Education: Taught courses in Organizational Strategy, Operations Management, General Management, Management Information Systems, System Analysis and Design, Environmental Management Industry: Carlson Companies: Ardan Catalog Showroom Division; Target (Dayton-Hudson) Target Stores; John-Manville: Fesco-Foam Division; The University of Tulsa: Office of Computer Services.

Fouteen years with Reader's Digest as Senior Operations Director. Managed Department with responsiblities in Marketing, Printing, Purchasing, Direct Mail, Logistics. Twenty Five years in several senior management positions at the largest magazine printing company in the USA, known as McCall Printing Co. and later as Dayton Press.(no longer in existence). Served in Air Force for 28 years mostly in reserves. Retired as Colonel. Headed reserve unit to counsel young men and women who had interest in the Air Force Academy.

Alan Frankel has been a Score volunteer for more than five years and received his Score chapter's Exemplary Counselor of the Year award in 2009.

Mr. Frankel is the founder and retired President of Lighthouse Capital Corporation, an equipment leasing company and consultancy to banks, finance companies and manufacturers of financeable equipment. He had a 40-year career in the equipment financing and leasing industry as an entrepreneur and senior executive. He was one of the three founding principals of Copelco Financial Services Group and served in many capacities with the organization, including President and Chief Operating Officer of Copelco Leasing Corporation. During his nineteen years there, the company grew to $3 billion in assets. Subsequently, Mr. Frankel was President and Chief Operating Officer of American Business Leasing Corporation.

Alan Frankel was also a Principal with The Alta Group, the largest international consultancy to banks and equipment leasing companies. He served on the Board of Diorectors of the Equipment Leasing Association and was a member of both its Executive and Finance Committees.

Mr. Frankel has been published extensively on the subject of equipment financing, particularly as it relates to the healthcare industry and for twelve years wrote annual updateing articles on the subkect for World Leasing Yearbook.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) specialist and Internet Marketing consultant. 10 years in search engine optimization, web design, and web development. Experienced in HTML, graphics design, building web sites with MS Expressions/Dreamweaver, CSS, and Adobe products.

Socail Media Consultant.  Provide design and setup, including all graphics as supplied by you for your Facebook, LinkedIN and Twitter business social media pages.

Product design experience for 26 years on electrical controls, portable contractor tools, and metal cutting tools. Designed high volume precision molded plastic parts for switchgear. Designed precision metal stampings and forms for springs and assemblies.  Managed engineering departments from design, prototype, full production design, and launch to production.  Held Director of Engineering and VP Engineering positions for major corporations.

Managed product liability cases for a division of a major corporation.  Worked with legal counsel on developing product warnings, labels, jwritting instruction manuals, and building defense strategies for all products having a potential for injury.

Managed patent processes including working with corporate counsel on the issuance of new design and novelty patents.

As a university professor, my professional experience to date has provided an opportunity to teach, research and consult in the areas of marketing, international business and entrepreneurship. I have taught courses in marketing, international business and entrepreneurship at both the undegraduate and graduate level. As a researcher, I am especially keen to study various aspects of entrepreneurship in our country and internationally. My consulting experiences have led to assignments in multiple industries that include: textiles technology, the food and beverage industry and not-for profit organizations. I enjoy working with entrepreneurs and derive great satisfaction from serving as mentor capital. My consulting work has provided me with the valuable opportunity to work with organizations in India, South Africa and the United States. I enjoy establishing business links that can assist with fundraising and operational services and particularily take interest in offering counsel in marketing strategy. My life's passion lies in enabling opportunities. I derive great joy in seeing organizations form, blossom and flurish.