Experience

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  Pearson Real Estate Group

  • St. Paul, Minnesota

  • President & Owner

    • Jun 2000 - Present
    • St. Paul, Minnesota

    • Built and lead a successful real estate practice based only on referrals from its existing client base. • Negotiated hundreds of successful complicated, multi-faceted residential and investment real estate transactions for a diverse clientele composed largely of professionals.

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  Pearson Consulting Associates

  • St. Paul, Minnesota

  • President & Owner

    • Jun 1991 - May 2000
    • St. Paul, Minnesota

    • Family/small business consultant. • Advised a series of closely-held private companies on issues related to leadership, management, organization effectiveness and sales. • Assisted business-owning families in resolving issues between family members including succession planning.

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  U.S. Army

  • United States & Overseas Duty

  • Colonel

    • Jul 1962 - Oct 1990
    • United States & Overseas Duty

    • Earned reputation for "fixing" broken organizations through articulation of and focus on clear missions, tightly defined responsibilities, highly effective human motivation and reward programs and optimal deployment of all other resources including time.• Chief of staff of a major command with 1400 full-time and 10,600 part-time employees at 72 locations including a 53,000 acre “small city” training site. • Commander of tank and armored cavalry units at company (200 people) and battalion level (500 people). Raised the measurable combat preparedness of each organization.• Political intelligence officer and advisor to Asian government in counter-insurgency operations. • Liaison to a European government at the state level. • Operational doctrine & organizational development writer. • Teacher of leadership, ethics & military law at the college level.• Public affairs (corporate communications) officer for a major command with liaison responsibilities to all public media and to governmental department & legislative institutions.