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About Dr. McFarland
Ph.D., University of Florida, Gainesville, Business Administration,
Management (1988)
MBA, University of Colorado, Boulder, Finance Emphasis (1972)
BSCE, University of Colorado, Boulder, Civil Engineering (1968)
Master’s Level courses in Civil Engineering, University of Alaska
(1976-1980)
2000 to present:
The Arrochar Company, Jacksonville, FL.
Working with an entrepreneur
to create a real estate development company.
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Interactively formulated multi-state strategic
plan and presentation for the company’s first organizational meeting.
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Wrote comprehensive business plan and submitted
it to the lending institution.
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Created the organization’s design and established
long-range structure of the firm.
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Provide general guidance on development, site and
building plans.
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Future work to include creating a marketing
strategy, financial management strategy, human resource and cultural strategy,
and to provide general management development and training. Advise owner on
organizational behavioral issues and conduct management development.
1985 to 2000,
Department Chairman, BBA Program, Associate, Assistant, Visiting and Adjunct
Professor of Management, South University, Savannah, GA.; Jacksonville
University, FL; University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC; University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL
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Taught 15 business courses, advised 125 students,
recruited, hired and supervised faculty; coordinated with administrators, and
participated in South University’s College's Executive Council. Reported to
the Vice President of Academic Affairs. The department grew from an initial
enrollment of 23 students to 125 and the first baccalaureate class of this
century-old institution graduated in June 1999.
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Provided leadership from the BBA program's
accreditation by SACS. This included setting academic standards, establishing
high expectations of student performance, acting as a role model for
professional behavior of faculty, and working to create a new culture.
Surveyed top administrators to determine goals and objectives for the College,
developed forecasts for growth in students and determined the resultant
faculty and facilities needs.
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Taught graduate and undergraduate courses
including organizational behavior, strategic management and business policy,
organizational theory, principles of management and human resource
management. Served on various College and University committees, including
the Faculty subcommittee for SACS reaccredidation and the MBA curriculum
committee.
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Conducted research on management activities of
professional engineering organizations. Worked with fund raising and
scholarship review teams.
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Ph.D. dissertation on "Correlates of Peak
Performance", found that individual peak performances are preceded by high
self-efficacy, are concurrent with a goal of doing better than the
competition, and result in high levels of satisfaction.
1972-1984, Various
Engineering Positions: Senior, Project, Civil, Sales, Real Estate and Assistant
Engineer, Assistant National Sales Manager. Acres American Consulting
Engineers, Buffalo, NY; James Leffel and Company, Springfield, OH, State of
Alaska, RCA Alascom, Tectonics, Inc. and CM&H Consulting Engineers, Anchorage,
AK
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Engineering planning, design, and specification
writing for hydroelectric, airport, water and sewer, pipeline, communication,
and structural projects, construction supervision for civil works, engineering
input for sales proposals, assistance in strategic marketing planning,
development of site plans and acquiring national, state, and local permits for
construction, prepared field and office reports, conducted technical field
research, and completed market information collection, interpretation, and
application.
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Work was almost always in multidiscipline
professional teams, requiring leadership, communication, decision-making,
conflict management, and team development skills. Projects ranged in value
from a few thousand to a billion dollars.
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Unique projects included a reverse osmosis water
supply plant, thermoelectric power generation plant, sewer collection
utilidors in permafrost, bush landing strips on frozen tundra, and swimming
pools in the Arctic. Managed multiple, isolated work teams in severe
conditions requiring ingenious logistical solutions, coordination over
hundreds of miles, and under extreme conditions including black clouds of
mosquitoes, indeterminate delays, and wind chill factors down to –125oF.
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Worked with computer consultant to develop CPM/PERT
software in 1974 that created a realistic schedule and budget estimate for a
multimillion-dollar project of nearly two years duration at a dozen different
sites that was (with the effort of an excellent project manager and
construction crew) completed on time and within 1% of the budget.
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Conducted field research on ice and wind loads in
Southeast Alaska that set the most demanding design specifications for
communication structures in the industry to that time (wind loads of 180 mph
with 2 feet of ice loading). Worked, in various capacities, on over 75
hydroelectric design, installation, and equipment projects for North and South
America and Africa.
1968-1970: Lieutenant, Platoon Leader, Battalion Supply Officer, Division
Construction Materials Officer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ft. Carson, CO and
RVN
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Led combat and construction platoons in the
completion of numerous missions and supervised logistics, supply, and
maintenance activities. Six personal medals.
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Completed a combat critical project in half of
the scheduled time after the previous officer had been relieved of command for
failure to make progress, earned the v device.
Professional and Personal
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Member of the Academy of Management, Southern
Management Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, and Beta Gamma
Sigma business honorary. Registered Professional Civil Engineer in the State
of Alaska
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"Leadership ACEs" working title of book in
progress. “Managing Performance of Engineers”, Journal of Management in
Engineering, v10, 1994. "Correlates of Peak Performance", Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Florida. “Survey of Managerial Actions”, 1991,
presented at the National Convention of the American Society of Civil
Engineers in Orlando, FL; “Survey of A/E/P Management Practices”, 1993
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Extensive understanding of behavior of
individuals and organizations. Original framework for the analysis of
organizational entities and their members, excellent business plans and
insightful strategic plans, thorough and comprehensive analysis of current
company conditions. Superb communication skills. Knowledgeable in the full
range of business activities.
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