Full Time Staff
John
W. Childs, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Dr.
Childs' degrees include a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction and
an M.A. in School Administration from Michigan State University. As
Professor of Education at Wayne State University, 1965-1994, he
directed the Instructional Technology Program, served as Interim Dean
of the College of Education, and engaged in extensive research and
development work with the application of technology to instruction in
the business environment. He was named Distinguished Educator of the
Year in 1989. He continues to be extensively involved in advanced
research and evaluation of business and industrial applications for
the latest instructional technologies.
Jack
Keck, M. Ed.
Vice
President – Client Project Services, Northern Michigan Office
Jack
has been involved in the field of communications beginning with his US
Navy service in 1952 to present. Jack experience includes Teacher of
Instructional Technology for Michigan State University and Central
Michigan University, Director of a Regional Education Center, Director
of the PACE Telecommunications Consortium from 1984 through 1998 where
he directed the development of Michigan's first two-way voice and video
television network. Since that time Jack has been consulting on the use
of wireless technology to deliver Broadband services to businesses,
schools and homes. During many years of service he has obtained local,
state and federal funds exceeding eight million dollars. Jack has served
on numerous state and national telecommunications committees, four
Governors Task Force groups and President of Michigan's Regional
Educational Media Center Association and of the National Association of
Regional media Centers. Jack holds a Masters degree in Instructional
Technology from Michigan State University.
Ralph
Bach, MBA, CNE, CCNA
Consultant
/ Project Manager
Ralph
holds a Masters of Business Administration from Lawrence Technological University
as well as BA from the University
of Michigan . He has also been a Novell Certified Netware Engineer since 1996. He
has extensive experience in planning, designing, installing,
implementing, and managing wide area and local area networks with Dearborn
Public Schools and Childs Consulting Associates clients. Ralph has assisted Childs
Consulting Associates clients with a wide range of technologies
including: Voice, video and data structured wiring, Wide area network
(WAN) design, Local area network (LAN) design and Wireless local area
network (WLAN) designs, Enterprise help desk, Enterprise anti
virus, Phone systems, Audio video systems, Analog video systems, Digital
video systems, CCTV security systems, Building access control systems,
and Distance learning classrooms.
Ralph
manages the day to day operations of the CCA Southfield, Michigan
office. These responsibilities include the production of all RFP
documents for our clients, distribution to requesting vendors, pre-bid
meetings and addendums, bid openings, vendor response reviews,
recommendations to the Owners and contract negotiations. He monitors
contract fiscal matters for us on various client projects. He uses his
financial skills to audit submitted vendor applications and certificates
for payment, as well the review, approval and monitoring of change
orders. He currently manages the firm’s web site: www.childs.com.
Ralph
is currently working toward is Project Management Professional (PMP)
certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Douglas
Bevill, Ph.D.
Consultant
Doug plays
a major role in the services we provide to schools. He holds Doctorate
in Instructional Technology from Wayne State University. He has been
involved in designing and managing voice, video, and data projects for
schools, hospitals, and industry. His technical skills and extensive
experience in construction provide built-in performance value to all
phases of school facilities and technical planning.
Charles
Hardin, C.E.
Telecommunications Engineer
Chuck's
extensive experience with national and local fiber optic networks
equips him to design large or small networks for our clients. For many
years, he has had direct responsibility for engineering and
supervising installation of fiber for utilities as well as managing
quality control for fiber transmission for a major national telephone
company.
Colene
Childs, B.A.
Secretary / Treasurer
A co-owner
of the company, Colene has had principal responsibility for many
design and documentation projects. She supervises the technical
aspects of design, development, and production stages of all written
materials. Her communication skills and commitment to excellence, so
vital in the detailed nature of project planning, guarantee the
highest quality for our clients. Her additional responsibilities
include financial supervision of projects with our clients. Her degree
is in English and Journalism from Central Michigan University.
Luba
Melnyczuk, B.A., M.B.A.
Corporate Financial Manager
Luba’s
background in business provides the company with valuable information
and guidance in general operations. Luba's financial knowledge is used
in implementing and coordinating various aspects of finance and
accounting. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of
Michigan and a masters degree in Business Administration with a
specialization in finance from the University of Detroit.
Associates
Debra
S. Gleit, M.S.
Instructional Designer /
Writer
Debra
brings multiple skills to our instructional design / development team.
Her undergraduate degree in Economics and masters degree in
Instructional Systems provide a solid background for writing learning
materials for the banking industry. Her course work for the masters
degree focused on instructional design and computer-assisted
instruction. Fluent in French, she also has a knowledge of Spanish and
Portuguese. She has developed and taught college courses on
instructional media production and designed computer-based instruction
prototypes for the nuclear power industry.
Laurence
Cutler, B.S.
Consultant
Laurence
provides extensive experience with large mainframe computing systems
and with current state-of-the-art design of wide area and local
networks for MS-DOS and Apple environments. He has a bachelor's degree
in Finance and Computing from Michigan State University.
Larry
Shepanek, B.A., M.Ed.
LJS
& Associates
Consultant
Larry has
extensive project planning experience. He formerly served as Director
of Systems Development and Telecommunications for Oakland Schools.
Since forming his own company in 1994, he has provided extensive
technology design services to many educational institutions. He has
served on the board of CTN (a 22 Channel Instructional Television Fix
Service facility), the Michigan Governor’s Telecommunications Task
Force, the MIN Council subcommittee on finance, and other public
planning groups. He also has served as Executive Secretary for the
Information Management Systems Administrators (IMSA). As a consultant
with Childs Consulting Associates, Inc., Larry assists many schools
and libraries in the development of technology plans and applications
for Universal Services Fund (USF) support (E-rate).
Daniel
M. Ferguson, MBA, MSIE
Consultant
From 1987 through 2000 he was Chairman of the
Advanced Strategies Conference for Electronic Commerce and the
Corporate Financial EC Conference as well as publisher of The Journal
of Electronic Commerce. During this same period, Mr. Ferguson was
founder and CEO of The EDI Group, Ltd., a professional services
company which specialized in EDI and Electronic Commerce and conducted
syndicated market research, Electronic Commerce courses and
conferences for Fortune 1000 companies. Previous to forming EDI Group,
Mr. Ferguson was Vice President and Manager of First Chicago Bank’s
Cash Management Consulting Group as well as the bank's research and
development in corporate electronic information and payment products.
An engineering graduate of the University of Notre Dame, he also
earned an MBA in Accounting and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering from
Stanford University. His credentials include teaching accounting and
computer science at the University of Minnesota and teaching
E-Business courses at the Stuart Graduate School of Business at
Illinois Institute of Technology.
Contract
Personnel
Childs
Consulting Associates, Inc. frequently draws from the abundance of
specialized services provided by Detroit metropolitan area contract
personnel. These successful associations have contributed to our
reputation for unique, high quality training materials.
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