Smothermon, Charles
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
Management
ACADEMIC SCHOOL
School of Business
TITLES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Lecturer, Management
CONTACT
Office Phone: (716) 375-2305
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OFFICE
Swan Business Center 204D
COURSES TAUGHT
- BLX 210. Business Law I
- BUS 299. Business Communication
ACADEMIC DEGREES
- J.D., University of North Dakota School of Law
- M.Ed., Curriculum and Instruction, Montana State University
- B.A., History, Angelo State University
OTHER EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
- Finlandia University, International School of Business, Assistant Professor of Management
- Aero Metals, Inc., Vice President, Corporate Development; Responsibilities:
- Supplier contract and terms negotiation, review, and revision. Supply agreements with global aerospace, defense, marine, and industrial tool and hardware firms
- Legal, environmental, health and safety compliance and reporting
- Sales and marketing department
- Strategic CRM, including quoting, customer and product short- and long-term profitability, strategic management of customer base
- Identifying and addressing critical manufacturing shop floor process constraints, targeted continuous improvement activities utilizing relevant data and principles of lean manufacturing
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Competitiveness, growth and succession
- Oak Harbor High School, Oak Harbor, Washington, Creative Writing and Theater Teacher:
- Director and coach for theater productions and competitions, Poetry Out Loud, National Shakespeare Competition
- Poetic Achievement Honor School
- Sheridan High School, Sheridan, Montana, English Teacher
- Editorial and Corporate Communications, Independent practitioner:
- Advertising, editorial and corporate clients included Better Homes and Gardens/Meredith Corporation, Kemin Industries/Kemin Health Europe, National Center for Appropriate Technology, Publix Supermarkets
- Monthly wine columnist for Relish magazine
- Meredith Corporation/Better Homes and Gardens books, Food Editor
- Cuisine magazine, Associate Editor
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TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS/PROJECTS
My personal interests include bicycling, cross-country skiing, kayaking, fly fishing, and listening to live and recorded classical music and opera.
PERSONAL INTERESTS/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
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