DAVID ROBERT WOOTEN

FRSA, FSA (Scot), FRSAI, FACH, HOKC

PMB 396, 1643B Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407

Facsimile 877-588-4459

dw@9august.com

Current Résumé

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL

• Born - 9 August 1958, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA
• 1 Daughter (from former marriage)

EDUCATION

• Richard J. Reynolds High School, 1976
• BA - Ancient Near Eastern History, North Carolina State University, 1980
• Graphics Editor, 2 years, The Technician
• Illustrator, 1981 edition, The Agromeck
• 2 years postgraduate work in Ancient Near Eastern History, North Carolina State University

PROFESSIONAL

• Search Room Assistant, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC 1982-3
• Vice President, Cheyenne Industries, Little Rock, AR, 1984-1999
• Vice President, Cheyenne West, Ontario, CA, 1987-1988
• Creative Director, Ads Plus Design Studio, Little Rock, AR, 1997-1999
• Sole Proprietor/Creative Director, &mpersand Productions (graphic design), Little Rock, AR, 1994-2000
• Sole Proprietor, Phoenix Press (publications related to chivalry, heraldry, genealogy, history), Charleston, SC, 1995-present [division of Gryfons Publishers]
• Sole Proprietor/Creative Director, 9august.com (website design, graphic design, publishing), Charleston, SC, 1994-2000
• Chief Operating Officer, Beverage Systems of America, Inc., North Little Rock, AR, 2000-2001
• Executive Vice President, NüSand Environmental Technologies, Inc., North Little Rock, AR, 2000-2001
• Director of Marketing, HGI Chemicals, Inc., North Little Rock, AR, 2000-2002
• Director of Internet Sales & Marketing, Alpha 2 Omega Beverage Solutions, LLC, Little Rock, AR, 2001-2004
• Buyer Specialist, REALTOR®, Becky Tanner's SellingLittleRock.com, Little Rock, AR, 2003
• Partner, Chief Information Officer, The Fermoy Group, LLC, Charleston, SC, 2003-present
• Co-Owner, VP Administration, Global Building Solutions, LLC, Charleston, SC, 2005-present
• Co-Owner, VP Administration, GBS-Gabon, SARL, Libreville, Gabon, 2007-present
• Co-Owner, VP Administration, GBS-Liberia, LLC, Monrovia, Liberia, 2008-present
• Executive Director, The American College of Heraldry, Charleston, SC, 2004-present

BOARDS ADVISORY & GOVERNOR

• The American College of Heraldry

PRESENT OR PAST MEMBERSHIPS / OFFICES / SOCIETIES

• The American College of Heraldry - Fellow [FACH]; Board of Governors; Executive Director; Editor, "The Armiger's News"
• Member, La Asociación de Posesores de Certificaciones de Genealogía, Nobleza y Armas expedidas por el Cuerpo de Cronistas Reyes de Armas de España {Association of Owners of Certifications of Genealogy, Nobility and Coat of Arms Issued by the Corps of the Cronistas King of Arms of Spain}
• The International Sister Fidelma Society - Webmaster; Editor, "The Brehon," Journal of The International Sister Fidelma Society
• Kentucky Colonel, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, awarded by the Hon. Paul E. Patton, Governor, Commonwealth of Kentucky [HOKC]
• Arkansas Traveler, awarded by the Hon. Mike Huckabee, Governor, State of Arkansas
• South Carolina Irish Historical Society
• Scottish Society of Charleston
• South Carolina Historical Society
• The Scottish-American Military Society [SAMS]
• Orders & Medals Research Society
• Naval Order of the United States
• Navy League of the United States
• Sons of Confederate Veterans
• Military Order of the Stars & Bars
• Richard III Society
• Scottish Tartans Authority
• The Heraldry Society (UK)
• The Society of Heraldic Arts, Associate Member
• The White Lion Society
• The Heraldry Societies of the UK, Australia, Scotland, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, The Heraldry Society of the USA
• Fellow of The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture & Commerce (Royal Society of Arts) [FRSA]
• Fellow of the The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland [FRSAI]
• Fellow of the Society for Antiquaries (Scotland) [FSA (Scot)]
• The Heraldry Society of the USA
• The Bookplate Society
• Orders and Medals Society of America
• North Carolina State University Alumni Association
  • Pack Partner
• Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity

BOOKS WRITTEN/EDITED

• We All Become Forefathers: Genealogies of the Wooten, Boykin, Whitaker and Broadhurst Families; Higginson Books, Salem, MA, 1993
• Specialist Editor (Heraldry), The New Oxford Dictionary of American English, Oxford University Press, 2001
• The Heraldic Register of America, American College of Heraldry, Vols. 7-13 [Assistant Editor], Phoenix Press
• The Heraldic Register of America, American College of Heraldry, Vols. 14-  [Editor], Phoenix Press
• Descendants of Johias Whitaker, Phoenix Press, 2005
• Descendants of Edward Boykin, Phoenix Press, 2005
• Descendants of Thomas Watton, Phoenix Press, 2005

HOBBIES/INTERESTS

• Heraldry and Heraldic Art/Bookplates; Genealogy; Chivalry; History/Archaeology; Wine; Cigars; Netsuke Collecting