Stan F. Nelson

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Cypress, Texas 77433

(713-***-****

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Team focused, driven, proven leader committed to excellence and improvement Member: Texas State Bar (Inactive) and California State Bar (Inactive) Professional Experience

Dec 2006 - Jan 2023 Salem Lutheran Church, Tomball, Texas (www.salem4u.com) Director of Worship and Communications

• Direct Worship and Communication departments staff of up to 15 and 125 volunteers

• Responsible for all aspects of regular worship, special services

(funerals, weddings, special events, etc.), and weekly school chapels. Roughly 275-300 events per year

• Responsible for internal and external communication including digital presence

• Led through the pandemic by adapting staff and technologies for online worship exclusively

• Proven record of developing other staff and leaders

• Oversaw design and installation of complex technical projects o Line array and digital audio production consoles for live and broadcast

o Complete Video presentation systems including LED wall technologies, production switcher, router, cameras, CCU systems, etc.

o Lighting systems and control

• Responsible for audio/video/lighting technologies for worship, conferences, and other campus events and the volunteer teams who run them

• Heavy Ephesians 4 emphasis: most Sundays involve in excess of 25 volunteers

• Served as Technical Director for the Opening Worship Ceremony of the 2010 National convention of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod in Houston, TX (George R. Brown Convention Center) May 2006 - Sep 2006 Feldman Law Firm LLP, Houston, Texas Of Counsel

Rapid Settlements, Ltd., Houston, Texas

General Counsel

• Oversee legal affairs of nationwide factoring

Apr 2004 - May 2006 Stan F Nelson, P.C., Houston, Texas Principal

• Commercial Litigation, including multinational disputes and negotiations

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Aug 2004 - Aug 2005 CrossPoint Community Church, Katy, TX Technical Arts Director

• Responsible for developing and managing the various technical aspects of a contemporary worship service including, sound, lighting, video, and stage management

• Supervised and maintained multi-member volunteer teams to execute all aspects of technical arts ministry

Dec 2003 - Apr 2004 Killeen & Associates, P.C., Houston, Texas Attorney

• Responsible for docket of insurance defense and commercial litigation cases in state and federal courts

Aug 2001- Sep 2003 Woodco Fund Management, Inc., Houston, Texas General Counsel

• Responsible for private investment firm’s legal matters May 1996 - Jul 2001 Pikoff, Nelson & Riff, LLP, Houston, Texas Partner

• Responsible for developing and managing downtown Houston practice focusing primarily on commercial litigation and catastrophic loss insurance subrogation for domestic and international carriers Nov 1991 - Mar 1996 Hughes, Watters & Askanase, LLP, Houston, Texas Associate, Insurance Section

• Responsible for all phases of litigation, including investigation, discovery, and trial of 130+ case insurance subrogation docket Education

1987-1990 Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1990

• Finalist, 1990 FIAT Trial Advocacy Tournament

• Vice Justice, Phi Alpha Delta

1983-1986 North Texas State University, Denton, Texas Bachelor of Business Administration, International Marketing, 1986

• Music Studies

1982-1983 Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama

Interests & Activities

Ongoing interest in music performance, production, and recording as well as acoustics

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