Senior Consultant
Resume:
RONALD L. WATFORD
Naples, Florida 34116
************@*****.***
http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronwatford
~ Senior Consultant ~
Executive Profile
Highly talented and accomplished senior executive with immeasurable success in providing expert advice with a number of organizations on topics such as internal structure and growth issues. Exemplary keen expertise in coordinating seminars using interactive multi-media methods on a variety of topics including leadership development, strategic planning, teaching and training methods, and team building. Proven ability to work with senior management to implement profitability-enhancing programs resulting in an enhanced mission, an established vision for the future, and an increase in profits and cash flow. Accustomed to working with and establishing positive relationships with people of diverse background. Extremely effective in stressful and fiercely competitive situations. Willing to be based in the Naples/Ft. Myers, Florida, region and to travel up to 100%.
Key Strengths
~ Strategic and Tactical Planning
~ Leadership Training, and Team Building
~ Human Resources Supervision
~ Multi-Million Dollar Budget Management
~ Problem Resolution and Decision Making
~ Articulate Oral and Written Communication
~ Professional and Community Relations
~ Organizational and Program Development
~ Microsoft Office Suite Proficient
~ Vision-Driven Fundraising
~ Outcome and Results Oriented
~ Supportive Team Player
~ Multitasking in Fast-Paced Environments
~ Superior Interpersonal and Presentation Skills
Consulting and Seminar Leadership Experience
“Administrators: Build Your Team”
~ Dallas, TX
~ Wichita, KS
“Board Governance through Policy Governance”
~ Joplin, MO
“Creating an Atmosphere of Value and Honor with your Staff”
~ Kissimmee, FL
~ Miami, FL
~ Los Angeles, CA
“Disaster Preparedness Table Talk”
~ Los Angeles, CA
“The ‘Disciplers’ Model to Education”
~ Miami, FL
~ Kissimmee, FL
~ Homestead, FL
~ Los Angeles, CA
“Methods of Teaching”
~ Los Angeles, CA
“Vision Casting / Strategic Planning”
~ Brooksville, FL
~ Titusville, FL
~ Dallas, TX
~ Wichita, KS
~ Fort Lauderdale, FL
~ Miami, FL
~ Kissimmee, FL
Summary of Experience
~ Strategic and Tactical Leader
> Successfully created strategic plans for the future for each organization aimed to address mission-driven critical initiatives including but not limited to building and facilities, financial growth, marketing and relationship building, and salaries and benefits
> Instrumental in expanding the organization by 20% and moving from a 17,000-to a 63,000-square foot facility to address present and future growth
> Instrumental in enhancing an athletic program with improvements in the football program, in the construction of new baseball diamond, and in the construction of a new school gymnasium
> Significantly improved campus security with the addition of a 6-foot cast iron fence reducing school burglaries from an average of 6 annually to zero to foster a safe and secure educational environment
> Recorded a 25% increase in growth by utilizing new approach in marketing the organization through strategic community relationship building, public relations, and advertising
> Attained a 5-year reaccreditation with the NCA agency based upon organizational improvement
> Executed lead administrator responsibilities for multiple pre-K-12th grade private educational facilities with up to 400 students and nearly 100 full- and part-time certified and classified team members
> Maintained an “A” grade per state rating system annually based upon Florida’s school grading system
~ Multi-Million Dollar Financial Manager
> Aggressively monitored cash flow by establishing a system of checks-and-balances with weekly and monthly updates; and, to keep payables within budgetary limits, held others accountable through purchase orders and check requisitions
> Drastically reduced delinquent accounts from $70,000 to $5,000 annually by developing an innovative strategic plan incorporating individualized ‘financial covenants’ and stricter accountability
> Elevated staff salaries by as much as 25% per an essential critical initiative in the strategic plan
> Restructured the organization from a project-driven to a mission-driven fundraising program
> Established core donor programs with 2 different institutions while moving each school from project-driven to mission- and vision-driven fundraising
> With $238,000 pledged, surpassed a $400,000 capital campaign goal
~ Employee Team Builder, Trainer, and Coach
> Obtained the “2007 Best Place to Work” award from the Pasco-Hernando Work Force Board by keeping a high employee retention rate due to positive team building and optimizing salaries by 5% and benefits through integration of a new medical benefits program
>Trusted and encouraged team members to apply their skills and expertise to the tasks assigned and empowered each to creatively solve various challenges that came their way within organizational perimeters
> Accomplished team member accountability to job descriptions through both informal and formal periodic evaluations
> Created personnel improvement plans with employees when shortcomings surfaced with successful improvement as the goal
Employment History
~ Superintendent, 2006–2009
Hernando Christian Academy
Brooksville, FL
~ Program Director / Principal, 2003–2006
Sculpture Charter School
Titusville, FL
~ Superintendent, 1997–2003
College Heights Christian School
Joplin, MO
~ Headmaster, 1993–1997
Miami Christian School
Miami, FL
~ Principal, 1986–1993
CrossRoads Christian Academy
Gardena, CA
Education
“Research Methods in Education”
California State University Dominguez Hills
Carson, CA
Master of Arts in Religious Education
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth, TX
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology
Coker College
Hartsville, SC
Professional Training
~ ACSI/SACS Accreditation Training: 2006-2007
~ Annual ACSI Teachers’ Convention: 1986-2002, 2006-2007
~ Annual ACSI Administrator and Board Conference: 1989-2000
~ ‘Boardmanship’ Training: The Carver Model: 1998
~ Vision Casting Training: 1998
~ Building Schools of Influence, SBC: 1998
Accolades
~ Best Place to Work in Hernando: 2007
~ Leadership Hernando Graduate: 2007
~ Lexington’s Who’s Who: 2000
~ Leadership Joplin Graduate: 1998
~ International Who’s Who of Professionals: 1996
~ Who’s Who in American Education: 1989
~ Outstanding Young Men of America: 1986
Publication
“Kick It Up a Notch! A Fresh Commitment to Excellence” ACSI News, South-Central Regional News: 2002
Community Involvements
~ Greater Hernando Chamber of Commerce
> Education Committee, 2006-Present
> Chairman of the Teen Leadership Program, 2006-Present
> Leadership Hernando Graduate, 2007
~ Northcliffe Baptist Church
> Single Adult Life Group Teacher
> DivorceCare Facilitator
> Group Facilitator–Relationship Issues
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