC), a tribal owned

information technology company focusing on federal contracting services

a Developed STG (Sioux Technology Group, LLC), an IT services enterprise

a Developed POWTEC Environmental Services, LLC, a full-service professional

environmental services company with planned environmental laboratory testing services

and marketing newly-patented environmental clean-up technologies

a Developed strategic teaming relationships with other tribes and Alaska Native

Corporations

Shaan-Seet, Inc. Craig, Alaska 5/1999 a 3/2000

General Manager

As General Manager for one of the Southeast Alaska Native Village corporations located on the

Prince of Wales Island, I was responsible for the day-to-day management of the enterprises of

timber and contract logging, heavy construction, lodging and charter fishing, and commercial and

residential properties. The corporation employed over 150 workers during the high-production

season and had annual revenues in excess of $20 million.

a Key success a oversaw the turnaround of a multi-million dollar timber enterprise from a

substantial loss to realize a profit within a year

EDUCATION

BBA a Business Administration University of Central Oklahoma

Graduated - December 1981

Major a Architecture University of Oklahoma

Attended two years (Collegiate Wrestling)

CERTIFICATIONS

a IC3 (Internet and Core Computing Certification) Certiport, Inc. (2008)

MILITARY SERVICE

a U.S. NAVY (Honorable Discharge a Viet Nam Era) 10/1971 a 12/1973

CIVIC a CULTURAL

a Chairman of the Mayor's Multicultural Advisory Committee (Lincoln, Nebraska)

a Commissioner, City of Lincoln Human Rights Commission

a Commissioner, Nebraska Indian Affairs Commission

a Elected to the Yakima County, Precinct Committee Officer position in the November, 1998

Washington State general election

a Lions Club/Kiwanis Club (Various Communities)

a Kiowa Black Leggings Warrior Society

a Ohoma Lodge War Dance Society

a Yakama Warriors Association

a Intertribal Warriors Association

PUBLICATIONS

a aElectronic Mortar: Native American Communications.a Native American Expressive

Culture, Akwe:kon Press, National Museum of the American Indian, Fall/Winter 1994

a aTribal International Trade a Creating Global Sovereignty,a Northwest Native Business

Today, Winter 2006

a aTribal International Trade to Create Global Sovereignty,a Indian Law Newsletter, January

2007

a aTechnology: Empowering Tribal Nations in the New Millennium,a Northwest Native

Business Today, Spring 2007

a aBuilding a Technology-based Economy on the Reservation,a Northwest Native Business

Today, Summer 2007

a aREZshoring: The New Age of Jobs in Indian Countrya, Northwest Native Business Today,

Spring 2008

a aHealthy Sovereign Tribal Nations Will Be the Foundation for a Greater America,a Native

Insight, September 2009

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