My Experience
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Mission Driven
This page covers my work experience.
I am mission-driven in my work. I will learn anything or do anything to achieve the higher purpose.
I am currently overseeing investments in the Eleanor Dickinson Group, evaluating new opportunities, and offering consulting services.
Everything on this page is dependent upon how I work. I have distilled how I work into a basic algorithm. In whatever I do, I will follow this algorithm. If you haven't looked at that yet, I suggest you do as it informs you more about how I work than my work experience.
The Eleanor Dickinson Group - Founder, Managing Member - 2018 - Now
The EDG is a small angel investment firm. Through the EDG I've been an operating partner in the Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Biotech, Franchise Branding, Facilities Services, Media, & Contracting industries.
Market Vision Hospitality - Various - 2014-2018
MVH was a restaurant group that owned 2 award winning restaurants in the Salt Lake City area and was simultaneously developing 3 more. I fulfilled various roles for them. My experience with this company played a vital role in my development.
Other Experience - Prior to 2014
This section highlights other roles I have done that impact how I think and work. This includes construction, AV work, and an internship with RBC Wealth Management.
Education
University of Utah - Economics/Men's Basketball Team Member
Fishburne Military School
Judge Memorial Catholic High School
Awards
Missouri Valley Good Neighbor Award
Winner of the Missouri Valley Conference Good Neighbor Award for outstanding achievement in charitable efforts.
Transferable SKills
Goal Identification & Setting
The process of identifying specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals and creating a plan to achieve them. It involves taking stock of your current situation, considering what you want to achieve, and developing a clear and actionable plan to get there.
Knowledge Generation/Analysis
After you have your goals you need to learn about it. This skill includes research, critical thinking, teleological thinking, ontological thinking, knowing what's important, quantitative reasoning, qualitative reasoning, etc.
Strategizing
Strategizing is a way of thinking about and approaching a problem or situation in order to achieve a desired outcome. A strategy considers all of the resources at your disposal and how best to utilize them to achieve your goal. It includes the process of identifying the points of leverage and highest impact available and concentrating your forces at those points.
Planning
Taking a strategy and breaking it down into actionable steps.
Preparation
Acquiring the resources, assets, and foundation to execute your plan.
Execution
Doing it. This includes decision making, problem solving, time management, project management, adaptability, creativity, etc.
Continual Improvement
This is primarily a humility to keep adapting and continually pushing the envelope. It is a skill in itself to acknowledge that your work is never done.
Soft Skills
Interpersonal Skills
The ability to build and maintain positive relationships with others.
Communication
The ability to clearly and effectively convey information and ideas to others, both orally and in writing.
Influence
The ability to affect the thoughts, feelings, or behavior of others. Sales is influence.
Conflict Resolution/Negotiation
The ability to identify and resolve conflicts in a productive manner.
Leadership
The ability to motivate and guide a team towards a common goal.
Technical SKills
Computer Fluency
I can learn and use any computer, and any program. I am good with Microsoft Office, Salesforce, Sketchup, networking, etc.
Data Analysis
I am competent at data analysis, but I am actively and aggressively pursuing improvement in this category.
Project Management
I'm adept at this. I have an ability to switch between project paranoia and allowing things to develop naturally.
Design
I can envision, draw, or CAD, anything.
Investment Analysis & Selection
I have spent the last 7 years analyzing, selecting, and managing investments. I have more work to do and more to learn.
Business Startup
I have helped 6 companies startup their operations. This covers everything from ideation, to licensing, to branding, to lease negotiations, to build out, to operations flow charting, you name it. These are different skills than ongoing business management.
Business Management
I have broad experience in the two types of Business Management: Business Administration and Operations Management.
My Consulting Services
Harry Whitt
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