Education and Experience:
Noel’s formal education spanned over eight years at five universities, and included upper-level studies in Management, Marketing, Information Systems, Architecture and Engineering. In addition, he has had extensive training in business software support, commercial real estate investment and development, and held a position with Dale Carnegie as a Graduate Assistant in their Public Speaking classes.
His work responsibilities generally involved creating technical-writing materials for training, marketing, presentations and financial analyses. His personal work interests were always to increase productivity, and on improving management information systems through custom reports using spreadsheets and a variety of PC-level software programs.
Work Ethics:
Noel continually pushes himself to excel in everything he does. In addition to authoring Systems Of Excellence and Fingertip Knowledge, Noel is co-author of ROQNROL, and uses a highly-customized keyboard macro system he developed for multiple software programs that dramatically increases productivity on a personal computer.
Personal Ethics:
Noel’s personal passion is in helping others. In his free time he enjoys creating methods and materials that others can use to improve their lives. This passion led him through a wide range of business and personal-growth experiences, alternative healthcare practices, and life-changing adventures including starting and owning a number of businesses.
Noel’s most treasured personal experience was over a three-year period as Founder and President of New Life Seminars, Inc. in South Florida – a 501(c)3 non-profit, personal-growth seminar group run by a board of 12 and a team of 25 volunteers which gave free, monthly, 4-day (34-hours), life-changing seminars. Noel and Kathleen have integrated many of these motivational and self-help techniques into the Phoenix Success Training course – to help people live more meaningful, less stressful lives.
Companies Noel has worked with include:
- IBM – Began in software production, then later hired to test their OS/2 operating system software;
- Core International – Account Executive; managed computer equipment accounts for major corporations;
- Advance Technology – Operations Director in computer brokerage firm; created marketing materials and data collection processes along with an in-house buyer/seller matching system;
- MicroAge – Software Support/Training Manager; provided software support for business clients, and created dozens of step-by-step training templates for software programs supporting 13 salespeople in three store locations;
- Globe Communications – Computer Network Administrator; provided all training and hardware/software support covering 50 computer systems on two networks for senior executives and their staff managing the publication and distribution of 30+ international magazines;
- United American Healthcare – Consultant; hired by President to study corporate systems (sales/marketing/accounting/computers/HR) and create a company operating manual for a startup HMO – to be used to establish satellite offices;
- Coastal Resources – Consultant; hired by President for market research and to create prospectuses for a shopping center developer;
- MIG Realty Advisors – Acquisitions and Portfolio Analyst at a national commercial real estate investment advisory firm; reviewed prospectus packages and legal documents; built custom data-collection forms and analysis spreadsheets for acquisitions, asset management and dispositions of shopping centers, office buildings, apartment complexes and warehouse developments;
- Altman Development – Computer Network Administrator / Development Associate for a national class “A” apartment developer; managed a 25-system computer network including staff training and support; established project research and due diligence processes; created financial analyses spreadsheets and data-collection formats, and compiled project packages from initial investment prospectuses to final “for sale” properties;
- Prime Products – Promoted from Consultant to VP in a plastics manufacturing business after acquiring operating capital for expansion; designed a multi-room inventory management system, upgraded the accounting system, and ran the company for seven months while the owner/president recuperated at home from a serious car accident;
- Aftermarket – Sales/Marketing Associate; developed product marketing scripts which resulted in company sales record and regular top 1% productivity in national telemarketing firm;
- University of Phoenix Online – Admissions Counselor; created 42 templates, guides, forms and scripting systems for supporting counselors and students including a "Walk To Class" which, in a step-by-step process, shows students how to make A’s in online classes while improving their networking, leadership and project management skills; and
- CFI/Con-Way – Team OTR Driver in U.S. and Canada with wife, Kathleen. In 2007, during their two years of driving for CFI, the Robinsons broke the company’s 10-year-old record for miles driven by a team in one month. (As of 2017, their record still stands – at 1,104 miles/day for 31 consecutive days.)