2005 - 2007 -- Brunel Excellence, Cologne, GermanyServed on the Advisory Board of this unit of Brunel that provided management support services.
2002 - 2005 -- GMS, Munich and Wiesbaden, GermanyGesellschaft fuer Markt- und Strategieberatung mbHServed on the Advisory Board of this German management consulting firm, specializing in innovations management, business development, and marketing strategies.
2005 - present -- Notre Dame de Namur University School of Business and Management
Teach entrepreneurship and innovation management class entitled "Finance and Marketing for a Developmental Stage Venture."
1990 - 2001 -- San Jose State University
Department of AviationTaught airline management, general aviation management, and senior seminar classes. Served as faculty representative on the department's Advisory Board.
1998 - 2004 Advisor
1996 - 1998 Full time
Acquired by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC in 1998. A unit of Standard & Poor's Corporate Value Consulting in 2001. Fully merged with Duff & Phelps in 2004.
Launched the air transportation practiceof this leading consulting firm with professional staff in Menlo Park and New York, and international offices in London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and Sydney. Engaged in business development, securing projects, and leading assignments at major U.S. and international airlines, aircraft manufacturers, and government aerospace agencies. Sample project:
· Structured alliance with consulting division of a major international airline. Led joint engagement at a major international airline with revenues exceeding $1 billion, in a turnaround project. Created enterprise strategic analysis framework, leading to development of related decision-support system.
Leads activities of this management consulting firm that specializes in enterprise analytics. Recent projects:
· Expert for MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul) at Maintenance & Engineering Division of a major international airline in Asia for implementation of Oracle cMRO ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) application.
· Investment advisor to a private-equity firm managing $6 billion portfolio of diversified global investments.Full time for two years, and thereafter in accordance to needs.
Merged with Applied Decision Analysis, Inc. in 1996.
Founded and managed this air transportation consulting firm specialized in providing advanced analytical services and developing decision-support systems. Secured and led wide-ranging engagements from logistics to aircraft financing, spanning various functional areas in operations, marketing, finance, and planning. Sample project:
· Designed and developed PC-based Advanced Engine Maintenance Planning Systems (AEMPS) for reliability analysis, removal forecasting, lifetime optimization, and spare management of turbofan powerplants. Implemented the system package at two European airlines. Conducted related workshops for various airlines worldwide.
Finance Division, Corporate Operations Research Department.
Maintenance Operations Division, Advanced Planning Department.
I help my clients create value by applying advanced analytics to complex business problems, changing management practices to become resourcesful, and restructuring for sustained profitability. My engagements have ranged from mergers and acquisitions, strategy, decision analysis, business-process architecture, and change management to tactical operation analysis, pricing and revenue (yield) management, resource planning, and organizational development. My work has included functional areas in finance, operations, marketing, planning, and information technology. I have led acquisitions, restructuring, and turnaround projects, as well as the design and development of decision-support and information-processing systems.
My specialties include mergers and acquisitions, financing and investment, private equity, venture capital, institutional investment capital, enterprise analytics, quantitative modeling of business processes, integrated planning, revenue (yield) management, financial and business analysis, marketing and sales, operations research and management science, information technology and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications.
I live in San Carlos, California. I am an avid endurace-sport athlete, and regularly participate in triathlon and marathon races. In 2002, I was ranked 1,196 in my age group by the USA Triathlon.
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