Joseph M. Lewellen

816-721-7190

joe@lewellen.net

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Independent IT Contractor / PC Consultant since 1997

Software and PC Mentoring / Tech Support / Hardware Assembly & Configuration / Research / Purchase Advisement / Web Site Development Consulting

 

Client disclosure limited for competitive privacy. 

Unlimited references available upon request.

 

Custom Home Painting

The Well

Lew's Grill & Bar

The Spalitto Company

Exposure Ventures

Hardy Companies

Triola Real Estate

KC Luxury Bus

Software and workstation technical support and advisement

 

American Multi-Cinema

Network Technician / PC Support

Regional offices consolidated to Kansas City, contributed with local & wide area network reconstruction.

 

Sprint Countdown 2000 & Sprint PCS Enterprise Y2K

Compliance Research Team / Vendor Analyst

Implementation of Sprint & Sprint PCS Vendor Product Research Intranet

Database for Year 2000 compliance.  As a company representative, researched, documented, provided quality assurance, and facilitated vendor communications on the world wide inventory status of year 2000 readiness of time sensitive / date dependent hardware, software, and equipment.

 

Block Financial Corporation

Tier II software technician support of Kiplinger’s Taxcut 97, dealt with customer service issues ranging from e-filing, modem, installation, backup, desktop applications, printer, video, multi media, patches, to Windows operating systems.

 

Associate Broker

Triola Real Estate 

1997-99

Residential "fee for service" sales and administration. Broker' licenses in Missouri and Kansas.

 

Associate Broker

Lioness Realty Group

Real Estate Division of Kansas City Life Insurance

 1993-97

Commercial Real Estate leasing and sales. Experience with a vast range of office and industrial transactions. Leased and managed the Rainbow Shops (43rd and Rainbow, Kansas City, Kansas), 7230 Wornall Shops (Kansas City, Missouri) and Lakewood Shops (291 Highway and Lakewood Boulevard, Lee's Summit, Missouri).

 

Associate Broker

Eisenberg & Company

1992

Commercial Real Estate leasing and sales. Company dissolved.

 

Buyer / District Manager

KC Fan Fair / First Team Graphics

Merle Harmon’s Fan Fair franchisee

1989-92

Purchasing agent for company wide inventory of fashion licensed professional and collegiate team sportswear. Managed the daily operations of six retail regional mall stores, responsibilities included payroll, inventory control, ordering supplies, human resources, floor sales, supervision of store managers, assistant managers, and employee training. Consulted with in production of silk screening and embroidery of NCAA licensed apparel. Reported directly to the Owner.

 

Associate Broker

Block & Company

1986-89

Primary real estate focus in the retail segment and included hands-on experience with a broad range of responsibilities, from site selection to land/building sales to build-to-suit projects, to lease negotiations. Coordinated marketing efforts for 10 strip shopping centers, including Loehmann's Plaza, Glenwood Plaza, Ruskin Heights, Mission West, The Landing, Tremont Square, Liberty Corners and Four Winds. Liaison between the on-site property managers and property owners provided valuable property management perspective. Represented a number of clients in the food service industry, including Johnny Cascone's, Zipp's, Schooners, Birdies, Uptown Grill & Bar, Little Kings, Rally's, Italian Delight, PJ Clarke's, The Daily Grind, Blimpie's, Mr. Goodscents, Checkers, Subway, and Aloha Chopstix.

 

EDUCATION

Rockhurst University Marketing  B.S.B.A 1986 

Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Missouri Delta Chapter

 

Rockhurst High School 1982

 

Johnson County Community College LAN Administration Technologist Specialist Certification (Windows NT). Courses completed include: Microsoft Office (Excel/Access/Word/Powerpoint/Outlook/Frontpage), Windows 3.1, 95, 98SE, NT 4.0, Advanced Windows NT 4.0, DOS I & II, Micro Hardware, UNIX & Mac OS, Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator, Frontpage, Pagis 2.0, Shockwave Flash 4, Documentum and LAN Fundamental Design.

 

Webmaster and website development consultant projects: The Well (waldowell.com), Lew's Grill & Bar (lewsgrillandbar.com), Lew's Irish Hooley, KC Luxury Bus (kcluxurybus.com), MizzouFan (mizzoufan.net), Exposure Ventures (tantowel.net & skindelicious.com) uniquechicboutique.com, Triola Real Estate, Kay Barnes Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, Custom Home Painting (shieldspainting.com), The Spalitto Company (spalitto.com), Waldo Crawldo & Falldo Crawldo Pub Crawls waldocrawldo.com and The Emilie Rosebud Diabetes Research Foundation (emrosebuddiabetesfund.com).

 

 Home and business computer consulting by appointment.

 

Current & active Real Estate Broker Licenses in Missouri and Kansas.

 

ACTIVITIES

Honorary Coach participant of the Men's NAIA Basketball Tournament in Kansas City since 1975.

Active in local politics, has participated as a staff member in two Kansas City Council campaigns, four Mayoral (recently for Mayor Kay Barnes of Kansas City, Missouri), and on a District #5 Congressional campaign (Fred Arbanas).

Former two term Board Member of the Citizens Association.

Alternate on the Selective Service Board.

 

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Directs the commercial timeouts as a Field Manager (Orangesleeves) on the sidelines for the FOX, NFL and CBS Networks at Kansas City Chiefs home games.

Stage manager in the broadcast booth for the FOX network at Kansas City Royals home games and CBS for local NCAA basketball games.