Education:

A.B., University of San Francisco, 1974 (political science/economics);

M.A., University of Nevada, 1976 (political science);

M.S., University of Nevada, 1978 (resource economics);

Ph.D., University of Nevada, 1980 (political
science/managerial science);

A.M., Stanford University, 1987 (communications).

Other institutions attended: University of Maryland; Johns Hopkins University.

Experience:

Professor, Applied Economics Program, 2005-present.

Director, Applied Economics Program, and Associate Professor, University of San Francisco, 1994-2005.

Teaching areas: Strategic Planning; Current Issues in Market Research; Consumer Demographics and Behavior.

Research area: Telecommunications Market Research; Electronic Commerce; and New Product Development.

Administrative responsibilities: design of
distance learning management curriculum for mid-career professionals. Also taught customized coursework for Pacific Bell employees in telecommunications market research and economic analysis, 1993-1996.

Adjunct Lecturer, Graduate School of Business, Saint Mary's College, 1998-.

Teaching areas: business economics; forecasting.

Director, MPA (Master of Public Administration) Program, University of San
Francisco, 1989-1994.

Taught courses in productivity management and public finance; designed curriculum in public financial administration and public strategic planning.

Consultant, Pacific Bell, 1995-1996.

Designed and delivered advanced training sessions in pricing and forecasting of telecommunications services and products for the Consumer Market Division; also produced reports on strategic planning and regulatory analysis for this unit. Other presentations made on strategic and regulatory implications of 1996 Telecommunications Act to various units within Pacific Bell.

Consultant, Media Communications Group, 1997-present.

Provide economic analysis and forecasting of telecommunications systems usage in local
governments.

Consultant, City and County of San Francisco, 1996-present.

Provide economic advice on the use of telecommunications systems for the city's economy.

Vice-President, European University of America, 1984-1989, San
Francisco/Paris/Hong Kong.

Administrative responsibilities in new program
development and curriculum design for graduate management (MBA/MSIB) programs.

Director, Public Management Program, University of San Francisco, 1982-1984.

Administrative responsbilities in new program development in public management; design of curriculum in B.S. and M.P.A. programs for mid-career professionals.

Consultant, U.S. Army and Emergency Management (FEMA) Department, 1979-1982, Center for Management Development, Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Designed and delivered management curricula for mid-career federal employees in northern
Maryland.

Assistant Professor, Mount Saint Mary's College (Maryland), 1978-1982.

Teaching and research areas: public policy analysis, organizational design.

Instructor, Technology and Management Division, University of Maryland, 1979-1982.

Taught courses in systems analysis, systems performance, forecasting.

Other Employment and Consulting:

Chair, Board of Directors, Pacific Management Institute (Hong Kong), 1990-1992.

Member, New Thinking Institute, Moscow, Russia, 1991-1993.

Associate Editor, Western Governmental Research Journal, 1991-1994.

Continuing Consultant, Location.Net, 1998-.

Continuing Consultant, Business/Economics Training (state government sponsored), at Intel, Inc., Unisys, and other corporations.

Continuing Consultant, Corporate-Sponsored Programs, University of San Francisco, 1998-.

Publications:

"Employment in Nevada State Government," Nevada State Journal of Government (with Warren H. Fox), Fall, 1979.

The Business-Government Relationship (with William Wolff), University of Maryland Press, l983.

"Economics of Technological Integration: The Case of the Videocassette Recorder," Great Ideas in Teaching Economics (Byrns and Stone, ed.), Scott-Foresman Press, l989.

"Facilitating U.S.-U.S.S.R. Managerial Communication: An American Perspective for the 1990's," Journal of Problems in Economics, Academy of Management, Moscow, Russia, l992.

"American Renaissance," (book review), Western Governmental Research Journal, Spring, 1994.

"Professionalizing Public Management Curricula: The Case of California Court Administrators," (with James Brighton), Western Governmental Research Journal, Fall, 1994.

"Productivity Impact of Telecommuting for Government Managers," Public Productivity Review (with Charles Grantham), submitted for review and awaiting publication.

"Wireless Communications and Technology Substitution: What S-Curves Reveal About Pending Cellular Competition," New Telecom Quarterly, Spring 1996.

"Future Scenarios for the Telecommunications Industry: A Ten-Year Forecast," New Telecom Quarterly, Fall, 1996.

Telecommunications Deregulation, Boston, Massachusetts: Artech House, 1997.

"Strategic Management in Modern Telecommunications," Boston, Massachusetts: Artech House (projected for 1999 publication).

"The Emerging Business Economics of Telecommunications," New Telecom Quarterly, Summer, 1997.

"The Macroeconomics of Telecommunications," Communication Technology Update (August Grant, ed.), Technology Futures, Inc., 1998.

Presentations:

"Survey of Organizational Paradigms for Public Managers," U.S. Department of Energy, Frederick, Maryland, March, 1980.

"Economic Tools for Public Managers," U.S. Army, Fort Dietrick, Maryland, May, 1980.

"Forecasting Tools for Public Managers," Fort Ritchie, Maryland, May, 1981.

"The Future in Film: Government in Transition," World Future Society, Washington, D.C., July, 1982 (referred paper).

"Developments in International Management Education," Association of European Business Schools," Cooremans Institute, Brussels, Belgium, June, 1988
(referred paper).

"Graduate Management Education in Transition," Pacific Management Institute, Hong Kong, February 1990.

"New Developments in Management Curricula," Pacific Management Institute, Hong Kong, January 1991.

"Predicting Citizen Participation in Government: A Synthesis of Business, Economic and Political Data," Western Governmental Research Association, Anaheim, April 1991 (referred paper).

"Productivity and Telecommuting: Developments in Local Government," Western Government Research Association, San Francisco, April 1992 (referred paper).

"Wireless Communications and Technology Substitution," ICFC Conference, Dallas, Texas, April 1996 (referred paper).

"Economic Management of Distance Learning Technologies," Consortium of University Deans, San Francisco, April, 1997.

"The Tertiary Business Economics of Telecommunications," ICFC Conference, San Francisco, June 1997 (referred paper).