Jim Harris passed away on Tuesday (9-21-99) night from heart failure.
Resume' of:
Jim Harris
11 Shady Lane Drive
Chelsea, OK 74016
Tele: 918-789-5072 Fax: 918-789-2744
Background Summary:
Eighteen years retail management which included responsibility of
directing several multi-million dollar per year budgets
simultaneously. Twenty-four years of both marketing and
merchandising experience. Responsibilities included buying
merchandise, hiring and firing of both salaried and hourly paid
employees, training new employees, and development of training
programs consistent with company needs. Also,
implementation and accounting for budgets, property
acquisition, corporate expansion, and loss prevention.
| White Oak Publishing, Inc. | As President and CEO |
| (Jan.97 to present) | |
| ONPC, Inc. dba New Products Coalition | As Senior Vice President & Founder |
| (Oct. 1995 to Feb. 97) | |
| Marketing and Management Consultant | As Owner |
| (Aug. 1987 to Oct. 1995) |
Worked with small businesses while owning my
own retail store to improve efficiency and reduce overhead
costs. Also advised many entreprenuers on the efficacy of
their innovations, and aided in package design. Sold my
interests in the retail stores in 1994.
| Owner/Operator of Convenience Stores | As Owner |
| (Jul. 1985 to Jul. 1994) |
Owned and operated 12,000 square feet
convenience store with gasoline island in Chelsea, OK.
Sales volume of $4,000,000 per year, operated on pre-tax net
profit of 14%. Also during this time completed my
education.
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | As District Manager |
| (Feb.1971 to Jun. 1985) |
Hired personally by Mr. Sam Walton, my first
responsibility was as store manager in a Ben Franklin Store owned
by Walton in Rolla, MO. Came up through the ranks as a
buyer, store planning and set-up supervisor, buyer of automotive,
sporting goods, and infants apparel, Wal-Mart Store Manager, and
District Manager. Responsibilities included, but were not
limited to: merchandising, real estate acquisition, store
planning, all management functions, advertising and sales
promotions, inventory control, and loss prevention. Last
position held as District Manager in Little Rock, a total
of 13 stores and 1700 employees under my direction, with a sales
volume of over $180 million per year.
| T.G. & Y. Stores Company | As Store Manager |
| (1969 to Feb. 1971) |
General merchandise/variety store
manager. Initial responsibility was as Assistant Manager,
quickly became Co-Manager, then Store Manager. Served in Kansas,
North Carolina, and Atlanta, GA fulfilling management
responsibilities.
| United States Navy | As Hospitalman/Corpsman |
| (Jan. 1967-May 1969) |
Honorable Discharge
| Education: | Kennesaw College (Masters - Industrial Psychology) |
| Northeastern State University (B.S. - Microbiology) | |
| Rogeršs State College (Assoc. of Science-Pre-Med) | |
| Norman High School | |
| Wal-Mart: | RMTS - Management | |
| Director - VPI Program |
Civil and Professional
Accomplishments: Governor's Task Force
for Northern Mississippi for Economic Recovery (1975-76), Rogers
County Election Board (1983-1995), President, Chelsea Chamber of
Commerce, (1984), Have authored and published 15 papers dedicated
to the small and independent inventor, plus spoken to numerous
inventoršs groups and lectured at the University and
Post-Graduate level on the economics of change, technology
transfer. Two-time Speaker at the Yankee Invention
Exposition, Waterbury, CT. Featured VIP speaker at the
Invention Convention, Pasadena, CA, 1997. Currently serve
as Assistant Sysop of the Ideas to Invention Forum for Compuserve
International. Also voted DECA Employer of the Year for the
State of Georgia, 1974. Also speaks at NIW Seminars (ERIP),
to inventor groups upon request, and to colleges and universitys,
returning honorariums to scholarship funds.
Hobbies and Interests: Hunting,
fishing, classical music, guitar, reading, photography, and
research.
Goals: To increase the Gross
Domestic Product of the United States by technology transfer and
recognition of the independent inventor.
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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