DAVID ROBERT WOOTEN

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

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

Facsimile 8 77-588-4459

dw@9august.com

 

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
  • Sole Proprietor, Phoenix Press (publications related to chivalry, heraldry, genealogy, history), Little Rock, AR, 1995-present [division of Gryfons Publishers - currently Charleston, SC]
  • Vice President, Cheyenne Home Furnishings, Little Rock, AR, 1984-2000
  • Creative Director, Ads Plus Design Studio, Little Rock, AR, 1997-2000
  • Sole Proprietor/Creative Director, &mpersand Productions (graphic design), Little Rock, AR, 1994-2000
  • Sole Proprietor/Creative Director, 9august.com (website & graphic design, publishing), Charleston, SC, 2000-present
  • 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, 2001-2002
  • Buyer Specialist, REALTOR, Becky Tanner's SellingLittleRock.com, 2003
  • Partner, Chief Information Officer, The Fermoy Group, LLC, 2003-present
  • Co-Owner, VP Administration, Global Building Solutions, LLC, 2005-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, currently Executive Director
    • Fellow [FACH]
    • Advisory Board
    • Secretary/Treasurer
    • Editor, "The Armiger's News"
  • The International Sister Fidelma Society, currently Director
    • 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]
  • South Carolina Irish Historical Society
  • The Scottish-American Military Society [SAMS]
  • Orders & Medals Research Society
  • Sons of Confederate Veterans
  • Military Order of the Stars & Bars
  • Richard III Society
  • The Society of Heraldic Arts
  • The White Lion Society
  • The Heraldry Societies of the UK, Australia, Scotland, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa
  • The Heraldry Society of the USA
  • The Armiger Society (US)
  • Fellow of The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture & Commerce (Royal Society of Arts) [FRSA]
  • Fellow of the Royal Society for Antiquaries of Ireland [FRSAI]
  • Fellow of the Society for Antiquaries (Scotland) [FSA (Scot)]
  • 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