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CURRICULUM VITAE Years of accumulated experience based on theory & practice JOHN BOSCO TIEYIRI DIP. BA. (HONS), COMMUNICATIONS B. O. BOX 1330, ACCRA; Mob. 0207872547; E-mail: [email protected]

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CURRICULUM VITAE Years of accumulated experience

based on theory & practice

JOHN BOSCO TIEYIRI DIP. BA. (HONS), COMMUNICATIONS

B. O. BOX 1330, ACCRA; Mob. 0207872547; E-mail: [email protected]

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John Bosco Tieyiri was born at a farming village of Dalanyiri, in the Wa West District in the Upper

West Region in 1975. In 1989, he had to run away from the cattle field as a cowboy and got enrolled in

Class Two at Garkuom Roman Catholic Primary School to begin his formal educational career. Being

brought up by his brother, who was then working with Ghana Cotton Company, John Bosco had to go

through so many basic schools as his brother went on a series of transfers, including Dornye Roman

Catholic Primary, Kalba Primary, Dorimor Primary and JSS, and finally ended up completing Hain JSS in

the Jirapa/Lambusie District in 1996.

Having done pretty well at his BECE, he got admitted into Wa Senior Secondary School to read a

Business Programme in 1997. He was elected Senior Prefect - the second Christian and first Birifor boy

to be elected Senior Prefect of such a muslim dominated school - and completed in 1999.

In 2000, he arrived in Accra in search for opportunities in employment and education. In 2004, while

still teaching, he gained admission into the Ghana Institute of Journalism to pursue a diploma

programme in Communications Studies and graduated as a Professional Journalist in 2006, with

specialization in Economic and Financial Reporting.

As a prolific writer and a naturally gifted conceiver of business ideas and concepts, John Bosco has

acquired an accumulated and progressive experience and skills in business and corporate writings. He

is an authority when it comes to research and academic writings in his own right. He is the CEO of his

own consultancy firm, CIBDev Consult Limited, with concentration in business and concept

development, research, events management and media/PR consultancy. He has, over the years, earned

admiration from his numerous clientele, making him one of the most sought-after practising consultant

by all, who have tasted his excellent professional communications, creative and cutting-edge business

writings and consulting services. He is also a graphic designer, with master-piece skills in type-setting

and layout.

As a young Communications expert, with considerable finesse and multiple talents in proposal and

business writings and coaching for the young entrepreneurs and institutions across the corporate world,

John Bosco returned to the lecture hall and graduated from the Ghana Institute of Journalism

(GIJ), with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications Studies (Public Relations). While a student,

John Bosco was a resource person on the numerous short courses and programmes the University

organised for staff and officers of corporate organisations to enhance their skills in projects and other

corporate executive writings.

Even though, John Bosco has a professional training as a Communication expert, his versatile

knowledge in diverse disciplines, has ushered him into a world of a diverse market space, where he is

serving a contingents of clientele with his talents as the Chief Consultant at CIBDev Consult Limited,

located along the Harding Acquaye Street, Dansoman Estates, behind the Dansoman Community

Market, Accra.

Executive Brief

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BIO DATA

Residence: Dansoman Estates, Accra Home Line: +233 (0)276 194 577 Cell Phone: +233 (0)207 872 547 Whatsapp: +233 (0)570 663 149 Home Town: Dalanyiri, Wa West, Upper West Region Other Languages Spoken: Birifor, Dagaari/Waali & Twi

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SOUGHT OBJECTIVE

To lead or join an existing corporate or institutional Communication team, charged with the responsibility to develop and execute a long-term communication campaign strategy towards the attainment of short, medium and long-term goals of a strategic public institution. I aspire to speak for a strategic public institution.

STRENGTH/COMPETENCE:

Liberal and versatile, with broad based intellectual dexterity and professional competence;

Always ahead of colleagues with whom I share similar responsibilities,

Deliver results with little or no supervision,

Strong competence in concept and proposal development

Meticulous, paying attention to every detail.

A team player and a source of professional inspiration to colleagues and employers,

Endowed with multi-talents and diversity of innovative skills and capabilities

A profound asset to an engaging institution or organisation, of which I seek membership.

An expert in social research and strategic information engineering,

A prolific writer, with authority in corporate and business communications/writings WORK EXPERIENCE:

Since 2013 – Date (2016): Chief Consultant/CEO, CIBDev Consult Ltd located at Dansoman Estates,

Accra, near the Siesta Lodge Hotel, behind the Dansoman Community Market, along the Harding Acquaye Street.

Key Job Descriptions and Achievements:

Responsible for conceiving and developing bankable concepts for the Company and clients across the corporate divide.

Writing business Cases, Pitches and business plans/project proposals for the Company and clients across the corporate

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divide, including numerous start-up entrepreneurs, who are currently doing very well in their businesses.

Writing and editing Executive Speeches for top corporate chiefs and top managers across institutions.

Developing Professional concepts for events and other projects.

Developing Professional sponsorship proposals for the Company and corporate clients across the corporate divide in Ghana and beyond.

Developing and writing Professional PR and Media Plans for the Company and numerous clientele in the formal and informal sub-sector of Ghana.

Providing personality management services to clients in the formal in informal market space.

Writing of Grand Proposals for Non-governmental institutions.

Identifying business cases and project ideas for the Company and other clients.

__________________________________________________________________ Jan. – Date (2016): Consulting Editor for Atitiriw Magazine, a global portal based in Ghana. Schedules of Responsibility:

Proofreading and editing

Writing of editorials

Editing and supervising every edition of the Magazine.

Writing briefs and captions for all editions of the Magazine

Interviewing high profile personalities and featuring them in the Magazine.

__________________________________________________________________ Jan. – Date (2016: Chief Project Consultant for the Action on African Women Foundation-Ghana, an International NGO based in Ghana, precisely, in Tema Community 1. Schedules of Responsibility:

Developing all the Foundation’s projects for funding/sponsorship.

Developed the CAP-500 Project, which target rural women entrepreneurs for training and empowerment; and it is currently being implemented in three districts in the Central Region

Advising the Board and management on critical policy issues and proving guidelines for their implementation.

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2014-date (2016): Research Consultant, consulting for, editing and supervising students’ and institutions’ research works or students’ first degrees or Master’s programme.

__________________________________________________________________ July – Dec 2015: Project Coordinator, Agro Processing Forum of the Millennium Leadership Forum

2015. Charged with the responsibility to coordinate all activities of the Forum as Head of Projects.

__________________________________________________________________ 2014 – 2015: Project Consultant, Millennium Excellence Foundation, Accra.

Contract Details: Develop and implement two concept papers for two projects – Quarterly

Executive Breakfast Meetings for Top CEOs, Industry Leaders, Consultants and Key Senior managers in Ghana and in the Sub Region; High Profile Millennium Lecture Series for Civil Society Groups, University Students and the Academia. In both case scenarios, producing world class laureates and Experts as Resource Persons.

Develop and implement sponsorship proposals for the two events. May – Dec 2015: Resource Person on Short Courses organised for projects and other critical Office holders of corporate organisarions by the Ghana Institute of Journalism

during long Semester holidays. Schedule of Responsibilities:

Developed the programme outline on Business Writings for the officers of Companies wanting to improve or enhance their business and other executive writing skills and competence.

Handled the following subjects: - Project Proposals - Concept Development and presentations - Executive Speech Writings - General Proposal Writings - Corporate Communications Fundamentals (Reports & Memos)

___________________________________________________________________ 2013 – 2014: General Manager, ECMP Gh. Ltd. Franchise holders of the Enviro-loo Toilet Technology for Enviro Options Holdings, South Africa. Responsibilities:

Head of Sales and Marketing

Developing and implementing both marketing and sales strategies

Developing and implementing Promotional and media campaigns

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Supervise and coordinate all departments and staff both at the Head Office and Regional Offices.

Liaised between the Company and all stakeholder ministries and Development partners.

Responsible for marketing and promoting the technology in all the 15 West African countries

Was in charge of developing all corporate proposals to Governments and Development partners across West Africa.

Handled all high profile administrative assignments. ____________________________________________________________________ 2011 – 2012 Event Consultant for Zoomlion Ghana Limited. Responsibilities:

Commissioned to develop a Concept proposal on a proposed Employee & Stakeholder Awards slated for 2012.

Advising and giving technical and expert direction to the various Awards Committees.

___________________________________________________________________ 2011 – 2012: Events Consultant for the Anlo Traditional Council (Mama Hogbe 2011 Project). Responsibilities:

Developed a Concept Proposal on the Mama Hogbe Beauty Pageant 2011.

Advised and gave technical directions to organizers of the Mama Hogbe Beauty Pageant project.

Currently managing the Mama Hogbe elect (Queen) by developing sponsorship proposals on all projects she had successfully undertook in the Anlo State. __________________________________________________________________

2010 – 2011: Appointed Events Director and Producer of Millennium Minds on GTV, Millennium Excellence Awards (2010) of the Excellence Awards Foundation.

Responsibilities and Achievements:

Was solely responsible for writing all official speeches for; - His Royal Majesty, Otumfuo Osei Tutu, Life Patron of the Millennium

Excellence Foundation - The Founder and Chief Executive Chairman - Members of the Board of Governors

Reviewed the 2010 Awards Categories, leading to four additional awards categories added to the existing Awards Categories.

Developed Sponsorship Proposal for the Millennium Minds event on GTV.

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Produced high profile past awards recipients of the Millennium Excellence Awards on the Millennium Minds programme on GTV.

Produced Ms Ekuba Quarmine, as Host of the Millennium Minds programme on GTV.

Interviewed all the 2010 Millennium Excellence Awards recipients, including very distinguished Paramount Chiefs.

Was in charged of both local and international media accredited to cover the 2010 events at the International Conference Centre and the Banquette Hall, State House respectively.

___________________________________________________________________ 2008 - 2010 Head of English and Government Department and Tutor, Edge Hill Senior High

School, Awoshie, Accra. ___________________________________________________________________ 2006 – 2008 : Public Relations Officer (Service Personnel), Ghana Tourist Board, now Ghana Tourism Authority. Responsibilities:

Facilitating the easy flow of internal communication by filing weekly floats for Management’s attention.

Monitoring the media with regard to the Board’s activities and reporting to the Public Relations Manager for Management’s attention.

Performing general PR functions as directed by my immediate boss.

Filing news stories and feature articles for publication in the Board’s internal quarterly newsletter – GTB Bulletin.

Writing feature articles on Tourism for publication in the Weekend Spectator, The Ghanaian Times, the Daily Graphic and the Ministry of Tourism Monthly magazine – The Tourism News..

Proof reading and editing the stories of the GTB Bulletin and The Tourism News before they go to press.

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2004/2005 : Underwent a Public Relations Internship Programme as part of my course requirement at RICSS Consult for two months Responsibilities:

Performing general PR functions and reporting to my immediate boss including; press cutting and writing reports summary or briefs.

Embarked on sponsorship drive for the Black Stars’ maiden appearance in the World Cup in Germany as RICSS Consult was the Agent authorized to source funding from corporate organisations on behalf of GFA (Ghana Football Association).

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Wrote proposals to Management on how to get sponsorship; and also how to internally generate fund for the project and had several discussions with the General Manager to that effect. ________________________________________________________________

2004/2005 : Public Relations Officer / Reporter – Pro-Com Consult for three months during semester vacations, while still a student at the Ghana Institute of Journalism.

Responsibilities:

Interviewed Managing Directors of institutions and Ministers of State and other international institutions and agencies – World Bank, UN and NGOs to gather information for the Company’s business and financial magazine, Bizwatch.

Was member of the Editorial Board responsible for proof reading and sub-editing the magazine before the MD would have a final look at it before it went to press. _________________________________________________________________

2004 – 20006 English Tutor and Head of English Department- J.S. S Dept., Pentecostal Academy, Agege Last Stop. __________________________________________________________________ 2002 – 2004 - English Tutor and Head of English department at both Primary and J.S. S, Debest Academy, Agege Last Stop, Dansoman, Accra. ___________________________________________________________________ 2000 – 2002 - English Tutor, New Testament School at both Primary and JSS stream, Agege Last Stop, Dansoman – Accra. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

2014 B. A. Communication Studies Ghana Institute of Journalism, with Specialization

in Public Relations. Course Outline:

Communication Research Analysis

Public Relations Principles

Public Relations & Publicity

Mass Communications Theory

Advertising

Marketing

Journalism

Media Law

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2004 – 2006 : Professional Diploma in Communication Studies from the Ghana Institute of Journalism Course Outline: - Mass Communication - Journalism - Media Law - Communication Research Methods - Political Science - Advertising - Marketing - Population Communication - Public Relations - Photo Journalism - Page Planning - Editing Specialty: Economics & Financial Reporting ______________________________________________________________________ 1997 – 1999 : Senior Secondary School Certificate – West African Examination Council. Wa Secondary School, Business Programme (Accounting Option) Course Outline:

- Accounting - Business Management - Principles of Costing & Business Mathematics - Economics - English - Mathematics - Social Studies - Integrated Science

______________________________________________________________________ 1994 – 96 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) – West African

Examination Council (WAEC) – Hain Junior Secondary School in the Jirapa-Lambusie District in the Upper West Region

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS

Consulting for institutions, corporate chiefs and individuals - project proposals, business plans, student theses, and Research papers supervisions.

In 2012, wrote an open concept paper to the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) dubbed: My 13 Point Letter to SADA, submitted through the Chief Executive Officer.

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Supervise and edit students’ theses - Undergraduate and Masters students

As a prolific writer and corporate communications expert, I provide communications and media advisory services to individuals and corporate bodies across industries and institutions.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

1. Dissertation submitted to the Ghana Institute of Journalism for the award of Bachelor of Arts

Degree in Communication studies on the topic: An Inquiry into the Use of Humour as an

Effective Communication Strategy in Imparting Knowledge in Pupils of the Gbegbeyise

Junior High School, Dansoman, Accra. Copies available on request or can also be obtained at the library of the Ghana Institute of Journalism.

2. Project work conducted at Kasapa Telecom Company Ltd. and presented to the Ghana Institute of Journalism for the award of Diploma in Communication studies on the topic: The Value of Organizational Communication in Corporate Governance: The Role of the Public Relations Department in Management Policy Formulation – A case study of Kasapa Telecom Ltd. Copies available on request or can also be obtained at the library of the Ghana Institute of Journalism.

3. Proposal Submitted to the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), titled: My 13 Point Letter to SADA. This proposal sought to propose to the Authority how they could make SADA more effective, potent and beneficial, in a sustainable manner, to the people of the project enclave.

4. Developed a yet to be launched project: The unifields Research Institute, a policy research think tank to serve the whole of Africa and the world, in partnership with central governments, NGOs, multi-lateral institutions as well as public and private institutions across the world, creating in thousands, sustainable jobs for young graduates across industries.

5. Wrote and presented several proposals and concept papers for the consideration of authorities concerned.

COMPUTER LITERACY

Windows Operating systems

Microsoft Offices

Corel Draw, to latest version

Power Point Presentations

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LEADERSHIP PROFILE

1993/94 - Agric Prefect, Kalba L/A Primary School, Kalba, N/R 1995/96 - Assistant Senior Prefect, Hain Junior secondary School, Hain, UW/R 1998/99 - Senior Prefect & Chairman of the SRC, Wa Secondary School, Wa FUTURE CAREER GOALS / PERSONAL AMBITION

Highly sought after Development Communications and Research Consultant as well as a Strategic Public Policy Consultant, serving a diverse clientele among governments, multi-lateral and other institutions across the world market space. INTEREST

Research, conceiving and developing concepts and; analyzing existing public policies. REFEREES:

1. Dr. Lawrence Tetteh International Evangelist

P. O. Box AN 6559 Accra-North, Ghana Tel: +233 (0) 200 295 553

2. Mr. Millison K. Narh 1st Deputy Governor Bank of Ghana Tel: 0244 326 210

3. H. E. Amb. Victor Gbeho A Diplomat & President Millennium Excellence Foundation Tel: 0244354502

4. Dr. Mrs. Doreen Owusu-Fianku, FCILT Former Managing Director Ghana Airports Company Ltd. Tel: 0547 644 446

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