1. John P. Kloss 1441 Jericho Road Abington, PA 19001 Primary Phone: 215-885-1203 Email: kloss@kloss-studios.com OBJECTIVE I am seeking a full-time position with your School District as a Social Studies Teacher. CURRENT EXPERIENCE AND ACTIVITY Inductee for the Phi Alpha Theta, International History Honor Society Presenter at the SEPCHE Honors Conference Member of The Philosophy Society at Gwynedd Mercy University Tutored 2nd grade ELL students at Knapp Elementary School, Lansdale, PA Observed 11-12th grade classes in history at Abington High School, Abington, PA Observed high school students at Wordsworth Academy, Fort Washington, PA Observed students at Lynch Home, Gwynedd Valley, PA Observed 6th and 11th grade history classes at Gwynedd Mercy Academy, Gwynedd Valley, PA EXPERIENCE Kloss Studios Co. Inc., Abington, PA Owner/President 1985-2010 Created recording studio business and built it into a $250,000 per year business. Purchased inventory and equipment and managed a yearly budget of $100,000. Taught guitar to students of all ages, some of whom continued their training in college. Implemented a state-of-the-art digital 32-track Protools recording system. Developed in-house graphic arts department utilizing Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark and Freehand. Created and maintained a dynamic corporate web site that averaged 32,000 hits per week. Provided other recording services, including cassette duplication of 100,000 cassettes per year. Mechanics Choice Marketing Manager 1983-1989 Directed and coordinated research, evaluation and development of very successful new products and marketing concepts. Coordinated and performed product training to create a technically proficient national sales force. Successfully directed marketing campaign of Parker Hannifin Hydraulics to result in development from $200,000 investment into a $2 million line. 2. Directed marketing staff of 15 to successfully complete major revision of catalog containing over 28,000 industrial items. Almo Electronics, Inc. Product Manager 1981-1982 Pyttronics Industries, Inc. Product Manager 1979-1981 MILITARY HISTORY U.S. Army Reserves Honorable Discharge EDUCATION Gwynedd-Mercy University, Gwynedd Valley, PA Major: History/Secondary Education Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA Major: Business Administration Hussian School of Art, Philadelphia, PA Major: Commercial Art