Experience

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  Grey Matter, LLC

  • St. Louis County, Missouri, United States

  • Fiction Novel Writer

    • Jan 2017 - Present
    • St. Louis County, Missouri, United States

    I have recently published my second humorous fiction novel which completes my "Growing Up in the City of Saints" series. The second novel is titled "Scouts & Scalawags Growing Up in the City of Saints." The first novel is "Heroes & Hooligans Growing Up in the City of Saints." These are a laugh out loud books that tell you what boys really did when they are growing up in 1963. The stories recount all of the things boys did without helicopter parents watching their every move.

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  MO Tax Relief Now PAC

  • St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States

  • Founder, Managing Director

    • Jan 2007 - Present
    • St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States

    We develop legislative concepts to get Missourians tax relief, and then build relationships with legislators to pass the bills we are advocating;

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  University of Missouri - St. Louis

  • Associate Teaching Professor

    • Aug 2011 - Mar 2023

    Teach Managerial Communications in the MBA graduate program in the College of Business Administration.

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  Employee•ology

  • Managing Partner

    • Jan 2012 - Feb 2022

    Discover "key employee insights" that enhance the organization's culture so that employees are empowered and engaged. These employee insights are used to design professional curriculum, communication platforms, and other motivational strategies that will directly effect the bottom line. The goal is to engage your employees so that they effectively represent your organization's brand to the your consumers.

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  Brado Creative Insight

  • Creative Strategist

    • Aug 2010 - Aug 2011

    Did consumer insight research as a creative strategist, and wrote proposals and presented research findings.

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  Southern Illinois University

  • Carbondale, IL

  • Faculty, College of Mass Communications and Media Arts

    • 1998 - 2004
    • Carbondale, IL

    Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in integrated marketing communications and research. Served on doctoral students' committees and advised student groups. Received research grants, published and presented my research to international organizations, and consulted with the SIUC Coal Research Center regarding the FutureGen project.

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  Drake University

  • Faculty, School of Journalism and Mass Communications

    • 1994 - 1997

    Taught undergraduate IMC classes and directed the graduate studies program in Integrated Corporate Communications. Advised student groups, and consulted with Meredith Corporation. Presented and published research and curriculum materials and textbook chapters.

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  University of Missouri

  • Columbia, Missouri Area

  • Faculty, School of Journalism/College of Education

    • 1987 - 1994
    • Columbia, Missouri Area

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  Communitycations

  • mid-Misouri

  • Owner/Publisher

    • 1978 - 1986
    • mid-Misouri