BACKGROUND SUMMARY:
Over twenty-five years diversified experience in management, human resources, logistics and training in both domestic and international environments ... more than ten years teaching at a university level in management programs … features in-depth experience in logistics and operations, classroom and informal training, planning, leadership ... includes management, education, and training of groups of up to 250 people, financial management of budgets in excess of $10 MM, accountability for inventories in excess of $60 MM, administration of departments and divisions … Clinical Professor – Business Management … consulting in strategic planning, family business, management and change, organizational development, human resources and logistics. Significant experience includes:
Strategic Planning
Human Resources Management
Five-time Entrepreneur
Small Business Management
Organizational Behavior and Change
Family Business
Compensation Management
International/Cross-cultural Business
Management of People, Programs, and Budgets
WORK EXPERIENCE:
The VMP Group, LLC – 1995-Present
(Formerly The Hendon Firm)
President - Consulting business (13 professionals plus contract associates)
University of Arkansas at Little Rock (F/T 1997-Present) 1997-Present
Clinical Professor in Management
Teaching Fields: Organizational Behavior and Development;
Strategy and Policy; Family Business
Entrepreneurship; Supervision
Human Resources Management;
International Business; Compensation;
Management Information Systems;
University of Central Arkansas (F/T 1995-97, P/T 1994-95 &97-2001) 1994-2001
Instructor in Management
K.B. Wilkey & Co., Investment Holdings 1993-1994
Executive Vice President – Finance and Administration
Independent Consultant – San Diego, CA 1992-1993
Strategy, Finance and Operations Consultant
Cheryl Carnation International; Roadrunner Sports;
Tufruchi Clothing; K.B. Wilkey & Co.
San Diego State University 1991-1992
International Business MBA Program – student
United States Navy 1979-1990
Logistics Manager – multiple positions; multiple locations
USS Sturgeon – SSN 637
CTF 74/CSG 7 – Yokosuka, Japan
NAVSUP OP11B – Washington, DC
USS Ingersoll – DD 990
VAQ 33 – Firebirds
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
• Small Business Institute (SBI)
• Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management (IBAM)
• Allied Academies – Entrepreneurial Executives
Past memberships:
• Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)
• American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)
• American Society of Appraisers (ASA)
EDUCATION:
M.B.A., International Business – San Diego State University 1992
Emphasis areas: International Business and
Organizational Behavior/Development
B.S. Education – University of Central Arkansas 1977
Major: Sociology Minor: Languages, German Studies
OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
American Society of Appraisers
Business Valuation Seminars Levels I, II, III and IV
M.S. in Systems Management Coursework
University of Southern California 1983
Service Schools – U.S. Navy
Navy Supply Corps School 1979 and 1985
(Bachelor’s Degree Equivalent: Logistics Management)
CONSULTING:
• Acxiom Corp. – Leadership Candidate Strategy Training Simulation 2005-2009
• City Year Little Rock – Supervisory Training Program. 2005
• Audio International – Strategic planning and structural analysis. 2002, 2006
• J P Fitness, Little Rock – Location demographics and competitive analysis. 2001
• Interface Healthcare Information Systems – Start-up Structure and Planning services. 1999 – 2000
• City of Little Rock, AR – Analysis of becoming a World Trade Center member city. 1999-2000
SEMINARS & TRAINING:
• 2006 – Arkansas Agricultural Extension Service. Seminar series in supervision
• 2006 – Small Business Institute, Louisville, KY. “How Do Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, and Universities Work Together?”. Bell, J,. Roderick, J. Hendon, J.
• 2006 – The Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management, Memphis, TN. (Invited panel.) “Leveraging Current Resources to Grow an Entrepreneurship Program ”, Bell, J., Hendon, J., Withey, J., and Thomas, D.
• 2003 – Arkansas Association of Government Accountants. Time and Stress Management.
SELECT PUBLICATIONS:
Bell, J., Parker, R. and Hendon, J., “Small Business Advertising: Do They Really Know Their Target Market?”, Entrepreneurial Executive, accepted September 2006.
Bell, J., Roderick, J. Hendon, J. (2006), “How Do Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, and Universities Work Together?”, Small Business Institute, Louisville, KY.
Bell, J., Parker, R., Hendon, J., (2006), “Small Business Advertising: Uses, Motivations and Missteps”, Small Business Institute, Louisville, KY.
Bell, Joseph R., Parker, Richard D., Hendon, John R., (2006). “Entrepreneurial Application of Marketing Communication in Small Business: Survey Results of Small Business Owners”
Stone, Warren S., Hendon John R., Adams, Melissa (2005). “A Closer Look at the Operating Ratio”, Arkansas Trucking Report, Volume 10, Number 2, April 2005, 21-23.
Mitchell, Robert B., Madden, R. Burt, Hendon, John, & Hall, Frank (2001). "Risks of Employee Misuse of Computer-Based Resources in Small Businesses," Proceedings, Decision Sciences Institute conference, 743-745.