Charles Pierce

Experience

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  Wilkes University Small Business Development Center

  Apr 1999 - Dec 2013

  Consulted with clients on a variety of subjects. Managed cases and assigned to consultants. Assisted with financial planning of center. Managed student employees. Consulted with clients on a variety of subjects. Managed cases and assigned to consultants. Assisted with financial planning of center. Managed student employees.

  • Senior Business Consultant

    Jul 2012 - Dec 2013

  • Business Consultant

    Apr 1999 - Jul 2012
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  Wilkes University SBDC

  Dec 2013 - Dec 2015

  Assistant Director/Interim Director

  Daily operations of the center, consulting with clients on a variety of subjects, budgets and grants, management of the student work studies and graduate assistants.

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  The Allan P. Kirby Center for Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

  Jul 2015 - Apr 2021

  Daily operations of the center, consulting with clients on a variety of subjects, Management of the Wilkes Enterprise Center (incubator), management of the student work studies, interns and Kirby Scholars Daily operations of the center, consulting with clients on a variety of subjects, Management of the Wilkes Enterprise Center (incubator), management of the student work studies, interns and Kirby Scholars

  • Interim Executive Director

    Jan 2020 - Apr 2021

  • Assistant Director

    Jul 2015 - Jan 2020
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  Wilkes University

  Jan 2017 - Feb 2024

  Taught entry level and mid level undergraduate courses in management and entrepreneurship. Managed all aspects of the entrepreneurial center to include mentoring clients, mentoring student employees, budgeting, grant applications and management of the university business incubator. Taught entry level and intermediate courses in management and entrepreneurship

  • Faculty of Practice

    Jun 2021 - Feb 2024

  • Executive Director at The Allan P. Kirby Center for Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

    Apr 2021 - Jun 2023

  • Adjunct Faculty

    Jan 2017 - Jun 2021
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  Wilkes University College of Business and Engineering Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

  Jun 2023 - Feb 2024

  Director

  Managed all aspects of the entrepreneurial center to include mentoring clients, mentoring student employees, budgeting, grant applications and management of the university business incubator.