Harry Vardis Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga

These are special courses with focus on creative problem solving and innovation principles.These courses are designed to help students bridge the gap between the more traditional MBA curriculum, which focuses largely on quantitative and analytical skill development, and the more, qualitative, right-brained, creative approaches to problem solving. By introducing tools and techniques of creative problem solving, students are able to develop the critical skills necessary to balance the rigors of the current business environment.

Greater Atlanta Area

Qualitative research consultancy. Category ExperienceAdvertising, agrichemicals, airlines, attorneys, automotive, banking, beverages, B-2-B, bread, baked goods, cosmetics, durable goods, education, financial services, flour products, flooring, furniture, insecticides, packaged foods, pizza, plastics, printing, real estate, restaurants, seniors, snacks, sporting goods, telecommunications, temporary services, tobacco, transportation, wireless communicationsSome of our clients are: Delta Air Lines, Verizon, Rochling Engineered Plastics, Arthritis Foundation, Shaw Industries Attorney's Title Insurance Fund, Citrus World Corporation, Intertape Polymer Group, Mohawk Industries, Simmon's, Bayer Advanced, Coca Cola, Jarls & Lawrence, Southern Company, Corporate Issues, Nokia, SPOLETO Festival USA BBDO Atlanta, Novartis, SunTrust Bank , BellSouth Corporate, Dalton Utilities, Kilgannon, Theragenics, LeasePlan, Papa John's, Tucker Federal Bank , Patek Philippe

Coles College Of Business, Kennesaw State University

Responsible for:- The design, maintenance and distribution of the Innovation Assessor, a diagnostic tool to help organizations become innovation leaders.-The design and execution of research in the field of innovation and creative thinking.-The design, coordination and delivery of courses with applications in the field of innovation in business for MBA, EMBA students.-The design and delivery of applications workshops and seminars to business audiences in the filed of innovation. Areas of concentration: New product development, Project management, Negotiations, Collaborative team building, Creative leadership and Sales training-Conducting community oriented projects to increase the creative thinking of seniors and young children.

Responsible for creating and delivering an Executive Education course on innovation in business designed to train managers how to become agents of innovation in their organizations.

Was responsible for all the market research activity for all of the agency's clients amounting to over 400 million advertising dollars.

Managed a staff of nine professional researchers.Responsible for all primary and secondary market research for all the clients of the agency. Also responsible for the selection of research vendors,shaping client strategy and participate heavily in new business pitches.

Ms/Ma, Industrial Organizational Psychlogy

Ms, Mathematics/ Statistics