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His expertise covers nearly all disciplines, to include: Finance
and Accounting; Marketing; Sales; Strategic Planning; Information
Technology; Inventory Management; Merchandising Planning and Analysis;
Customer Service; Call Centers; Quality Control/Assurance; Financial
Planning and Analysis; Distribution Centers; and Supply Chain management.
Jim has served at the Vice President-level and above in all of these
disciplines. He has also run his own consulting practice, serving
clients in both the private and public sectors.
Jim has advanced degrees in business and public administration, holding
a B.S. in economics, M.B.A. in finance and an M.P.A. from Old Dominion
University. He has earned a total 261 semester credit hours: 135 undergraduate
and 126 graduate with 75 at the 700 level and above, and is a member
of Mensa.
Jim has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Virginia;
Old Dominion University; Saint Leo University; Strayer University
and Tidewater Community College. The courses he has taught reflect
his broad interests and expertise across all functional areas and
include: Project Management; Probability and Statistics for Business
and Economics; Contemporary Organizations and Management; Principles
of Finance; Principles of Management; Principles of Accounting;
Principles of Marketing; Principles of Salesmanship and Sales Management;
Managerial Economics; Macroeconomics; Communications for Management;
and Introduction to Business, as well as graduate-level courses
in Public Budgeting Systems and Economics and Management.
He has 36 years service (he's not really all that old- he enlisted
at a very young age!) in the U.S. Naval Reserve-six as enlisted
and 30 commissioned. He advanced to Electronics Technician, ET3,
as an enlisted member and to Captain (0-6) as an officer. His experience
with the Navy included operational responsibilities in cruisers,
destroyers and ocean minesweepers, capped by operational command
as Commander, Mine Division One Two Three. In addition, he held
significant staff positions in training/education, test and evaluation,
and at Navy headquarters in The Pentagon. He held command/command
tenure in every rank from Lieutenant to Captain.
Jim began his certification process for facilitator with PES in
2002 and is fully qualified with both the WE CARE and TEAMING programs.
He is bringing his considerable experience to the Effective Management
Program from Baylor University in 2003.
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