User:Ocean30
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Hello World!
My Name is David Abernathy and I am looking forward to learnging more about Wikipedia and participating in this project.
Who am I and what do I hope to accomplish. First I am not new to Wikipedia from a consumer perspective, but prior to this, I have not really focused on how to participate in the project. My goal here is to continue my education in addition to being able to share what I have learned.
My Background My background includes being educated at Purdue University, working in the Technology Consulting world as both an analyst and developer. Having had the opportunity to learn and program with programming tools including SQLWindows, MS Visual Basic, C, and Java. I worked in the Financial Services Industry focused on Charitable Giving - I have served in key management roles including Chief Operating Officer for Renaissanceand Senior Vice President in Wachovia's Wealth Management Group.
During the time working in the financial services world I had the opportunity to work with individuals and charities to leverage their financial assets to make significant contributions to charities. After some research, I decided to build a new business model focused on Real Estate Marketing and helping property owners to understand more about the potential opportunities that exist to help others and still meeting their financial objectives.
We created the Ocean 30 Marketing Group knowing that we had years of work in front of us to get to our destination.
The key components of our business model include:
1) Building a strong Real Estate Marketing model and presence. This has been our primary task since launching our business. (more to be added in the near future - as I learn more about the Wikipedia process and rules. We are not intending to use this as a marketing tool - but rather a mechanism to help others utilize some of the techniques and strategies)
2) Building an educational platform targeting the four constingenies that we hope to support and partner with. Property Owners (Donors) - Charities - Real Estate Professionals - The Financial Services Industry. Many of the stratigies that are used in the financial services industry have never been presented in a manor that helps the Real Estate Professionals understand the opportunity to help their property owner clients. We have partnered with a number of financial services organizations to build the tools to educate the real estate professionals and help them increase the awareness of these tools (without engaging in providing legal or accounting advice) to the property owners at the time that they decide to sell their real estate assets.
As we more forward, and I understand the Wiki rules more, we will be adding content to Wiki, and links to resources that can help each of the four segments; property owners (Donors), real estate professionals, charities, and professionals that provide financial advice to their clients.
For now that's it.
David Abernathy, founder
