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SELECTED CAREER EXPERIENCE
CHAIRMAN, CHIEF
EXECUTIVE, and CO-FOUNDER
Assurant Software Inc.
Alameda CA
Designer of StrokSavr system software and
RightWord Diction-Checker application software. Holder of U.S. Patent 5,682,471 - System for preventing loss of work product
in the event of personal computer mishap.
CHAIRMAN
PRINCIPAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT
Strategic Ideation Inc.
Alameda CA
Mentor early-stage companies in software development, technology, publishing, hospitality, non-profit, and other
activities. Sharpen corporate vision; devise strategies; write business plans; prepare projections; advise on financing,
organization structuring, product design, and public relations.
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT PLANNING
MANAGER OF BUSINESS
ANALYSIS
ADP Claims Solutions Group
San Ramon, CA
VICE PRESIDENT
Cromer Equipment Company
Oakland, CA
MANAGING
DIRECTOR
PRESIDENT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Insignia Systems Software Solutions Ltd.
High Wycombe UK
and Sunnyvale CA
Led U.K. emulation software development team and U.S. marketing group. Raised $10 million from European
Venture Capital consortium. Personally closed major account sales. Successful IPO.
DIRECTOR
VICE PRESIDENT
CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Saga Systems Inc. / Willcox Computers Ltd.
Fremont CA and Wrexham UK
Coordinated
IPO effort. Served as MANAGING DIRECTOR of UK engineering and marketing subsidiary.
VICE PRESIDENT
Victor
Technologies Inc.
Scotts Valley CA
Served variously as director of: national dealer sales organization, marketing
communications, public relations, technical publications, facilities, and finance. Coordinated underwriters, public accountants,
and attorneys in successful IPO.
PRESIDENT
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Recorder Printing and Publishing Company
Inc.
San Francisco CA
Commercial printer and publisher of daily legal and commercial newspapers. Negotiated, arranged
and integrated major acquisition.
PRESIDENT
The Mother Earth News
Hendersonville, NC
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
VICE
PRESIDENT FINANCE
The National Rifle Association on America, Inc.
Washington DC
Planned and managed turn-around
of financially stricken organization. Right-sized, reorganized and refocused all operations. Coordinated World Sports Center
joint venture with U.S. Olympic Committee.
EDITORIAL BUSINESS MANAGER
The National Enquirer
Lantana, FL
ASSISTANT
TO THE PRESIDENT
DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
MANAGER OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, BUDGETS AND PLANNING
Ramada Inns Inc.
Phoenix AZ
International hotel, restaurant and hospitality chain. Directed its strategic planning
and its computer systems and operations worldwide.
DIRECTOR
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER
PUBLISHER and EDITOR, The Phoenix TODAY Newspaper Group
PUBLISHER and EDITOR, The Seattle TODAY Newspaper
Group
United Media Inc.
Phoenix AZ and Seattle WA
CONSULTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
CORPORATE DIRECTOR,
COMMUNITY PUBLISHING OPERATIONS
PUBLISHER, The San Diego Sentinel Newspaper Group
PUBLISHER and EDITOR, The La Jolla
Light
Harte-Hanks Communications Inc.
San Antonio TX
Designed comprehensive corporate computer systems.
Coordinated successful IPO. Devised strategy for avoiding $5 million in excess profits taxes.
Negotiated acquisitions and
managed San Diego community newspaper publishing and printing subsidiary.
CHIEF OF CORPORATE STAFF
CORPORATE CONTROLLER
DIRECTOR
OF MANAGEMENT RECRUITMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
GENERAL MANAGER, Copley News Service
VICE
PRESIDENT, Copley International Corporation
Copley Newspapers Inc.
La Jolla CA
Led industry and IBM group
in pioneering of word processing.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
San Diego 200th Anniversary Exposition.
San Diego
CA
On loan from Copley devised and managed successful turn-around and rescue of moribund, high-profile civic venture.
INSTRUCTOR,
Civil Affairs/Military Government School.
SYSTEMS SPECIALIST, Army Audit Agency.
United States Army
Fort
Gordon GA and Milwaukee WI
Authored Military Field Manuals and audited diverse defense contractor companies.
ASSISTANT
TO FINANCIAL VICE PRESIDENT
General Motors Corporation
New York NY
Wrote multi-topic proposals sent to
Board of Directors over his signature. Staffed $325 million public offering and Congressional hearings.
GENERAL MANAGER
Music Circus Inc.
Lambertville NJ
Summer musical theater operating company and franchisees.
ADJUNCT
PROFESSOR of business management.
Monterey Institute of International Studies.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR of finance, and
public relations.
University of Phoenix.
INSTRUCTOR.
The American Press Institute of Columbia University.
CHAIRMAN
Newspaper
Industry Technology Steering Committee.
CHAPTER PRESIDENT.
Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi.
FORMAL
EDUCATION AND RECOGNITIONS
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Harvard Business School
Boston MA
Distinctions
in management, marketing, planning, industrial psychology, manufacturing, business law, finance and controllership. Scholarship.
BACHELOR
OF ARTS
Harvard College
Cambridge MA
Cum laude in political science. As extra-curricular activities, managed student
dramatic, broadcasting, and publishing organizations. National Scholarship.
TWO-YEAR TRANSCRIPT
Deep Springs College
Deep
Springs CA
FELLOW.
Institute of Directors in the United Kingdom.
LIFETIME CREDENTIALS as Administrator and
Teacher.
California Community College System.
TWICE RECIPIENT of Walter F. Carley Memorial Award.
Institute of
Newspaper Finance Officers.
MARQUIS' "WHO'S WHO" BIOGRAPHEE since 1964.
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in The
World
Who's Who in Science and Engineering
Who's Who in The Media and Communications
Who's Who in Finance and Industry
Who's
Who in The West
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