· American Bankruptcy Institute - member
· Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors - member
· College Instructor's Credential - Business & Real Estate
Instructor Certified through THE TRAIN THE TRAINER program - CCIM Institute
· Taught USPAP, Commercial & Business Appraisals, Financing, Commercial Investment, more than 5,000 classroom hours since 1985.
· Competent Toastmaster (CTM) certificate from Toastmasters International
· B.S. in Industrial Technology/Computer Science, Minor in Business - San Jose State University - 1981
· Control Data Corporation, San Jose, Business Systems Analyst, 1981-1983
· Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Systems Analyst, 1983-1985
· Executive MBA - 1983
. USC, Public enterprise cost/benefit analysis graduate course, 1993
. UCLA Executive Management Program certificate - 1995
· Doctoral Studies, Public Administration, University of La Verne, 1995-1998
. U.S. Army veteran - active duty for 3 years - honorable discharge, 1979