Frank James Ryan Jr...fjr

BIOGRAPHY of FRANK JAMES RYAN, JR._______ Born & Raised in The City That Never Sleeps, New York...U.S.A. Since I began posting my work as a member of an online poetry group in 2006, the mass majority of my daily readership has and continues to come from non-member visitor traffic, via various sources in the Tri-State Metropolitan Area of the Northeast United States, which includes: Central & Southern New York, Southern and Western Connecticut and Northern to Central New Jersey. The supporting venues include: Bookstores, Local and County Libraries, Junior and Senior High Schools, as well as several New York based Community Colleges. In addition, as of February of 2009, my work has been on display with various literary groups and associations throughout the Northeast United States. All of these ''off-site'', education affiliated avenues have been and continue to be the strongest link in my efforts to maintain a healthy readership base. Thank you for visiting...I hope you enjoy my work, as well as the work of the many multi-talented members on this literary site. Frank James Ryan, Jr/FjR _________________EDUCATION___________________ The Concordia College of New York / Liberal Arts; Physical Education; Psychology Iona Preparatory School / College-Prep A.P. Curriculum _______________BUSINESS/CAREER_______________ 2016-Current: Chairman & Chief Operating Officer Creative Search Engine Marketing of N.Y./ Creative Internet Marketing Services of N.Y./ Creative Marketing Services/LLC PRIOR: Chief Executive Officer/Creative Marketing Services of New York 5yr.Tenure 2011-2016 PRIOR: Sr. Director of International Internet Marketing Operations / V.M.I. Inc. of N.Y. 2009-2011 PRIOR: National Multi-Media Marketing Exec. & Advertising Coordinator/Yellgroup-TransWestern Co. 1999-2009 PRIOR: Regional Operations Manager/Marketing Coordinator/Gannett Co.-U.S.A. TODAY 1981-1998 SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS/PROJECTS/COMMITTEES Managerial ..........1985: U.S.A. TODAY Northeast Launching Team ..........1987: Established/Commissioned the Company's ..........First Field Sales & Sales Recruitment Programs ..........1988: Special Projects Manager/Sales-Promo ..........1990: Regional Programs Coordinator ..........1993: Motivational Speaker Corp. Seminars ..........1996: Branch Consolidation Project Director ..........2002: Motivational Spokesperson/Recruiter ..........2010: Architected Company Sub-Division / V.M.I. Inc. ..........2011: Appointed International Mkt. Liaison/V.M.I. Inc. ______________CREATIVE WRITING________________ PUBLISHINGS: Editorial Op-Ed including articles appearing in Time Magazine; U.S. News & World Report; The Gannetteer; Circus Magazine; N.Y. Times; N.Y. Post; N.Y. Daily News, as well as more than 100 local & nationally syndicated news publications. Competition Essay...Prose, Short Story, Contemporary Poetry, and News Articles appearing in over 100 Literary Anthologies & various fine-arts/lifestyle, and sports news sources AWARDS: 1st Place-1997 Creative Arts & Science Spring Literary Competition; 2nd Place-1998 Creative Arts & Science Summer Poetry Slam; 3rd Place-2008 Autumn Park Literary Competition. BOOKS: ''THE VERVE OF PASSION & PERIL''/2000... Watermark Vanity Press of Owens Hills, Maryland FAV POETS/WRITER'S: Edgar Allan Poe, John Donne, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, William Blake //////Stephen King FAV POEMS: The Raven, Death Not Be Proud, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Goodnight, The Bells, Oh Captain! My Captain! FAV. BOOKS: The Green Mile, The Dead Zone, Salem's Lot, Fahrenheit 451, Mutiny On The Bounty, The Day Christ Died _____SCHOLASTIC EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES_____ HIGH SCHOOL: Basketball, Martial Arts, Track, Tennis, Table Tennis, Handball: Swimming, Low-board Diving COLLEGIATE -: Men's Basketball NCAA Div. II, Martial Arts, Tennis NCAA II, Officiating Women's Basketball NCAA Div. III _________CURRENT ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES___________ Mixed Martial Arts{Taekwondo & Shaolin Kenpo Karate}, Running, Weightlifting, Street Basketball, Tennis, Table Tennis, Swimming INTERESTS/HOBBIES: Music Psychedelic 60's Rock, Hard/Acid Rock of the 70's-80's, Classical Rock, Traditional Irish Ballad, Alternative Rock: Law & Order junkie; Mixed Martial Arts; Public Speaking, Creative Writing, following Professional, Collegiate and High School Basketball, Football, Baseball, Tennis, Pro Boxing, MMA, UFC...Terminal Dark Chocolate addiction. ____________MEMBERSHIPS & MISC._______________ MEMBERSHIPS/BIOGRAPHICAL INCLUSIONS: ~ Who's Who In America Business Achievement in the fields of Marketing & Advertising ~ Who's Who In The East Societal & Literary Achievement ~ The International Biographical Centre of England Business Achievement Subject of Interest in the field of International Corporate Marketing and Literary Achievement in the field of The Fine Arts American Contemporary Literature MEMBER: Republican National Committee/Advocate - Tea Party Movement...Note: {If you're reading this and work for the IRS, please take the above political info as a totally egregious typo... A wee bit of levity? } _____ Memberships_______ ~American Heart Association; ~National Kidney Foundation ~Association For Childhood Diseases ~Make A Wish Foundation ~National Association of Paralyzed War Veterans; ~New York-Columbia/Cornell Universities Hospital- Medical Center - Cardio-Thoracic/Telemetry & Arrhythmia Divisions Personal Literary Quote: " Never post anything that you are not prepared to be criticized on" ....~FjR~ __GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE\\\\*////BE AN ORGAN DONOR__ ________________________________________________ All works by the above named Author, Frank James Ryan, Jr., are protected by United States Copyright Laws and The Library of Congress, as governed by federal statute, under the Copyright Act of 1976-under the name ©Frank J. Ryan, Jr.)