Instructor
Tourism Management, College of Business
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Aug. 2006-present

• Teach upper-level tourism management courses:
  • TM 445 - Hospitality Cost Controls
  • TM 442 - Hospitality Marketing
    
  • TM 378 - Casino/Resort Operations Management I (online)
  • TM 377 - E-Commerce in the Tourism Industry
  • TM 375 - Beverage Management
  • TM 368 - Hotel Management I
  • TM 342 - Hospitality Human Resource Management
  • TM 340 – Dimensions of Tourism (online)
    
    (All traditional classes include an online course supplement)
    

Instructional Technologies Trainer                                                    
Learning Enhancement Center                                                                
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan. 2005-Aug. 2006

• Develop training materials and provide instructional technologies training to faculty and staff.

Title III-A Project Director/Marketing and Fiscal Manager   
Learning Enhancement Center                                                               
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Oct. 2003-Dec. 2004

• Project director for a five-year, $1.78 million, U.S. Department of Education, Title III-A Strengthening Institution grant on classroom technology acquisition and faculty development in technology integration in the teaching and learning environment.

Instructional Media Unit Director/Title III-A Project Director          
Office of Technology Resources                                                              
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
July 2002-Sept. 2003

• Unit director for the university's instructional media resources department and project director of a U.S. Department of Education Title III-A Strengthening of Institution grant.
  
• Unit areas included instructional equipment services and loaner pool, campus lab coordination, graphic services, interactive video networking, and Center for Education and Learning Technologies.

Associate Director, Recreational Sports                                           
Assistant Director, Recreational Sports                                           
Division of Recreational Sports                            
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
July 1998-June 2002; Nov. 1992-June 1998

• Director of marketing, sales, public relations, and facility reservations for a $7.3m campus recreation, fitness, and wellness complex.

Adjunct Instructor                                                                             
Hospitality Management and Freshman Leadership programs                    
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
 Aug. 1992-May, 1996          

• Taught university level courses on Introduction to Hospitality Industry, Front Office Management, Convention Management, Beverage Management, and freshman leadership.

      
Program Specialist                                                                             
Office of Drug Education                                                             
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Nov. 1991-Oct. 1992

• Planned and coordinated logistics for a ten-state, 13-cities southwest regional Department of Education drug prevention grant program. 

Information Specialist                                                           
Office of Research & Sponsored Programs                                               
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Nov. 1988-Oct. 1991

• Responsible for maintaining a faculty research interest and related grants information database.

Program Coordinator                                                                          Apr. 1988-Oct. 1988
Division of Lifelong Learning, Noncredit Programs
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406

• Responsible for coordinating noncredit workshops, camps, and summer programs.

           
Manager, Budget Inn, Hammond, Louisiana                         
Resident Manager, Holiday Inn-Airport Lakes, Miami, Florida           
Inn Serve Corporation, Meridian, Mississippi
Sept. 1987-Nov. 1987; Aug. 1986-Aug. 1987

• Managed a 104-room bed and breakfast inn in Hammond, Louisiana. 
• Managed the Front Office and assisted the General Manager in the daily operations of a 300-room, high-rise Holiday Inn property in Miami, Florida.

           
Sales Executive                                                                                              
Kuala Lumpur Hilton International, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1981-1983

• Solicited and managed corporate accounts for rooms and banquet sales for a five-star, world class hotel..

Senior Sales Representative                                                                        
VISA Merchant Establishment Division, Standard-Chartered Bank, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1979-1981

• Implemented start-up of new credit card division for the bank.  Recruited, trained, and supervised sales staff. 

Sales Representative                                                                                    
VISA Card Department, Bank of America, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
1978-1979

• Solicited merchant establishments and trained establishment staff.

Manager                                                                                                         
Scene One Boutique and “Clothes” Boutique, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1976-1978

• Managed the daily operations and sales of two high-end ladies fashion boutiques.