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Adjunct Instructor - Mountain Biking/Mountain Biking Leadership

I am an outdoor recreation professional who is passionate about being outdoors, getting others outdoors, world travel, and combating 'nature-deficit disorder'?. Of all the activities I am involved in, I am most passionate about mountain biking, teaching, and trail building, but my past, present, and future experiences are constantly exposing me to new and exciting adventures daily.

Most recently, I have been focusing on mountain bike guiding, skills instruction, recreation management, and assisting in the development of a mountain biking certification program for Colorado Mountain College. I am an IMBA ICP Level 1 Ride Guide and a PMBI Level 1 Instructor. Recent travels have taken me to exciting places such as Kenya, Tanzania, Peru, Australia and New Zealand. 

Additionally, I have 10 years of experience across multiple technical positions. In that time I've developed exceptional troubleshooting, problem resolution, and instructional skills as well as an outstanding reputation for providing a high level of customer service to executive, staff, and hourly positions.

Explain and demonstrate fundamental to technical mountain bike handling skills to beginner and intermediate level riders, under the guidelines set by the NICA, Lee McCormick, Professional Mountain Bike Instructors Association (PMBIA), and the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA). 
Instruct informal classes on topics such as bicycle maintenance, bicycle selection, trail selection, fundamentals of guiding and instruction, and trail safety. 
Conduct and review guided trail rides.

Manage guide operations and logistics for all raft, kayak, SUP, climbing, and mountain biking adventures.
Handle HR related issues, trip logs, administrative tasks, scheduling, and sales. 
Guide single and multi-day mountain biking trips.
Instruct clients on the fundamentals of mountain biking and advanced techniques.
Operate 15 passenger vans, with or without trailers, to transport clients and gear to and from activity sites.
Perform maintenance on gear, vehicles, and facilities.

Operations Manager/Guide

Volunteer mountain bike patrol for the Buffalo Creek Trail system, promoting a positive multi-use experience and Leave No Trace ethics to all trail users. Provide trail information as well as mechanical and emergency medical assistance when needed. Cooperate with and adhere to the guidelines set forth by the Forest Service and the Jefferson County Parks and Recreation Dept.

Front Range Mountain Bike Patrol

Guide single day and overnight multi-sport adventure tours including mountain biking, trekking, and zip-line. 
All logistics of tour planning and execution including setup/take down of campsites, camp kitchen, cooking, packing, shopping, accounting, bike maintenance, transportation, lodging, and guide scheduling. 
Solve a large variety of logistical, customer, and mechanical problems as they arise on the trail and in the office. 
Provide first aid in emergency situations.

Mountain Biking and Adventure Travel Guide

On-site and remote computer support for 1200 employees across multiple sites. 
Management of Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory domain. Installation, configuration, management, and repair of all technical hardware and software. Instruction of technical best practices and policies. 
Effectively managed ticketing system and help desk calls as well as projects assigned by VP and Director of Technical Operations. 
Sole technical support for 250 user call center.  
Instruction on computer hardware and software, telephony, audio/visual, and video teleconferencing equipment to all levels of staff.
Outstanding in person and over the phone customer service.

Technical Support Engineer

Plan, design, build and manage off-road multi-use singletrack trails, as well as downhill and freeride specific one way mountain bike trails. 
Operation of walk behind earth moving equipment and trail building hand tools. 
Communicate with land managers, trail managers, and organization leaders. 
Organize trail days and manage volunteer trail builders to accomplish daily goals and objectives.

Trail Steward and Board Member

Field Telephony and Radio Communications. 
Commercial Lineman/Installer. 
Managed up to 100 Marines to effectively and efficiently carry out task and projects as assigned by the Communications Chief and Communications Officer. 
Managed inventory of communications equipment at the battalion and company level. Operation and maintenance of government vehicles. 
Instruction of all telephony and radio equipment to junior communications Marines as well as all 250 infantry Marines to include configuration, proper use, maintenance, and repair. 
Performed the duties of a commercial telephony lineman, installer, and copper/fiber splicer for all on-base communications. 
Constructed clear inventory diagrams of all telephony lines on base.
Spent up to 200 days per year in a field environment (primitive style camping).

Sergeant (E5) - Communications

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Shannon Harness: Adjunct Instructor - Mountain Biking/Mountain Biking Leadership in Leadville, CO

Shannon Harness

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