Coker University

Director, Center for Leadership & Entrepreneurship (2016-Present)

Associate Professor with Tenure (2022-Present)

Assistant Professor (2016-2022)

Center for L&E Mission: We inspire and develop authentic, innovative student leaders who leave their mark on campus, in the community, and in their careers.

New Initiatives & Program Development:

1. 'Leadership. On Purpose.' Executive Education Program (skills-based training workshops and certificates)
2. Entrepreneurship & Innovation Concentration (built out six new courses for the business major)
3. $10,000 Pee Dee Idea Challenge (spring competition for students across 5 schools)
4. $10,000 SC Innovates Statewide Pitch Competition (fall competition across 16 partner institutions)
5. Maverick Innovators Fellowship (experiential learning cohort across 8 schools in SC and TN)
6. Coker Enactus (award-winning team of entrepreneurial students implementing community impact projects)
7. Executive Round Table (annual course featuring successful leaders/entrepreneurs as guest speakers)
8. Kooper Leadership Academy (semester-long professional development, career connections, and service projects)
9. Leadership & Entrepreneurship Advisory Council (biannual meetings with business owners and corporate leaders)
10. Business Fellows Scholarship (competitive interview process for incoming freshmen)
11. M.S. in Management & Leadership program (developed and taught the very first course offering)
12. $225,000+ in total grants and donations since 2016

Courses Developed & Taught at Coker:

1. Creating & Launching the Venture
2. Creativity & Innovation
3. Entrepreneurial Marketing
4. Entrepreneurial Studies
5. Entrepreneurship Across Contexts
6. Executive Round Table
7. Foundations of Entrepreneurship
8. Introduction to Business
9. Leadership & Team Management (grad)
10. Managing & Growing the Venture
11. Marketing Management (grad)
12. Principles of Management
13. Small Business Management
14. Sport Management
15. Sport Marketing

Associate Professor and Center Director

University of Missouri - Kansas City

New Initiatives & Program Development:

1. Project Chair, Regnier Venture Creation Challenge, 2014, 2015, a multi-stage business plan competition in which students compete for $55,000 in total awards by presenting new venture concepts to local investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs.
2. Project Chair, Roo Idea Jump Feasibility Plan Competition, 2014, 2015.
3. Sam Walton Fellow, UMKC Enactus team, 2014, 2015.
4. Instructor for Prep KC, a two-week college planning and entrepreneurship workshop at UMKC for high school students, 2014.

Courses Developed & Taught at UMKC:

1. Biology, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation
2. Entrepreneurial Management
3. Introduction to Entrepreneurship
4. Small Business Management Practicum (MBA)

Conference Papers:

1. Academy of Management, 2014, 2015
2. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, 2014
3. Product Development and Management Association, 2013

Professional Development:

1. Babson doctoral consortium, 2015
2. Oklahoma State management scholars professional development workshop, 2015
3. Academy of Management entrepreneurship doctoral consortium, 2014
4. Journal of Management Studies doctoral professional development workshop, 2014

Dissertation:

The influence of director human and social capital and firms' entrepreneurial orientation on corporate entrepreneurship (2016)

Entrepreneurship Instructor and Doctoral Student

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Senior Supervisor, National Service Desk (2010-2012)

- Directly led a team of 17 onsite/remote service desk technicians while providing growth and development opportunities, and provided leadership to the overall team of 80 service desk technicians.
- Challenged staff to reach new levels of performance by setting goals, coaching, and rewarding positive improvement in order to achieve monthly teamwide key performance indicators.
- Coordinated interviewing and hiring of new service desk technicians.
- Provided oversight and coordination of day-to-day operations and department projects.

Senior Analyst, Public Affairs (2009-2010)

- Provided project coordination and analytical support for the Office of the Secretary, which is responsible for leading all initiatives and programs related to the Kansas City Fed’s Board of Directors.
- Served as project leader for the 34th Annual Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, coordinating participant communications and invitations, travel logistics, meeting arrangements, and ongoing correspondence.

Senior Analyst, Financial Management (2007-2009)

- Served as project coordinator for the organization-wide performance evaluation process, the annual budget process, the Budget Document for the Board of Governors, organizational budget training, fully-costing of Bankwide data, capital budgeting, and the Bank’s budget data reporting application.
- Prepared content and speaking notes for high-profile presentations outside of the Federal Reserve Bank, including the Central Bank of Iraq and Bank Al-Maghrib in Morocco.
- Coordinated the quarterly Course and Direction Performance Report which measured Bankwide progress toward achieving its strategic direction and high priority objectives.

Management & Leadership Development Program

Student-centered business professor with a Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship and Innovation and 16+ years of higher education and industry experience.

Collaborative center director committed to developing students’ leadership skills, enhancing their entrepreneurial thinking, and pushing them to excel in their personal and professional lives.

Dynamic corporate trainer with a focus on customized, skills-based training workshops and certificate programs.

Fun-loving husband and father of two boys.

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