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Agent Biography: Lori S. Fisher

I have over 25 years experience as a REALTOR®, Entrepreneur and Educator. In those positions, I have gained experience with all types and levels of negotiation from home sales to a public merger. As a Realtor, I am committed to maintaining the highest level of integrity. As an Entrepreneur, I will work tirelessly to search out the best opportunities for my clients. As an Educator, I will make sure everyone's questions are answered and the process is well understood.

Experience

• 1976 - present (intermittent) Real Estate Sales in Sunriver, OR, Tahoe City, Napa, San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Sales, Mentor, Property Manager and Marketing
• 1991-present (intermittent) California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Lecturer for Computer Science and College of Business
• 1999-2000 AmeriComUSA, Inc. in San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Chief of Product Development
• 1992-2000 Kiosk Software, Inc. (subsidiary of AmeriComUSA after merger in 1999) in San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Founder and President
• 1991-1992 Dega Technology in San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Technical Manager
• 1987-1990 University of California in Davis, CA
  • Programmer/Analyst/Lecturer

Education

• 1982-1986 University of California Davis, CA Master of Science in Computer Science, September 1986
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering, June 1985

Honors & Awards

• Rookie of the Year for 7 Prudential offices on Central Coast, 2004
• Prudential California Realty President's Circle Award, 2004, 2005
• Prudential California Realty Leading Edge Award, 2006, 2007
• PREA - Prudential Cares Award for volunteer service, 2005
• First Capital Mortgage Gold Medal Award for Arroyo Grande Office, 2004
• Kiosk Software Inc. awarded "Best Software for Kiosks", 1999
• Ph.D. forgivable loan award, California State University System, 1992
• Three competitive professional development awards 1988, 1989,1990
• Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society, Vice President 1984-85
• Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, 1985
• University Scholarship, UCD, 1984
• Paul and Anita Munk Scholarship, UC. Davis, 1984
• U.C. Davis Annual Fund Scholarship, 1983
• A. Tockey Memorial Scholarship, Napa Valley College, 1983
• American Business Women's Association Scholarship, 1983
• Ruby Gibbs Mathematics Award, Napa Valley College, 1982
• Placed ninth nationwide in AMATYC Math Competition, 1982

Community Service

• 2002 - 2007 President and Board of SLO NightWriters - 150 member writer's organization
• 2001 - present Board of Directors for KCBX, National Public Radio for San Luis Obispo
• 2007-present Big Sister for Big Brothers, Big Sisters Organization 
• 2001 Advisory Board for Women Entrepreneurs Mentor Program
• 2001 Task Force to present annual Entrepreneurial Leaders Conference
• 2001/2002 Fundraising Committee and Presenter for Expanding Your Horizons - a program to encourage young girls to take more math and science courses

Invited Presentations

• Cuesta College Women in Business Panel, March 2000
• Chamber of Commerce for "Best Software" award, August 1999
• Panel for High Tech Symposium, September 1999
• Panel for Women in Technology, August, 1999
• Credit Union Executives Society Marketing Conference, October 1998
• San Luis Obispo Economic Vitality Corporation featured speaker, 1997
• Cuesta College Conference for Women in Non-Traditional Roles, 1996
• University of the Americas, Mexico on courseware development, 1992
• IBM conference for Deans of Schools of Education, Spring 1989
• IBM Academic Computing Conference, Miami Beach, Fall 1989
• MUMPS Users Group Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Summer 1988

Publications

• Monthly column in San Luis Obispo NightWriter Newsletter, 2002-2007
• L.S. Fisher and K.F. Kelley, "A Courseware Authoring Tool for the IBM PS/2," Proceedings of the 1990 IBM Academic Computing Conference, pp 72-73, June 1990.
• L.S. Fisher, "A Review of Courseware Authoring System" Turn Around Times, University of California, Davis, Spring 1989.
• G.L. Fisher and L.S. Fisher, "A Workstation-Based Course Management and Instruction System, "Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computer Assisted Learning (in Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science No. 360), May 1989.
• L.S. Fisher, "Local Area Networks" Turn Around Times, University of California, Davis, Spring 1988.
• Currently completing an autobiographical novel to inspire other women and young girls into leadership roles

Published Software

• K/OS - Kiosk Operating System, received Best Software for Kiosks award, 1999
• Educating Special Learners Courseware, distributed at over 100 universities
• MKSCRN Authoring System in use by courseware developers
• MUMPS Tutorial, worldwide distribution by the MUMPS Users Group
• Accession Reporting System in use by California Vet Diagnostic Labs
• Parts catalogs for Ford, GM, Honda
• Kiosk applications for assorted vertical markets.