Job Title:
President

• Ph.D. in Experimental Elementary Particle Physics

College(s) Attended

• Carnegie-Mellon University
• University of California San Diego

  Continuing Education

• CSA/UCSD Practice Management Workshop, California Society of Anesthesilogist/ University of California San Diego Annual Meeting, May, 2005

• AACD Workshop on Operating Room Management, Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors, March, 2003

• Workshop on Operating Room Management, Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors, March, 2002

• "Strategic Leadership in a Changing Environment ," National Arts Stablization Executive Education, June 2000

• Performance Art, Cleveland Institute of Art, Fall, 1999

• The Role of the Board, Business Voulunterism Council, January, 1997

• Google

Favorite Movie(s):

• Lawrence of Arabia
• Godfather Part I
• Satyricon
• Point of Order

Favorite Music:

• Louis Prima
• Guiseppe Verdi

Favorite T.V. Show(s):

• Wheel of Fortune
• Family Feud (replays)

Favorite Quote(s):
Storm the headquarters!

A good plan executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.

Favorite Sport(s):
Baseball

Other Personal Interests:

• Urban Redevelopment
• Primary Education
• Performing Arts
• Elementary Particle Physics and Cosmology
• Visiting Relatives
• Political Economics
• Blackjack
• Photography
• Gardening

Project Manager, FORTRAN Models of Logistics and Scheduling, Leaseway Transportation (now a division of Penske Logistics), Beachwood OH 1981-1982

Research Assistant and Assistant Research Physicist, University of California San Diego, La Jolla CA 1966-1980

Research Assistant, Salk Institute of Biological Studies, La Jolla CA 1968

Research Assistant,General Atomic/General Dynamics, La Jolla CA 1965-1966

Machinist, Priority Manufacturing, Cleveland,OH 1959-1965

Affiliations:

• Midtown Cleveland, Chairman 2000-2002
• MidTown 2000 Master Plan Committee, Chairman
• Lyric Opera Cleveland, President
• Northeast Ohio Software Association, Founding Member
• World Trade Center Cleveland Advisory Board
• Cleveland World Trade Conference, Chairman, 1997
• City of Cleveland Workforce Investment Board, Economic Development Committee, Chairman
• Consortium of African American Organizations, Advisory Board

Awards:

• Lyric Opera Cleveland Leadership Award, 2005

• Midtown Cleveland Leadership Award, 2002

• First Place, Physics, Northeast Ohio Science Fair, 1960

Published Works:

• "Nuclear Levels as Analyzers of High Energy Interactions" (with O. Piccioni,P. Bowles,R. Garland,P. Kirk,W. Mehlhop,J. Marraffino,and S. Murty) Argonne National Laboratory Report,ANL-HEP-7208 Vol 1 (1971).

• "Deuteron Stripping at 6Bev/c and Production of a Tagged Neutron Beam" (with P. Bowles,C. Leeman,W. Mehlhop,H. Grunder,O. Piccioni,R. Thomas,R. Garland,and J. Sebek) Bulletin of the American Physical Society 17 (1972) 1188.

• "Nuclear Levels as Analyzers of High Energy Interactions" (with W. Mehlhop,R. Garland,O. Piccioni,P. Kirk,P. Bowles,J. Sebek,S. Murty,H. Kobrak,J. Marraffino,and P. Allen) Bulletin of the American Physical Society 17 1188 (1972).

• "Neutron Tagging" (with C. Leeman,W. Mehlhop,H. Grunder,O. Piccioni,P. Bowles,R. Thomas,and R. Garland) CERN Courier 12 No. 5 (1972).

• "Nuclear Levels as Analyzers of High Energy Interactions" (with W. Mehlhop,R. Garland,O. Piccioni,P. Kirk,P. Bowles,J. Sebek,S. Murty,H. Kobrak,J. Marraffino,and P. Allen) Physics Letters 42B (1972) 4.

• "A Fast Camera for Optical Chambers" (with W. Mehlhop,O. Piccion,P. Allen,P. Bowles,R.W. Garland,H. Kobrak,J.M. Marraffino,S.S.Murty) International Conference on Instrumentation for High Energy Physics Frascatti Italy (1973).

• "Measuring Projector with Analogue Servo System" (with W. Mehlhop,O. Piccioni,P. Allen,P. Bowles,R.W. Garland,H. Kobrak,J.M. Marraffino,S.S.Murty) International Conference on Instrumentation for High Energy Physics 534 Frascatti Italy (1973).

• "A Circuit to Improve NaI Resolution Under a Condition of a Non-Constant Beam" (with W. Mehlhop,O. Piccioni,P. Allen,P. Bowles,J. Sebek,P. Caldwell,B. Babcock,and I. Kostoulas) International Conference on Instrumentation for High Energy Physics 608 Frascatti Italy (1973).

• "Deuteron Stripping at 6Bev/c and Production of a Tagged Neutron Beam" (with C. Leeman,W. Mehlhop,H. Grunder,O. Piccioni,P. Bowles,R. Thomas,R. Garland,and J. Sebek) International Conference on Instrumentation for High Energy Physics 731 Frascatti Italy (1973).

• "The Inelastic Cross-Section of K Mesons in C and Cu at 2.95 Bev/c" (with P.Allen,W.A.W. Mehlhop,P. Bowles,F. Marcelja,O.Piccioni,R.W. Garland,J.M. Marraffino,S.S. Murty,and W. Wheaton) Physical Review D 9 (1974) 570.

• "High Energy and Nuclear Levels" (with B. Babcock,P. Bowles,P. Caldwell,R. Garland,I. Kostoulas,W. Mehlhop,O. Piccione,and J. Sebek) contributed paper to XVII International Conference on High Energy Physics London (1974).

• "The Use of Nuclear Levels Decaying by Photons in High Energy Physics" (with W. Mehlhop,O. Piccione,P. Caldwell,J. Sebke,R. Garland,B. Babcock,P. Bowles,and I. Kostoulas),Topical Meeting on High Energy Collisions Involving Nuclei Trieste Italy (1974).

• "The Excitation of the Level 12C(15.1) by 17 Gev Protons and the Quark Model" (with O. Piccioni,W. Mehlhop,R. Garland,P. Bowles) XX International Conference on High Energy Physics Madison WI (1980).

• "Doctors On Call Schedule" (with P.J. Scipione,R.C. Cork,T.L. Betlach),Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists,San Francisco October (1988).

• "Optimizing Staff Scheduling by Monte-Carlo Simulation" (with P. Scipione,R.C. Cork,F. Sullivan,V. Zavadsky,T. Betlach,X. Dong,C. Coker,L. Scipione,J. Scipione,J,Cook), Proceedings of the 16th Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care Baltimore (1992).

• "Who's On First? A Primer for Computerized Schedule Making" (with M.G. Oatman and F.E. Sullivan) Acme Express Inc (1993).

• "Technology? The Internet? My Business!," Council on Small Enterprises Internet Resource Project, (1999).

• "Optimizing Cardiology Staff Scheduling by Monte-Carlo Simulation" (with Dave Denes, Marie Oatman, Melvin Mudgett-Price, Dan Phifer, Cheryl Marton, Tom Betlach, and John Elkins) Featured Poster, American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session, New Orleans, March (2004)

  Workshops, Seminars, Panels and Presentations

  "Automate Vacation Management and Make Staff Happy," Invited Paper, Ohio Hospital Association Annual Meeting, June 9-11, 2008, with Raymond Borkowski, MD and Tim Zaranic

  "Science versus Buisiness," Guest Lecturer, Masters of Engineering and Mangement Program, Product and Process Design, Development, and Delivery, Case Western Reserve University, October 20, 2005

• "Science versus Buisiness," Guest Lecturer, Masters of Engineering and Mangement Program, Product and Process Design, Development, and Delivery, Case Western Reserve University, October 20, 2004

• "Building and Growing a Small Business: Tools To Success," City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County Workforce Summit 2004 Panel, September 9, 2004

• "The Role of the Board," Panel sponsored by Business Volunteers Unlimited, September 26, 2003

• "Dialog with Donors: Corporate Involvement in the Arts," Panel sponsored by The Foundation Center and Business Volunteers Unlimited, June 13, 2003

• "Community Involvement: How to Find the Right Nonprofit Organization and How To Be the Most Effective in Your Role as a Board Member," COSE Leadership Network, February 11, 2003

• "Utilizing Web Marketing Strategies for Your Small Business," City of Cleveland Empowerment Zone Business Breakfast Seminar, January, 2003

• "Careers in Science and Technology," Cleveland Heights High School, Bedford High School, Glenville High School, East High East Tech, Shaw High School, South High School, presented through the Youth Opportunities Unlimited Business and Education Network, 2002-2003

• "Innovative Business Strategies" Workshop, Public Policy Matters 2002 Conference, Sponsored by the Center for Families and Children, September 2002

• "What is Science?" Caledonia Elementary School, presented through the Youth Opportunities Unlimited Business and Education Network, 2001-2002

• "Focus on Fluency: How to Blend Constructivism into an Urban Elementary Math Curriculum," R.Oldrieve, D. Scipione, B. Schirmer, School Science and Mathematics Association Centenial Celebration, Chicago, November 1-3, 2001

• "SBIR Winners' Discussion Panel", 2001 Ohio SBIR Conference, Dublin, October 11-12, 2001

• "Science versus Business," Physics Entrepreneurship Seminar, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, October 23, 2001

• "Write NOW! and Count Me Smart, On-Line Software for 2nd to 5th Grade Curriculum," Telematic Caucasus 2000, Tblisi,Georgia, September 25-27, 2000

• "Servicing Customers, Marketing Web Sites to Search Engines, and Affiliate Marketing," Marlboro University Center for Electronic Commerce, Ljubljana, Slovenia February 2000

• "International Marketing Strategies: e-commerce & the Internet," World Trade Center Cleveland International Business Education Committee (IBEC) Workshop, January 11, 2000

• "Internet Search Strategies and Web Marketing," Organization of Women in International Trade, Cleveland State University, November 12, 1999

• "WriteNOW! a Web-based Learning Tool for Elementary Education," 1999 Information Technology School-to-Careers Conference, Cleveland State University, November 11 1999

• "Internet Search Strategies

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Back up your source code.

What is your favorite thing about working at Acme Express, Inc.?:
Diversity of People and Projects