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• Exit and succession planning are rarely included in the plans of family and small businesses. Because of that, there is less than a 30% chance that a new business owner or heir will successfully take over when the.
• It ensures YOUR BUSINESS is ready for you to retire.
• It follows a proven, FOOL-PROOF methodology.
• It is a model for COLLABORATION among all the members of your exit planning team.Exit planning has three primary stages:
• Stage 1: A complementary exit planning strategy session that provides an initial review of your current situation and development of a range of options to consider.
• Stage 2: An exit plan audit (fee-based) that assures you are on the right path for successful retirement by identifying what’s working and what gaps exist.

• Enhance and expand educational relationships with global firms and non-profits
• Developed innovative business plan for online arts organization’s “Metaversity”
• Developed complete service offering to assist educational outreach programs
• Created and implemented unique, proprietary consultative assessment process
• Contract positions with UC Berkeley College of Engineering and UCLA Anderson School of Management

Berkeley, CA, US

• Build portfolio of custom and open enrollment engineering executive education programs
• Developed marketing strategies targeted at Bay Area high technology firms
• Developed Women’s Engineering Leadership Program
• Created and implemented marketing strategy for Executive Crowdsourcing Conference

Santa Ana, CA, US

• Leadership role in Orange County workforce and economic development
• Senior Board Member, Orange County Workforce Investment Board (Chair, Labor Market Intelligence Committee; Member, Executive Committee; Vice Chair; served for 18 years)
• Member, Advisory Board, Orange County Small Business Development Center (served for 18 years)
• Member, Advisory Board, Orange County Tri-Tech Small Business Development Center
• Member, Advisory Board, Santa Ana Region SBDC Lead Center—CSU, Fullerton (served for 6 years)
• Executive in Residence—CSU, Fullerton (Student Project Mentor; Judge, Business Plan Competition; served for 4 years)

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Oversee expansion of custom executive education programs and other corporate initiatives
• Expanded custom executive education programs by 50%
• Elevated public company directors education program from a regional to a nationally-recognized program while incresing annual sponsorship from $38,000 to $100,000
• Responsible for all aspects of custom program development and delivery, including client relations, initial program design, faculty selection and recruitment, program delivery, and overall program quality
• Initiated CIO Institute inaugural program for CIOs of major global corporations

Taught contemporary business-to-business marketing in MBA program

Orange, California, US

• Designed and implemented the complete foundation for custom executive education offerings
• Built key faculty relationships
• Worked closely and collaboratively with faculty advisory board
• Built complete operating essentials to successfully design, develop, and deliver customer programs
• Worked closely with university faculty to cultivate top faculty to teach in custom programs
• Originated several unique program offerings from non-business faculty that were highly received

• Ensure highest quality applicants for industry-unique EMBA and PhD programs
• Sourced, recruited, interviewed and recommended to faculty all degree program applicants, including late career PhD applicants
• Teamed with faculty in the Drucker School and other non-business schools to ensure highest quality, most relevant course offerings in all programs

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Designed, developed, and delivered business-to-business marketing to EMBA and MBA students
• Originated, designed curriculum, and taught EMBA and MBA business-to-business marketing courses
• Created innovative online versions of all courses in 1994, motivating other Pepperdine faculty to also create online courses for the first time in Pepperdine history
• Member of select senior faculty team to completely redesign full-time MBA curriculum

• Designer and builder of high-performing organizationsU.S. Channels Business Manager, Systems Integration & Support Services
• Developed channels strategy and implementation for internal startup
• Collaborated with channels sales teams across the U.S.Western Area Business Manager, Systems Integration & Support Services
• Developed Western Area strategy and implementation for internal startup
• Collaborated with regional sales and services district managers throughout the Western AreaWestern Area Sales Manager
• Managed internal business startup

• In the decades prior to 1985 I served in various roles as Information technologist and computer scientist
• Product managed new computer system offering by major computer manufacturer
• Developed software implementation plan for newly designed hardware system
• Managed systems development team of ~85 computer professionals
• Designed systems development language and associated compiler

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Strategic Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Ab, Mathematics

Master’S Degree, Mathematics