DB-Squared, LLC, has three divisions currently -- marketing diagnostics and consulting, Flair Southern Style, LLC photography, and Author Coaching, Editing & Ghost Writing.

~30 Senior Global Marketing & Management w/Customer Relationship Management consultant. Basic consulting services and experience: * identification and diagnostic evaluation of a client’s current issues, needs & expectations * partnership with client to design, create & implement a focused SMART objective(s) & strategy(ies) to address them * Experience in working globally with virtual teams globally to deliver stronger or validated, improved or new skills, behaviors, insights & essential team management abilities* post-engagement assessment and reports of outcomes

Based in the southeast U.S., I work with selected business clients in diverse industries as a long-term strategic consultant in business strategy development, customer value management, leadership, cultural change and organizational design. Diagnostics is a strength, helping clients identify their performance needs in business strategy and planning, global strategic marketing and/or leadership, and then designing and developing of appropriate measurable objectives, strategies and practical implementation plans to achieved the target objectives. A client's initial investment is covering basic costs with additional fees based on target metrics, resulting in a shared risk and reward partnership. Co-author of three successful trade books, I have more than 20 years of successful consulting experience and an earned Ph.D. in Advertising and Marketing from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

More than 25 years as a marketing, management and communications professor at LSU, Texas A&M< CSU-Fullerton, Emory, Macon State (Middle Georgia University), Georgia Southern, Savannah State, Ogeechee Tech.

Worked closely with global companies, their business units and teams primarily in Europe and Asia as a long-term strategic consultant, mentor and coach. Helped clients identify their performance needs in business strategy and planning, global strategic marketing, leadership and/or finance, and then coordinated the design and development of appropriate learning modes to achieve and measure the desired behavioral outcomes. Consulting Areas: Global Strategic Marketing, Marketing Management & Competency Development; Leadership and Change Management, and Team Building; Project Management; Achieving Business Results; and Financials for Non-Financial Managers.Major Clients: Agfa Consumer Imaging, Agfa Graphic Systems; Akzo Nobel NA; AlliedSignal; BellSouth Telephone; Boehringer-Ingelheim Vetmedica; Dow Chemical North & South America, Asia & Europe; Ericsson Telecommunications; Verizon & GTE; Kodak; MediaOne International cellular ventures; Schlumberger worldwide; Sprint; Ticona; Wyeth; Xerox.

Performance Consulting: Interface with clients to identify skill and/or competency needs, develop and deliver learning engagements to teach the skills and competencies, and consult with intact client teams. Outside sales & account management. Consulting Areas: Integrated Marketing Communication; CEO communications; marketing research & analysis; advertising; direct response marketing, including direct mail & telemarketing; print buying and desktop publishing.Major Clients: Amdahl Corp.; Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce and Baton Rouge Morning Advocate; Canon Copiers USA; Citizens Against Crime; Inc.; Clayton State College (GA); ConTel; The House of Ashmore (pecan direct mail house); IBM; MDS Qantel; Root & Associates Advertising, Baton Rouge; Sprint; System Integrators; Inc. (SII); Talent Tree Personnel Services, Inc.