the JobFinders, Inc. mission...		About Us-    In an age where some people hire other people to stand in lines for them and as we watch the fast-approaching time when much of our shopping will be done over the web, hiring someone to help you find the ideal job, maximizing your employment potential and earning capabilities, doesn't seem so far fetched!    Most of us have spent the majority of our careers getting educated or experienced to "do" a job-not learning how to "get" a job!! At JobFinders, that's what we do! We have a wealth of experience and knowledge on how to locate that special position; teach and rehearse with you the latest techniques on how to control the interview and get the offer; and finally, how to negotiate the maximum from each offer.    We will teach you how to get the most from your background and experience, and how to control your references so they will give you the reference you deserve. Additionally, we will direct you how to deal with negatives such as lacking the appropriate degree to fit your employment experiences, or a bankruptcy, bad driving record, or worse.    In this section we are presenting the Biographies of our Staff Consultants. You will see they are all senior with lots of varied hands-on experience, and very impressive.    Thank you for visiting the JobFinders International, Inc. Website and we wish you good hunting in your job search.
Ron Lawrence Chief Executive Officer		Only out of college four years, the call of being an entrepreneur had Ron starting his own business. He resigned his position as Advertising Director of the art department for a large commercial web printing company and started a business producing print advertisements for retailers in 1975.    Lawrence Advertising grew to over 65 employees during the next seventeen years as it expanded services vertically up by taking on client assignments for everything from corporate identity packages to full marketing strategies and retail ad campaigns. Expansion vertically down was accomplished by brokering printing done from the advertising materials graphically produced in the agency.    Then, in early 1985, he founded a web printing company with a partner, further expanding downstream while retaining the ad agency. By the end of 1991, Ron had sold his interest in both and began consulting.    In late 1991, as an independent consultant, he took on the position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing for an Orange County firm doing $100 million dollars in annual sales. Then, he followed that up by contracting to be CEO of a company doing $8 million in annual sales which increased to $15 million dollars in annual sales in two years under his direction.    Beginning in 1996, he and his wife Janice took a 2-year sabbatical. They traveled in their motorhome for over five months through 39 states and three provinces of Canada. On December 31, 1997, they acquired the assets of California Employment Resource Group, renaming it    JobFinders International, Inc., with Ron as Chief Executive Officer. Raised in Missouri, he graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with a Degree in Business Administration.
Paul G. Coyne, CPA Executive Vice-President		With over 30 years business experience in positions ranging from Division Controller to Executive Vice-President/CFO, Paul has worked for major corporations on the east and west coast; among them: Chromalloy American, Fairchild Camera, and more recently, Gulf + Western Industries.    This business background and the contacts, which he brings to JFI, make him a major contributor in discussing interview and negotiation strategies, as well as job search techniques that can surface interviews at executive levels.    A member of the California State Society of CPAs, as well as the AICPA, Paul has been very active in his community serving as school board member, church budget and finance chairman, and director of several fundraisers for Connelly High School in Anaheim.    Employed with a major Public Accounting firm upon graduating from Hofstra University on Long Island in New York State, Paul ultimately joined a Gulf + Western Industries Division in Connecticut. After three and a half years, he was promoted and transferred to corporate responsibilities on the West Coast where he and his wife, Jane, raised and educated seven children.    Paul joined JobFinders International, Inc. in 1993 as a very active participant in operations, as well as being very involved in outplacement enhancement.
Marlyn Milberger Executive Vice-President Career Manager		Marlyn combines 28 years of management and sales training, human resources and organizational development, with retained executive search experience.    She has a BA and an MA in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication from the University of Wisconsin where she taught "communication" to engineers. She was also on the consulting staff of the University of Wisconsin Management Institute.    Her senior business experience includes tenure at Kimberly Clark Corporation, where she was head of training for West Coast Operations. At Eaton Corporationís Cutler-Hammer Products, a large electrical power control company, she held the position of Training Manager.    Marlyn's impressive career path would not be complete without her stint of being an entrepreneur. In her own company, MAS Training, the clients consisted of blue chip companies such as, Sentry Insurance, Allis Chalmers, West Bend Company, A.O. Smith, and Allen Bradley to name a few.    She joined JobFinders International's staff in 1988. Marlyn is a genuine professional.
Vincent J. Leggio Marketing Director		Vince has spent the past seventeen years in the executive placement arena. During that time, he has helped clients make significant moves in their lives through strategic career planning.    Some of his more colorful assignments have taken him to Europe, the Middle East and Russia. During the seventies, he was on Dr. Armand Hammer's staff at Occidental Petroleum where he directed construction of a chemical complex at the Black Sea City of Odessa. Earlier projects included work in Saudi Arabia and the building of the world's first desert "food factory" in Abu Dhabi.    In 1960, upon graduating from the University of Munich in Chemical Engineering, he joined Rockwell International where he did pioneering work in thick-film microelectronics. His research papers have been published in the proceedings of the American Ceramic Society, IEEE, and Hort-Science. For his liaison work as an U.S. Air Force navigator in Europe, he was awarded a lifetime honorary commission in the French Air Force.    He is fluent in English, French, German, and Italian. Vince grew up on the East Coast and feels his ethnic roots deeply. Particularly, he feels the respect for life and beauty instilled in him by his Italian parents. As he is prone to admit, "It wasn't until I lived in Paris for several years, that I realized how American I was."    His wife, Maria, his son, daughter, and daughter-in-law are his four biggest supporters... but he hopes his three granddaughters will become fans too!
Garry F. Concannon Senior Executive Career Manager		Since 1971, Garry has proven to be an accomplished entrepreneur, having been a successful supplier to the US Military during the Vietnam War, and to the Sizzler and McDonald's food chains. By 1975, he had amassed a fortune manufacturing products for companies such as Ocean Pacific Sportswear, AT&T Bell Labs, Fram and A.C. Delco, a division of Bendix Corporation. In 1980, he was selected as Orange County's "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Entrepreneur Magazine, and has been a member of "Whoís Who" since 1980.    Collecting autos as a hobby began in 1972, and ended with Garry having procured the largest Rolls Royce (the "toys" of the rich and famous) dealership network throughout the world. In 1982, President Ronald Reagan asked him to head up his national re-election campaign due to Garry's extensive national and international contacts. Reagan discovered that Garry had been awarded the "Honoree of St. George" award by the Queen of England during her 25th anniversary Queens Silver Jubilee ceremony in 1977.    A noted celebrity on TV commercials, Garry co-hosted the Bal du Cordon Bleu American Cancer Society Charity fundraiser with John Wayne prior to his death in 1977. Garry started-up or co-owned three banks: Newport Harbor National Bank, Capistrano National Bank, and Bank of Newport. He brings a wealth of experience in client services to his present position from his entrepreneurial ventures, not to mention his worldwide networking client base.    Garry retired in 1990 after selling 15 different businesses. In 1991, he was asked to join AT&T as Corporate Vice President for the ìTop Secretî Federal Systems Division, known as VANAT Secure Communications.    Because of his diverse background, Garry was recruited to join this firm. He is uniquely qualified for his position here at JobFinders International, Inc. As an entrepreneur, and a corporate "Fortune 50" VP, Garry has worn many "hats" within the corporate structure. His business acumen and perception are a matter of record. Garry brings with him the empathy and the wisdom to understand the problems of our clients, and to offer solutions to their goals and aspirations.
Don Isaacs Career Manager		Don personifies the dynamic aspect of the company. Renowned in the industry for his troubleshooting achievements, he is a much sought after advisor to many of the Fortune 100 Corporations.    While working at Taurus International, he held the position of Vice President of Marketing/Special Assistant to the President. Don developed and directed a high-powered staff for the marketing of electric submersible oil well cables. He initiated research and development and final installation of splicing facilities both domestically and internationally, and was responsible for overseas marketing of technology and electrical test products.    During his stint at Onox Corporation where he was Director of Marketing, Don achieved an increase in operational profit by more than 25% in less than two years due to his innovative marketing approach. Key clients included the Oakland Raiders, Oakland Athletics, San Francisco 49'ers, Los Angeles Lakers and Seattle Sonics. U.S. Steel, Bethlehem Steel and the Fluor Corporation were some of his corporate clients.    Donís impressive career would not be complete without mentioning his position of General Manager at Las Vegas Mobile Homes. He managed the entire operation including sales, marketing, finance, advertising, purchasing and service. Don increased profits by more than 50% while concurrently establishing a fully operational insurance agency that supported sales of the mobile homes.    Mr. Isaacs holds a Degree in Business Administration from the University of Rhode Island.
Alger E. "Al" Clark Senior Management Consultant		A native Californian, Al completed his undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate studies in Cellular Physiology at UCLA and was affiliated for seven years with Stanford University School of Medicine and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of San Francisco.    Entering the private sector, Al was hired by a start-up company in Anaheim, Rohe Scientific, to introduce a brand new imaging modality-Diagnostic Ultrasound. When the company was purchased by Philips of North America, Al left to start the Ultrasound division of Picker International.    At Picker, made the steps in a Fortune 500 company, Al achieved corporate vice presidency. However, this promotion meant leaving Southern California and he opted to open Medical Instrumentation Systems in direct competition with Philips and Picker. During the next six years, Al built the company from a fifteen thousand-dollar investment to a sales price of $20 million.    In 1980, Al retired to the island of Maui where, within a year, he found that retirement was not for him. Returning to the mainland, Al spent 14 months floundering around trying to find another position. Realizing he did not know how to find a job, he went through an outplacement program where they took the blinders off of him and showed him he had transferable skills. He became attracted to this new industry and, since the company needed new people, became a consultant and has been in the management consulting business ever since.
Lee Dorman Senior Management Consultant		Lee Dorman possesses a technical expertise spanning over thirty years of high-technology involvement for both commercial and military electronics and electrical-mechanical equipment.    As a trainer, contributing author and "hands-on" Field Engineer and Technical Support Specialist, Lee has the insight and communication skills necessary to fully develop clientsí marketable potential. For the past six years, Lee has been a Senior Consultant in the Outplacement Industry, and has developed an excellent working relationship with business and industry leaders.    Lee is very active in the community; Member of the Board of Directors of the Westminster Community Theater, Member of the California Association of Personal Consultants, former Member of the American Society of Quality Control, American Society of Training and Development and the Orange County Business Council. Lee is a past President of the Society for Technical Communications and in his spare time, a devoted member of the American Legion, Orange Post 132.
Kenneth H. Clifford Senior Career Manager		Ken brings a wealth of extensive and professional experience to JobFinders International. In his capacity as both CEO and/or President of numerous and extremely profitable corporations, Kenís background is a solid history of successful accomplishment in the fields of business management, sales and marketing, law, real estate and property management, and general consulting.    Prior to his being recruited at JFI, Ken excelled as President of a mortgage banking and brokerage corporation, which he took from near closure to a substantially profitable enterprise. He also applied his business acumen as co-founder and manager of a major commercial real estate company, which solidified his reputation in business start-up and turnaround success.    Kenís achievements are also apparent in his productive and beneficial ventures as President/CEO of an electronic sign company (which was extremely successful, and sold at a respectable profit) and as Founder/President of the first self-service nurseries in the world (which when taken public, created 6-digit sales figures in each of its outlets).    Having authored a sales textbook which is used by numerous corporations for training purposes (and going into a third printing), Kenís knowledge of career management and personal marketing is enhanced by his eleven-year tenure as Executive President for two major career marketing and counseling services.    Kenís renowned background and his years of experience in mentoring to others, is a tremendous asset to his clients here at JFI in helping them find the career of their dreams.
Robert W. Lupo Consultant		Robertís impressive work history includes holding positions such as, President, Corporate Vice President, and Vice President of Research and Development with Fortune rated firms such as Revlon, Max Factor and Shaklee. As a member of an industry committee, Robert has been involved in the establishment of the Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 Good Manufacturing guidelines and labeling for the food, drug and cosmetic industry. At Revlon, he helped obtain a new drug application, establish new manufacturing protocols, maintain regulatory compliance in the manufacturing and production areas of multiple locations and develop safe preservative systems for formulations, thus protecting the consumers from the risk of infection during the use of their products.     For the Max Factor company, Robert was responsible for creating and implementing an audio-visual training program for quality control chemists in England, Japan and the United States. As a member of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, Robert rallied the local chapter into creating the first of many seminars between industry and the FDA, serving as chairman and principal speaker. As a member of Shakleeís senior executive team, he helped take the company public. Robert participated in corporate development, national public speaking assignments, plant expansion and construction projects, led product development and quality assurance functions and represented the company through participation in community affairs.     A career consultant since 1982, Robert has successfully consulted over one thousand client campaigns for board level executives, re-entry by military, entrepreneurs and homemakers, MDs, PhDs, Lawyers, Engineers, Teachers from various institutional levels, Architects, Computer personnel and Scientists, to identify only a few. He has been highly successful with people of diversified backgrounds and from varied educational levels.     Robert completed a Masters program from Pepperdine and has also attended Seton Hall University's Masters program leading to a Masters degree in Microbiology.     Hands-on, action-oriented, he focuses clients on strategies for career development and successful placement both short and long term. An extensive net-worker, Robert has maintained contact and relationships with hundreds of clients and business contacts acquired through the years.

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