Experience

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  MBBooks, a unit of MB Communications, LLC

  • Author, founder

    • 2005 - Present

    Author of prominent, critically acclaimed 2014 book, WHAT THEY WERE THINKING: Reflections on Michigan Difference-Makers; Lead author (billhaneybooks.com) and director of publishing and editorial services at MB Books; founder and head of MB Communications, a consultancy in management, communicatio...

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  MB Communications

  • Brandon Township, Michigan

  • Founder, president

    • 1998 - Present
    • Brandon Township, Michigan

    Consultant to select roster of clients in corporate management, communications, public affairs; consultant and director of services to publishers and authors

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  Foote, Cone & Belding

  • Executive VP

    • Aug 2000 - Jan 2004

    Ranking communications officer

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  D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles

  • Executive VP

    • 1982 - 2000
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  The MacManus Group

  • New York, NY

  • EVP, The MacManus Group

    • 1982 - 1998
    • New York, NY

    Top corporate officer in communications, corporate and public affairs for third largest advertising and communications company in the world.

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  The Bendix Corporation

  • Southfield, Michigan

  • Director, Worldwide Corporate Communications

    • May 1977 - Sep 1982
    • Southfield, Michigan

    Ranking corporate communications official directing a headquarters department and staff in locations throughout the world; creation of acclaimed national advertising image campaign featuring Cliff Robertson

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  The University of Michigan Press

  • Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Executive editor; associate director; managing editor

    • Apr 1974 - May 1977
    • Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Second in charge of one of the nation's largest and most prestigious university presses. Modernized creative and production elements and oversaw the publishing of 35-40 books per year, many of them distinguished and award-winning.

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  Institute for Social Research

  • Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Director of publishing; managing editor

    • Dec 1966 - Apr 1974
    • Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Founded, built and managed the publishing program of the most highly regarded university-based social science research organization in the world. Published authoritative books across a broad range of academic, scholarly, and scientific disciplines, in addition to works in survey methodology used ...

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  Bendix Aerospace Systems Division

  • Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Director of Configuration Management

    • Apr 1960 - Dec 1966
    • Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Responsible for creation of specifications, standards, and configuration management of space programs under contract for National Aeronautics and Space Administration, including Apollo Surface Experiments Package, successfully deployed on the lunar surface.

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  The Lockheed Corporation

  • Marietta, Georgia

  • Writer, Technical Manuals

    • Jul 1959 - Apr 1960
    • Marietta, Georgia

    Prepared technical manuals for the C-130 Cargo Aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, and the GV-1 Marine Tanker for the U.S. Navy.

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  Bendix Aerospace Systems Division

  • Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Specifications Manager

    • Dec 1958 - Jul 1959
    • Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Prepared specifications for Department of Defense programs.

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  Chrysler Corporation, Missile Division

  • Warren, Michigan

  • Specifications Writer

    • Jun 1958 - Dec 1958
    • Warren, Michigan

    Specifications writer for the power plant for Redstone and Jupiter missiles.