Leadership Training Risk Management

Michael A Lyle

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Lincolnville, ME

(207) 210 – 8533

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March 2021 to present

Ironwood, Morrill, Maine, Frye Campus Manager

•Current campus manager at a therapeutic boarding school. I work in a team based environment with trouble youth. I manage 12 behavioral health professional who work in a mentor / teacher capacity with challenging youth. Residents learn how to problem solve and to learn how to get along with others in healthy and ways. I manage the team that help create opportunities for residents to rediscover values and develop skills to cope with life challenges. My role as the manager is multifaceted including managing a residential facility with night staff. Overseeing all food service, as well as program delivery and managing each individual behavioral support plan.

September 2017 to December 2020

Chase Leavitt & Company, Portland, Maine. Marine Safety Consultant

•Provided safety inspections and critical equipment inspection and certification for Maines commercial fishing fleet.

•Provided consultation layout and installing of safety equipment for private yachts preparing for Trans Oceanic Crossings.

•Provided safety at sea workshops and trainings for General yachtsman that we're looking at offshore sailing and safety equipment needed to protect themselves in remote conditions.

April, 2012 - August 2017

Casco Bay Catamaran Adventures, Portland, Maine

Owner/operator, 50 ton USCG Captain

•Founded a successful sailing charter business on the Portland waterfront.

•Provided day and multi day island adventures for families on a 40ft sailing catamaran.

•Provided week long kids camp programs for area youth.

March 2002 – September 2011

Rippleffect, Portland, ME

Program and Risk Management Director for an Island based youth leadership

school.

•Trained and managed 25 program and logistics staff, for program delivery to over 2000 youth. (over 2000 youth in 2012, currently over 3500)

•Part of core team that delivered programs to youth organizations and schools

•Designed and delivered interactive adult leadership programs for corporations hospitals, and school systems.

•Provided risk management oversight for all island outdoor programs.

•Mentored staff and students in problem solving and the “leadership moment”

•Work with the Executive Director, managed budgeting for all island based programs and staffing

Sept. 1982 – January 2004

Outdoor Leadership Program, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA

Faculty for Outdoor Leadership program.

•Twenty two years experience as lead trainer / faculty for an outdoor leadership training program.

•Core committee member that advanced accreditation by the Association for Experiential Education.(AEE) Received AEE program of distinction designation.

•Author to 22 credits of curricula and training procedures.

June, 1981 – 2000

Vertical Adventures, Greenfield, MA

Owner of leadership training company.

•Nineteen years operating a successful interactive leadership training business.

•Customized challenge course design, construction, inspection and leadership training for over one hundred companies.

•Designed and delivered experiential corporate leadership training programs.

•Wilderness Expeditions to the Himalayans of Nepal and India, Alaskan Arctic, Northwest Territories, Canada and a North Atlantic sailboat crossing to Glendora, Ireland

Clients Included:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA

United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Hampshire College, Amherst, MA Administration Medical center, Northampton, MA

American Express, Phoenix, AZ

Northeast Utilities, Northfield, MA

Current Credentials:

Bachelors of Science, University Without Walls, Outdoor Leadership, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1984

Outdoor Emergency Care, Alpine patroller, National Ski Patrol

50 ton, Near Coastal, Captains License, United States Coast Guard

Previous Certifications:

Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician, Canadian Guides Association

Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness Medical Associates,

White Water Canoeing Instructor Trainer, American Canoe Association

Sea Kayaking Instructor Trainer, American Canoe Association

Rock Climbing Guide, Single pitch, American Mountain Guides Alliance

Private Pilot license, FAA

Volunteer work:

National Ski Patrol, Alpine Patroller, Shawnee Peak, Bridgeton, Maine

New England Chairperson, American Canoe Association

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