Resume

Goal

• To provide high quality professional pocket billiard instruction.

Professional Experience

Billiard Room Owner/Operator – Califon Billiards, DBA Billiards, Inc., Califon, NJ 1992-2002

Referee Services:

U.S. Open 14.1 Straight Pool, Super Billiards EXPO, BCA 8 Ball & 9 Ball National Championships, N.J. State 14.1 Straight Pool Championship, the Euro Tour 9 Ball and several National Championships in Spain, Recognized as BCAPL Head Referee 2010

• BCA/BCAPL Certified Referee since 2000, retired as a CSI/BCAPL Head Referee 2015
• Referee –  U.S. Open 14.1 Straight Pool Tournament NY in 2000
• Referee – The Friars Club 12th Annual 9 Ball Tournament, NYC 2003.
• Referee –  BCA Nat’l 8 Ball & 9 Ball Tournaments, Las Vegas, NV 2000-2007
• Head Referee – 9 Ball – Super Billiards EXPO, Valley Forge, PA 2001-2010
• Head Referee – N.J. State 14.1 Jack Colavita Tournament, NJ 2003-2005
• Referee – Euro Tour Diamond 9 Ball – Costa del Sol,  &  the Spanish Confederation of Pool (CEP) Anniversary 9 Ball Championships-Malaga, Spain in 2004-2010
• Head Referee – ANPE National Assoc. of Pool, 9 Ball, 8 Ball, & 14.1 Straight Pool, Seville, Spain 2006
• Head Referee – Galveston World Classic Event, Galveston Texas Sept. 2009
• Served as the BCA North American Representative to the WPA World Pool – Billiard Association. Coordinated the formulation of the World Standard Rules for – Ten Ball.
• Project Director  – Translated the entire BCAPL Rule book English to Spanish 2010.

Pocket Billiard Instruction:

 Private and Group Instruction, Youth Clinics, Adult Education, Senior Citizens

• Billiard Congress of America (BCA) Certified Instructor since 1996 – 2000
• Taught hundreds of students, various age groups, at Califon Billiards over a 10 year period for Hunterdon County Adult Educational Services, Flemington, NJ
• Developed instructional programs adapted to various skill levels and ages
• Assisted Ron Vitelllo with the development of the Vitello Aiming System© and co-instructed the first pilot class, Amsterdam Billiards, NY in 2003
• PBIA Professional Pocket Billiard Instructors Assoc. – Certified/Verified

Tournament Director & Entertainer: 

WPBA, Super Billiards EXPO, Spanish Confederation of Pool, Senior Citizens Olympics

• Director & Announcer/Host at the WPBA Players Championship in 2003
• Director of the Union Portuense 2^nd Annual 9 Ball Tournament, Cadiz, Spain in 2004
• Billiard Host – AT&T Executive Conference Center, Basking Ridge, NJ 1998, 2001

Additional Personal History:

AT&T Project Manager/Data Analyst, Bedminster, NJ – Retired           1970 -1998

Education:          A.A. Business Administration, Brookdale CC              1975

Military:              U.S. Navy, 1966-1971 Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron – VQ2 Aircrew Member

Language:          Fluent in Spanish