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Saint Gregory’s University, Shawnee, OK

1996-2000

Chair, Division of Business and Decision Sciences

· Set Division policy, developed the business core academic curriculum, and developed, tracked, and reported variances in annual division budgets.

· Sourced, screened, interviewed, and recommended full-time and adjunct faculty.

· Instructed fifteen (15) equated credit hours of quantitative and qualitative upper division courses per academic semester.

· Recruited, enrolled, and advised students.

· Developed a unique, integrative fourteen credit hour program in Professional Development required of all university students.

· Teaching Experience: (all undergraduate)

Ø Production and Operations Management,

Ø Principles of Management,

Ø Total Quality Management,

Ø Organizational Policies and Practices (Interdisciplinary general education course),

Ø Principles of Business Communication,

Ø International Management, and

Ø Senior Seminar: Business Research and Strategy.

· Co-Chair, University Academic Council.

· Served on a variety of academic committees:

Ø Co-chair of the Technology Integration Project Team, which developed and implemented the campus-wide adoption of laptop computers by students, faculty, and staff.

Ø Served on the Distance Learning Implementation Team,

Ø Served on the Library Resources Committee,

Ø Served on the University Self-Assessment Committee, and

Ø Served on the University Adults Completing Education (A.C.E.) Committee.

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

1994-Present

Doctoral Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant

· Completed all course work towards the Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management. GPA: 3.35/4.00. Elected to Alpha Pi Mu -- National Industrial Engineering Honor Society. Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1994-96.

· Served as research assistant in an OSU and federal government cooperative Computer Assisted Technology Transfer Program (CATT) grant whose goal is the transfer of manufacturing technologies and training to Oklahoma manufacturers.

Gaylord Container Corporation, Rochester, NY

1990-94

Quality Process Manager

· Chaired the manufacturing plant quality council and facilitated 25 quality improvement teams.

· Implemented procedures and monitored statistical data to assure assessment standards were achieved in areas of personnel training, product manufacturing, and supplier selection.

· Initiated and developed procedures for supplier certification in accordance with ISO-9000 standards series. Documented success led to corporate-wide adoption in selected manufacturing operations and supplier certification.

· Initiated and hired engineering student interns for plant-wide quality improvement.

· Served on the facility’s various social and community service committees.

United States Air Force

1969-90

Retired Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE IN MILITARY SETTING

During term of commissioned service, rapidly progressed through positions of increasing leadership and management responsibility including instructor pilot, standards and evaluation pilot, operations officer, squadron commander, and program and project manager.

Summary of career experience includes:

10 years	Designed and managed programs for evaluating and financially controlling flying training and technical education courses in the United States Air Force and in twenty-two (22) foreign air forces.
10 years	Developed and managed annual operating budgets in excess of $500,000.
6 years	Managed forty-five (45) flight training program evaluations and continuing education needs assessments.
5 years	Designed and implemented assessment programs for ten (10) aviation-training organizations.
5 years	Initiated and implemented improved logistics assessment designs for organizations in the United States Air Force and three (3) foreign air forces on behalf of the Department of State of the United States of America.

Military career highlights

· Instructor pilot and flight examiner: E-3A, B, C AWACS and EC/KC-135A aircraft.

· Veteran: Vietnam War and Persian Gulf Conflict and numerous contingency air campaigns of national significance.

· Accredited: Professional Designation in Logistics Management.

· Recognized nationally for most outstanding graduate thesis in logistics management (1976). Thesis entitled, “The Effect of Renewal Processes Upon Stochastic Reliability Models.”

· Published graduate master’s thesis and articles for United States Air Force flying training journals.

· Member: Sigma Iota Epsilon - National Honor Society in Management for outstanding graduate credit in Logistics Masters Degree program.

· Completed eight technical training, qualification, and certification programs:

Ø Undergraduate pilot training,

Ø Combat crew training,

Ø Combat crew special weapons certification,

Ø Strategic Air Command Performance Officer Qualification,

Ø Administrative Officer Qualification Training,

Ø Directorate of Logistics Management course,

Ø E-3 Aircraft Commander Qualification, and

Ø E-3 Instructor Pilot Qualification Training.

· Completed Professional development courses

Ø Squadron Officer School,

Ø Air Command and Staff College, and

Ø National Defense University.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE

· University and college-level

2003-Present	Adjunct Professor, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma Graduate-level courses taught: · “Theory of Organizational Systems for Engineers”; · “Management of the Engineering Function”
1995	Adjunct Professor, Business Division, Rose State College, Midwest City, OK Undergraduate course taught: “Business Communications”
1994-96	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Industrial Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK Undergraduate courses taught: · “Engineering Economics” · “Industrial Work Methods Engineering”
1988-90	Adjunct Professor of Management, College of Continuing Education, Hampton University, Hampton, VA Undergraduate course taught: “Principles of Management”

· United States Air Force

1981-85	Instructor Pilot, program assessment pilot (Standards and Evaluation)
1973-75	Aircraft avionics lecturer

· Gaylord Container Corporation

1990-94

Instructor, Technicomp® (Quality Control Course)

1990-94

Instructor, United States Department of Transportation hazardous materials [HAZMAT Courses]

1990-94

Instructor, DuPont Corporation -- Safety Training and Observation Program©, [S.T.O.P.]

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

· Member, National Board of Directors, Education Division, American Society for Quality

· Quality Examiner, Oklahoma State Quality Award Foundation, Department of Commerce, State of Oklahoma: 1996-1999

· Air Force Association: Life Member

· Wiley Post Flight, National Order of Daedalians; Life Member

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

· Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1994-Present

· American Society for Engineering Education, 1997-Present

· American Society for Quality, 1990–Present

· Decision Sciences Institute, 2000–2004

· Production and Operations Management Society, 2000-2004

· Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 2000–2004

· Society of Logistics Engineers, 1975–1979

· World Association for Online Education (WAOE), 2001-Present

· Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT), 2001-Present

HONORS

1976

Sigma Iota Epsilon,

Honor Society of Operations Management

1995

Alpha Pi Mu,

Honor Society of Industrial Engineering

2002

Nominated by the School of Industrial Engineering & Management, Oklahoma State University and selected by the Institute for Industrial Engineering (IIE) to attend inaugural Doctoral Colloquium, IIE National Conference, 18/19 May 02, Tampa, FL.

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Elected Member, University of Central Oklahoma Academic Affairs Council, 2003 – Present
Member, College of Business Administration Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2003 – Present

Service

· Reviewer, Nineteenth Annual Southwest Business Symposium, University of Central Oklahoma.

· Reviewer, 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Manufacturing Division Track.

Presentations

· Quality Management: Abstract presented at the 19^th Annual Business Symposium, University of Central Oklahoma, April 2002, “Assessing the Effectiveness of Educational Portals to Create Value for Stakeholders.”

· Author of and presenter of paper, “The Implementation of a Project-Based Quality Improvement Plan at ‘XYZ’ University: Improving Student Retention”. Presented at the 16th Annual Business Symposium, University of Central Oklahoma, April 1999.

· Principal author and presenter of paper, “The Motivation of the Technical Professional for Innovation in Production Operations”. Presented at the 15th Annual Southwest Business Symposium, University of Central Oklahoma, April 1998.