About me

Pre-Industry

• While in high school during the 1980s, I always enjoyed helping others in the computer lab. I spent many hours learning how to use the programs and their shortcuts.

• As a Boy Scout, I became experienced in teaching the younger boys how to prepare for camp. Yes, I completed my Eagle Scout rank in 1988.

Industrial Teaching Experience

• As a production employee, I would have to teach fellow employees how to manufacture and measure parts using punch presses, brake presses, shears, and CNC equipment.

• As a manufacturing engineer, I would teach production employees how to use new equipment and tools. I would prepare work instructions used by the employees and managers. I would develop new processes and tools for brake presses, stamping presses, electrical assembly, and welding.

• As a quality manager, I was responsible for implementing a Quality Management System based on ideas Feigenbaum and Juran. Our quality assurance team was focused on proactive activities to reduce errors arriving at the customer's site.

• I have been certified by ASCM as a Certified Supply Chain Professional.

• I have been certified by ASQ as a Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence and a Certified Quality Engineer.

Higher Education Teaching Experience

• I spent a short time tutoring mathematics for a community college.

• I have taught asynchronous online classes since 2012 using Blackboard. I have taught in the classroom since 2013. I use my personal experiences in the industry to reinforce theoretical learning. Over the years I have created videos to further facilitate learning. Since Covid-19 I have been utilizing Zoom to teach hybrid synchronous courses. Currently, I am the Program Director of the BS in Supply Chain and Logistics Management (traditional residential and online) and BS in Supply Chain, Transportation, and Logistics Management (online cohort). I also enjoy taking students on field trips to local industries to engage their Real Learning for Real Life.

Northcentral University, Phoenix, AZ Graduated September 2017, Doctor of Business Administration Degree School of Business and Technology Management Dissertation title: Integration of a quality management system within the supply chain: An empirical case study.

Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE Graduated June 2010, Masters of Business Administration Degree Major: Interdisciplinary Business

University of Nebraska, Lincoln and Omaha, NE Graduated May 2002, Bachelor of Science Major: Industrial Technology

Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE Graduated November 1998, Associate in Applied Science Major: Automated Manufacturing Technology

Det Norske Veritas (DNV), QMS Internal Auditor for ISO 9001:2000. 2008.

DNV, ISO 9001:2008 Series QMS Auditor/Lead Auditor. 2009.

American Society for Quality (ASQ), Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence. 2009.

QFD Institute, QFD Green Belt. 2011.

ASQ, Cost of Quality: Finance for Continuous Improvement. 2012.

Six Sigma Black Belt training. 2013.

ASQ, Certified Quality Engineer. 2013.

ASCM, Certified Supply Chain Professional. 2019.

Eagle Scout Award, Boy Scouts of America. 1988.