BACKGROUND

Mike Atherton

 

OVERVIEW

INDUSTRIES

TECHNICAL

TEACHING

AFFILIATIONS

EDUCATION

 


OVERVIEW

Facilitator: guide private sector and government organizations in the development of results oriented strategic and major project plans using Visual Strategy technique

 

Change Agent: assist numerous organizations to apply technology and process change to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency

 

Consultant: assist clients worldwide in dozens of industries to improve their customer service, distribution, and manufacturing operations

 

Trainer: global experience training hundreds of professionals in the proper implementation and use of Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) and eBusiness technologies

 

Professor:  adjunct faculty teaching Production and Operations Management and Organizational Behavior

 

Author: writer of  numerous articles that provide practical advice for improving management skills and organizational performance

 

Officer: governance experience with local non-profit organization


INDUSTRIES

Systems Integration

Software Development

Software Sales and Marketing

Software Quality Assurance

Building Materials Manufacturing

Medical Supplies Distribution

Explosives Distribution

Department of Defense - Air Force

Retail Apparel Distribution

Department of Defense - NAVAIR

Food Processing

Communications Equipment Manufacturing

Collectibles Distribution

State Government - Procurement


TECHNICAL
Application Software:

Expert, all modules of MK ERP application: Sales, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Projects, Configuration, Advanced Warehousing, Service, Finance, Systems, Tools

Expert, OpenMFG manufacturing application: all modules

 

Workflow: Expert, MK BPA (Business Process Accelerator) and BizWorks Workflow
Enterprise Systems Management:

Significant experience, Unicenter TNG

Operating Systems:

Significant experience, Windows 2000 Server

Functional experience, Unix and Linux  

Networking:

Functional experience with fundamental networking technologies, TCP/IP, and Routers

Databases:

Functional experience, CA OpenIngres, MS Access, SQL

Languages:

Development experience with, HTML, FrontPage, JavaScript, VBScript, Visual Basic, MK API, and Clipper


TEACHING

Marymount University

School of Business 

Adjunct faculty teaching:  Production and Operations Management

Organized and will conduct the Brussels Accelerated Study Program, a study abroad session planned for the Spring of 2004

 

Strayer University

School of Business

Adjunct faculty teaching: Organizational Behavior, Research and Strategic Communication, Introduction to Computer Information Systems

 

The George Washington University

School of Business and Public Management

Adjunct faculty, taught: Production and Operations Management and Purchasing Management


AFFILIATIONS

Management Training and Development Institute

Senior Associate

Strategy Facilitation Workshops

Management Seminar - Project Management with Computers

 

 

St.George's Episcopal Church

Vestry (Governing Board)


EDUCATION

The George Washington University

Masters of Business Administration, 

Logistics Operations and Material Management, 

Beta Gamma Sigma, Business Honor Society

 

The College of William and Mary in Virginia

Bachelors of Business Administration 

Management