June 2000 SC Dept. of Insurance Columbia, SC Resident Adjuster—Property, Casualty, Surety, Marine - Individual no. 272197 Resident Appraiser—Auto Physical Damage October 2007 GA Insurance Department Atlanta, GA Nonresident Adjuster—Property, Casualty October 2007 NC Department of Insurance Raleigh, NC Nonresident Adjuster—Property, Casualty December 2007 FL Dept. of Financial Services Tallahassee, FL 7544 Nonresident Independent Adjuster—Property, Casualty December 2007 National Association of Catastrophe Adjusters (NACA) Associate Member 2008 NACA Conference Myrtle Beach, SC Commercial Claims Coverage Forms — Charles Norton Fair & Equitable Estimates — Russ Jackson NFIP Adjuster Certification— Donald Waters & Owen Ivey California Earthquake Authority – Adjuster Accreditation— Dan Dyce 2008 SC DOI- Hurricane Damage Mitigation- Safe Home Program Columbia, SC Wind Damage Mitigation Inspector Training Course – William H. York, P.E. 2002 The ASU Group 2002 CAT Workshop Okemos, MI California Earthquake Authority — Dan Dyce 2002 Premier Claims Spring Conference Tampa, FL Business Interruption Claims — Michael Morgan, CPA NFIP Single Adjuster Program — Marlin Barnett 2001 RJMW Catastrophe Conference Myrtle Beach, SC Hail Damage — Review of Haag Standards for Roofing damage, new metal siding repair methods Insulated Glass Failure — Al Schweickhardt, P.E. NFIP Single Adjuster Program — Donald Waters, Claims Coordinator 2000 Tower Hill Insurance Group Columbia, SC Mobile Home Damage Assessment September 2007 – present J. D. Sharpe, Inc. Columbia, SC President § Adjusting claims with these goals in mind: pursuing subrogation potential, minimizing re-opening of the file, and guiding the insured through the claims process in a fair and personable fashion § Standards include: immediate contact, inspection within 24 hrs, 48 hr reserves (if requested), 72 hr report § Remediation and repair contractor recommendations available in most areas § Reasonable rates, based either on time and expense or a negotiated fee schedule § Service area includes the entire state of SC, and bordering areas of NC and GA January 2007 – present Columbia, SC Freelance photographer § Credentialed by the South Carolina Press Association § Working on deadline to document local political, arts and entertainment events on a freelance (part-time) basis for Free Times, a weekly news publication in Columbia, SC and a subsidiary of Portico Publications, LTD § Commercial photography for hire March 2003 – January 2007 Sharpe Adjusting Service, Inc. Lexington, SC Vice President and Adjuster § Handled local daily claims when not on catastrophe duty, including mold, fire, theft, pipe burst, liability and medical payments losses § Submitted failed plumbing devices to firms such as Diversified Product Inspection for subrogation possibilities § Reported suspected morale hazards to underwriting January 2006 – March 2006 Inside Adjusters, LLC Columbia, SC Claims Examiner § Audited and paid property claims from Hurricanes Katrina, Wilma, et al., for several south Florida insurance carriers at Insurance Network Services, a subsidiary of The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc. September 2005 – December 2005 B & H Claims Service Gulfport, MS Field Adjuster § Adjusted homeowners and light commercial losses from Hurricane Katrina in South Mississippi September 2004 – November 2004 B & H Claims Service Pensacola, FL Field Adjuster § Adjusted homeowners and light commercial losses from Hurricane Ivan in Florida panhandle September 2003 – October 2003 B & H Claims Service Goldsboro, NC Field Adjuster § Adjusted homeowners and farmowners losses from Hurricane Isabel in eastern NC December 2002 – March 2003 Reliable Adjusting Company Columbia, SC Field Adjuster § Handled losses from winter ’02 storms, non-cat wind and water claims, clean-up from past summer hail storms September 2002 – October 2002 Catastrophe Claims Service New Orleans, LA Field Adjuster § Adjusted wind and water losses from Hurricanes Isadore and Lili June 2002 – August 2002 Reliable Adjusting Company Columbia, SC Field Adjuster § Adjusted hail losses from May ’02 storms in Aiken, Greenville, and Greenwood, SC January 2002 – March 2002 Leamon, Peterson & Bello Kansas City, KS Field Adjuster § Handled ice storm losses in the greater Kansas City area; discovered case of insurance fraud September 2001 – October 2001 The ASU Group Southfield, MI Inside Adjuster § Telephone adjusting at AAA Michigan’s Property Loss Unit; worked with Claim Investigation Unit to resolve suspicious theft claims August 2001 – September 2001 The ASU Group Farmington Hills, MI Field Adjuster § Adjusted day-to-day fire, lightning and pipe burst claims across Metro Detroit April 2001 – June 2001 Pacesetter Claims St. Louis, MO Field Adjuster § Adjusted claims from April 17 hail storm December 2000 Computer Sciences Corporation / FEMA Detroit, MI Inspector § Recorded winter storm damage in downtown Detroit as a subcontract inspector for the Federal Emergency Management Agency September 2000 – October 2000 The ASU Group Southgate, MI Field Appraiser § Assessed damage as a third party appraiser for municipal risk management liability claims following city drainage pump failure June 2000 – August 2000 Reliable Adjusting Company Columbia, SC Field Adjuster § Adjusted losses from hail storms in Columbia, Lugoff and Florence, SC September – November 1999 Groves & Powers Myrtle Beach, SC Administrative assistant § Created and used business interruption spreadsheet for calculating $1.38M in loss of practice income claims for dentists and optometrists following Hurricane Floyd MS/B IntegriClaim estimating software with building valuator; Microsoft Office suite; Earthmate GPS; iPhone; digital as well as 35mm film SLR photography equipment; multifunction printer; eFax services; Adobe Acrobat Writer for paperless claims; Little Giant ladder; Protimeter Surveymaster moisture meter, Tyvek suits and respirator for mold and water damage claims Available on request |