• Over 25 years of Management Experience

 www.paul-davis.com

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(818) 306-7547  

Hello and welcome. I'm Paul Davis. I've spent over 25 years in various management positions, always focusing on helping others do their jobs better.

Now I'd like to help you.

My last full-time position was with TraderMedia (formerly known as Auto Trader Magazines). I spent a number of years there as a Regional Production Manager, in charge of four large production facilities serving sales offices throughout the western states. My last role with the company was as a corporate trainer, helping to implement and support new software as well as instructing our sales and administrative personnel (nationwide) in its use.

My years at TraderMedia were productive, educational and fun. Unfortunately, between the increasingly popular use of the Internet for classified advertising, and the poor economic climate in late 2008, all regional offices of the company were closed, and a much smaller operation is now run out of the home office located back east.

Unable to find suitable employment, I decided to return to school, enrolling in several business-related courses as well as taking Spanish classes. During this period (2009) a number of small consulting-type of opportunities also came my way.

Through contacts I made at Glendale Community College, I was offered a wonderful opportunity and am now teaching computer courses to adults at the Office Skills and Business Technology division. This is a gift for me as I truly enjoy helping others learn new skills - or hone the ones they already have. (And to be the best teacher I can be, I spend quite a bit of time honing my own!) I've been teaching Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and a few others.

I’ve had extensive experience in various management roles as well as customer service and training positions. I spent some time in sales and owned my own graphics business for a time. Putting these skills to use helping others is my goal.

Here are some of my areas of expertise:

• Supervisor and employee training
• Coaching / mentoring
• Written and verbal communications skills
• Presentation skills, including PowerPoint and video
• Technical support
• Project management
• Documentation
• Graphics production management
• Meeting facilitation
• Customer service
• Mystery shopping

Throughout my career, I’ve been successful at building teams, solving problems and providing various types of support to customers, co-workers, management, sales departments, and other workgroups. I'll be happy to share the details of my background.

How can I help you?
 

Note: Please contact me if you are looking for
the previous paul-davis.com web site.

Paul Davis
DAVISinLA@aol.com
(818) 306-7547

And if you happen to be looking for Paul Davis who is originally from Texas
and is currently a network / systems engineer in southern California,
he's got the URL without the hyphen:

www.pauldavis.com