Chris Roberts, Ph.D.
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

12/89 - present

Diamond Communication Company
Title: Management Consultant
Duties: Management consulting

10/78 - 11/89

U S West Communications (Mountain Bell/Qwest)
Title: Project Manager, Marketing Staff:
New Product Development; Product Management
Duties: Product development of Electronic Messaging:
product mix, marketing mix, distribution channels, billing and
methods/procedures. Duties also included Product Life Cycle
Management for this product and for the 976 Information Delivery
Service
Title: Account Executive
Title: Distributor Consultant
Title: Market Administrator - Voice/Data

03/82 - 02/90

Salt City Travel/Western Travel
Title: Sales Manager - Outside Sales
Duties: Established company with investor Bill Hutchinson;
ensure compliance with
regulatory/certifying agency; coordinating
and directing the internal and outside sales force; selecting and
managing the computer reservation system: System One Direct
Access (SODA - Eastern Airlines); generating personal sales

09/79 - 10/81

Colt Travel Agency Corporation
Title: President/Manager
Duties: Established company with partner Leslie Burket;
operations and financial
management; 2 full time employees
and 3 outside sales agents; generating personal sales

09/72 - 09/80

Holiday Inns, Inc.
-Title: Supervisor, Reservation Center. Memphis, TN.
-Duties: Manage 5 assistants and 70 reservation agents;
co-manage 700 agents
-Title: Supervisor, Reservation Center. Salt Lake City, UT.
-Duties: Manage 200 regular reservation agents and 25 special
service agents
-Title: Evening Manager, Downtown Hotel. Salt Lake City, UT.
-Duties: Front desk operations, night auditor; previously on
management training program: 2-3 months experience in every
Food & Beverage and Front Desk position
-5 years hotel experience; 3 years reservation center experience

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