Education & Certifications

• B.S. Science Education, Cornell University, 1967.
• M.S. Nutrition, Purdue University, 1969.
• Ph.D. Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, 1973.
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University, 1973-75.
• M.B.A. Marketing and Finance (with honors), University of Chicago, 1982. Research thesis on computer optimization of equipment scheduling and facility design.
• Certificate in Management Accounting (C.M.A.), 1991. 

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Summary of employment

1987-current, Full time since 1996, Lecturer and Adjunct Associate Professor of Business to Teaching Professor of Logistics and Operations Management. Teach four-five courses/semester on computers and information systems, operations management, quality control, and statistics.

Vincennes University, Webster University, St Louis Community College, miscellaneous consulting, in-house workshops
1994-1995: In addition to about half time at University of Missouri-St. Louis, taught supervisory skills and management courses in the Vincennes University military program, Workshops on Management, cooperative decision-making, project management, and conducted several computer consulting projects with small businesses.

Monsanto Company--St. Louis, Missouri

1983-94 Progressive responsibility to Director, Operations & Finance, Searle R&D Division--St. Louis. Managed accounting (site finance director), facilities & operations, computer support, statistics support, general administration.

Armour Pharmaceutical Company--Kankakee, Illinois

1975-83 Progressive reponsibility to Manager, Biochemical & Pharmaceutical Development. Project management included coordination from marketing, packaging and regulatory, to basic research and manufacturing. Process and new product development for bulk pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and pharmaceutical finished dosage forms. Technical support to sales and sales technical training.

College Courses Taught

• Synchronous online courses in Operations Management and Statistics.
• Spreadsheet Models in Management Science, 2005
• Online MBA Program-- Introduction to Operations Management
• Introduction to Business Statistics.
• Introduction to Business Statistics-via interactive TV on two campuses.
• Quality Assurance in Business.
• Production & Operations Management . Graduate and Undergraduate.
• Production & Operations Management-via interactive TV on two campuses
• Introduction to Computers and Information Management

• Statistics for Health Care Management (MHA program, Webster University)

• Interpersonal Communication
• Supervisory Management
• Personnel Administration

• Leadership and Management II
• Time and Stress Management
• Organizational Leadership and Behavior
• Leadership Education and Development

• Assisted in undergraduate Animal Nutrition --calculations lab and lectures in some areas.
• Assisted in Graduate Laboratory Techniques -- developed unit on radioisotope techniques.

Technical Presentations/Short Courses/Workshops

• "Video-tutorials Deliver Technical Material Efficiently and Effectively" November 4, 2005 UMSL Center for Teaching and Learning, Third Annual Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference: Supporting Learning Outcomes with Technology.
• "Detection and Prevention of College Cheating in the Computer Age"  Bud Banis and Jennifer Siciliani (October 29, 2004) UMSL Center for Teaching and Learning, Third Annual Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference:Engaging Strategies for Student Learning. See presentation at collegecheating.com , including videotutorials on EXCEL techniques for investigating incidents.
• "Use of videocapture techniques for production of videotutorials as instructive aids" Presented twice, summer 2003 for the UMSL Summer Institute, 2003.
• "Editing with Styles in Microsoft WORD: Doing Things the Easy Way",  Workshop with CD ROM of videotutorials for the St Louis Publishers Association, November 13, 2002, St Louis Combined School Districts, July 2003.
• "Build Your Own Dot.COM" Institute of Management Accountants Continuing education workshop, May 19, 2000
• "Buying and Selling on the Internet" Professional development Workshop-- Institute of Management Accountants November 19, 1999
• "Book Marketing on the Internet-- How the World Wide Web is Changing the Way Books are Sold"-St. Louis Publishers Association, 1999
• Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) Basic Statistics Review Course-- Taught onsite at GM Wentzville plant, Sept/October 1999 under UMSL Extension.
• UM-St. Louis  MiniMBA program, Technology Sessions, 1998, 1999, 2000
• "Finding New Resources Through Technological Change"--General Session Speaker at the 1996 United Way Technology Workshop
• "Cooperative Decision Making--Resolving conflict by redesigning the decision process"1995. Technical Community of Monsanto annual Conference, and as a 3-session Short course for Continuing Education St. Louis Community College.
• "Incentives, Management & Accounting", 1995. Continuing Education Seminar, Missouri Society of Certified Management Accountants.
• "The Mismanagement of Management Accounting--How Accounting Rules and Incentives can Lead Managers to do the Wrong Thing",1994. Seminar, Gateway Chapter Institute of Management Accountants.
• "Managing Management Decisions", 1994.
• "Project Management--a Tool for Effective Teamwork", 1994, 1995. Presented to various divisions within Monsanto Company interested in implementing a project Management System..
• "Introduction to Project Management for Scientists & Business People", 1993. Searle R&D, Skokie, IL.
• "The Science of Business Decisions", 1993. Technical Community of Monsanto annual Conference.
• "Managing a Project--Theory & Practice", 1991.
• "Probabilities & Decision-Making", 1990  Technical Community of Monsanto annual Conference
• Armour Biochemicals Sales Technical Training, numerous sessions on technical aspects of products. 1981, 1982

Corporate Conmmittees

• Monsanto Executive Safety and Operations Council--Chairman, 1994
• Monsanto Animal Resources Facilities Steering Committee--Chairman, 1989-1993
• Monsanto Research Computer Consortium Steering Committee.
• Searle St. Louis Safety Action Committee--Chairman.
• Searle R & D Task force on Scientific Compensation
• Searle R & D Red Tape Committee
• Armour Pharmaceutical Company--Plant Radiation Safety Officer
• Searle/Monsanto Site Coordinator for Creve Coeur & Chesterfield Sites
• Various ad hoc budget, facilities planning and construction committees

Book Manufacturer and Internet entreprenuer. Assembled a compact Just-in-Time electronic bookprinting operation for economical short-run production of multiple titles. Electronic commerce / web credit card sales are a key component of an international business.

Extensive lab research in lipid metabolism, plant scale (20,000 liter) development of protein isolations, pharmaceutical and diagnostic product development and troubleshooting. Managed intercorporate projects.

Implemented equipment tracking, metrology, requisition and substores systems for an $18 million division. Reconciled accounting issues between two divisions during merger. Result was improved financial controls with simplified paperwork and improved compliance.

Budgeting responsibilities to 100 Million dollar annual.

As a consultant, developed revenue models for a $55 Million St Louis newspaper chain.

Developed, programmed and implemented a computerized radioisotope inventory program to simplify user recordkeeping and assure compliance with Federal and State requirements.

Applied Activity-Based-Costing to a multi-division animal resources chargeback system resulting in practice changes that gave real savings rather than just redistribution of charges.

Led team of consultants reengineering disbursal and accounting procedures for the Unites Way-St Louis Post Dispatch 100 Neediest Cases Program. Changes in financial procedures resulted in radical reduction in paperwork for over 100 agencies.

As part of a team of consultants, studied operations of the Missouri Highway Patrol Operations, particularly in Driver License Testing, which resulted in changes to process design, and more efficient distribution of staffing.

Introduced several multimillion dollar pharmaceutical and diagnostic products. Project manager for functions from discovery research to regulatory and marketing. Reviewed manufacturing procedures and QC methods for compliance to GMP.

Developed strategies and wrote copy for international advertising campaign for biochemical/diagnostic reagents. Established and developed technical marketing support function and sales technical training program.

Conducted computer modeling of manufacturing processes to give an orderly long range capital expansion plan. Marketing emphasis and product mix was changed to maximize profit.

Revived a $30 Million biochemicals business. Products are still market leaders.

Applied statistical techniques and developed quantitative measurements allowing systematic study of production variables. Resolved QC and production problems eliminating $250K/year of unnecessary reworks on one product, and allowing reintroduction of another, $10M product.

As a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard, conducted the breakthrough experiments which resolved the laboratory's major problem on control of fatty acid synthesis in Mycobacteria.

MISCELLANEOUS CONTINUING EXPERTISE

• Book Publishing, including Print-On-Demand and Just-in-time production technology
• Periodicals (Newsletter) production and bulk barcoded mail processing
• Expert Witness on statistical probabilities, particularly in technical medical issues, such as exposures to and infections with sexually transmitted diseases.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES/ACTIVITIES

• The Institute for Operations Research & Management Sciences, since 1990. Secretary, St. Louis Gateway InfORMS Chapter, 1993-94; Vice President/President Elect, 1994-95; president, 1995-96
• Institute of Management Accountants, 1990-. Director for Community Activities, St. Louis Chapter, 1993-95.
• St. Louis Publishers Association - Vice-President 1999.
• U.S. Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, Grant Reviewer, 1994.
• World Burn Congress VII, General Chairperson, 1995.
• Past Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Burn Association.

• 1000 hour Volunteer at the Burn Center, Saint John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO.
• President and Board Chairman, Burns Recovered, Inc. Burn Support Group at St. John's Mercy Medical Center, 1991-1995.
• United Way Allocations Panel member, Loaned Executive, Torchlighter, fundraiser.
• United Way Admissions Committee, Management Issues Committee,
• General Session Speaker at the 1996 United Way Technology Workshop--"Finding New Resources Through Technological Change."

• Meritorious Service Award, University of Missouri--St. Louis, Students With Disabilities Association. several years. Nominee for most accommodating faculty member, 1997 and 2004.
• United Way Star Communicator Awards, 1993, 1994. General Fundraiser kickoff Torchlighter speaker, 1995
• Volunteer of the Year Award, Trinity Lutheran Church, Manchester, MO, 1991.
• Beta Gamma Sigma, Business Honorary, 1982.
• Individual N.I.H. Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarded 1975, Harvard University.
• Phi Lambda Upsilon, Chemistry Honorary, 1968.
• Cornell Alumni Club of Staten Island Scholarship, 1965-1967.
• New York State Regents four year Scholarship awarded 1960.

• Who's Who in Finance and Industry
• Who's Who in the Midwest
• Who's Who in Science and Engineering
• Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare
• Who's Who in America
• Who's Who in The World
• Who's Who in American Education

Publications

see partial list

• Science & Humanities Press
• BeachHouse Books
• MacroPrint Books
• Heuristic Books
• Early Editions Books

• 1973-75 NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University, Dept. of Chemistry
• 1969-73 NIH Doctoral Trainee, Dept. of Biochemistry, North Carolina State University
• 1967-69 Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Animal Sciences, Purdue University
• 1960-67 Lab Technician and various part time jobs, undergraduate education at Cornell University

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