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MBA: |
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| In May of 2007, I completed my Masters of
Business Administration at the University
of South Florida. My specializations are Finance, Marketing,
and Entrepreneurship. I have been exposed to Strategic Business Planning and Analysis (IBA), Managerial Accounting, Financial Accounting, Marketing Management, Macro and Micro Economics, Business Ethics, Organizational Behavior, Operations Management, Finance, International Finance, Strategic Market Assessment, Business Plan Writing, and New Venture Formation, and a few others. This program is heavily team-oriented, as every class (besides econ) has required group interaction. During my first year, I won a $300 prize for the 4th Annual Business Department's Graduate Student Ethics Essay Contest. Below is a shot of me with USF's College of Business's Dean Robert Anderson.  This was the topic: Write an essay that outlines the elements of ethical leadership in the business context and analyze barriers to ethical leadership. What are some of the corporate governance issues involved? Download the essay here. |
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Real World Experience: |
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| I am currently a Senior Software Engineer with
bSquare, a small cap
software company operating out of Bellevue, WA focused on consulting as
a Windows CE, Windows Mobile, Embedded XP, etc... developer and
vendor. This provides me with the corporate mentality one needs
while managing large software projects involving many groups and
coordination. I am not a project manager however, as I develop
code, but one does learn a lot by being involved.
In working at Alcorn McBride, I was exposed to many sides of the business work, mainly focusing on project management and customer relations. In keeping the R&D Engineers on the support lines with customers, having weekly business meetings with sales, sending us to industry tradeshows and on-site installations, such as at Disney, Alcorn keeps its engineers very aware of the business needs of the company. I was frequently involved in the company's marketing efforts as well, due to my strong background in graphics. |
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Executive Management & Leadership Experience: |
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I am the President and Founder of oiKnow, Inc., a startup venture to explore opportunities in the emerging cell phone market. We own and manage the intellectual properties of Personal Memory Systems and Phone-Tag.com. |
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Sole Proprietorship Experience: |
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For performing programming consulting, website development, and illustrating various books and such for customers, until recently I had a licensed sole proprietorship in my name in the state of Florida. This allowed me to learn more about business management, taxes, sales, etc... |
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Papers: |
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| As I am involved in various projects I find some may be interesting to other business students or owners. | |
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Want to start your own e-Commerce presence? Here's an extensive explanation on what a business person needs to know for establishing their e-Commerce presence on the web. |
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Ever wonder about the Financial Aspects of Comic Book Self-Publishing? Those who know Finance will find this an interesting peak into the world of comic books. Those interested in publishing and promoting their own comic book will find this to be an insightful reference of all the Financial aspects that go into creating a comic book, when it loses money, and when it makes money. Based on two real small presses, values from Val Staples, and quotes from real print houses, the Financial models used in this analysis have been created with Excel. If you ever want to run the models with your numbers, just email me. |
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Business Quotes and Insights: |
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"For a company to be successful, it must have three kinds of creativity: creativity to make inventions, creativity in product planning and production, and creativity in marketing." - Akio Morita from Sony. (paraphrased by Kotler & Keller) |
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