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Henry Roger Feeser

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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Henry R. Feeser was born January 8, 1939 in Springfield, Ohio. His experience includes twenty-five years service with the United States Navy (Commander, USN (Retired)), where he served in combatant surface ships, offshore and in-country Vietnam, in combat systems, electronic and ship procurement, and shipbuilding. He is currently receiving disabiltiy from the VA for Agent Orange exposure. His business experience spans over forty years in various phases of the truck manufacturing, building construction, electronic, weapons, shipbuilding, and computer/computer-related consulting industries. He has been directly responsible for the startup of four companies, and a angel to the funding of a fifth. He taught at the university level (Strategic Management and Marketing) for over five years prior to entering the consulting business; both graduate and under graduate students always evaluated his teaching skills as superior. His current business is YABI.biz, a LLC supporting Purdue student entrepreneurs. 

Entrepreneurship-Related Experience

-Provided consulting services to the Indiana Commission on Agriculture and Rural Development resulting in a 10 year strategic plan (Lt Governor chaired)

• -Market and competitive analysis of over-the-counter ice cream in the Anderson, IN area for an entrepreneur
• -Naming and branding of a new seed corn line (Fielder's Choice) including supporting marketing materials
• -Positioning and initial manufacturing of a line of popcorn poppers (Felknor International) [Now branded "Whirlypoppers®"]
• -Analysis of medical uninsured in Indiana including focus groups and formal presentation results to Indiana governor task force
• -Blank-sheet startup of professional landscape company Indianapolis area
• -Blank-sheet startup of gardening center Fishers area
• -Advisor/mentor to startup Bio-Tech company Lafayette area
• -Blank-sheet startup of antique company Lafayette area
• -Installation and maintainence of computer information systems for family real estate appraisal company
• -Upgrade and maintainence of computer information systems for family trucking and construction company
• -Installation, upgrade and training computer information systems very large farming/hog operation
• -Strategic Plan for Indianapolis-based saw mill manufacturing company (Wood-Mizer)
• -Angel for blank-sheet startup of logging/excavation company Seattle area
• -Advisor to take-over owner of limestone quarry including family succession (current)
• -Team engineer  Porsche racing team, including running Rolex 24 Hours 2004
• -Advisor/mentor blank-sheet startup Porsche/Mercedes repair/service business Avon, Indiana
• -Owner/founder computer engineering firm 
• -Owner/founder YABI.biz, LLC to support pre-startup Purdue student-based efforts (current)
• -Lecturer & Executive Coordinator Purdue University Entrepreneurship Certificate Program (current)
• -Angel to www.esposure.com and mentor (current)
• -Mentor to Unstoppable Learning, a game-based remedial learning system to improve ISTEP scores (current)
• -Mentor and angel to MissionMatchUp.com (Current)
• -Mentor and angel to MarathonConnection.com (Current)
• -Investor in and on Advisory Board of Sports Visual Innovations, Inc. (Currently prestartup phase)
• -Current or former students placed 1,3 & 5 in 2008 Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Contest
• -Former students placed 1&2 in 2008 Purdue Elevator Pitch contest

BROAD EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Purdue University - Lecturer and Executive Coordinator Entrepreneurship Certificate Program (Jan 2006-present)

Owner (2006-present) YABI.biz, LLC

Owner (1990 - 2006) Rapid Computer Systems

Executive Vice President/Vice President- Profound Consulting Indianapolis (1992-1998)

Faculty Butler University- MBA Strategy/Marketing, Business Policy, Int'l Mktng (1986-1992)

Purdue University PhD Program (1983-1987)

United States Navy (1958-1982)

EDUCATION

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Doctor of Philosophy (Strategic Management, minor marketing)  (1987)
Bachelor of Science (with distinction)/Master of Science Electrical Engineering  (1965)

Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA

Master of Science in Management (1974)

PUBLICATIONS (Over 30 including:)

Willard, Gary E., David A. Krueger & Henry R. Feeser. "In order to grow, must the founder go: A comparison of performance between founder and non-founder managed high-growth manufacturing firms." Journal of Business Venturing, 1992, vol. 7, issue 3,  181-194

 Willard, Gary E., Henry R. Feeser & David A. Krueger. " Why Founders Leave Rapidly Growing Firms." FRONTIERS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH 1991 Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference

Smilor, R. and H. Feeser. "Chaos and the entrepreneurial process." Journal of Business Venturing. 1991 165-172

Willard, Gary E., H enry R. Feeser & David A. Krueger. "In Order to Grow Must the Founder Go? An Empirical Test of Conventional Wisdom." FRONTIERS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH 1990 Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference

Feeser, H. & G. Willard  "Founding Strategy and Performance: A Comparison of High and Low Growth High Tech Firms." Strategic management Journal. 1990 87-98.

Feeser, Henry & Kathleen Watson Dugan. "Entrepreneurial Motivation: A Comparison of High and Low Growth High Tech Founders" in Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, MA: Babson, 1989.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Dugan, Kathleen Watson, Henry R. Feeser, & Gerhard R. Plaschka. " A Comparison of Personality Characteristics Between Women Entrepreneurs and Corporate Businesswomen."  United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference Proceedings, Fifth Annual National Conference, Orlando, Florida, October, 1990.

Feeser, Henry R. & Kathleen Watson Dugan. "Entrepreneurship, Glasnot, and Perestroika in the Soviet Union: A Pravda-Based Perspective." Proceedings of the International Council for Small Business, 35th Annual World Conference, Washington, D.C., June 1990

Dugan, Kathleen Watson, Karol A. Davis, & Henry R. Feeser. "Corporate Communication Bias in Annual Reports: An Attribution-Based Analysis."  Academy of Management National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 1989

AWARDS

1988 receiptent Heizer Award Certificate of Distinction for dissertation, Incubators, Entrepreneurs, Strategy and Performance: A Comparison of High and Low Growth High Tech Firms, Purdue University.

CURRENT COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• -Advisory Council member Greater Lafayette Small Business Development Center
• -Executive Committee, Board, Purdue NROTC Alumni Association
• -Provide occasional support to Camp Cullom (Clinton County Foundation for Youth)
• -Provide computer system and support for Mulberry Methodist Church Wee Blessings (pre-school children)