Areas of expertise
About
Dedicated, results-driven leadership and management professional offering over 20 years of success assisting organizations in optimizing their performance through the development of improved processes and structures designed to drive strategic initiatives to achieve goals and objectives. Extensive experience providing expertise to organizations regarding business practices, standards, project management, governance, and management consulting. Change agent with exceptional communication skills and experience working directly with senior level executives and industry leaders. International experience to areas including Latin America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa to conduct needs assessments, facilitate training programs, and perform program evaluations and change management activities.
Highlights include:
• 12 years as International Team Lead for Accenture, a Fortune 500 global consulting and services organization, recognized as a top 5% performer on four separate occasions and have received three Accenture Inventor Awards.
• Comprehensive research conducting a program evaluation of 28 global leadership and development programs for over 4,000 global leaders including 1,200 CEO’s.
• Published author within leading academic journals with several garnering outstanding and distinguished recognitions from professional academic organizations.
• Currently, hold 3 patents from the US and European patent offices for innovations.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Agricultural Communication/Journalism
University of Florida, FL, United States (2015)
Master of Science, Agricultural Communication/Journalism
University of Florida, FL, United States (2013)
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering
Colorado State University, CO, United States (2000)
Awards and Honors
- Office of Global Programs International Travel Award (2018)
- Journal of Applied Communication Article of the Year (2017)
- Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education Distinguished Article (2017)
- Fredric M. Jablin Doctoral Dissertation Award Nominee (2016)
- Distinguished Manuscript (2016)
- Departmental “High Impact” Research Publication (2015)
- Outstanding Master’s Thesis – Runner-up (2014)
- Distinguished Manuscript (2014)
- Distinguished Innovative Idea Poster (2014)
- Distinguished Research Poster (2013)
- Graduate Student Mentoring Award – Nominee (2013)
- Graduate Assistantship (2012)
- Newbern Scholarship (2012)
- – Participant in Accenture’s “Accent on Performance” program (Top 5% of U.S. employees) (2011)
- – Participant in Accenture’s “Accent on Performance” program (Top 5% of U.S. employees) (2010)
- Accenture Inventor Award recipient (2010)
- – Participant in Accenture’s “Accent on Performance” program (Top 5% of U.S. employees) (2009)
- Accenture Inventor Award recipient (2009)
- Rated top 5% of peer group (2008)
- Accenture Inventor Award recipient (2008)
Scholarly Works
- Community Leadership: A Theory-Based Model, Journal of Leadership Education, (2017).
- Bridging Water Issue Knowledge Gaps Between the General Public and Opinion Leaders, Journal of Agricultural Education.
- Social Impact Assessment in the Cooperative Extension System: Revitalizing the Community Capitals Framework in Measurement and Approach, Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education.
- Associating Importance with Behavior: Providing Direction for Water Conservation Communication, Journal of Applied Communications.
- Identifying Knowledge Management Capacity Needs of Rural Advisory Service Networks, Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education.
Contact
Mailing Address
0141 Four Towers
405 College Station Rd
Athens, GA 30602
Shipping Address
141 Four Towers
405 College Station Rd
Athens, GA 30602
Stories
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Agricultural Leadership, Education and CommunicationCAES researchers prepare students to address complex challenges of the future
