Experience

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  Sprint centel

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1995

  Marketing product manager/product development manager

  Product marketing of local wireline telecommunication services to both business-to-business and consumer market sectons. Duties included marketing project management; business planning and implementation; product development; vendor relationship management; budget development and tracking; cross-functional team leadership; presentations to wide array of audiences.

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  Southernlinc (part of southern company)

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

  Marketing product manager

  Led product marketing and new product development for this business-to-business wireless telecommunications provider.

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  Kmc telecom inc.

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

  Director of marketing

  Led marketing research, product development, marketing and sales support, and pricing activities. Supervised professional staff and led cross-functional project teams. Created and implemented training for internal support departments regarding new product and pricing strategies.

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  Industrial properties group

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  Director of marketing and operations

  Beginning as a lead generator for this industrial real estate firm, in less than one year was promoted to lead marketing and operations for an aggressive growth strategy. Assisted with strategic planning and project management of marketing activities including press releases, sales pipeline tracking, and new markets research and analysis. Supervised and trained staff. Proposed and implemented organization structure, created job descriptions and employee manual; developed and managed budgets.

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  Position catalyst group, inc,

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  Managing director, founder, co-owner

  Provided executive leadership of this healthcare recruiting firm. Performed in-depth interviews to determine candidate strengths and fit for open positions. Collaborated with network colleagues to find matches between candidates and employer needs. Led all business planning and project management.

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  Small business development center (sbdc) at the university of georgia

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2011

  Business consultant/public service faculty

  Provided one-on-one consulting and formal classroom training to existing businesses and individuals interested in starting a business. Conducted research for a variety of business issues; performed needs analyses, market and competitive analyses, and proposed alternative courses of action. Collaborated with colleagues and external vendors throughout the state to develop and implement special events, training programs and seminars. Received 99% "top box scores" on evaluations regarding consulting services and classroom instruction. Show less

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  The graduate school, university of georgia

  Jan 2012 - Jun 2013

  Graduate assistant

  Part of recruitment staff. Project manager for recruiting Webinars. Engaged with prospective graduate students at recruiting events on campus and at career fairs throughout the Southeast. Reviewed informational brochures and suggested changed. Provided customer service to graduate students by researching and answering a variety of questions.

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  J. w. fanning institute of leadership development

  Jul 2013 - Dec 2014

  Doctoral research fellow/graduate assistant

  Managed several research studies including collaborative action inquiry and program evaluation studies. Drafted program plans, managed Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval process, conducted literature reviews, drafted instruments, collected and analyzed data, and summarized findings. Conducted work with minimal supervision and collaborated with research team on major decisions.

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  Catmedia, an inc. 500 company

  Mar 2015 - Dec 2015

  Instructor manager

  Managed government contract projects for leadership development programs. Coordinated all phases of programs, solving problems through diligent analysis of situations. Designed information and process solutions.

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  University of georgia - college of education

  Dec 2015 - May 2016

  Part-time assistant professor

  Taught Program Evaluation in Adult Education class during Spring 2016 semester for online Masters level Human Resources and Organization Development (HROD) program in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia, College of Education. Used Desire2Learn learning center tools for developing and administering course consisting of discussion groups, multiple experiential assignments, peer critiques, and group work.

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  Gloria f pobst, phd, mba

  Jan 2016 - now

  Adjunct professor, consultant, chief problem solver
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  Catmedia, an inc. 500 company

  Feb 2016 - Feb 2018

  Director of marketing (fractional)

  Oversaw marketing activities including marketing research, social media, content development, sales support, and learning/training projects for both internal and external clients in government, healthcare, energy, financial services, and aviation industries.

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  Insights and analysis group, llc

  Jul 2016 - Mar 2019

  Managing director, consultant

  Help business leaders make better decisions based on sound foundation of data capture, synthesis, interpretation, and leverage to action. Insights and Analysis' core capabilities include strategic, business, marketing, new product/service planning including learning/training design to bring about necessary change; evaluation and planning services to bring about improvements; and, storytelling through content development.

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  South georgia state college

  Aug 2018 - now

  Part-time faculty, business

  Part-time Faculty in BSM (Bachelor of Science in Management) program; teach Diversity in Management (presenting basic concepts, principles, and techniques associated with leading cultural diversity in the global marketplace), Supervision and Management