Experience

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  Lanier Technical College

  • Marketing Department Head
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  Lanier Technical College

  • Georga

  • Marketing Department Head

    • Sep 2006 - Present
    • Georga

    Curriculum Development and Course Instruction for a Marketing Development. Department Courses taught include: Holistic Marketing, Entrprenuership, Advertising, Business Law, Professional Selling,Global Marketing and Marketing Research.

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  Brenau University

  • Adjunct Professor

    • 2011 - 2014
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  J. R. Thomas Associates, Inc.

  • Atlanta Georgia

  • President/CEO

    • Jan 1996 - Aug 2006
    • Atlanta Georgia

    Complete profit/loss and operational responsibility for a utility feasibility consulting firm ($300-400 thousand annually) doing financial and communications studies.

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  Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority

  • St Thomas, USVI

  • Executive Director/CEO

    • Jun 1999 - Jul 2001
    • St Thomas, USVI

    Total profit/loss and operating responsibilty of a 600 employee, $140 million, 250 MW utlilty company serving 100,000 customers on 3 islands in the carribean. Recoverd $27 million in accounts receivable funds; replaced the debt service reserve fund, sheduled long-overdue training for the plant em...

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  Wisconsin Electric Power Company

  • Manager, Markeitng Department

    • Aug 1984 - Sep 1993

    Leadership role in designing and running the marketing activites of a new Marketing Department at Wisconsin Electric Power Company after having been District Manager of one of their larger electrical operating districts north ("gold coast") of Milwaukee.

  • Regional Operating Manager

    • Jun 1984 - Jun 1990

    Complete operating responsibility for a 100,000 sq. ft. Calumet service center with 100 employees (e.g., crews, engineers and office staff). Three unions were present at the facility north of Milwaukee (i.e., 2150 Manual; 2150 Clerical and Local 2). The service center installed new residential and commercial services (overhead and underground); carried out line extensions and routine maintenance of the operating system.

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  University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

  • Milwaukee

  • Director, Office of Industrial Research

    • Sep 1983 - Sep 1984
    • Milwaukee

    Launched a successful office to recruit industrial research projects for faculty. Brought in over $2 million in research dollars in the first year. Hired away by Wisionsin Electric to ultimately set-up and run their new Marketing Department activities.

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  Gulf Oil Corporation

  • Harmerville, PA

  • Research Chemist/Chemical Engineer

    • Jun 1973 - Aug 1983
    • Harmerville, PA

    Entry-level chemist/chemical engineer doing high pressure, high-temperature, hydo-cracking of Kuwait vacuum tower bottoms. Also did some refinery lab work in Baumont/Port Authur, TX and ultimately worked in the Finance Department (variance analysis) in Pittsburgh, PA.