JEFFREY D. PROUD, PH.D

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Saint Paul, MN 55104-6926

Education

1.Associates Degree – Liberal Arts - University of Minnesota – 1974

2.BS Degree – Business Management and Administration - University of Maryland – 1977

3.AD Degree – Electrical Engineering (Autodidact) – 1987

4.Master’s Degree – Technology in Education – Saint Catherine’s University – 2003

5.PhD - Educational Supervision – California Hills University – 2008

Employment History:

1959-1962 - Terado Corporation

1.Reported to Ralph Munson, Vice President

1.1. Apprentice: Machinist, Tool, Die and Fixture Maker

1.2. Left Terado Corp in 1963 to accept a promotion at another company

1963-1965 - Hydrotex Incorporated

In 1963 I was offered a business opportunity as a VP with Hydrotex Inc., who owned a proprietary waterproofing system

1.1. Reported to Thomas Massey, Senior VP

1.2. I managed a government contract, waterproofing approximately 300 units of family housing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska

1.3. I also prepared financial reports for the company’s public offering (IPO) in 1963

1.4. Left Hydrotex to work at Univac (and my personal entrepreneurial pursuits)

1966-1968 - Univac, Sperry-Rand Corp

1.Reported to Tom Foley, Senior Department Supervisor

1.1. Title: Supervisor, Defense Systems Division.

1.2. Managed reports, and reports control, including:

1.2.1.Computer Control Systems

1.2.2.Supervised computer security, the backup tape vault

1.3. Scheduler: for all computer work on three generations of Univac mainframe computers, and the 1004 card to tape machine

1.3.1.Univac II

1.3.2.Univac File Computer

1.3.3.Univac 490 series computer

1.3.4.Univac 1004 (card to Tape machine)

1.4. Also worked as:

1.4.1.Computer programmer (reprogrammed BIOS for Univac II)

1.4.2.Software engineer

1968-1974 - Terado Corporation

1.Returned to Terado Corp. Recruited by Ralph Munson, Senior Vice President

1.1. Worked on developing a new set of products: miniature relays for military-spec use

1.2. Worked on sales for the Company’s whole line of power supply products

1.3. Promoted to National Sales Manager

1.4. Left Company due to internal ownership infighting and control issues

1974-1977 - US Army

1.Personal Objectives: Army Electronics School; Collage Bachelor’s Degree

2.Trained as a Microwave Technical Specialist

2.1. Graduated from the Army Basic Electronics School - First in class

2.2. Graduated from Army Microwave Repair Technician School – First in class

2.3. Worked as a Microwave Technician at a Microwave Site in Naha, Okinawa – Rank, Specialist E4

3. Promoted to Specialist E5 relocated to Army Wideband Communications, Head Quarters at Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. Work assignments:

3.1 Rewrite all the Communications SOPs (Standard Operation Procedures) for the entire Communications Command on Okinawa

3.2 Promoted to NCOIC (temp) of the Wideband Division, Communications Command on Okinawa (over a period of 10 months…received letters of Commendation for an outstanding duty performance)

3.2.1 Responsible for:

3.2.1.1 Undersea Communications Cable connecting Okinawa and Taiwan

3.2.1.2 Five Microwave Sites

3.2.1.3 Supervised Approximately 180 personnel – operating 24/7, manned station operations, maintenance and repairs

3.2.1.4 Wideband Command Daily Readiness Command Report

3.2.1.5 Troposphere and Satellite Communications

4.Appointed as the Command Briefer for all Honorable Dignitaries visiting the Communications Command on Okinawa

5.Honorably Discharged from the US Army 16-Dec-1977

5.1 Awarded the Army Commendation Medal for Military Service

1978-1983 - General Mills, Inc. / PhytoFarms of America –

1.Contract Employee of General Mills, Inc., to develop high frequency ballasts for 1,000 Watt High Pressure Sodium and Metal Arc Lamps

1.1Ballasts for HF Lamps in General Mills’ PhytoFarm Hydroponic facility. Growing high-value fresh produce for Grocery Stores and restaurants

1.2Promoted to VP and General Manager of PhytoFarms of America

1.2.1Established a sales plan for the Milwaukee-Chicago-Minneapolis major market area.

1.2.2Managed all sales and promotions for the company

1.2.3Selected the high-end produce (products): fresh produce, difficult to get in colder climes. (e.g. Strawberries, Asparagus. Spinach, Etc.)

1983-1997 - Left the Company to concentrate on my own activities: Proud Industries, Inc. and PRD Products, Inc.

1.Proud Industries owns:

1.1. An Electronic Representative Co., an Electronic Distribution Co., and a sales business

1.2. PRD Products: a Plastics Manufacturing Co: Electronic Bezels, Plastics Parts, Design and Manufacturing.

2.Jeffrey Proud’s inventions and sales of already developed products:

2.1. Lite Savers, Light Pipes, AquaPods,

2.2. BudWinders

2.3. Educational Plastic Products (For Dyslexic and Autistic Children)

3.Represented J. Gordon Electronic Engineering Design Firm

3.1. This firm occupied most of my field engineering and sales time. I bought a partnership in the company

1995-1999 - J. Gordon Electronic Design, Inc.

1.We contracted Electronic Engineering projects to outside firms…many Fortune 500 Companies

2.We sold the business in 1999.

2000-2015 – Education: Professor, Instructor and education research

1.After selling the Engineering Firm, non-compete agreements prevented me from re-entering the electronic field . I wasn’t ready to retire; so, I went into Teaching as an Educational Assistant

2.I was hired by an Elementary Charter School for Para-Educator

3.After my years in business, I saw many faults in the educational system as a whole.

4.I decided to go back to college. I earned a Master’s Degree. Main course of study: Integrating Technology in Education.

5.I then continued and earned a PhD in Educational Management and Administration.

1.1My area of competence is ‘The Human Drive to Learn.’ Including: Motivation Theory, Game Theory, and Group Dynamics

1.2The Charter School dissolved in 2008, I continued Teaching as an Adjunct Professor at Century College, and as a substitute teacher In the Saint Paul, MN, 625 District System. High Schools and Elementary Schools

1.3I continue research in Education to the present.

Skills and Notable Achievements:

Soldier of the Quarter, US Army, Japan, US Army Communications Command, 1976

Eagle Scout BSA

Nominated to four US Military Academies: West Point, Annapolis, Air Force Academy, and the US Coast Guard Academy

Machinist, Tool, Die and Fixture Maker

Solid State Electronic Inventor, Designer and Engineer

Author

Inventor

Professor, Instructor and Teacher

Researcher

Business Manager and Administrator

Business Owner, CEO, COO, owner and entrepreneur

Founded a Charter School (Cygnus Academy)

Founded a Charitable Foundation (the Proud Foundation)

Developed properties:

oDesigned 30 Unit Townhouse Project

oBought, sold, developed and built multiple apartment buildings

oMade presentations to City Planning Commissions and City Councils

Gave speeches on Exponential Organizations and Avoidance of “Blindsiding” by Internet Exponential Companies, mainly to billion dollar companies

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