EDUCATION
Michigan State University
Ph.D. - Dairy Science/Agricultural Economics - 1980
Emphasis: Dairy science, production economics, farm management

University of Maine
M.S. - Animal Science - 1977
Emphasis: Dairy manure management, animal nutrition, computer science

Cornell University
B.S. - Animal Science - 1975
Supporting program: Agricultural economics

EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND
President and CEO, Dairy Strategies, LLC, - Dairy business and financial management consulting firm - 8/97 - present
Visiting Professor, Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison - 8/97 - present
Sabbatical Leave - AgriBank, FCB, St. Paul, MN (Marketplace Strategies and Services) - Farm Credit Services, 7th District - 1/96-7/96
Professor, Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Serves as Chief Editor of the National Dairy Database (CD-ROM) and Director, Agricultural Databases for Decision Support (ADDS) Laboratory - 1990-1997
Director, University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Profitability - 1988-1995 extension, research and administration
Associate Professor, Department of Animal Science - Cornell University, 1984 - 1988 - Extension and Research - Dairy Farm Management, Co-Director, PRO-DAIRY, New York State Dairy Farm Profitability and Productivity Project
Assistant Professor and Dairy Extension Specialist, Department of Dairy Science - The Ohio State Univ., 1980 - 1984, Joint appointment - Department of Agricultural Economics, 1982 - 1984, Teaching, research, and extension - Dairy Farm Management
Dairy Farm Manager - Michigan State University, Dairy Research and Teaching Center, 1979-1980

AREA OF FOCUS: Dairy Farm Systems Management and Analysis
Development and extension of analytical and decision-making strategies for improving dairy herd and farm management systems, including economic analysis of dairy production and management sub-systems and new dairy technologies and improvement of dairy farm management information and decision support systems.

INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING and DAIRY DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES:
Argentina, Costa Rica, Canada, Japan, Peoples Republic of China, Tunisia, Bolivia, Mexico, Egypt, New Zealand, Australia

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, CREDENTIALS and AWARDS
2002 Governor's Export Achievement Award
1999 Friend of the Cooperative Award - AgSource (CRI)
Certified Agricultural Consultant, American Society of Agricultural Consultants
Member, American Dairy Science Association
Member, Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society
Member, Alpha Zeta, Agricultural Honorary Society

PUBLICATION LIST AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST