Experience

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  Tionesta Applied Research Corporation

  • President, Ceo & Co-Founder
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  Tionesta Applied Research Corporation

  • Sequim, WA

  • President, CEO & Co-founder

    • Oct 2012 - Present
    • Sequim, WA

    Came out of retirement to team with college fraternity brother to develop products and a business around his patents.

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  Retired

  • Sequim, WA and St. Louis, MO area

  • Retired

    • Nov 2008 - Oct 2012
    • Sequim, WA and St. Louis, MO area
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  CMS Management Solutions (now Intelliteach)

  • Greater St. Louis Area

  • Owner and Regional President

    • Mar 1997 - Nov 2008
    • Greater St. Louis Area

    Co-owned (with 2 others) this unique nationwide service for law and accounting firms, with approximately 140 employees, which at various times worked for approximately 80% of the AmLaw largest 200 law firms and 2 of the "Final Four" big accounting firms. Developed my region from no cli...

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  Brooks Telecommunications International

  • Greater St. Louis Area

  • President

    • 1996 - 1997
    • Greater St. Louis Area

    A joint venture with China included a then state-of-the-art prototype broadband ISDN network in Guangzhou. Negotiated with potential strategic partners in several countries to develop telemedicine and fiber-optic CATV networks in China.

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  Bryan Cave LLP

  • St. Louis, MO

  • Executive Director

    • 1991 - 1995
    • St. Louis, MO

    Responsible for profitability and operation of this firm which then had approximately 600 lawyers in 9 U.S. and 6 international offices. Increased profitability per partner by 11% and profit margin by 5.7%, at a time of shrinking revenues for law firms nationwide, by significant cost cutting, ag...

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  Prudential Home Mortgage Company

  • Greater St. Louis Area

  • V.P.-Chief Administrative Officer

    • 1989 - 1991
    • Greater St. Louis Area

    Recruited to this wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Insurance and one of the largest mortgage lenders in the country at the time. Managed the legal, accounting and risk-management departments. Eliminated serious problems between the subsidiary and the parent company related to the Legal Dep...

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  Communication Intelligence Corporation

  • Menlo Park, CA

  • Vice President, Corporate Marketing

    • 1986 - 1988
    • Menlo Park, CA

    Recruited to this publicly-held spinoff of Stanford Research Institute (SRI) to help build a company marketing handwriting recognition and signature verification software. Set up diverse national marketing channels and devised and partially implemented a plan to market a new line of products.

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  Bucyrus International

  • Greater Milwaukee Area

  • Various

    • 1974 - 1986
    • Greater Milwaukee Area

    Recruited to this then-Fortune 300 manufacturer of surface mining, aerospace, construction and industrial equipment. As Director of Contracts, negotiated many complex and interrelated international contracts, licenses, joint ventures, multiple-currency loan arrangements, political and other insu...

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  Choate, Hall & Stewart

  • Boston, MA

  • Associate

    • 1972 - 1974
    • Boston, MA

    Worked on bank acquisitions, and did corporate work for high-tech startups (precursor to the internet, cable tv, etc.)

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  U.S. Air Force

  • McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita, KS

  • Data Automation Officer

    • 1965 - 1969
    • McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita, KS

    Managed all computer operations and programming for the base.