Paul Gregory, CRPC(R) 1116 Hartwood Avenue Virginia Beach, VA 23454 pg1adfa12@westpost.

net/757-641-0961 OBJECTIVE Manager, editor, writer position in Hampton Roads, VA, Market. This position wil l make use of skills, experience, abilities and training in: ? building a regional commercial website from the ground up, starting with initi al research all the way through product launch and daily operations ? planning and managing the merger of two competitive news staffs into one super ior force with no observable interruption in the delivery of the states largest daily newspaper at the time ? managing a staff of up to 40 individuals and matching each persons abilities t o the needs of the staff as a whole BACKGROUND SUMMARY Professional communicator with 20 years of experience in daily newspapers and ei ght years in New Media and the development of Internet applications. Financial a dvisor for six years with an emphasis on retirement planning for the Baby Boomer generation. Have worked as writer, editor, photographer, page designer, departm ent head, general manager, product developer, director, financial advisor and fi nancial advisor coach. During 2002-2004, as Trichord, Inc., director of traveler information systems, d eveloped the concepts for taking automated traffic data and delivering it to the public and private sectors in real time. Both the WTOP Radio Network in Washing ton, D.C., and the seven Clear Channel Communications radio stations there used data and systems from Trichord to enhance their broadcast traffic reports. Developed, launched and managed a regional website for Cox Interactive Media (a division of Cox Enterprises of Atlanta) in Hampton Roads, VA. GoHamptonRoads.com employed 16 full-time employees and three part-timers on a budget of about $2.5 million a year. Prior to GoHamptonRoads, for seven years supervised a staff of 35 reporters and editors with a yearly payroll of $1.75 million at the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Worked daily with artists and photographers at a newspaper recognized as one of the most attractive in the country, planned major Sunday feature coverage and ov ersaw daily operations. Experienced in deadlines, daily operations, budgeting and personnel functions. DEMONSTRATIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS ? Researched, planned, staffed and constructed GoHamptonRoads.com in the 14th la rgest Internet market in the United States. GoHamptonRoads was a regional comme rcial website for Cox Interactive Media, then the leading developer of local bas ed websites across the nation. GoHamptonRoads.com, against entrenched local comp etitors that had been active in the market for as long as five years, achieved t he No. 1 ranking for local websites in the market within eight months of launch and maintained that spot (Media Audit--Winter 1999, Summer 1999, Winter 2000, Su mmer 2000). In 1999, GoHamptonRoads.com was recognized by Cox Interactive Media as the firms No. 1 mature website for total audience growth during the year. ? Visualized, planned and implemented what proved to be the first-in-the-nation effort to provide video traffic images over the web in cooperation with the Virg inia Department of Transportation. The original interface, including a map with a click-to select camera feature, has been widely copied throughout the Web. ? Managed the synthesis of two competitive and alien communication styles into o ne with no interruption of work flow during the 1992 merger of the afternoon Ric hmond News Leader into the morning and Sunday Times-Dispatch. Became the senior editor of the merged and enlarged metro staff. ? Developed Tomorrows Headlines for The Times-Dispatch in cooperation with WTVR Channel 6 in Richmond. Wrote the procedure for the 90-second, 5-night a week bro adcast that aired live from The Times-Dispatch newsroom, briefed the staff on th

ose procedures and personally supervised the segment for the first 6 weeks of pr oduction. Appeared many times in the on- air position over the following months giving the channels viewers a preview of the next mornings newspaper. A scientif ic survey of residents of the Richmond metro area showed that fully 83 percent o f the population had seen the segment and fully a third of them said they had re ad The Times-Dispatch the following morning as a result of what they had seen. ? As a financial advisor coach at Ameriprise rose to the No. 5 ranking nationall y among several hundred coaches for closed sales in February 2007. EMPLOYMENT Cape Financial/Premier Planning Network 2009-present Independent Financial Advisor, Retirement Planning Specialist American Express/Ameriprise Financial Advisors 2005-2009 Employee Financial Advisor Trichord Inc. 2001-2005 Director of Traveler Information Services Board Member Cox Interactive Media/Go Hampton Road.com 1997-2001 General Manager, City Site Manager PDG Consulting 1996-1997 Independent Internet Consultant Richmond Times-Dispatch 1988-1996 City Editor Richmond Times-Dispatch 1978-1988 Assistant City Editor, Associate City Editor Baltimore News American 1976-1978 Copy Editor, National News Editor EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor(R) practitioner, The American College Series 7, Series 66 FINRA licenses Virginia licensed for Life, Health and Long-Term-Care Insurance, and Variable Pr oducts University of Richmond Management Institute Graduate teaching assistant (editing), University of Missouri School of Journali sm B.J., Photojournalism and News Editorial, University of Missouri School of Journ alism