Experienced and Accomplished Manager

40 years as professional manager, entrepreneur and strategist.
Strong computing skills.

Co-Author, "Raising Entrepreneurial Capital" (Elsevier, 2004)

Author, "The Entrepreneur's Fieldbook" (Prentice Hall, 1999)

Founder and 20-year President of building supplies wholesaler,
sold to regional chain in 1998:

Tammany Supply, Inc. (TSI) was

Dominant in its market area ($6-million annual sales)

A consistent high performer, as measured by industry norms

Named a Blue-Chip Enterprise by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1994

Recognized for innovative use of technology ("The Wizardry of Tammany Supply")
in the trade journal, Supply House Times.

Other significant management assignments included:

Interim President, New Orleans Business and Industrial District;

Executive Director, Greater New Orleans Free-Net

Elected official: Councilman for St. Tammany Parish, 1979-1983

Academic Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor

Scholar-in-Residence

Dillard University Division of Business, 2001-2003

Spent Fall 2002 as Visiting Scholar, Faculty Resource Network, New York University

Adjunct Professor and Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Loyola University New Orleans School of Business, 1998-99, 1990-1992

Tulane University School of Business, 1992-96. Directed “Family Business Forum”

Adjunct Professor/Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Family Business

Dillard University Division of Business, 1996-98

University of Innsbruck, UNO summer program, 1996

Education:

University of New Orleans, (2005) MBA

Boston University, (1974) MS, Communication Research

Tulane University, (1968) Ph.D., Chemical Engineering

Tulane University, (1963) B.S., Chemical Engineering

Partial List of Consulting Clients:

Volunteer Executive for International Executive Service Corps

Carmelite Ministries: Feasibility Study for Daycare Center

Southland Plumbing Supply: Organizational and Computing Planning

Information Management Consultants: Expert witness on software issues

Bureau of Governmental Research: Organization and Computing Planning

New Orleans East Economic Development Foundation;
Principal investigator on an economic development study

Digi-Sci Ltd., Calgary, AL, Canada: Sales Support and Process Studies

Chinese Petroleum Corporation, Taipei, and Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Process Automation

Office of the Governor (LA): Statewide Telecommunications Network Requirements Study

Experience Chronology:

(1975 to present) Management, IT and Economic Development Consulting

Including significant Venturing, Academic and Civic Activity as well.
Previous to, concurrent with ownership of Tammany Supply (sold in 1998), and since.

(1978 to 1998) Tammany Supply, Inc.,

Founder and President of building supplies wholesaler.
TSI was named a Blue-Chip Enterprise by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1994.

Venturing Activities

Participated in the startup of several small businesses as officer/owner, including a microbrewery, software developer, "cajun" food manufacturer, and a quick oil change franchise.

Academic Activities

Scholar in Residence, Entrepreneur in Residence, and Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at several local universities.

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