Personal:

Our home is in Loyalsock Township, PA.
I am married and we have 2 children and 3 grandchildren.
Our daughter (born in Worcester, Worcestershire, England) and son-in-law live close to us and have two children: 1 daughter, 1 son.
Our son (born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada), daughter-in-law, and their daughter born in 2007, live in Southwest Harbor, ME-across the island from Bar Harbor, ME.

Experience:

Upon my retirement from industry in 1996, where I spent 27 years establishing companies, offices, divisions, departments, etc. for various businesses, both national and internationally, I became the Chair, Business Administration Division at Central Pennsylvania College in Harrisburg, PA in 1997. At the end of June 2007, I retired from Central Penn. My last position with Central Pennsylvania College was planning and executing foreign trips for the students at the college to Ireland, Great Britain, and Japan the last 3 years for their term abroad.

Along with the international "study abroad" program, I was responsible for developing the College's Bachelor Degree in Business Administration in 1999. I was also working on developing an MBA in International Business Program, and a BS Degree in International Studies for the College.

Prior to teaching I worked internationally in the industrial process heating industry. This included positions in Engineering Development, Marketing & Sales, Customer Service, and Manufacturing. During this business career we lived in England and Alberta, Canada to start joint-venture companies. I also lived in Japan for almost 2 years outside of Tokyo, and traveled to many other companies for business. I also held positions of District Sales Manager; Director, European Operations; Manager, Western Canadian Operations; President and General Manager; Production & Inventory Control Manager; Manufacturing Manager; Operations Manager; Operations & Finance Manager; Project Manager; Contacts Administration Manager; Consultant; and finally a business owner of a small retail store.

I presently teach Marketing courses at Lycoming College. My experience in marketing management has been worldwide in industrial products, retail products, and the service industry. In the many activities during my career, I developed an in depth understanding through success for both retail and business-to-business operations in all aspects