Charles B. Harrison

Tulsa, Oklahoma 417-***-**** acrwjs@r.postjobfree.com

Summary: Experienced engineer/businessman with forty years engineering, sales, general manage- ment, and board of director(BOD) experience. Strong team-building and management skills, customer service oriented, broad technical knowledge and experience, record of success in handling difficult turn- around assignments.

Employment Goal: Executive management, consulting or serving on the BOD for a small to medium size technically based corporation, preferably a manufacturing company, where my extensive technical and management experience can result in a positive impact on the company’s financial and/or technical performance.

Education, Consulting and Non-Profit Experience

• Volunteer at Gilcrease Art Museum and Tulsa Air Space Museum: 2013 - 2015

• Mathematics Teacher, Claremore Oklahoma Middle School: 2012 - 2013

• Adjunct Professor of Physics, Tulsa University: 2009 - 2010

• Business Consultant, Shelenhamer Construction & KJM Investments, Bolivar Missouri: 2003 - 2008

• Special Projects Director, Slavic Gospel Association, Loves Park Illinois: 2001 - 2007 (Work involved managing property in Russia; managing the financing/building of churches in Ukraine and Belarus;

serving orphanages in Russia and Belarus)

Professional Experience

CEO, SpecTran Corporation (Developer and manufacturer of communications grade and specialty Fiber Optics); Sturbridge Massachusetts 1998-2000 Member Board of Directors 1997-2000

• Succeeded the company founder as CEO in April 1998 and as Chairman of Board of Directors in 1999.

• Replaced the Specialty Fiber Division senior management and required the revision of the division’s business practices resulting in a positive PBT for the division.

• Focused the effort to complete a behind schedule/over budget project for producing single mode fiber.

• Negotiated revised financing terms for an existing capital improvement LOC with Fleet National Bank.

• Actions resulted in positive increases in sales, gross margins and operating income.

• Led a strategic assessment of our long term viability in a market dominated by two much larger com- petitors, Lucent and Corning. Effort led to a decision and merger with Lucent Technologies. Corporate VP Engineering, Rockwell International: Seal Beach California 1991-1996

• Chaired technical/financial committee charged with identifying and securing corporate approval of the set of internally funded R&D projects which were necessary in order to grow our businesses, while liv- ing within established financial targets.

• Conducted monthly reviews of technical progress and budget performance for all major internal R&D projects and government contracts.

• Served as a Red Team member for review of Rockwell’s technical concepts and proposals in response to US government Strategic Defense Initiatives (SDI) request for proposals.

• Beginning in mid-1993, also served as Rockwell’s principal business interface with Russian defense

industries involved in joint US/Russian defense technology conversion projects. Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and Network VP, Southern New England Telephone(SNET): New Haven Connecticut 1984 - 1991

• Responsible for communications network planning, technology conversion, and implementation as SNET transitioned from electro mechanical switching and wireline transmission to digital switching and fiber optic transmission. Conversion of the statewide network was accomplished during this period.

• Shortly after joining SNET and for a 2 year period thereafter, was appointed/served as the President of Sonecor Systems, (an unregulated subsidiary of SNET) while concurrently serving as CTO of SNET.

• Within the 2 year period, downsized the organization, restructured the Sonecor business model and operating practices to reverse an on-going multi million dollar annual loss, increased sales volumes and

customer satisfaction and achieved financial turnaround resulting in positive PBT . Division VP and GM, Rockwell International, Electronic Switching Systems Division: Downers Grove Illinois 1981 - 1984

• In 1981, appointed as VP/GM of Rockwell’s Electronic Switching Systems Division with responsibility for completing the integration of Rockwell’s existing electronic switching business with Wescom, a re- cently acquired digital switching business.

• The two organizations were overstaffed, had different corporate cultures, competing product lines, un- finished product developments and had several customer service issues including a small number of incomplete large integrated computer systems for banks in Europe. These factors were resulting in a seriously negative profit position.

• Within two+ years, successfully completed the integration of the two organizations, downsized and moved all development to a single city, stabilized our products and customer base, and achieved a break even profit position.

• From 1978 to 1981, served as VP Engineering for Rockwell’s Electronic Systems Group consisting of 5 product/system divisions involved in communications, navigation, tactical missiles and marine systems.

• From 1968 thru late 1977, held progressively responsible positions in communications engineering, project management, computer systems modeling/analysis, and communication/computer system

sales, serving in both government and commercial product/system divisions. Control Systems Engineer, Texas Instruments: Richardson, Texas 1962 - 1968 Member of joint me- chanical/electrical engineering teams responsible for mechanizing the production of semiconductor de- vices as the demand for semiconductors increased

Board of Directors Experience

• Slavic Gospel Association, Loves Park Illinois; Non-Profit 1998 - 2007

• SpecTran Corporation, Sturbridge Massachusetts 1997 - 2000 - Elected Chairman in 1999

• Applied Photonics, Sturbridge Massachusetts 1997 - 1999

• Open Doors USA - Anaheim California; Non-Profit 1993 - 1997

• Sonecor Cellular (Subsidiary of SNET), New Haven Connecticut 1985 - 1988

• Lightnet (Joint venture of SNET and CSX Corp), New Haven Connecticut 1985 - 1988 Education

Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas MS Engineering Administration Oklahoma State University, Stillwater Oklahoma BS Electrical Engineering References

Mr. Robert Cattoi, retired Sr. VP Engineering and Research, Rockwell International Mr. Jerry Redmon, retired VP Strategic Planning, Rockwell International Mr Richard Donofrio, retired Sr. VP Marketing and Unregulated Businesses, Southern New England Telephone(SNET) and retired Board of Directors member, SpecTran Corporation Dr. Robert Provost, President, Slavic Gospel Association

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