Experience

Dallas Baptist University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Sep 2005 - Present

  Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas Have taught Corp. Financial Management courses (incl. Securities Investing, Capital Budgeting, NPV & IRR modeling) part-time at Dallas Baptist University for the past 11 years. Have also taught a Recruitment & Compliance course, plus Multinational Management, at the University of North Texas. Have been an executive recruiter for 3 years for an executive recruiting firm.



Grand Financial, Inc.

• Canada
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Executive

  • Aug 2005 - Oct 2011

  Recruited and advised investors for this NASD-licensed securities firm (member FINRA & SIPC). Developed, implemented & conducted sales programs for services offered by the company. Did over $1 million in sales in 2007.



Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport

• Departmental Controller/Budget Analyst

  • Apr 2004 - Jun 2005

  (see two periods of time): For five departments (Airport Operations, Customer Service, Air Service Dev., Terminal Mgmt., Marketing Services) developed O&M budgets, tracked status of contracts, identified accruals, analyzed variances (actual to budget), provided continuous forecasting, identified & monitored KPI's, & cost drivers.



University of North Texas

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Aug 2003 - Dec 2003

  Selected by University of North Texas to teach Recruitment, Selection & Compliance, which honed my knowledge of recruiting processes. Also taught Multinational Management.

• Sr. Business Analyst

  • Oct 2001 - Jun 2003

  Analyzed operating practices, provided strategies for improvement, and assessed financial impact within the Customer Service Department. Provided monthly revenue forecasts, analytical assistance, budget execution strategies and business process re-engineering. Documented and improved organizational reporting processes for generating financial reports and charts for monthly board meetings, which reduced the required man-hours by 50%.



Loewenstein and Associates, Inc

• Project Manager/Recruiter

  • May 1998 - Mar 2001

  Loewenstein & Associates is an executive recruiting firm that staffs at the executive, manager, and professional levels for financial, software development, consulting and manufacturing firms. Representative clients included Deloitte Consulting, Intellicorp, Philips Electric, Honeywell, AspenTech, Baan, Pavilion, Warren Electric.



Control Specialties Inc

• United States
• Facilities Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Plant Manager/ Operations Vice President

  • Jul 1997 - May 1998

  This company is a multi-product manufacturing company selling to the energy industries. Responsible for operations including sales, human resources, manufacturing, scheduling/materials, engineering and customer service, in a turn-around environment. Crunched the numbers and forecasted sales and profits for this financially troubled company.



Thermo Environmental Instruments (previously Graseby STI)

• Vice President Operations

  • Aug 1994 - Oct 1995

  Responsible for improving the order fulfillment process (project/contract management, software development, engineering, purchasing/scheduling/manufacturing, QC/test) for $20 MM emissions instrument manufacturer/distributor. Manufacturing cycle time reduced from 12 to 6 weeks by implementing a formal MRP work order/kitting and shop floor control system, inventory accuracy & cross training.



Forney Corp. (previously Columbia Scientific)

• Vice President Operations

  • Oct 1993 - Jun 1994

  Reduced this emissions instrument company's 26 week product lead time to 20 weeks and improved on-time delivery by factory cross-training (cells) and cross-functional TQM teams with reps from HR, project management, engineering, materials, manufacturing and test. Company was acquired and downsized.



Weed Instrument Co.

• President

  • Dec 1978 - Nov 1992

  Round Rock, Texas Took the lead in growing and staffing this manufacturing organization over a 14 year period. By 1992, annual sales were ten times over 1978. Played a hands-on role spearheading new product planning and development. Was proactive in developing our international marketing program; initiated a strategic business venture with a major French manufacturer (Philips). Spearheaded entry into the aerospace market. A marketing focus by the president was necessary because we were going up against… Show more Took the lead in growing and staffing this manufacturing organization over a 14 year period. By 1992, annual sales were ten times over 1978. Played a hands-on role spearheading new product planning and development. Was proactive in developing our international marketing program; initiated a strategic business venture with a major French manufacturer (Philips). Spearheaded entry into the aerospace market. A marketing focus by the president was necessary because we were going up against Rosemount, Inc. a giant in the aerospace instrument industry, which also had a monopoly in our chosen product area. Acquired technology to break a market monopoly held by Rosemount, which later bought this business unit for a premium. Spent considerable time in the field and at shows, interfacing with customers and coaching the sales organization. Was heavily involved in negotiation with commercial aviation customers like Bendix Wheel and Brake, Boeing, Garrett Engine Div., Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, Cessna. Through organizational redesign, established employee ownership of cross-functional business processes, which in turn increased overall gross margins from 40% to 46%. Show less