Retired:
January 2003 - present
Freelance writing and photography; pro-bono Website design.

Laudeman Pty.
August 1987 to January 2003
Chattanooga, Tenn.
SELF EMPLOYED
Freelance Writer & Editor: Create popular, topical and technical material, and edit clients' material. Ranging from highly technical (Industrial Standard Operating Instructions and Manuals) to Corporate Presence packages for business and institutional clients, book-length rewrites and edits for individual clients. Assignments include single pieces in a few hours and projects demanding a year or more of concentrated effort. About 100 of my freelance articles have been published in national and regional periodicals, journals, and newsletters.

Consulting: Technical consultation in marine, engineering, and marketing for a broad range of corporate and individual clients, including expert-witness and technical presentations.

First Thermal Systems International, Inc. (Subsidiary of First Thermal Systems, Inc.)
April 1985 - August 1987 Chattanooga, Tenn.
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Sole responsibility for this firm's international sales. Recruit and train foreign representatives. Negotiate with major international firms and foreign government agencies. Extensive international travel. Create sales and advertising materials and programs. Consult buyers to resolve technical problems. Analyze design requirements and specify complex industrial process systems.

Eclipse Lookout Company
Sept. 1979 - Mar. 1985 Chattanooga, Tenn.
DISTRICT MANAGER & CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR
Sales and market development responsibility in 19 states. Recruit and train sales representatives. Extensive travel in the U.S. and abroad.

Technic Group
Nov. 1978 - Sept. 1979 Oak Ridge, Tenn.
OWNER
Manufacturers' Representative: Electronic controls and instrumentation, six states.

Creative Software Development, Inc. Jan. 1977 - Oct.1978 Knoxville, Tenn.
GENERAL MANAGER Establish business procedures, design and sell software, do business-systems analyses. Design business software systems. Train clients.

The Camera's Eye, Inc.
Jan. 1972 - Jan. 1975 Oak Ridge, Tenn.
OWNER
Conceive and implement a highly successful retail camera store. Sold in 1975.

Laudeman, Pty.
Jan. 1972 - Jan. 1979
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
SELF EMPLOYED
Clients included . . .
> The Shelter Company
Devise sales plan and organization. Sold the largest privately owned Solar Heating system in Tennessee.
> Pulcir, Inc.
Devise and implement sales program for Nuclear Medical instrumentation to some 600 hospitals throughout the Southeast.
> "CB Guide" magazine
Write entertaining technical column for national publication.

Wang Laboratories, Inc.
Apr. 1971 - Jan. 1972
Knoxville, Tenn.
BRANCH MANAGER
Sell and support business and engineering computers in East Tennessee.

Com-Share, Inc.
June 1968 - April 1971
Ann Arbor, Mich.
DISTRICT MANAGER
Develop user training and support for the Cincinnati (Ohio) district. Sell time-shared computing services and support approximately 350 user groups. Program in, and teach, eleven programming languages.

Procter & Gamble, Inc.
May 1958 - June 1968
Cincinnati, Ohio
CONTROL SYSTEMS ANALYST
Solve process control problems by computer simulation; design control systems. Provide computer support to engineering staff. Design and build analog computer systems, design and build control systems. Train and support technical staff.

. . . earlier employment history available on request.

MILITARY

Army of the U.S.
April 1953 - April 1956; (Honorable Discharge, April 1961)
Last active duty station: Specialist: Instructor; Radar & Computer systems; The Ordnance Guided Missile School, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama.

U. S. Coast Guard Auxiiliary
1983 - 2002; Division Captain, District Public Education Officer. Search-and-Rescue Vessel Operator, Vessel Examiner, Instructor. Numerous awards and citations.

EDUCATION

Xavier University
Cincinnati, Ohio,
Pre-engineering. 1950 - 1952
56 Semester hours, math, science.

U. S. Army Signal School
Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey
1953 - 1954
1024 class hours. Electronics and Radar.

U. S. Army Ord. Guided Missile School
Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL
1954 - 1955
1024 classroom hours; Computers, Radar, Electronics

PROFESSIONAL & PUBLIC SERVICE AFFILIATIONS

Chattanooga Press Association: Charter Member
Instrument Society of America: Elected Senior Member; 1978
The Society of Nuclear Medicine: Elected to Technical Section, 1977.
American Boat & Yacht Council: (Past) Full Member
Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers: (Past) Full Member
Tennessee Safety & Health Council: Director, 1980-1999 (Retired)
National Fire Protection Association: Contributor to NFPA Standard 302.