Associate Professor of Business Communications, Operations, and Marketing

Office Phone: 724-847-6881
cesonger@geneva.edu

Disciplines/Field of Instruction

• Business Marketing
• Management
• Market Research
• International Business
• Business Management
• Business Communication
• Operations Management
• Management of Information Systems
• Entrepreneurship

Degrees Received

• Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma
• Master of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University
• Significant progress toward Master of Information Systems Management, Carnegie Mellon University

Courses Taught

• Business Communications
• Principle of Marketing
• Entrepreneurship

Selected Presentations/Publications

• Process Reengineering articles for Deloitte Consulting (1995 – 1998)
• Numerous reengineering and supply chain management conferences including multiple speeches at APICS and Supply Chain World (1998 – 2002)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Allegheny County Association of Municipal and School Solicitors
• ComputerWorld: Supply Chain Makeovers (2000)
• e-Business: The Strategic Impact on Supply Chain & Logistics by Michael J. Bauer (2001)
• IndustryWeek: Leadership In Manufacturing (2002)
• B2C: Evaluating Global Web Sites & Developing a New Internet Strategy, DUX Conference in San Francisco, (2005)
• Procure to Pay Best Practices, conference speaker in San Francisco (2006)
• Speaker at 2009 & 2010 Executive Pastor International Conferences
• Several presentations on “Maximizing Your Leadership Potential” in the Pittsburgh & Detroit Metro areas (2010 – 2015)
• Several presentations on “Emotional Intelligence & Relationship Management” in the Pittsburgh & Detroit Metro areas (2010 – 2015)
• Several presentations on “Vocational Selection, Career Planning, and Job Transition Management” in the Pittsburgh & Detroit Metro areas (2010 – 2015)
• Several presentations on “Decision Making, Priority & Time Management” in the Pittsburgh & Detroit Metro areas (2012 – 2015)
• Several presentations on “Growth Strategies for Entrepreneurs” in the Pittsburgh & Detroit Metro areas (2012 – 2015)
• Several presentations on “Transitioning from the Corporate World to Entrepreneurship” in the Pittsburgh & Detroit Metro areas (2012 – 2015)
• Several presentations on “Conflict & Stress Management” in the Pittsburgh & Detroit Metro areas (2014 – 2015)

Current Projects

• Geneva College Online MBA
• Managing Truth@Life Coaching & Consulting

Research interests and consulting expertise

• Marketing Small Businesses
• Growth Strategies for Entrepreneurs
• Making Transformation Permanent
• Leadership & Emotional Intelligence

Awards Received

• Computerworld’s Reengineering Team of the Year (1995)
• Deloitte Consulting’s 1996 Leading Reengineering Practitioner of the Year

Professional Society Memberships

Past

• Supply Chain Council, Automotive SIG Chairman
• American Management Association
• Association of Professional Management Consultants
• American Production and Inventory Control Society
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• Institute of Industrial Engineers
• Institute of Managerial Accountants

Present

• International Federations of Coaches
• Christian Coaching Network
• Kingdom Driven Entrepreneurs

Work Experience

• AT&T Technologies, Industrial Engineer
• Cooper Industries, Advanced Manufacturing Engineer
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Hon Industries, Engineering & Manufacturing Plant Management
• IBM Consulting, Senior Consultant
• Deloitte Consulting, Senior Manager
• General Motors Corporation, General Director of Reengineering
• BOK Financial, Senior Vice President of Reengineering
• BNY Mellon, Managing Director of Strategy &Operations
• New Community Church, Executive Pastor
• Truth@Life Coaching & Consulting, Owner & Founding Principal

Miscellaneous, e.g., hobbies, sports, personal info, etc.

• Played high school football
• Coached NFL Flag Football for 18 years (one state championship, two nationally ranked teams)
• Reading about Leadership styles and the autobiographies of great leaders
• Attending and serving at Grace Community Church
• Husband of over 33 years
• Father of six children, all homeschooled & college athletes (swimming & basketball)