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Warren Kuehner
                 Cox Associates: Superior Business Decisions through Better Data Analysis

 

Education                    Special Skills                    Honors and Activities                  Publications

WORK EXPERIENCE

Director of Applied Computing 1999-Present
The Women's College, The University of Denver, Denver, CO

Directed a new and innovative program within The Women's College intended to prepare women for a career in the application of computer technology to the solution of information systems challenges.

Consultant in Business Planning and Analysis 1995-Present

Designed and implemented Business and Network Planning Models for the Telecommunications Industry. Trained the models in order to ensure that technology is transferred and value received. Clients include several major telecommunications companies.

Planned, managed and completed a project to determine the feasibility of building a multimedia communications network in Indonesia. Directed a project team of disparate skills. Wrote and edited the final report and presented the results to the client company’s board of directors as well as to the local telecommunications company management.

Adjunct Professor 1995-Present
The University of Denver, Denver, CO

Masters of Business Administration Program

Taught Courses in Database Management Systems and Information Technology Management

University College

Developed materials and taught in a special program presented to telecommunications engineers of SK Telecom from Korea. Topics included new wireless telecommunications technologies.

Volunteer English Teacher, Eastern Europe -- Education for Democracy Program, Slovakia 1994

Taught high school level English to Slovak and Hungarian speaking students in two locations. Started a business education program with Junior Achievement.

Director of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development 1991-1993
U S WEST Spectrum Enterprises International, Englewood, Colorado

Responsible for planning and business development in the team that created, from the ground up, an international cellular telephone division and founded the first cellular telephone companies in Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Russia. Created processes to identify, hire and train people from a pool not typically familiar with "free market" business. Consulted with U S WEST expatriate and local national managers on the effective organization of these startup businesses.

Developed courses on basics of the cellular telephone business, business planning, selling and marketing and taught them to employees of U S WEST's ventures in Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Russia. The courses were transferred, translated and continue to be taught.

Successfully structured a business culture that is an adaptable blend of Western business practices and East European and Russian traditions.

All of these startup businesses are enjoying success and growth in uncertain markets.

Member of the Technical Staff (Research Scientist) 1990-1991
U S WEST Advanced Technologies, Boulder, Colorado

Key contributor in the Mathematical Modeling Group. Evaluated new products and services. Developed techniques and software systems to improve decision making and business operations in U S WEST operating organizations.

Solutions resulted in significant market growth, cost savings and performance improvements for U S WEST.

Department Chair and Member of the Faculty 1982-1990
Department of Computer Information Systems and Management Science
Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado

Planned new curriculum and courses, hired faculty and managed the budget.

Founded a "Business Advisory Group". Implemented significant changes in the department direction based on the input of this group.

Developed several new course offerings in evolving technologies, including the application of UNIX and C to business information systems. Taught courses in programming, systems and database design and information systems management with consistently high evaluations from peers and students.

Consultant, Business and Information Systems Analysis 1982-1990

Clients included Financial Services and Telecommunications Firms. Designed, specified, implemented and information systems.

Vice President of Product Development 1979-1982
Information Resources Company, Englewood, Colorado

Managed the product development, R & D and customer support organizations. Member of the Board of Directors and the senior management team.

Created, from the ground up, product design and customer support organizations for a startup software development company. These groups packaged and documented the company's product, made it reliable and provided consistent, high quality assistance to customers. Company merged with Hewlett-Packard.

Systems Engineering Manager and Systems Engineer 1976-1979
Hewlett-Packard Company, Englewood, CO

Managed 15 systems engineers in 6 offices. Developed and taught training seminars to the professionals on customer support. Consulted with Hewlett-Packard clients on solutions to business problems.

Officer United States Air Force 1968-1976

Assignments included:

Exchange Scientist in the Federal Republic of Germany

Program Manager, Space and Missile Systems Organization.

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EDUCATION

University of Colorado, Boulder
Master of Science Degree in Computer Science 1990

Defense Language Institute, Monterey 1972

Certificate in German Language Proficiency

University of Oklahoma, 1968
Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering

University of Oklahoma 1966
Bachelor of Science
in Mathematics

SPECIAL SKILLS

Languages:                   Fluent in German, some knowledge of Spanish and French.

Programming Languages:     C, C++, Visual Basic, Pascal, Fortran, and Basic

Databases:                    Access, Oracle and SQL, Paradox, HP Image.

Operating environments:  UNIX, Windows, MS-DOS, Macintosh, HP3000/MPE, and VAX/VMS

Software Packages:          Excel and Quattro Pro Spreadsheets, I-Think Simulation Modeling Software, @RISK and Crystal Ball Risk Analysis Software, Microsoft Word

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HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

Patent Application for U S WEST in 1990.

Named Outstanding Systems Engineer by Hewlett-Packard in 1977.

Named USAF Space and Missile Systems Junior officer of the Quarter, 1972. Received U S Air Force Commendation Medal twice.

Chosen one of four USAF Scientist Exchange Officers to Germany in 1971.

Member of the Association for Computing Machinery and the IEEE Computing Society.

Volunteer with Youth for Understanding, international exchange organization and Habitat for Humanity and Samaritan House.

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PUBLICATIONS

"Heuristic Least-Cost Computation of Discrete Classification Functions with Uncertain Argument Values", with L.A.Cox, et. al., Annals of Operations Research, 21, (1989).

"Planning for Optimal Expansion of Leased Line Communication Networks", with S. H. Parrish, et. al., Annals of Operations Research, 36, (1992)

"Optimal Expansion of Fiber Optic Telecommunications Networks in Metropolitan Areas", with L. A. Cox, et.al., Interfaces, 23, 2, 35-48, March-April, 1993.

"Dynamic Hierarchical Packing of Wireless Switches using a Seed, Repair and Replace Genetic Algorithm", with Lawrence Davis, et. al., Journal of Heuristics, 3, 187-205, (1997)

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