In a second life, I had been a professor of management in the Department of Graduate Management Studies at St. Joseph’s College (NY) from 2007 until 2020. Drawing upon almost thirty-five years of industry experience, I was an academic capable and comfortable in spanning the academic / practitioner divide. Marrying theory and practice in the classroom, I focused students on application and the ability to utilize learnings on a real-time basis.An executive with a broad range of hands-on experience in several industries over the last three decades. With a conscious focus on the human element in management, I have operated in finance, mergers & acquisitions, organizational restructuring and rationalization, strategy development and execution, administration, and project management. I have also developed training programs in several companies crossing multiple disciplines.Specialties - With the ability to span boundaries: organizational structure, development and change; integration techniques that promote communications and lessen conflict; governance; mergers, acquisitions, divestitures; tactical and strategic planning; project management; human resource issues; training and personnel development.