Expert in planning, organizing, and managing
JOEL D. DUSENBERY resources to successfully complete project goals
and objectives, while honoring predetermined
constraints.
Production Supervisor
Proactive, performance driven
professional with 24+ years’ progressive
expertise in business management for
military, manufacturing, and post secondary
education. Keen understanding of business
priorities, genuine team player committed
to managing operations. Cross functional
communicator easily interfaces with high
profile staff, key stakeholders, and
customers.
Areas of Expertise
Marketing
Sales Coach
Quality Control
Quality Assurance Risk
Management
Strategic Planning
Lean Management
Research and Development
Negotiation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KEISER UNIVERSITY, Charlotte, NC
2008–Present
Keiser University is an accredited college offering a
wide range of associate, bachelors, master’s, and
doctoral degree programs to help students achieve
their personal and professional goals.
Program Coordinator / Instructor
Manage the massage therapy program and provide
assistance to students and faculty with academics,
re entries, and clinic internship while directly
supporting the Dean of Academic Affairs. Pl an,
execute, and finalize lesson plans and core
curriculum documentation to ensure delivery of high quality
academic instruction in compliance with state, federal, and
national accreditation audits.
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Selected Accomplishmen
Promoted to Campus Response Team Commander and
responsible for the implementation of safety
preparedness, response, and recovery operations,
ensuring the safety of over three hundred students plus
staff.
Demonstrated outstanding leadership and superb
technical writing abilities, transitioning from a 500
clock hour program to a 900 hour program, while
meeting stringent timeline obligations.
Recognized for excellence in the massage therapy
program through distinguished outside audit
appraisals, and showing multi faceted abilities
consistently achieving error free work under stressful
conditions.
BALLANTYNE SPA & RESORT, Charlotte, NC
2005–2008
Ballantyne Spa is located within the four star hotel and offers
a wide range of spa services with twenty six treatment rooms to
accommodate the greater Charlotte area and quests of the
resort.
Spa Sales Manager
Manage and market a large upscale treatment facility utilizing
key performance indicators to determine budgets, maximize
profits, and provide sound customer service with total quality
principles to drive growth.
Selected Accomplishments:
Established superb marketing abilities by showing a
40% increase in revenue from outside area quests.
Implemented successful sales training practices to
encourage and reward spa associates for upselling
services and products, which led to a 20% increase in
profits and offset increasing costs.
Upgraded many spa treatment services to coincide with
the worlds’ top rated spas without exceeding budget.
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CORNING CABLE SYSTEM, Hickory, NC 1994–2005
Corning Cable Systems offers a broad range of end to end fiber optic and copper product solutions for customers’
telecommunications networks.
Production Coordinator
Manage shop floor associates in a high stress manufacturing environment to produce quality products in a timely fashion for
domestic and foreign customers. Support the production floor, upper management, engineering, quality control, and research and
development engineering to enhance operations and support the overall mission for Corning’s success in the global market.
Selected Accomplishments:
Developed many cost savings initiatives which reduced scrap fiber on the buffer and jacketing production lines, saving the
company over twenty million dollars annually.
Assisted associates on the shop floor with scheduling, computer troubleshooting, team building, and quality control
procedures to produce accurate on time shipments.
Created standard operating procedures for various production machines in compliance with ISO 9000 specifications for
the Japanese cable market.
Coordinated production line schedules for research and development engineering, which ensured high priority cables, were
processed in a timely fashion.
Prioritized the order in which cables were processed on the production lines using lean manufacturing, six sigma, and
kanban management concepts which improved process flow and minimized inventory.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
BS, Interdisciplinary Studies, KEISER UNIVERSITY, eCampus – Dean’s List
Disciplines: Business Administration & Homeland Security Administration
HIGHLIGHTS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Navy Achievement Medal, U.S. Navy Honorable Discharge, Secret Clearance, Focusing the
Non Motivated Student, Teaching the Adult Learner, Six Sigma,
Lean Manufacturing, Master Operator Training Certifications,
Kanban Management
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Project, SharePoint, Windows NetMeeting, Microsoft LiveMeeting,
Adobe Acrobat, Blackboard e Education Platform, Oracle Systems, AS 400