Tustin, California, United States
As a filmmaker, I create videos for emerging nonprofits. I completed a short documentary on longevity. As a freelance video production manager, I recently completed a project for Beard Boy Productions. I am studying film at Santa Ana College. My curriculum includes classes in video editing, cinematography, acting, and agency film production. Please see: https://stageforward.weebly.com As a Marketing Professor at Cal State Fullerton, College of Business and Economics, I taught both undergraduate and MBA courses. My research areas included marketing education pedagogy and sales. I co-founded and was Director, The Sales Leadership Center; Interim Director, Graduate Programs; instructor in both the MBA Leadership Academy and Gianneschi Summer School for Non-Profits. Concurrently, I was a Senior Advisor with LHH’s International Center for Executive Options. I partnered with executives as they identified and secured their next opportunities. A Certified Career Consultant, I developed and taught job search workshops, facilitated executive networking groups, and published on the use of "job clubs" for professionals. Prior to joining Cal State Fullerton, I worked in corporate marketing. Most recently, I served as VP, Global Marketing, for Novartis' Chiron Blood Testing Division. I also held senior marketing positions with Viasys, ZLB, and Quest Diagnostics. I worked at Baxter International for fifteen years in marketing and technical project management. Specialties: Marketing, sales, education, teaching, career counseling, consulting, international, project management, healthcare, medical products, pharmaceuticals, higher education.
Serve as career advisor/mentor to members of The Women's Leadership Program at CSUF.
As a member of the marketing faculty, I taught both undergraduate and graduate courses including Principles of Marketing, Marketing Management, Market Research, Advertising and Promotion, Sales, Industrial Marketing, and Marketing Strategy.
As an emerging filmmaker, I have completed a short documentary on longevity and videos for two non-profit organizations.
Senior Advisor with LHH’s International Center for Executive Options (ICEO) program which provides customized transition support to C-suite executives. Drawing on my experience as a senior executive, I partnered with the executives as they determined what’s truly important to them, identified potential paths, and secured new opportunities.
Marketing responsibility for Chiron blood testing business unit, a leading supplier of diagnostic products for nucleic acid based blood screening. Launched West Nile virus assay. Member of senior level oversight board with development partner, Gen-Probe.
After starting my career in consumer packaged goods transitioned to healthcare products/services where I held positions of increasing responsibility including Global VP, Marketing, and Director, Technical Project Management.