Jeff Stevens, PhD Page 1

Jeffery A. Stevens, Ph.D. 5801 Spring Village

San Antonio, Texas 78247

Cell: 210.213.6131

drstevens@wsc.cc

EDUCATION

University of Maine (AACSB accredited and a member of AAU) Orono, ME

Blue Belt in Innovation Engineering

(The university is reviewing the potential graduate certificate eligibility of professors)

University of Florida (AACSB accredited and a member of AAU) Gainesville, FL

Post Doctorate Bridge Certificate 2014

Certified by AACSB as being Academically Qualified (AQ) & Scholarly Qualified (SQ)

Major: International Business and Entrepreneurship

Capstone Project "Six Key Aspects of Entrepreneurial Decision Making

(This principle I created for this degree)

Texas A&M University (AACSB accredited and a member of AAU) College Station, TX

Ph.D., 2003

Major: Education Human Resources Development (EHRD)

Dissertation - The Motivations-Attributes-Skills-Knowledge Competency Cluster Validation Model

an Empirical Study. (I created this model for this degree)

Webster University (Accredited) San Antonio, TX

M.A., Management and Human Resources Development

Awarded the Distinguished Honor Graduate and number one in my class

University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX

B.A., History with a minor in social science

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2014 – Present: McNeese State University (Assistant Professor of Business)

College of Business

Develop entrepreneurship courses

Key member of the MSU student business incubator program

MSU representative of the Southwest Louisiana Angel Investing group

Member of College of Business student internship committee

Member of College of Business curriculum committee

Member of College of Business expected learning outcomes team

Created the Student Entrepreneurship and Innovation Club

Received “blue belt” in innovation engineering from the University of Maine

Teach entrepreneurship courses

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Teach management courses

Teach innovation engineering courses

Teach organizational behavior courses

Provide academic advisement to business school students

2012 - 2014: Alabama A&M University (Assistant Professor of Business)

College of Business and Public Affairs, Normal Alabama

Developed entrepreneurship program

Assigned to lead the strategic management and entrepreneurship programs

Restructured the human resources management program

Teach Human resources, management and entrepreneurship courses

Provide academic advisement to business school students

Department coordinator for prior learning assessment and expected learning outcomes

Work on AACSB accreditation team

Strategic planning committee for College of Business and Professional Studies,

especially those strategies related to engaging first generation students

Led the development of the first mentor-protégé program that has brought in several

hundred thousand dollars for the university per year

Certified as an online course developer and online faculty member

Recognized by students and peers for my innovative approach to student success and

engagement

Leading the strategy to create an online course for nearly every business course

2005 – 2014: Thomas Edison State College (Curriculum Designer & Online Faculty)

Trenton, NJ

Teach courses in management, strategic management, HR management, ethics as well

as research methodologies at both as the graduate and undergraduate levels

Created and revised various HR courses and management courses in the college of

business

Member of the team that worked on creating a new MBA from concept through

creation and accreditation

Member of AACSB accreditation team

Member of prior learning assessment and expected learning outcomes committee

1994 – 2010: Park University (Adjunct Faculty, Evening Site Dean, Lackland AFB Campus)

San Antonio, TX

Created their compensation and benefits curriculums as well as teaching HR, OL and

management programs

Taught and developed management, ethics, leadership HR and organizational behavior

courses

Restructured the human resources management program

Served as an Lackland Air Force Base site dean

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Typically ranked as the number one professor in the program and was recognized by

my superiors for my engaging work with students

2003 – 2007: Webster University (Adjunct Faculty)

San Antonio, TX

Revised HR degree program to involved compensation, benefit and HRIS courses

Taught and developed leadership, HR, OB, management and OL courses

Consistently rated as a top professor from peers and students

2003 – 2009: Texas State University (Adjunct Faculty)

San Marcos, TX

Taught and developed HR, research and management courses

Consistently received high marks from peers and students alike

2003 – 2007: University of Texas at San Antonio (Adjunct Faculty)

San Antonio, TX

Taught and developed ethics, research, OB, HR and management courses

Served on an adjunct retention and adult learner team

AWARDS & GRANTS

Outstanding Presenter - Conference of Distance Teaching & Learning

Distinguished Honor Graduate – Webster University

Outstanding Leadership Award – Orthopedic Administrators Society

Outstanding Community Leadership – Texas Assisted Living Association

Lead, under the guise of several professors, the awarding of grants for topics ranging

from technology in HR to basic workforce development.

Wrote the first Service Members Occupational Training Act Grant in Texas

Wrote several grants within the educational and research industries

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

1991-Present Workforce Solutions Company (WSC) A Human Capital Consulting Company

Principal Partner: Human capital improvement and development, human resources, management,

process improvement leadership and organizational development

(United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia)

Built a wide array of human resources functions in both domestic and international markets;

developed and review business intelligence programs as well as human capital programs; assess,

implement and manage knowledge management programs within client organizations; conduct

corporate performance review audits related to human resources functions; advise and partner

with designated organizations regarding all aspects of company growth factors, human capital,

risk mitigation, information processing, workforce development and information technology;

work with partner companies related to organizational leadership counselor and mentor; publish a

wide array of manuals and publications for client companies.

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2001-2003 ebaseOne, Applications Service Provider (Publically traded on the NASDAQ)

Houston, Texas - Company went out of business

VP of People and Organizational Solutions

Built, directed and managed all HR functions in the organization; A member of the executive

management team; constructed the benefits and compensation functions; created the workforce

development programs; lead the implementation of HRIS software information service programs;

directed, recruitment and retention program; developed and directed, risk management program;

managed, community relations & general administration; managed employee benefit programs

and compensation programs.

1997-2001 Integrated Orthopedics, Inc (IOI), (Publically traded on the NYSE)

Houston, Texas - Company sold to Bass Brothers Holdings

VP of Human Resources (Promoted from director)

Developed all of IOI's HR functions; a key member of the senior management team and oversaw

all general management functions; built the risk management, workforce development as well as

benefits and compensation functions; created, directed and lead all workforce development

programs; lead the implementation of HRIS software information service programs; directed,

recruitment and retention; managed, community relations and outreach; supervised the general

administration; organizational leadership counselor and mentor; created, directed and managed

organization's military and veterans services initiatives.

1995-1997 Primary CareNet of Texas, (A for profit subsidiary of Santa Rosa

Healthcare)

San Antonio, Texas

Director of Human Resources

Direct and managed all HR functions in the organization; restructured the HR model from a

hospital based process to a clinic based function; promoted to senior management team and

participated in general management functions; built the risk management and workforce

development programs; restructured benefits and compensation programs; created a new

workforce development program; lead the implementation of the company's first HRIS system;

directed, recruitment and retention; developed an internal management development program and

career path program; community education and outreach advisor to business partners.

1994-1995 Retama Park Management Company, L.L.C., Selma, Texas

Director of Human Resources (promoted from manager)

Created a full service HR department; managed customer service program; built the company's

risk management program and workforce development program; managed, community relations

& general administration; senior consultant, general business operations solutions; key member of

strategic management development team; developed a military and veteran service program.

1990-1994 Texas Employment Commission, San Antonio, Texas

Local Veteran's Employment Representative and Supervisor, Employment Services

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(Promoted from Disabled Veteran's Outreach Program)

Managed South Texas military Transition Assistance Program (TAP); member of employer

relations team; worked with companies on compensation and employee relations issues;

developed and expanded the largest TAP system in the world; devised a community education

management related to veteran employment services; worked with companies on workforce

development issues; manager, military and veteran’s services

1985-1990 United States Army, Worldwide

Assistant Operations Sergeant and Tank Commander

Severely Disabled Veteran Status

Awarded Army Commendation Medal and Army Achievement Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster), among

other awards and honors; tank commander; platoon sergeant; S-3 Operations Sergeant; Primary

Leadership Development Course (PLDC); Basic non-Commissioned Officers Academy; NCOIC

of basic skills education program (BSEP) and advance skills education program (ASEP)

PUBLISHED RESEARCH (Refereed Journal Articles)

April 2014: Luong, Ming and Stevens, Jeff. A Multi-Stage Maturity Model for Long-

Term IT Outsourcing Relationship Success. Journal of Higher Education.

March 2014: Stevens, Jeff, Dawson, Maurice and McDaniel, Larry "New Employee

Orientation in Small Organizations in the Houston, Texas Metropolitan Region"

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management

October 2013: Stevens, Jeff, Dawson, Maurice and McDaniel, Larry “Adult Learner

Assessment Trending (ALAT).” International Journal of Human Resources

Development and Management.

August 2013: Stevens, Jeff; Dawson, Maurice, McDaniel, Larry; Lance, Danette: "A

New Model for Online Education: The Public & Private Partnership in Non-

Traditional Education" Proceedings from the Distance Teaching and Learning

Conference at the University of Wisconsin.

March 2012: Stevens, Jeff, Prunier, Tom and Takamine “Implementing Business

Intelligence in Small Organizations Using the Motivations-Attributes-Skills-Knowledge

Inverted Funnel Validation (MIFV) Journal of Information Systems Technology &

Planning – JISTP (Volume 5, Issue 12 – March 2012).

January 2012 Stevens, Jeff; Onyegbula, Festus and Dawson, Maurice. “Competency

Cluster Validation for Business Intelligence: An Empirical Study”, Journal of

Information Systems Technology and Planning-JISTP.

December 2011 Marwan, Omar; Dawson, Maurice and Stevens, Jeff. “Securing the

Mobile Device, International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation” –

IJMNDI

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September 2011 Stevens, Jeff “Competency Cluster Validation Model: An Empirical

Study of Management” Journal of Information Systems Technology and Planning-

JISTP, 4(8)

March 2011 Onyegbula, Festus, Stevens, Jeff “Dissecting the Cloud Computing

Environment: A Case Study for Deploying Cloud Computing Solutions for the

National Institute of Food and Agriculture, an Agency of the United States Department

of Agriculture”, Journal of Information Systems Technology and Planning-JISTP, 4(8)

March 2009 Henry, Will. Stevens, Jeff “Netcentric System Develop” Institute of

Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Inc.

October 2005 Stevens, Jeff Edition of the International Academy of Business

International “Keys to Quality Validation Engineering in Management”

March 2004 Stevens, Jeff Edition of the American Academy of Business

Management “Inverted MASK Competency Cluster Modeling”

PUBLISHED RESEARCH (Refereed Conference Proceedings)

August 2013: Stevens, Jeff; Dawson, Maurice, McDaniel, Larry; Lance, Danette: "A

New Model for Online Education: The Public & Private Partnership in Non-

Traditional Education" Proceedings from the Distance Teaching and Learning

Conference at the University of Wisconsin.

April 2013: Stevens, Jeff “Managing Prior Learning Assessment and Effective

Learning Outcomes Through the Use of the PMQP Presented by me at Intellectbase

SA” Intellectbase International Academic Conference in San Antonio, TX - USA.

April 2013: Stevens, Jeff Session Chairperson - Intellectbase International Academic

Conference in San Antonio, TX - USA.

October 2012: Stevens, Jeff “Unmasking the leader within: Model for developing

leaders” The International Leadership Association Annual Global Conference

October 2012: Stevens, Jeff “Behavior based leadership development in addressing

risk in the door manufacturing industry” The International Leadership Association

Annual Global Conference

September 2011: Stevens, Jeff “Transposing Business Intelligence (BI) Managers to

Leaders.” IHART; Nashville Tennessee.

July 2009 Stevens, Jeff Troops-To-Teachers and The Department of Defense Worldwide

Conference Publication “Engaging the Wounded Warrior Family in Work-Play and

Education”

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (Refereed - International)

August 2013: Stevens, Jeff “Complexities of managing online education programs: A

model for today and tomorrow” 28th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching &

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Learning in Madison, Wisconsin

August 2012: Stevens, Jeff “Online workforce development: A model for

organizations to develop a diverse workforce” 28th Annual Conference on Distance

Teaching & Learning in Madison, Wisconsin

April 2012: Stevens, Jeff “Bringing the Cloud from Outside and Into the Classroom”

Intellectbase International Academic Conference in San Antonio, TX - USA.

September 2011: Stevens, Jeff “Competency Cluster Validation for Business

Intelligence: An Empirical Study.” IHART; Nashville Tennessee. Journal of

Information Systems Technology and Planning-JISTP.

August 2011: Stevens, Jeff “Deploying Adaptive Leadership in Distance Learning

Environment” The University of Wisconsin’s Annual Conference on Teaching &

Distance Education.

March 2011: Stevens, Jeff Securing the Mobile Device, International Journal of

Mobile Network Design and Innovation –IJMNDI IHART; San Antonio, Texas.

March 2011: Stevens, Jeff “Leading Business Intelligence (BI) Initiatives” The

Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence at IUPUI

August 2009: Stevens, Jeff “Meta-Cognition and Scaffolding” Conference on Teaching

and Distance Education. University of Wisconsin, Madison.

April 2007 Stevens, Jeff Alternative Teaching Forum “Traditional Versus Non-

Traditional Certification: What Are Principals Looking For?”

PRESENTATIONS (Refereed - Regional)

January 2013: Stevens, Jeff "Troops to Teachers: Next Generation Planning

Conference A Public-Private Partnership." Department of Defense. Washington DC. July 2012: Stevens, Jeff "How to Publish Academic Articles." Colorado Technical

University Summer Symposium

February 2011: Takamine, Kurt, Stevens, Jeff “The Existential Leader (ExL)” National

Student Leadership Council, University of Arizona

February 2011: Stevens, Jeff, Takamine, Kurt “Adaptive Leadership as a Success Factor

in Chaotic Times National Student Leadership Council, University of Arizona

May 2009: Stevens, Jeff “The Wounded Warrior Becoming an Educator Through

Troops-To-Teachers” The First Annual Colorado ACME Conference

January 2009: Stevens, Jeff “The Wounded Warrior as a Student and Beyond” Western

States Higher Education Accreditation Conference. Austin, Texas.

April 2008: Stevens, Jeff "The Dissertation Journey." Colorado Technical University

Spring Symposium. Colorado Springs, CO.

March 2008: Stevens, Jeff “Defending the Border Against Narco-Terrorism.” Texas

A&M International. Laredo, Texas

February 2007: Stevens, Jeff “Where Are All the Military Students?” Military Educators

Symposium (ACME). Denver, Colorado.

October 2007: Stevens, Jeff “Defining and Nurturing Distance Learners.” American

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Council of Education Western Symposium. Austin, Texas.

April 2007: Stevens, Jeff “Traditional Versus Non-Traditional Certification: What Are

Principals Looking For?” National Conference for Alternative Certification.

Washington, D.C.

June 2007: Stevens, Jeff “Constructing Executive Measurement and Compensation

Principles to Support Company Mission” Presentation to the TEC Executive

Organization. Houston, Texas.

January 2007: Stevens, Jeff “Leadership in Community and Education” Texas A&M

University International Community Advisory Board. Laredo, Texas

July 2005: Stevens, Jeff “Confliction Resolution and Arbitration in The Workplace.”

Presentation to the State Convention of the Texas Association of Assisted Living

Association. San Antonio, Texas.

July 2005: Stevens, Jeff “The Challenges of Managing Human Resources and

Compensation in the Healthcare Industry.” Presentation to the State Convention of the

Texas Association of Assisted Living Association. San Antonio, Texas.

July 2005: Stevens, Jeff “Nurturing Departments and People for Organizational

Success." The City of Laredo Annual Management Development Symposium.

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

Stevens, Jeff and Shawn Murray – Six Key Behavioral Traits Exhibited by Today’s

Entrepreneur’s

Stevens, Jeff – Decision Making Attributions and Processes in Today’s Managers

Stevens, Jeff – The People-Assets-Information-Technology (PAIT) Principle

Stevens Jeff - Knowledge Management through START Modeling: An Empirical

Study of Entrepreneurial Firms in the Houston, Texas Metropolitan Region

Stevens, Jeff "Behavior Based Management in The Door Manufacturing Industry: A

Case Study in Correcting Bad Management"

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH ACTIVITIES

The Data Warehouse International Organization

International Leadership Association

Society for Human Resources Management

American Management Association

Session Chairperson Intellect Base International

America Society for Training & Development

Kappa Delta Pi – International Honor Society for Training and Development

Disabled American Veterans

Associated Editor of the International Journal of Strategic Information Technologies

and Applications" (IJSITA).

Reviewer for the Journal of Information Technology in Education

Reviewer for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Reviewer for the International Leadership Association (ILA)

Associate Editor of the International Journal of Strategic Information Technologies

and Applications" (IJSITA).

Reviewer KCA Journal of Business Management

The International Journal of technology, Knowledge and Society

Session Chairperson for the Academic Business World International

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES

2011 - Present: Team Lead United States Troops-To-Teachers - Privatization

Partnerships

2008 – Present: American Council on Education – Military Installation Voluntary

Education Review - Reviewer

2008 – Present: American Council on Education – Academic credit reviewer

2005 – 2009: American Council on Education – Academic advisor and program

designer

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING

NASA-AAMU Mentor-Protégé Consultation Program

United States Department of Defense (DOD) Troops-To-Teachers Conversion to

Privatization

Various Universities: Building and delivering military programs

Various Universities: Accreditation and re-accreditation programs

BSBA Professional Development Program: University of Missouri

Community Leadership Initiatives – PG Professional SI Worldwide

School Leadership Initiative: Catholic Schools of San Antonio

Presenter of Programs: Laredo Society for Human Resources Management

American Council for Education: Initiative to assist disabled soldiers returning from

the War on Terror.

Various Organizations: Military recruitment and operations

Military credit conversion to specific college degree programs

“Violence in The Workplace” Annual Convention of the Laredo Association Human

Resources Management. Laredo, Texas.

Managing Employee Behaviors (This presentation was published in the “Laredo

Business Journal”). The Laredo Association Human Resources Management. Laredo,

Texas.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

PC: Microsoft – Windows XP, Microsoft Office XP (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Visio),

Publisher, Netscape, ACT, RealPlayer, Latest version of Windows, among others

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Web Based Education Systems

NCU-Virtual Campus Breeze Blackboard,

Various Proprietary Systems WebCT eCollege

TTVN (Texas A&M part of development team) Abromnitis Luminous

JIU – Proprietary Adobe Moodle

TUIU – Proprietary MyClass Ceridian

Moodle Classroom eClass CourseNet

Course View Axiom Banner

Data Analysis

Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis SPSS Excel

Great Plains ACT Lawson

Oracle PeopleSoft Activestats

StatsPak Citrix

VOLUNTEER APPOINTMENTS

Disabled American Veterans – Career development, job search skills

ARC of Houston – Life skills and community leadership.

Christian Youth Organizations – Youth sports and mentoring.

Center Of Independent Learning “COIL” of San Antonio – Life Skills and community

leadership.

White Swan Foundation of Houston – Individual Career Planning for battered women.

Christian outreach – Mentor and reader.

EDUCATOR SUMMARY APPENDIX

Scholarly paper publication & presentation On-line learning communities & technology in education

Curriculum & program auditing Managerial & strategic communications

Institutional research design Student & mentoring in education

Program development & assessment Prior learning assessment & expected learning outcomes

Program, curriculum & course development Strategic organizational design & management

Creation of technical manuals Academic program development

Institution accreditation team member Administration & leadership

Faculty training and development Strategic planning committee

New learning technologies Dissertation committee (chair)

Department chair Expected learning outcomes in education

Military outreach & military educational design IRB board member

Dissertation & thesis program design Academic journal editor & reviewer

COURSES TAUGHT APPENIDX

Organizational Leadership International Business

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Business Research Methods Training and Development

Entrepreneurship Organizational Development

Launching New Ventures Human Resources Development

Introduction to Management & Leadership MBA Capstone

Employee Relations Education Leadership and Technology

Complex Organizational Cultures Compensation Management

Critical Thinking Human Resources Information Systems

General and Senior Management Strategic Management

Business Ethics Human Resources Benefits Management

Capstone – Human Resources Management Human Resources Management

Team Building Future of Higher Education

Diversity and Leadership Quality Management

Career Management Benefits Management

Strategic Communication Managerial Communication

Decision Science Organizational Communication