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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Razor’s Edge Remote Edition Operations Management 1-12-2009 Razor's Edge: Remote Student Segment, January 12, 2009 - March 5, 2009 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. College of Engineering Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/razors-edge-remote Citation University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. College of Engineering. (2009). Razor's Edge: Remote Student Segment, January 12, 2009 - March 5, 2009. Razor’s Edge Remote Edition. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/razors-edge-remote/1 This Periodical is brought to you for free and open access by the Operations Management at ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Razor’s Edge Remote Edition by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact ccmiddle@uark.edu. MASTER OF SCIENCE IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT THE RAZOR’S EDGE TERM III 2009 University of Arkansas 1/12/09-3/5/09 IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER: ∗ 2/14/09: Valentine’s Day ∗ 2/16/09: Term IV Regis-tration Begins ∗ 2/18/09: Last Day to Drop a Term III Course ∗ 3/5/09: Last Day of Term III Courses ∗ 3/11/09: Term IV Classes Begin INSIDE THIS ISSUE:  Student Spotlight 2 Special Problems Advice 3 Meet Your  Professor 4 OMGT Contact Info  4 Fall Graduates 2 Remote student segment Ice Storm Hits the Ozarks     The University of Arkansas’ Old Main remains a beacon on campus after an ice storm swept through the area.   More than a hundred trees on  the Old Main lawn alone were destroyed or damaged.  Many of these were decades old.  The University of Arkansas shut down for an unprecedented four con-secutive days.   University Chancellor  Gearhart cited safety concerns  with ice and debris on streets and sidewalks.    The worst ice storm in the history of the state of Arkansas began to rear its ugly head Monday night - January, 26th.   Fallen trees and limbs blocked roads, damaged homes and cars, and downed power lines.  By Friday of that week nearly 30,000 people in this part of the state, including your author, were still without power (down from 360,000 immediately after the storm.)     This storm gained national attention in the news, and in Washington D. C.  President Obama signed federal emer-gency declarations for Arkansas, Ken-tucky, and Missouri.  The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided assistance.  Working with the department of facilities man-agement and the Volunteer Action Center, the University Student Gov-ernment organized a “Campus Restora-tion Day” campus-wide cleanup event.     Although the University of Arkan-sas campus will not be as shady this summer, it remains  beautiful and proud.  Please make plans to visit and, when the time comes, attend spring Fayetteville Commencement Exercises and see for yourself.  Left—by Arkansas Traveler photographer Veronica Pucci; Right—unknown The Arkansas Traveler was the primary reference Page 2 THE RAZOR’S EDGE Student Spotlight: Tim Cukr     Tim Cukr might be the most “seasoned” student in the MSOM program.  Not because he has been in the program the longest, but because he works for the world’s largest maker of spices, McCormick and Company.  Tim works as a Senior Business Analyst at McCormick’s world headquarters in Hunt Valley, MD, just north of Baltimore.  He has worked at the Hunt Valley campus for a little more than a year.  Prior to that, Tim worked for Zatarain’s, a McCormick subsidiary in New Orleans, as their IT Manager.     As a Business Analyst, Tim interfaces with McCormick manufacturing facilities worldwide in order to help them better utilize the corporate ERP system, SAP, and to help them analyze information needs on the shop floor.  The need to learn more about operations is what led him to the MSOM program at the University of Arkansas.  “Having a distance learning option was at the top of my list of requirements for a Masters program” said Tim.  Also on his list was affordability.  McCormick has a limit on their annual tuition reimbursement.  “Some programs were so expensive I wouldn’t be able to take more than a couple of classes per year.”  Having a program available that fit within his budget, allows Tim to get his degree in a reasonable amount of time.  “I also liked the fact that the University of Arkansas MSOM program really seemed to care about me when I called for information.  Other programs I talked to acted like they didn’t care whether I became a student or not.”     Besides attending MSOM classes, Tim is a member of the Hunt Valley Manufacturing Multiple Management Board (HVM MMB) at McCormick.  The MMB is a concept started in the 1930’s by C.P. McCormick, then CEO of McCormick.  In addition to the manufacturing board, there is a corporate, consumer and industrial board in Hunt Valley.  Each board term lasts 6 months and during a term, each board works on several projects that are aligned with their focus.  Twice a year, the plants in Hunt Valley offer ideas to the HVM MMB for projects for the upcoming term.  This term, Tim’s board committee is working on a project to decrease material loss for cinnamon at the Spice Mill.  “It’s an interesting project that gets me out of the office and onto the plant floor.  It also gives me an appreciation for what goes into manufacturing one of McCormick’s top selling products.  Over 10 million pounds of cinnamon are processed at the mill every year.”    Tim lives with his wife, two sons, three dogs and two lizards in a rural area near Hunt Valley.  “My wife and I are new to Maryland, and we really like it. The area we live in is very scenic and peaceful.  Different from where we lived in Louisiana.”  When Tim’s not studying for a class or attending an MMB meeting he enjoys “puttering” around the house, traveling, and creating “things” on his wood lathe.      Check out one of Tim’s favorite  McCormick’s recipes :  http://www.mccormick.com/Recipes/Appetizers-Snacks/BLT-Dip.aspx  Congratulations Fall 2008 Graduates! James Cherry, B.S., University of Arkansas Leresa Garrett, B.S., Alabama A & M University Abraham Kargbo, B.A., Loyola Marymount University Henry Lester, B.S., Emery Riddle Aeronautical University Amanda Seidenzahl, B.S., Arkansas Tech University Jessica Thomasec, B.S., University of North Carolina Brenda Smith, B.S., John Brown University Danny Snow. B.S., University of Arkansas  Hearty congratulations for your vision,  hard work and dedication  in earning this most valuable and challenging degree. Here’s wishing all the best in your future endeavors. MASTER OF SCIENCE IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Page 3 THE RAZOR’S EDGE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT  Special Problems Advice … From MSOM Assistant Director Dr. Mironoff This information goes beyond what is outlined in the Student Handbook.   OMGT 5773 - Special Problems provides an opportunity to inte-grate the concepts, methods and tools acquired in your studies and to apply them to real issues facing you in the workplace.  Of course, you can also apply what you’ve learned in the program to study and address hypothetical questions, but selecting a work process or policy problem that is begging for solution in your company or unit is an excellent way to both anchor learnings from the program and score points back on the job.  Other applied targets for an SP project can be a business plan for a start-up or a plan for reorganizing an existing institution to improve i t s  e f f i c i e n c y  a n d  c o s t -effectiveness.  There are many other objectives that can make ex-cellent SP projects, but what they share in common is that they are built around meaningful issues that you have committed not only to explore/analyze, but to solve.  Once you have selected a topic and found an instructor with expertise in guiding an SP project of the type selected, it’s time to fill out an SP proposal form.  This form is de-signed to demonstrate both to the instructor and to program manage-ment that you have (1) chosen a serious and worthwhile problem to tackle, (2) thought through the steps you will take to complete the project, (3) committed to a substan-tial deliverable and (4) know what research sources you will use in carrying out the study.  In fact, the sections of the proposal document (Objectives, Procedure, Deliver-ables, and Resources) are there to encourage you to think through all the important aspects of your pro-ject in advance, so you will have a clear idea of where you are going. Some care should be taken in pre-paring an SP proposal because it becomes the roadmap for success-ful project completion.  Here are some tips regarding each aspect of both the proposal form and the completed project:  Objective – Clearly state the prob-lem that will be analyzed and solved.  An SP project is not a book report or compilation of statements, reflecting what others think about an issue; it is your own educated opinion, backed up by facts, logical argument and credible sources, on how a significant prob-lem/challenge ought to be dealt with.    Procedure – Solving a meaningful problem requires a number of steps involving data-gathering, analysis, developing alternate solutions, test-ing these, recommending and justi-fying the best solution, etc. Know the steps that you will take to deal with the problem/challenge you have selected and list these steps in the proposal.       Deliverables – As a minimum, a 20-25 pp. paper in APA format is re-quired as a deliverable in OMGT 5773.  A well-constructed Power-point, coupled with an oral presen-tation to your instructor, can re-duce the written page count some-what, as can submission of alterna-tive deliverables, such as computer programs, survey results, etc.  But the main thing is that a solid term’s-worth of work be obviously inher-ent in the deliverables you submit and that the work be non-trivial (see Objective).  Resources – You should draw on all resources available to you – work experiences, peer and man-agement interviews, databases, journals, manuals (policy, proce-dure, operating, etc.), OMGT classes, textbooks, etc.  In all cases these resources should be identified by name in the proposal – even if at this stage the list of sources and references is only partially com-plete.  You should not simply state: “library, internet, articles, etc.” in this section of the proposal document.  Constructing the proposal as sug-gested above and following it as a roadmap to project completion, not only enables you to produce a successful project and obtain a good grade, but also gives you an opportunity to demonstrate to your employer how you can mate-rially contribute to improving the workplace.  Taking the time and energy to do a thorough job on your SP project also provides you with a valuable model for attacking future problems and challenges as you go forward in your career.  Interested in more than one focus area?  You can take OMGT 5773 more than once to obtain a sec-ond certificate!  But only 3 hrs of OMGT 5773 will count toward your degree. A work-related problem provides  a “Win -Win” opportunity... University of Arkansas  Julie Watson  Remote Program  Coordinator Mailing Address: 4207 Bell Engineering Center Fayetteville, AR 72701  Office Location: 311 Engineering Hall Phone: 479-575-5192 Fax: 479-575-4760 E-mail: omgtrem@uark.edu   We’re on the Web! www.opnsmgmt.uark.edu Other Contacts  MASTER OF SCIENCE  IN  OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT   The Operations Management Master of Science program at the University of Arkansas fo-cuses on the essential concepts, methods and tools needed to successfully manage work proc-esses and people in a wide spectrum of organizations, including business/industry, military, government and non-profit.  Geared toward the working student who typically holds a profes-sional or management position in an organizational setting, the program offers live evening classes that meet in five 8-week terms per year.  Courses are also available in DVD/CD, online and independent study formats.  The Operations Management curriculum emphasizes practical knowledge in such areas as pro-ject planning, quality management, economic decision-making, supply chain management, hu-man behavior analysis, operations research, and many other areas of importance to today’s manager.  In addition to taking a core of four required courses, students are able to select from over 20 courses to make up the ten required to complete the degree.  Through course selection students can also specialize in focus areas such as Industrial Management, Business Manage-ment, Human Resource Management, or Health & Safety Management.  The University of Arkansas is accredited as a graduate degree granting institution by the Higher Learning Com-mission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.   Meet Your Professor: Randy Roy Dr. Ed Pohl Director and Chairman of Studies  575-6042 epohl@uark.edu  Dr. Alex Mironoff  Assistant Director  575-2082 alasare@uark.edu  Nancy Sloan Program Manager 575-7426 ncsloan@uark.edu  Pamela Lasiter Administrative Assistant 575-4802 plasiter@uark.edu   Christine Maupin Program Secretary 575-3413 cca003@uark.edu Randy Roy is one of our faculty members based at the University of Arkansas campus at the Naval Support Activity Station in Mil-lington, Tennessee.  He also teaches distance courses to stu-dents residing at other locations.  Roy graduated from the OMGT program in 1996 and has been teaching for the OMGT pro-gram for the past 6 years.  Roy recently retired after 25 years at FedEx.  As Vice Presi-dent of Network Computing, he sat on several industry and uni-versity boards and councils. He spent five years on the board of directors for a research consor-tium at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) on arti-ficial intelligence. The consor-tium was called “Things That Think”. Roy’s role was to help steer MIT’s research in artificial intelligence into areas with prac-tical industry applications, such In addition to teaching, he is a        business consultant in the areas of telecommunications, project management and strategic man-agement.   Roy’s lifelong hobby and pas-sion is astronomy.  He has done quite a bit of consulting and served on numerous boards and committees for telescope manu-facturers and astronomical ob-servatories. You can catch him  in his private observatory star-gazing until the early morning hours almost every evening when the skies are clear.    Another one of his hobbies is mountain climbing, and he’s climbed several slopes in Colo-rado, the Cascades (Pacific Northwest), Mexico and South America.  In 2002, along with his son, Tony, he completed the 52 mile Santa Cruz loop in the high Andes above Lima, Peru.  return visit to Peru later this year with his wife to trek along the Inca trail and visit Machu Picchu, the famous “Lost City of the Incas.”   Both son Tony and daughter Lisa are married to medical doc-tors. Roy has no grandchildren yet, but holds out hope. Lisa is completing her doctorate in history this spring at Emory University. Tony is Vice-President of marketing for Alli-ance Health Corp. in Salt Lake City.  Roy and his wife live in Lakeland, Tennessee in a house they built overlooking a 240 acre lake. Roy says that his wife 

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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Razor’s Edge Remote Edition Operations Management 1-12-2009 Razor's Edge: Remote Student Segment, January 12, 2009 - March 5, 2009 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. College of Engineering Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/razors-edge-remote Citation University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. College of Engineering. (2009). Razor's Edge: Remote Student Segment, January 12, 2009 - March 5, 2009. Razor’s Edge Remote Edition. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/razors-edge-remote/1 This Periodical is brought to you for free and open access by the Operations Management at ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Razor’s Edge Remote Edition by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact scholar@uark.edu. MASTER OF SCIENCE IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT THE RAZOR’S EDGE TERM III 2009 University of Arkansas 1/12/09-3/5/09 IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER: ∗ 2/14/09: Valentine’s Day ∗ 2/16/09: Term IV Regis-tration Begins ∗ 2/18/09: Last Day to Drop a Term III Course ∗ 3/5/09: Last Day of Term III Courses ∗ 3/11/09: Term IV Classes Begin INSIDE THIS ISSUE:  Student Spotlight 2 Special Problems Advice 3 Meet Your  Professor 4 OMGT Contact Info  4 Fall Graduates 2 Remote student segment Ice Storm Hits the Ozarks     The University of Arkansas’ Old Main remains a beacon on campus after an ice storm swept through the area.   More than a hundred trees on  the Old Main lawn alone were destroyed or damaged.  Many of these were decades old.  The University of Arkansas shut down for an unprecedented four con-secutive days.   University Chancellor  Gearhart cited safety concerns  with ice and debris on streets and sidewalks.    The worst ice storm in the history of the state of Arkansas began to rear its ugly head Monday night - January, 26th.   Fallen trees and limbs blocked roads, damaged homes and cars, and downed power lines.  By Friday of that week nearly 30,000 people in this part of the state, including your author, were still without power (down from 360,000 immediately after the storm.)     This storm gained national attention in the news, and in Washington D. C.  President Obama signed federal emer-gency declarations for Arkansas, Ken-tucky, and Missouri.  The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided assistance.  Working with the department of facilities man-agement and the Volunteer Action Center, the University Student Gov-ernment organized a “Campus Restora-tion Day” campus-wide cleanup event.     Although the University of Arkan-sas campus will not be as shady this summer, it remains  beautiful and proud.  Please make plans to visit and, when the time comes, attend spring Fayetteville Commencement Exercises and see for yourself.  Left—by Arkansas Traveler photographer Veronica Pucci; Right—unknown The Arkansas Traveler was the primary reference Page 2 THE RAZOR’S EDGE Student Spotlight: Tim Cukr     Tim Cukr might be the most “seasoned” student in the MSOM program.  Not because he has been in the program the longest, but because he works for the world’s largest maker of spices, McCormick and Company.  Tim works as a Senior Business Analyst at McCormick’s world headquarters in Hunt Valley, MD, just north of Baltimore.  He has worked at the Hunt Valley campus for a little more than a year.  Prior to that, Tim worked for Zatarain’s, a McCormick subsidiary in New Orleans, as their IT Manager.     As a Business Analyst, Tim interfaces with McCormick manufacturing facilities worldwide in order to help them better utilize the corporate ERP system, SAP, and to help them analyze information needs on the shop floor.  The need to learn more about operations is what led him to the MSOM program at the University of Arkansas.  “Having a distance learning option was at the top of my list of requirements for a Masters program” said Tim.  Also on his list was affordability.  McCormick has a limit on their annual tuition reimbursement.  “Some programs were so expensive I wouldn’t be able to take more than a couple of classes per year.”  Having a program available that fit within his budget, allows Tim to get his degree in a reasonable amount of time.  “I also liked the fact that the University of Arkansas MSOM program really seemed to care about me when I called for information.  Other programs I talked to acted like they didn’t care whether I became a student or not.”     Besides attending MSOM classes, Tim is a member of the Hunt Valley Manufacturing Multiple Management Board (HVM MMB) at McCormick.  The MMB is a concept started in the 1930’s by C.P. McCormick, then CEO of McCormick.  In addition to the manufacturing board, there is a corporate, consumer and industrial board in Hunt Valley.  Each board term lasts 6 months and during a term, each board works on several projects that are aligned with their focus.  Twice a year, the plants in Hunt Valley offer ideas to the HVM MMB for projects for the upcoming term.  This term, Tim’s board committee is working on a project to decrease material loss for cinnamon at the Spice Mill.  “It’s an interesting project that gets me out of the office and onto the plant floor.  It also gives me an appreciation for what goes into manufacturing one of McCormick’s top selling products.  Over 10 million pounds of cinnamon are processed at the mill every year.”    Tim lives with his wife, two sons, three dogs and two lizards in a rural area near Hunt Valley.  “My wife and I are new to Maryland, and we really like it. The area we live in is very scenic and peaceful.  Different from where we lived in Louisiana.”  When Tim’s not studying for a class or attending an MMB meeting he enjoys “puttering” around the house, traveling, and creating “things” on his wood lathe.      Check out one of Tim’s favorite  McCormick’s recipes :  http://www.mccormick.com/Recipes/Appetizers-Snacks/BLT-Dip.aspx  Congratulations Fall 2008 Graduates! James Cherry, B.S., University of Arkansas Leresa Garrett, B.S., Alabama A & M University Abraham Kargbo, B.A., Loyola Marymount University Henry Lester, B.S., Emery Riddle Aeronautical University Amanda Seidenzahl, B.S., Arkansas Tech University Jessica Thomasec, B.S., University of North Carolina Brenda Smith, B.S., John Brown University Danny Snow. B.S., University of Arkansas  Hearty congratulations for your vision,  hard work and dedication  in earning this most valuable and challenging degree. Here’s wishing all the best in your future endeavors. MASTER OF SCIENCE IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Page 3 THE RAZOR’S EDGE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT  Special Problems Advice … From MSOM Assistant Director Dr. Mironoff This information goes beyond what is outlined in the Student Handbook.   OMGT 5773 - Special Problems provides an opportunity to inte-grate the concepts, methods and tools acquired in your studies and to apply them to real issues facing you in the workplace.  Of course, you can also apply what you’ve learned in the program to study and address hypothetical questions, but selecting a work process or policy problem that is begging for solution in your company or unit is an excellent way to both anchor learnings from the program and score points back on the job.  Other applied targets for an SP project can be a business plan for a start-up or a plan for reorganizing an existing institution to improve i t s  e f f i c i e n c y  a n d  c o s t -effectiveness.  There are many other objectives that can make ex-cellent SP projects, but what they share in common is that they are built around meaningful issues that you have committed not only to explore/analyze, but to solve.  Once you have selected a topic and found an instructor with expertise in guiding an SP project of the type selected, it’s time to fill out an SP proposal form.  This form is de-signed to demonstrate both to the instructor and to program manage-ment that you have (1) chosen a serious and worthwhile problem to tackle, (2) thought through the steps you will take to complete the project, (3) committed to a substan-tial deliverable and (4) know what research sources you will use in carrying out the study.  In fact, the sections of the proposal document (Objectives, Procedure, Deliver-ables, and Resources) are there to encourage you to think through all the important aspects of your pro-ject in advance, so you will have a clear idea of where you are going. Some care should be taken in pre-paring an SP proposal because it becomes the roadmap for success-ful project completion.  Here are some tips regarding each aspect of both the proposal form and the completed project:  Objective – Clearly state the prob-lem that will be analyzed and solved.  An SP project is not a book report or compilation of statements, reflecting what others think about an issue; it is your own educated opinion, backed up by facts, logical argument and credible sources, on how a significant prob-lem/challenge ought to be dealt with.    Procedure – Solving a meaningful problem requires a number of steps involving data-gathering, analysis, developing alternate solutions, test-ing these, recommending and justi-fying the best solution, etc. Know the steps that you will take to deal with the problem/challenge you have selected and list these steps in the proposal.       Deliverables – As a minimum, a 20-25 pp. paper in APA format is re-quired as a deliverable in OMGT 5773.  A well-constructed Power-point, coupled with an oral presen-tation to your instructor, can re-duce the written page count some-what, as can submission of alterna-tive deliverables, such as computer programs, survey results, etc.  But the main thing is that a solid term’s-worth of work be obviously inher-ent in the deliverables you submit and that the work be non-trivial (see Objective).  Resources – You should draw on all resources available to you – work experiences, peer and man-agement interviews, databases, journals, manuals (policy, proce-dure, operating, etc.), OMGT classes, textbooks, etc.  In all cases these resources should be identified by name in the proposal – even if at this stage the list of sources and references is only partially com-plete.  You should not simply state: “library, internet, articles, etc.” in this section of the proposal document.  Constructing the proposal as sug-gested above and following it as a roadmap to project completion, not only enables you to produce a successful project and obtain a good grade, but also gives you an opportunity to demonstrate to your employer how you can mate-rially contribute to improving the workplace.  Taking the time and energy to do a thorough job on your SP project also provides you with a valuable model for attacking future problems and challenges as you go forward in your career.  Interested in more than one focus area?  You can take OMGT 5773 more than once to obtain a sec-ond certificate!  But only 3 hrs of OMGT 5773 will count toward your degree. A work-related problem provides  a “Win -Win” opportunity... University of Arkansas  Julie Watson  Remote Program  Coordinator Mailing Address: 4207 Bell Engineering Center Fayetteville, AR 72701  Office Location: 311 Engineering Hall Phone: 479-575-5192 Fax: 479-575-4760 E-mail: omgtrem@uark.edu   We’re on the Web! www.opnsmgmt.uark.edu Other Contacts  MASTER OF SCIENCE  IN  OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT   The Operations Management Master of Science program at the University of Arkansas fo-cuses on the essential concepts, methods and tools needed to successfully manage work proc-esses and people in a wide spectrum of organizations, including business/industry, military, government and non-profit.  Geared toward the working student who typically holds a profes-sional or management position in an organizational setting, the program offers live evening classes that meet in five 8-week terms per year.  Courses are also available in DVD/CD, online and independent study formats.  The Operations Management curriculum emphasizes practical knowledge in such areas as pro-ject planning, quality management, economic decision-making, supply chain management, hu-man behavior analysis, operations research, and many other areas of importance to today’s manager.  In addition to taking a core of four required courses, students are able to select from over 20 courses to make up the ten required to complete the degree.  Through course selection students can also specialize in focus areas such as Industrial Management, Business Manage-ment, Human Resource Management, or Health & Safety Management.  The University of Arkansas is accredited as a graduate degree granting institution by the Higher Learning Com-mission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.   Meet Your Professor: Randy Roy Dr. Ed Pohl Director and Chairman of Studies  575-6042 epohl@uark.edu  Dr. Alex Mironoff  Assistant Director  575-2082 alasare@uark.edu  Nancy Sloan Program Manager 575-7426 ncsloan@uark.edu  Pamela Lasiter Administrative Assistant 575-4802 plasiter@uark.edu   Christine Maupin Program Secretary 575-3413 cca003@uark.edu Randy Roy is one of our faculty members based at the University of Arkansas campus at the Naval Support Activity Station in Mil-lington, Tennessee.  He also teaches distance courses to stu-dents residing at other locations.  Roy graduated from the OMGT program in 1996 and has been teaching for the OMGT pro-gram for the past 6 years.  Roy recently retired after 25 years at FedEx.  As Vice Presi-dent of Network Computing, he sat on several industry and uni-versity boards and councils. He spent five years on the board of directors for a research consor-tium at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) on arti-ficial intelligence. The consor-tium was called “Things That Think”. Roy’s role was to help steer MIT’s research in artificial intelligence into areas with prac-tical industry applications, such In addition to teaching, he is a        business consultant in the areas of telecommunications, project management and strategic man-agement.   Roy’s lifelong hobby and pas-sion is astronomy.  He has done quite a bit of consulting and served on numerous boards and committees for telescope manu-facturers and astronomical ob-servatories. You can catch him  in his private observatory star-gazing until the early morning hours almost every evening when the skies are clear.    Another one of his hobbies is mountain climbing, and he’s climbed several slopes in Colo-rado, the Cascades (Pacific Northwest), Mexico and South America.  In 2002, along with his son, Tony, he completed the 52 mile Santa Cruz loop in the high Andes above Lima, Peru.  return visit to Peru later this year with his wife to trek along the Inca trail and visit Machu Picchu, the famous “Lost City of the Incas.”   Both son Tony and daughter Lisa are married to medical doc-tors. Roy has no grandchildren yet, but holds out hope. Lisa is completing her doctorate in history this spring at Emory University. Tony is Vice-President of marketing for Alli-ance Health Corp. in Salt Lake City.  Roy and his wife live in Lakeland, Tennessee in a house they built overlooking a 240 acre lake. Roy says that his wife 

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