Human Resources Supply Chain

SHIVA K. SHRESTHA, AICP

*** ********* **** *****: 443-***-****

Towson, MD 21204 *********@****.********.***

PROFILE

Dr. Shrestha is an experienced, academically well qualified, and dedicated teacher of Decision Making, quantitative techniques (business statistics, and mathematics), business management, project management, supply chain management, and economics to graduate and undergraduate students. He is seeking a faculty position in these courses in a local college/university in the Towson/Baltimore area in Maryland and Washington DC areas. Dr. Shrestha has successfully taught these classes locally to community college and University undergraduate and graduate students. He has actively participated in teaching in higher education.

Due to his academic excellence, Dr. Shrestha is always interested in teaching, training, and research activities. He earned a valuable experience working at the Maryland State Highway Administration’s Office of Planning and Preliminary Engineering as a professional transportation planner for several years. With his excellent academic and professional background, he can contribute to the business schools’ mission of developing the next generation of business leaders. Dr. Shrestha is interested in teaching, training, and research at your academic institution.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Excellent organization skills

Expert in the field of quantitative analysis such statistics, financial analysis, capital investment analysis, economic analysis, and decision making

Taught part-time at Community College of Baltimore County, University of Baltimore, and University of Phoenix

Dedicated and creative in teaching in both online and ground classes for both undergraduate and graduate students

Empathetic, patient, and has a strong passion to help others learn new concepts

Excellent academic and professional background

EDUCATION

D.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning October 1988

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Dissertation: “Measuring Economic Impacts of Large Irrigation Projects: A Case Study of Narayani Zone Irrigation Development Project in Nepal. This was a $10 million World Bank funded project, and the Bank wanted to estimate the direct and indirect impact of the investment project.

Master of Business Administration, with a concentration in General Management May 2007

The Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School, Baltimore, MD; GPA 3.7 out of 4.0

Capstone Project: Strategies to Tripling the Sun Trust Bank’s Operations in Maryland by 2007 to 2010

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Economics June 1978

Allahabad University, Allahabad, India

Scored the highest amongst his class of 1978

ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Maryland Global College January 2018 – Present

Management Studies Program

Department of Business and Professional Programs

School of Undergraduate Studies

1616 McCormic Drive

Largo, MD 20774

Adjunct Associate Professor

Teach one class on BMGT 317 Decision Making or PACE 111P – Program and Exploration in Public Safety each session for undergraduate business management students on both online and hybrid modes.

Manage the course program that he is responsible for.

Provide guidance and mentorship to college students to motivate them to excel academically.

Stay current and up to date on on-going developments and practices in the field of Decision Making, and quantitative analysis.

Prepare appropriate learning materials for students

Collaborate with the dean, and program chair to meet UMUC objectives.

University of Phoenix January 2010 – December 2016

College of Business Management

25 Massachusetts Avenue, Ste. 150

Washington DC 20001

Adjunct Faculty

Taught one to two courses in management and quantitative techniques each semester for graduate and undergraduate business management students.

Provided guidance and mentorship to college students to motivate them to excel academically.

Managed the course program that he was responsible for.

Provided guidance and mentorship to college students to motivate them to excel academically.

Stayed current and up to date on on-going developments and practices in the field of business management courses that he was teaching.

Prepared appropriate learning materials for students.

Collaborated with the dean, and program chair to meet University of Phoenix objectives.

Dr. Shrestha was approved for teaching the following classes by the University of Phoenix:

Course ID

Course Title

COM/295

BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS

ECO/212

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

LDR/531

ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP

MGT/230

MANAGEMENT THEORY AND PRACTICE

MGT/312

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR FOR MANAGERS

MGT/420

MANAGING QUALITY IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

MGT/445

ORGANIZATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS

QNT/275

STATISTICS FOR DECISION MAKING

QNT/351

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS

QNT/561

APPLIED BUSINESS RESEARCH & STATISTICS

QNT/565

RESEARCH METHODS, DESIGN, AND ANALYSIS

QRB/501

QUANTITATIVE REASONING FOR BUSINESS

RES/351

BUSINESS RESEARCH

University of Baltimore

Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Baltimore

Adjunct Faculty January 2009 – December 2009

Taught MATH 115 Introductory Statistics to undergraduate students.

Provided guidance and mentorship to college students to motivate them to excel academically.

Managed the course program that he was responsible for.

Community College of Baltimore County – Essex Campus

School of Mathematics and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Adjunct Faculty January 2007 – December 2008

Taught MATH 153 – Introduction to Statistical Methods, and MATH 082 – Introductory Algebra to undergraduate students.

Provided guidance and mentorship to college students to motivate them to excel academically.

Managed the course program that he was responsible for.

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning

Urban and Regional Planning Program

Haifa, Israel

Teaching and Research Assistant to Dean and Professor Daniel Shefer June 1984-August 1988

Assisted in teaching Business Math, and Urban and Reginal Economics to undergraduate and graduate students.

Assisted in research activities of Professor Shefer in urban and regional economic analyses.

Assisted in the grading of student assignments to Professor Shefer.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Received Gold Medal “Mahendra Bidhya Bhusan – C” from the former King of Nepal in 1978 for Scoring the Highest Grade in the 1978 University of Allahabad University’s BSc degree.

Received Noel Dey Memorial Gold Medal from the Allahabad Agricultural Institute in 1978 for Scoring the Highest Grade in the 1978 University of Allahabad University’s BSc degree.

Received Gold Medal “Mahendra Bidhya Bhusan –A” from the former King of Nepal in 1990 for Earning the Ph.D. degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa in 1988.

Received the United Mission to Nepal Full Scholarship to study BSc degree in Allahabad University, India, from 1974 to 1978.

Received the World Bank scholarship to study Ph.D. degree in Urban and Regional Planning (Regional Economic Development) at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Israel.

PUBLICATIONS, PEER REVIEWER, & ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION

Doctoral Dissertation entitled “Measuring Economic Impacts of Large Investment Projects in LDCs: The Case of Narayani Zone Irrigation Development Project in Nepal”, published by Urban and Regional Study Center, Technion, Israel, 1989.

Several unpublished research and project documents prepared for the local and state governments in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Malawi, and the USA in a multi-disciplinary professional team setting, from 1991 to Present.

Peer Reviewer of the Transportation Research Record, a professional journal of Transportation Research Board, a Research Division of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, USA, since 2012 to Present.

Member of the Transportation Research Board Transportation Economics Committee, Washington DC, since 20012 – Present.

LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS

Mentors Program, Maryland State Highway Administration

Dale Carnegie Leadership Training Class

Leadership Education and Development Program, and eLEAD Program, Maryland State Highway Administration

Graduate Education Training Program, Maryland State Highway Administration

New Supervisor's Training Program, Maryland State Highway Administration

Texas Transportation Institute's Mentor's Program, Texas A& M University, College Station, TX

Management and Leadership Development Training Program, United Nations Development Program/United States Agency for International Development, Kathmandu, Nepal

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Volunteer Baldrige Examiner, Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, NIST (2018 – Present)

Former Member-at-Large for Metro Area, Maryland American Planning Association, 2007-2009 term. This was a Board position within the Maryland Chapter.

Member, American Institute of Certified Planners, (July 1, 2001 – Present).

Member, American Planning Association, (2001 - Present).

Member, Transportation Research Board’s Transportation Economics Committee (2010 – Present)

Former Member Secretary, SHA Highway Masters Club, 2007

REFERENCES

Dr. Elizabeth Brunn, Professor, and Program Chair of Management Studies, School of Undergraduate Studies, University of Maryland University College, Largo, Maryland, ******@****.***, and Phone: 410-***-****

Dr. Maurice Shihadi, Professor of Business, Montgomery College, Rockville Campus, 51 Mannakee Street, MD 20850, Humanities Room 252, *******.*******@*****************.***, and Phone: 240-***-**** / Cell: 301-***-****

Dr. Sylvia Sorkin, Professor of Mathematics, Community College of Baltimore County Essex, 7201 Rossville Blvd. Room F-410J, Baltimore, MD 21237. *******@******.***, and Phone: 443-***-****

Dr. Michael McKinley, Director of Academic Affairs, University of Phoenix, Washington DC Campus, 25 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Suite 150, Washington DC 20001. *******.********@*******.***, and Phone: 202-***-****

LANGUAGE SKILLS

English, Hindi, and Nepali

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