Résumé

 

Work
Experience

 
2002-Present

Paradise Valley Community College

Phoenix, AZ
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Adjunct Faculty
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Teaching Assertiveness and Human Sexuality
1998-Present

AZNetwork, L.L.C.

Phoenix, AZ
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President & CEO
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Internet & business consulting
1999-2006

Hospice of the Valley

Phoenix, AZ
bullet Contract Bereavement counseling
1996- 1998 Hewlett-Packard Company

Phoenix, AZ
bullet Americas Support Business Development Manager
bullet Responsible for marketing programs for service and support products.
bullet Developed marketing plans for meeting ~$80M targets
1993- 1996 Hewlett-Packard Company

Atlanta, GA
bullet Americas Customer Education Manager
bullet Responsible for management of 5 admin. staff, 9 instructors, revenue and expenses for Group customer training and internal training in the Americas.
bullet Implemented a program for central-site training and one-day local training.
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Implemented a cost-cutting program to reduce expenses by $800K.
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Managed the ATC through its ISO 9001 registration.
1991–1993 Hewlett-Packard Company

Atlanta, GA
bullet APG Customer Education Manager
bullet Managed 6 support staff, 11 instructors, revenue & expenses for U.S. Analytical Field Operations.
bullet Merged customer training with internal CE training in the U.S.
1990–1991 Hewlett-Packard Company

Atlanta, GA
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Systems Engineer, Consultant
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Responsible for customer course delivery and course development in liquid chromatography.
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Worked at a billable efficiency of approximately 65%
1987–1990 Hewlett-Packard Asia, Ltd.

Hong Kong
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Analytical Program Manager
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Established a technical infrastructure for HPLC products in the 11 countries of the Far East Region.
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Played a major role in HPLC product sales rising over 120% of target.
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Acted as a technical consultant during the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
1985–1987 Hewlett-Packard Company

Santa Clara, CA
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Systems Engineer
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Supported pre-sales efforts in HPLC for all of the Neely Region.
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Played key role in major account penetration for HPLC products.
1982–1985 Hewlett-Packard Company

Palo Alto, CA
bullet HP 1040A Product Manager
bullet Established HP’s technical expertise throughout the market by presentations and symposia to customers and universities.
bullet Guided division efforts in factory marketing, marcom, and sales promotion of this new product.
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Moved product marketing and manufacturing from Waldbronn to Scientific Instruments Division.
1981–1982

Hewlett-Packard GmbH

Waldbronn, Germany
bullet HP1040A Product Manager
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Worked closely with R&D on new product development.
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Integrated this new product with the HP-85 from Corvallis and the HP7470A from San Diego.
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Prepared market literature and developed introduction plans for this new product cited in Dave Packard’s book, The HP Way.
1980–1981 Hewlett-Packard GmbH

Waldbronn, Germany
bullet HPLC Product Line Manager
bullet Managed the factory sales efforts for HPLC products for Europe and the U.S.
bullet Educated the European Field Sales on the technical aspects of these products.
bullet Managed 4 technical people and an admin assistant.
1978–1980  Hewlett-Packard Company

Avondale, PA
bullet Sales Development Engineer
bullet Established a sales training program for the U.S. Field.
bullet Created the first computer linkage of an HPLC product to the HP9825A calculator for gel permeation chromatography.
1978–1979 Hewlett-Packard Company

Avondale, PA
bullet Product Support Engineer
bullet Established a training program for CEs on HPLC products.
bullet Supported the U.S., Canadian, and Latin American Field with instrument escalation issues.
1977–1978 Hewlett-Packard Company

Indianapolis, IN
bullet Customer Engineer
bullet Responsible for service on all analytical products in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio.
1976–1977 Danville Ind. Distributors

Danville, KY
bullet Sales Representative
bullet Responsible for sales of non-production supplies to industries of western Kentucky.
bullet Expanded territorial sales by more than 300%

Education

1999–2000 Pacifica Graduate Institute

Santa Barbara, CA
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M.A., Counseling, Emphasis in Depth Psychology
1969–1976 Indiana University

Bloomington, IN
bullet M.A., Plant Sciences and Biochemistry, Minor in Microbiology
1965–1969 Bellarmine College

Louisville, KY
bullet A.B., Biology and Philosophy
1965–1967 Sacred Heart Monastery

Louisville, KY
bullet Professed Monk of the Congregation of the Passion (Passionist Fathers)

Continuing Education

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Introduction to Type (TI)
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Instructor Training for KJ Process
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Navigating Through Change
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ISO 9000 registration training
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QMS Reviewer Training
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Educating The Adult (PMI)
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Managing the Process of Training
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HP’s Code of Ethical Behavior
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Process of Management
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Managing Diversity
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10-Step Planning
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Managing Interpersonal Relationships
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Satisfying the Customer
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Children in Bereavement
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Understanding Personality Disorders
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Bereavement Facilitator I
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Bereavement Facilitator II
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Team-Building by Personality Type
Honors & Achievements
bullet National Science Foundation Fellow, 1969-1972
bullet Who's Who in Finance and Industry, 1981-1986
bullet Who's Who in the World, 1990-1995
bullet Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, 1988-1995
bullet Consulting Editor to LC/GC Magazine, 1987-1999
bullet ISO 9001 Registration, 1995
bullet Hospice of the Valley Innovation Award, 2004
bullet Hospice-Habitat For Humanity Partnership

Presentations

bullet Team-Building by Assessment
bullet Career Assessment
bullet Grief & Loss in the Workplace
bullet Religion v. Spirituality
bullet Assertiveness Training
bullet Life After Loss
bullet Is The Customer Always Right?
bullet Satisfying the Customer
bullet Coping With the Holidays
bullet With What Does Psyche Enter?
bullet Diversity As the Keystone

Publications

Gene R. Williams, Alice S. Williams, and S. A. George. 1973. Hybridization of Leucyl-Transfer Ribonucleic Acid Isoacceptors from Green Leaves with Nuclear and Chloroplast Deoxyribonucleic Acid. Proceedings National Academy of Science 70: 3498-3501.

Dale R. Baker and Stephan A. George. 1980. An Automated System for Gel Permeation Chromatography. American Laboratory 12:

S. A. George and D. R. Baker. 1980. Collecting and Handling Data for GPC Analysis. Industrial Research and Development 22: 113-117.

S. A. George and A. Maute. 1982. A Photodiode Array Detection System: Design Concept and Implementation. Chromatographia 15: 419-425.

James C. Miller, Stephan A. George, and Barry G. Willis. 1982. Multichannel Detection in High Performance Liquid Chromatography. Science 15: 214-246.

H. Elgass, A. Maute, R. Martin, and S. George. 1983. A High-Speed Spectrophotometric Detector for HPLC. American Laboratory 15: 71.

Stephan A. George. 1983. Three-Dimensional Data Presentation in HPLC. Liquid Chromatography and HPLC Magazine 1: 158-161.

S. A. George and H. Elgass. 1984. Optimizing Detection Limits. American Laboratory 16: 24-31.

R. Martin, H. Elgass, and S. A. George. 1984. The Influence of Processing Speed on Spectral Acquisition by a Photodiode Array Detector. American Laboratory 16: 34-40.

T. R. Mattoon, P. McSwiggen, and S. A. George. 1985. Printed Circuit Plating Bath Process Control. Part I. Metal Finishing 83: 83-90.

T. R. Mattoon and S. A. George. 1985. Printed Circuit Plating Bath Process Control. Part II. Bath Analysis Using a Diode Array Spectrophotometer. Metal Finishing 83: 23-25.

T. R. Mattoon and S. A. George. 1985. Printed Circuit Plating Bath Process Control. Part III. Metal Finishing 83:(4).

S. A. George. 1987. Sensitive and Selective HPLC Tools for Protein Structure Elucidation. Proc. 2nd Beijing Conf. and Exhib. Instr. Anal. pp. 975-976

Stephan A. George and Ludwig Huber, eds. Diode Array Detection in HPLC, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1993.