Community leader, advocate and story teller living life one day at a time
Ron Byers Resume
Summary of Qualifications
Extensive professional experience in operations and people management spanning retail, call centre and office management industries. Considerable experience in volunteer event management, team leadership and board participation. Proven people manager through skill development, successful coaching to success, managing productivity and work quality. Highly successful in project development, implementation and management. Outstanding relationship building, training, interpersonal and presentation skills. Analytical, Articulate and diligent.
Core Competencies
Client Relationship Management
Operations Management
Staff Development
Quality Control
Statistic Development
Budget Planning & Cost Control
Strategic Planning
Payroll and Benefits Management
Project Leadership
Technical/Computer Skills
Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Front Page, Outlooks, Windows 98/2000/XP
Linux Suse, OpenOffice, MySQL, Navicat, Chrome, Firefox, Netscape, Internet Explorer
Seibel Certified, PaintShop Pro,
Nortel Call Centre Systems, Avaya Call Recording
HTML, PHP, Javascript, Web Content Management, WordPress
Chronic health issues prevented full time employment as of September 1, 2010. For this reason Professional Experiences are being listed after Volunteer and Community Experiences
Non-Profit/Volunteer and Community Experience
Explore Edmonton
2SLGBTQ+ Content Advisor and Contributor
Work with Explore Edmonton staff and management to enhance their 2SLGBTQ+ content
Create content relevant to annual Pride celebrations
Advisor and contributor in creation of a tourism video targeting the Queer traveler
HIV Edmonton
Positive Speaker
Speaker sharing life experiences as someone living with HIV and the challenges our health system presented a part of the HIV 101 Workshop presented to Nursing programs as well as Public Health training programs.
Shared the local history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Edmonton and how it impacted our community.
HIV Edmonton
Healthy Canadians Community Fund Research Contractor
Worked with association staff as a Peer Associate on Healthy Canadians and Community Fund project
Use community development and community based research to develop a health promotion program proposal covering Nutrition, Active Lifestyle & Exercise and Smoking Cessation
Uses the program/organizational version of the Waawiyeyaa evaluation tool as part of building data from focus groups
Intervivos Summer 2022 Mentorship Program
Mentor
Work with Protege in building goals
Meet with Protege to provide guidance and input based on experience
Be receptive and responsive to what the Protégé want to work on
Commit time and energy to developing Protege. Be available and take the time to understand their questions and give them thoughtful and thorough input.
Capital Pride Edmonton
Interim Board Member
Signatory on Incorporation
Initial development of strategies to create a new inclusive Pride Festival in Edmonton
Event planner
RAINBOW STORY HUB FOUNDATION | Edmonton Queer History
Founder/Director
Developed platform to gather stories and digital media documenting the history of the LGBTQ2S+ community in Edmonton and surrounding regions
Presented spoken and illustrated presentations on Edmonton’s Queer history.
Work with the City of Edmonton Archives as an advisor on the Community Archivist Committee
Edmonton Pride Seniors Group Society
Committee member
Assisted with rebuilding the website and social media channels
Provided technical skills to develop newsletter
Served on general committee
Edmonton Heritage Council Edmonton City As Museum Project
Story Contributor
Researched, documented and co-authored several historical stories relating to the Queer history in Edmonton for publication online
Pride Centre of Edmonton Aging Wellness Program
Community Advisory Team Member
Advised Project staff through the development and launch of a new Aging Wellness Program for seniors in the Edmonton Queer community
Attended meetings during the development, launch and follow-up phases of the project
Edmonton Men’s Health Collective Peer N Peer Project
Community Advisory Team Member
Advised Project staff through the development and launch of a new Harm Reduction Program focused on the Edmonton Queer community
Attended seminars and gatherings during the launch and followup phases of the project
Continue to provide guidance and oversight as part of Community Advisory Team
Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose
Founding Member
Past President of the Board of Directors
Emperor 25 and Co-Emperor 29
Member of the College of Monarchs
Master of Ceremonies for Coronation Balls for 25 years
Minister of Protocol for Coronation for 35 years
Citizen of the Year 1980 and Lifetime Achievement Award 2009
HIV Edmonton
Project Committee Member
Worked with association staff to enhance community outreach efforts
Acted as Community Leader consultant on new community information research project
Acted as co-signer with HIV Executive Director Debra Jakubec and Dr. Ammeta Singh – Medical Director for AHS STI Clinic on research submission to the Health Research Ethics Board of Alberta for Fast-track approval of the INSTI-HIV Rapid Test Kit, the first rapid Test kit available
Edmonton Pride Festival Society
Event Organizer/Board Member
Created and coordinated the first Street Fair for the local festival
Assisted with event promotion
Attended meetings as a steering committee representative
Jasper Place Gateway Foundation
Founding Member/President
Assisted in the development of a five year strategy for community revitalization
Developed and coordinated several events focused on community involvement
Provided direction and leadership for government funded youth program
Participated in conflict management issues as mediator
Named and provided development assistance for community newspaper
Northlands Park
Event volunteer- Youth Talent Quest
Assisted in the operation of Youth Talent Quest competition
Acted as talent judge for semi-final competition shows during Klondike Days
Acted as MC for events including Youth Talent Quest and Band Extravaganza
Edmonton Heritage Festival Association
Area Supervisor/Onsite Volunteer Coordinator
Lead volunteer supervisor team coordinating festival activities
Supervised all volunteer activities during festival
Coordinated volunteer resources to meet needs of festival
Worked with festival staff during setup and tear down and during initial planning