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STATEMENT OF TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS
As a professor, my role is to create better business professionals. I put deliberate care into how I teach course curriculum as I bring these professional and teaching experiences to bear in the classroom.
I leverage over 25 years of leading people and processes across a variety of domains. My experiences have taught me senior leaders appreciate managers who are clear and concise in their written and verbal communication, are logical, linear, and disciplined when engaged in ideation, accept constructive critique as professional development, and are accountable for their actions.
Moreover, I have coached youth sports (ages 6 to 16), been a flight instructor, and have taught at the United States Naval Academy, Texas A&M University, Indiana University, and the University of Houston. I have won teaching awards at each academic institution I have had the privilege to be employed.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Seminar in Strategic Management (MANA 8380), C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
This course is a doctoral level seminar on the major theoretical approaches to the field of strategic management and business policy. The main purpose of the course is to familiarize students with the basic assumptions, concepts and theories underlying strategy and business public policy. Moreover, the course provides the foundation for future research in the field, either in linking it to the student’s chosen field of study or in preparation and conduct of an academic career focused on the scholarly (teaching and research) pursuit in the field of strategic management.
Business Dynamics and Decision-Making (MANA 7A97 / 7397), C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
This course is designed for students to apply their cumulative knowledge of business and develop their decision making skills in a simulated business environment. The central focus, therefore, is on business decisions in a complex, dynamic environment. The overriding purpose for the course is to sharpen a student’s ability to think tactically and strategically, to diagnose situations from a strategic perspective, and to make decisions in dynamic, uncertain environments.
**2018 “Top TEN” Course Award**
**2017 CAPSIM Challenge International Student Team Winner**
Strategic Analysis (MANA 6A83), C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
This course is designed to study the firm from the perspective of top management. The central focus, therefore, is on holistic strategic management of the firm as opposed to the functional orientation that you have experienced in most previous courses. This requires more than mere integration of those functional areas of study.
Implementation of Strategy (MANA 7A80), C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
This course is designed to study the firm from the perspective of top management. The central focus, therefore, is on holistic strategic management of the firm as opposed to the functional orientation that you have experienced in most previous courses. This requires more than mere integration of those functional areas of study.
MBA Experimental Course in Management (BUS-W579), Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
In this course, students make business decisions under ambiguity and uncertainty over multiple time periods and examine their impact on the organization’s qualitative and quantitative performance. Students working in teams determine their organization’s objectives and goals, evaluate business situations, make decisions for the various functional areas, and examine the outcomes from these decisions as the team competes with other firms in the industry.
**2014 CAPSIM Challenge International Student Team 2nd Place**
Administrative Policy (BUS-J401), Capstone Business Course Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
This course teaches the administration of business organizations: policy formulation, organization, methods, and executive control. Emphasis is placed on using course material, past and current Kelley course instruction, and personal experience to analyze cases and deliver insight and recommendations in group presentations and in written communication.
Analysis of Business Decisions (BUS-J411), Capstone Business Course Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
In this course, students make business decisions under ambiguity and uncertainty over multiple time periods and examine their impact on the organization’s qualitative and quantitative performance. Students working in teams determine their organization’s objectives and goals, evaluate business situations, and make decisions for the various functional areas to influence firm performance while competing against other student teams.
Strategic Management (MGMT 466), Capstone Business Course Mays Business School, Texas A&M University
This course covers formulation, execution, control, and evaluation of corporate, global, and business-level strategy of the firm. Emphasis is on identification, analysis, and resolution of important strategic issues. Additional emphasis is placed on analysis of written cases and decision making during the course business simulation.
Introduction to Naval Leadership and Human Behavior (NL101) (Currently replaced with NL110 – Preparing to Lead) Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law, U.S. Naval Academy
First-year midshipmen examine fundamental tenets of leadership in the context of the theories and principles of individual and group leadership. Topics include self-leadership, self-management, and team leadership. The course instructors provide relevant personal and Fleet based examples, and emphasize interactive learning.
Military Ethics Continuum – 10th Company, Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law, U.S. Naval Academy
Second-year midshipmen examine application of the fundamental tenets of leadership expanding on principles of individual and group leadership in the context of the Brigade of Midshipmen. Topics include self-leadership, self- management, and team leadership. The instructors provide relevant Fleet based examples, bridging midshipmen experiences with course material.
Instructor Navigator / Tactical Officer, Patrol and Reconnaissance Squadron SIXTEEN, NAS Jacksonville
Provide instruction on Naval Flight Officer roles and responsibilities during flight operations and combat missions onboard P-3C Orion aircraft.
University of Houston Bauer COB Top Ten Course Award
CAPSIM Challenge International Student Team Winner
CAPSIM Challenge International Student Team Finalists (two teams in Top 5 worldwide)
Schuyler F. Otteson Award for Teaching Excellence Nomination. Kelley School of Business Indianapolis Student Government