Previous Experience
Previous Academic and Professional Experience
Academic
Associate Professor of Management
East Tennessee State University
Box 70625
Johnson City, TN 37614
July 1998 – April, 2008
- research in organizational learning and leadership
- teaching Organizational Management, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Change, Organizational Theory and Development at graduate and undergraduate levels
Teaching and Research Assistant
University of Alabama
Box 870225
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
January 1996- August 1997
- taught Introduction to Management Theory and International Business
- developed a new Ph.D. seminar on research principles and a manager seminar on organizational learning which I conducted
first empirical research on learning processes in organizations (dissertation)
Professional
Principal Consultant
Price Waterhouse LLP.
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10025
November 1997- June 1998
- helping Fortune 100 clients to manage large scale organizational transformation
- implementing strategies that guide client firms through the change cycle from diagnosing resistance to modeling new behaviors and empowering the organization for continuous learning
- developing ideas and tools for Price Waterhouse relative to organizational learning and knowledge management
Purchaser
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.
Mercedes Drive
Vance, AL 35405
March 1995- January 1996
- procurement of plant-wide services and negotiation of supplier agreements
- developing purchasing processes and procedures
- achievements: contracts consistently 20% under budget, creative solutions to unstructured problems - see the rental of tornado shelters
Production Control Analyst
General Motors, Delphi-Harrison plant
Kauloosa Ave.
Tuscaloosa, AL
March 1994- March 1995
- logistics and inventory control for first-tier plant producing A/C components for all North American assembly plants reorganization of materials flow systems and restructuring of supplier relations
