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About
Bob
(Computing/Tech Services Div)
Bob had been doing
volunteer computing/technical services work for a number
of years for non-profits and others, and in 2008 started
offering such services through the Finishing Touch
by Dee
business. The Computing/Technical Div is described in
detail on
www.BobCurley.com.
Bob was with a major
Aerospace Company for 38+ years, where he started his
career in Research & Engineering, later moving into
other areas of the business. He worked with computing
systems throughout his professional career, and has
worked with home based systems since 1980.
His experiences range from large scale system
implementation in a geographically dispersed multi-site
environment, to local desk-top systems.
Experiences have been from the user end managing &
defining requirements, managing implementation &
training,
defining budgets, and
controlling costs.
Work with home based systems has included all aspects of
system design, custom building desk-top computers,
designing and installing networks, selecting and
installing accessories (hardware and software), set-up
and installation of systems, and training of users.
Bob received his BS
degree from Rutgers University after first
attending Salem Community College where he graduated
with an AS degree in Mechanical Design Technology. He
has also done graduate work in Urban Affairs/Planning at
Rutgers, and Statistics at Widener University. He has
further completed extensive executive programs at
Cornell, Penn State, the University of Michigan, and the
University of Tennessee, as well as completing work with
the Center for Effective Organizations from the
University of Southern California.
Bob has further completed numerous technical seminars
and training over the years.
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Bob & Dee
Dee
participating in the Elwyn Institute
Employee
Bazaar, Glen Mills, Pa
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About Dee
In November
1996, Dee established
the Finishing Touch
by Dee
business as a part
time effort, and went full time in 2000.
Dee's initial
concentration was silk floral design.
Dee has sold
floral products through retail stores including the
Echelon Mall in Voorhees NJ, and Philadelphia area
floral & craft shows such as The Willows Mansion in
Radnor, Pa, The Oakbourne Mansion in West Chester, Pa,
and Christmas House in Ridley Park, Pa. She also has
participated in numerous customer home based shows, as
well as public shows in her own home.
Dee's business
quickly expanded into interior decorating and she has a
real talent for blending & matching color schemes, and
changing the whole appearance of a room with
"accessories" & addition of appropriate "color".
Dee's customer's
would often mention wanting to do something with their
yards, and being an avid landscape hobbyist
for years, in
2006, she incorporated landscape services into the
Finishing Touch by Dee business. Landscaping has become a real love,
and one of Dee's
neighbors swears that he saw Dee landscaping her own
front yard at 11:30 pm on a cold December night, and in
her pajama's! Probably true!
Customer's often
complained of problems with their computer when Dee
visited, so of course she would volunteer to "send Bob
over" to help out. Hence that part of the business came
into being in 2008!
Dee is a graduate of the
Interior Design Institute with a Diploma of
Interior Design.
Dee has also completed
numerous training programs in home decorating and silk
floral design. She has also been an avid landscape
enthusiast/hobbyist for years and has "self taught" on
the subject.
In addition, Dee is a graduate
of St Joseph's University where she received both BS and MBA degrees.
Dee was with a major Aerospace Company for 16+ years,
where she started her career in Contracts, later moving
into other areas of the business.
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