p r o f i l e

"If you understood everything I said, you’d be me."
​  ― Miles Davis
​​Currently, I practice short-form writing and drawing, to explore places, history, ideas, and actions... real and imagined.
Here are some things that I have done, that I can remember, to resist becoming wealthy and famous. My resume was updated more than a few years ago.  If you find anything relevant to your interests and wish to chat, please feel free to be in touch.
My friends from 40+ years in volleyball are significant to me, and my experiences with them have been purposeful and rewarding, noted here. I learned much from the sport community, and have worked to return the favor, most recently with The Volleyball Practice (TVP) and TVP's Youth Programs.
​Read a short story that vaguely summarizes some of my past experiences, and it's illustrated.  All names and sultry details have been edited out so I and others can claim plausible deniability.
Experience (by keyword)
"I've tried to become someone else for a while, only to discover that he, too, was me."
​ ― Stephen Dunn
This is a shortened list. For more detail, see my resume.
Education: teacher, trainer, coach, educational technologist, curriculum designer, instructional designer, education program manager ​
Creative: writer and editor, web designer/developer, publications manager, mapmaker, graphic designer
Management: management consultant, project manager, sales, business operations manager, information specialist​
​Line Services: bicycle tour guide, waiter, bookstore clerk, stadium sweeper, landscape care & snow shoveler, newspaper deliverer
Education
"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows."
​ ​ ​― Sydney J. Harris
Johns Hopkins University  MS in Business
Penn State University  BS in Secondary Education/Social Studies 
Penn State World Campus  Certificate in Geographic Information Systems
Oops, were you were hoping to learn about this John Hartranft?
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