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W. Stephen Keel

Gary Douglas Gaddy

Matt Meinel

George Everding

 

 

W. Stephen Keel

3900 Milton Highway

Ringgold, VA 24586

434-822-5866

              e-mail: wskeel@gamewood.net

 

CEO, Founder Wel-fi

Founder, Director Help For the Hungry

Owner, Egganic Industries http://henspa.com
Inventor of the "Henspa" a complete coop system designed to hold up to 12 hens. Manager of the Henspa manufacturing business. Owner, Egganic Industries

Bible Teacher in Prisons and over the Radio

Stephen has worked as a volunteer in the prison system since 1974. In 1995 he began teaching on the radio. His broadcast are currently being heard in Les Cayes, Haiti and in 26 Spanish speaking countries. http://aproverbaday.org 

Owner and CEO of National Computer Solutions
A value-added reseller working with hotels, manufactures, banks, hospitals and other corporations providing a total solution for computer systems.  Danville and Ringgold, VA 1990 – to present.

Marketing Director, Stendig Computer Systems
Hotel software developers, Danville, VA .1988-1990Marketing Director, Stendig Computer Systems
Hotel software developers, Danville, VA .1988-1990

Author, Math Mastery- Experiences in Intuitive Mathematics
K-8th grade software curriculum tested  in local Danville schools, 1984-1988

Recipe For Revival 

An 88 page book advocating Christian meetings in home churches

Prison Chaplain, Blanch Prison Unit
Full-time volunteer chaplain in maximum security prison in Blanch, NC, 1984-1988. Retired from prison ministry in 2004 after 30 years of bible teaching in jails and prisons.

Kite Anemometer Specialist, Tala, Inc. (Tethered Aerodynamically Lifting Anemometers)
Kite-anemometer manufacturing company for siting wind generator. Digital, strain gauge, and hand held units were used in 20 countries. 1977-1984.

Owner and Creator, Danville Market Place
A free classified shopper, circulation 18,000. Danville, VA – 1975-1977

Owner and Operator, Danville Lettershop
Offset printing press, Danville, VA – 1974 – 1977

Farrier, Lynchburg, VA – 1973

Private Commercial Pilot, Lynchburg, VA – 1972

Commercial Salmon Fisherman, Sand Point, AK – 1971

Public School Teacher, Saint Paul and Sand Point, AK – 1967-1969

Personal

Married to Nancy Keel for 39+ years, father of 7 children

 

Gary Douglas Gaddy

5921 Treetop Ridge

Durham, NC 27705-8555

(919) 403-9520

              e-mail: garygaddy@mindspring.com

 

 

Formal Education

 

Ph.D. 1984 Mass Communication Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1984
M.A. Communication Studies (Journalism minor), Regent University, Virginia Beach, Va., 1981
B.A. German (Psychology minor), Furman University, Greenville, S.C., 1975

                    

Professional Experience

 

2001 - Founder and director of The Least of These, a non-profit organization developing affordable, alternative housing solutions for the poor
May 2000 Consultant to State Department in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.  Assisted Media Plan, a Bosnian media organization, develop its commercial research capabilities
April 1996 Consultant to State Department in Buea, Cameroon.  Evaluated the curric ulum and programs of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Buea.
1990-2001 Coordinator of Statistical Consulting, Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Supervise consulting staff; consult with faculty and graduate students with problems in statistical analysis, research design, and questionnaire construction.  Guide graduate student thesis and dissertation research.  Specialization in advanced methods, including structural equation modeling, time series designs, and analysis of media content.
1989 - 1990 Publications Coordinator, Institute for Research  in Social Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Managing editor of Social Forces.  Responsible for coordinating the production of the journal.  Implemented computerization of the production process, from acceptance of "electronic manuscripts" to formatting articles using desk-top publis hing technology to printing camera-ready output on a high-resolution printer.
1988 - 1989 Senior Research Associate, Research and Evaluation Associates, Inc.  Responsible for survey instrument design, sampling procedures, data management and analysis.  Wrote and edited reports, insuring correspondence between analysis and conclusions.
1987 - 1988 Research Associate, Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Responsible for coordinating state-wide Carolina Poll including survey instrument design and implementation on computer system, sample construction, interviewer training and data management.  Acted as consultant to University researchers on research design, sampling, questionnaire design and data analysis.
1988, 1990 Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Journalism, University of North Carolina.  Taught graduate seminars in mass communication theory and advanced media research methods, directing advanced graduate students in their research.
1986 - 1987 Project Associate, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin—Madison.  Studied the relationship between order and achievement in the American high school.
1984 - 1987 Research Associate, Mass Communication Research Center, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin—Madison.  Collaborated on studies of communication; consulted with students and faculty on study design and data analysis.
1983 - 1987 Visiting Instructor then Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin—Madison.  Taught courses in research design, evaluation research methods, and mass communication theory and research.  Headed the school's computer technology committee.  Directed graduate student research.
1981 - 1983 Predoctoral Fellow, Bush Institute for Child and Family Policy, University of North Carolina.  Analyzed policy options on the role of TV in educating preschoolers.
1980 - 1983 Research Assistant, School of Journalism, University of North Carolina.  Aided faculty members in their research assisting in study design and data collection, performing data management and analysis.
1982 Data Analyst and Field Supervisor, survey of the six counties in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina for Triangle J Council of Governments.  Trained and supervised interviewers, did data analysis, helped design questionnaire and write final report.

 

Selected Other Work Experience

 

1988 - present Statistical consultant; data analyst.  Major projects: analyses of the front-page content of USA Today in 1989 and 1999 and annual statistical reports for eight-state Region IV of the Headstart Program.
1981 Survey Staff Member, Survey of Pinehurst, North Carolina, directed by Epley Associates.
1975 - 1976 Editor and Circulation Manager, The Market Place, a community shopping guide, Danville, Virginia.  Designed and managed circulation, and later ran publication.
1971 Census Taker, Community Improvement Council, Danville, Virginia.  Worked as an interviewer in a census of the city's poverty areas.

 

Publications

 

Gaddy, Gary D.  (1999).  An Excursion Beyond Method; or, A Refutation of the Cartesian Ipsative Syllogism on Cognition and Being, and The Disquisition of the Truth of the Matter in the Form of an Elementary Existential Epistemology Posited as an Olfactory Algorithm.  Journal of Irreproducible Results Jan./Feb. 44(1):28-29.

 

Elasy, Thomas A. and Gaddy, Gary D.  (1998).  Measuring subjective outcomes — Rethinking reliability and validity.

Journal of General Internal Medicine 13(11):757‑761.

 

Kirk, Julienne K., Dupuis, Robert E., Miles, Michael V., Gaddy, Gary D., Miranda-Massari, Jorge R., and Williams, Dennis M. (1994).  Salivary Theophylline Monitoring: Re-Assessment and Clinical Considerations.  Therapeutic Drug Monitoring 16(1):58‑66.

 

Eribo, Festus, and Gaddy, Gary D.  (1992).  Pravda's Coverage of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident at the Threshold of Glasnost. The Howard Journal of Communications 3(3&4):242-252.

 

Gaddy, Gary D.  (1988).  High School Order and High School Achievement.  American Journal of Education 96(4):496-518.

 

Gaddy, Gary D., and Pritchard, David.  (1986).  Is Religious Knowledge Gained From Broadcasts?  Journalism Quarterly 63(4):840-844.

 

Gaddy, Gary D.  (1986).  Television's Impact on High School Achievement.  Public Opinion Quarterly 50(3):340‑359.

 

Gaddy, Gary D., and Tanjong, Enoh.  (1986).  Earthquake Coverage by the Western Press.  Journal of Communication 36(2):105‑112.

 

Merron, Jeff, and Gaddy, Gary D.  (1986).  Editorial Endorsements:  Bias in Coverage of Ferraro's Finances.  Journalism Quarterly, 63(1):127‑137.

 

Gaddy, Gary D., and Pritchard, David.  (1985).  When Watching TV is like Attending Church.  Journal of Communication, 36(2):105‑112.

 

Gaddy, Gary D.  (1984).  The Power of the Religious Media:  Religious Broadcast Use and the Role of Religious Organizations in Public Affairs.  Review of Religious Research, 25(4):289‑302.

 

Gaddy, Gary D.  (1984).  Some Potential Causes and Consequences of the Use of Religious Broadcasts.  In David G. Bromley and Anson Shupe (eds.), New Christian Politics.  Macon, Georgia:  Mercer University Press.

 

Stevenson, Robert L., and Gaddy, Gary D.  (1984).  "Bad News" and the Third World.  In Robert L. Stevenson and Donald L. Shaw (eds.), Foreign News and the New World Information Order.  Ames, Iowa:  Iowa State University Press.  (Also published in Politics of News: Third World Perspectives.  New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, 1984.)

 

 

Presentations (from research not listed above)

 

Gaddy, Gary D., Merron, Jeff, and Meyer, Philip.  (1991).  What Sells Papers: Single-Copy Sales and the Front Page of USA Today.  Southern Association for Public Opinion Research.

 

Gaddy, Gary D., Merron, Jeff, Zhao, Xinshu, and Pan, Zhongdang.  (1988).  The Threat and the Promise of Television:  The Historical Impact of the Introduction of TV on Basic Skills Achievement.  Southern Association for Public Opinion Research.

 

Eribo, Festus, and Gaddy, Gary D.  (1987).  The Chernobyl Nuclear Accident:  The Implications of Pravda's Coverage for the New Soviet Press Principle of Openness.  International Communication Association Annual Convention.

 

Gaddy, Gary D., and Deith, Brian.  (1986).  The Historical Impact of a New Technology:  The Consequences of Television for the Print Industry.  Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Convention.

 

Tanjong, Enoh, and Gaddy, Gary D.  (1986).  The Agenda‑Setting Function of the International Mass Media:  The Case of Newsweek in Nigeria.  Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Convention.

 

Gaddy, Gary D., and Deith, Brian.  (1985).  Growth, Stability or Decline? Mass Media and the National Economy.  Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Convention.

 

Gaddy, Gary D., and Biocca, Frank.  (1984).  An Analysis of Policy Alternatives for Improving the Educational Effectiveness of Television for Preschool Children.  International Communication Association Annual Convention.

 

Gaddy, Gary D., and Pritchard, David.  (1984).  Vicarious Experience and Social Participation:  The Effects of Religious Broadcasting on Church Attendance.  American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Convention.

 

Gaddy, Gary D.  (1983).  The Impact of Television Viewing on Academic Achievement Among High School Students:  Implications for Policy.  American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Convention.

 

Brown, Jane D., and Gaddy, Gary D.  (1983).  The Impact of Social and Psychological Factors on the Relationship between Televised Sex and Adolescent Sexuality.  Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Convention.

 

 

Other Research

 

Gaddy, Gary D., Hook, Gary, and Meyer, Philip.  (1999).  USA Today: Page One Content and Single-Copy Sales.  Report to USA Today management.

 

Murrelle, Lenn, Sdao-Jarvie, Katherine, Gaddy, Gary D., and Torres de Galvis, Yolanda.  (1992).  Utility of the CAGE Questionnaire to Measure Risk of Alcohol Problems in the General Population:  Case of the Colombian National Household Drug Survey.

 

Orthner, Dennis K., Zimmerman, Laura I., Bowen, Gary L., Gaddy, Gary D. and Bell, D. Bruce .  (1991).  Development of a Measure of Family Adaption to the Army.  Technical Report submitted to the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.

 

Gaddy, Gary D.  (1984).  Television and Scholastic Achievement:  A Study of American High School Students.  Ph.D. dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 

Gaddy, Gary D.  (1983).  An Analysis of Policy Alternatives for Improving the Educational Effectiveness of Television for Preschool Children.  Policy analysis prepared for the Bush Institute for Child and Family Policy, UNC-CH.

 

Gaddy, Gary D.  (1981).  The People in the Electric Church:  A Secondary Analysis of National Survey Data on the Audience of Religious Radio and Television Broadcasts.  M.A. thesis, Regent University.

 

 

Awards and Honors

 

Finalist, Association for Education in Journalism Nafziger-White Dissertation Award, 1985.

Bush Fellowship in Child and Family Policy, 1981 - 1983.

Limited Service Assistantship, Graduate School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1982 - 1983.

Master's degree with distinction, Regent University, 1981.

Outstanding Service Award, School of Journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1981.

Pogue Fellowship, The Graduate School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1980 - 1982.

Academic Scholarship, Regent University, 1978 - 1980.

Bachelor's degree with distinction, Furman University, 1975.

National Merit Scholarship Finalist, 1969.

National Honor Society, 1968.

 

 

Professional Affiliations

2001 -      Founder and director of The Least of These, a non-profit organization developing affordable, alternative housing solutions for the poor

2002 -      Public relations coordinator for Help for the Hungry, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing the world's hungry with the means to feed themselves

 

Civic Affiliations

1998 -    Member of the Community Board for Club Nova, a psycho-social rehabilitation clubhouse for those with severe and  persistent mental illness

1999-     Member of the Board of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill -- Orange County

 

References available on request

 

 

 

 

Matt Meinel

Specialties:

International IT management, Business Development, Investment Banking, Securities Trading Applications, High Speed Messaging, IT Applications Architecture, IT Integration of Acquisitions, Executive Coaching, Software Development

www.29west.com

Financial Information Technology Manager and Business Developer with 20+ years of business focused, leading edge technology experience. CIO level experience at UBS Investment Bank and Red Hat. Founding Co-chair of FPML standard. Board member of Swapswire. Currently building 29West into the premier high speed messaging vendor for the financial vertical.

Global Director of Business Development
In 1984-1986, Matt worked with Mark Mahowald - President and Founder of 29west.com on the team that designed and built the original Reuters Triarch system at Rich/Reuters. Following that, Matt served at the UBS Investment Bank and its predecessor organizations - Swiss Bank Corp and O'Connor & Associates - for more than 15 years, starting as software architect/project leader with O'Connor and rising to CIO-level positions at Swiss Bank Corp. and later within the Fixed Income & Treasury Division of UBS. Matt spent 5 years living and working in London and ran global IT development groups within UBS for more than 10 years. Matt also served on the board of Swapswire.com and helped create FPML, serving as founder co-chair of the Standards Committee. From 2003 until joining 29West in January of 2006, Matt had been providing IT management consulting and coaching to IT companies serving the global banking community like Red Hat. Since joining 29West, in January of 2006, Matt has been driving global strategy to meet the enterprise messaging needs of the top tier banks worldwide.

  • 29West - Global Director of Business Development

    29West Inc.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    March 2006Present (1 year 11 months)

  • Owner

    Matt Meinel & Associates (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 2004February 2006 (1 year 5 months)

    Worked with startups and non-profits - provided executive coaching and IT management consulting.

  • IS/IT Director (part-time)

    Red hat

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHAT; Computer Software industry)

    October 2004May 2005 (8 months)

    Manage global corporate IT/IS team.

  • Managing Director

    UBS

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UBS; Information Technology and Services industry)

    19982002 (4 years)

  • Board Member

    SwapsWire

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)

    20002002 (2 years)

    Acting CIO during initial startup phase of Swapswire.

  • Co-Chair FPML Standards Committee

    FPML.org

    (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

    19992002 (3 years)

    Co-chaired FPML standards committee and executive responsibility for FPML.org

  • MD IT

    UBS (SBC/OC)

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19862002 (16 years)

  • MD

    Swiss Bank Corp/UBS

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19932002 (9 years)

  • MD IT

    UBS Investment Bank

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19992002 (3 years)

  • Executive Director

    Swiss Bank Corp

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19861998 (12 years)

  • MD IT

    SBC Warburg

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19951996 (1 year)

  • Vice President

    O'Connor & Assoc

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19861993 (7 years)

  • VP IT Architecture

    Swiss Bank Corporation/O'Connor

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    19911993 (2 years)

  • VP/Principal

    O'Connor and Associates

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19861990 (4 years)

  • Director Architecture

    Reuters / Rich Inc

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19841986 (2 years)


Matt Meinel’s Education

  • University of Chicago

    MBA, Finance and Statistics, 19851988
    Activities and Societies:
    190 MBA program while working at O'Connor and Associates
  • Rice University

    BA, Computer Science, Linguistics, 19811984

 

 

George Everding

88 Westover Drive

Roxboro, N C 27573

Email: ever1g@aol.com

Education

Southern Illinois University,                                                                                                               1973-1976

Main Township high School South, High School Diploma, Park Ridge IL                                     1969 

Experience

President, Rox Salt Company

Owner restaurant franchises in rural North Carolina, building a state top twenty volume

Store Franchisee role allowed him to function in group advertising and refining

the daily processes.  Roxboro, NC                                                                                                   2001- Present

 

Owner, DLE Inc.

Church Consultant on facility organizational issues. Hoffman Estates IL                                       1994-2000

 

Director of Planning and Development at Willow Creek Community Church

After volunteering in the theatrical productions he joined the staff as the Technical

Producer.  During the early church years he worked to help develop the format for

the Seeker Church as the developer of various unique solutions to a full range of

people, process and facility needs during the rapid growth years.  Director of

Planning and Development at Willow Creek, which included overseeing building

development: needs assessment, plans and permits, contract and construction

oversight for a twenty million dollar project.  South Barrington IL                                                1979-1996

 Chemical Packager

Thermo-Chem., Elk Grove, IL                                                                                                                       1978

 Truck Driver

Runge Paper, Bensenville, IL                                                                                                                        1977

 Dairy Herdsman

Walker Brothers Farms, Vienna, IL                                                                                                              1976

 Emergency Medical Technician

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL                                                                                        1973-1975

 Nursing Assistant

Resurrection Hospital, Chicago IL, IL                                                                                                  1971-1973

 United States Air Force Air National Guard- Medic

Chicago, IL                                                                                                                                                        1971

 Construction Laborer

Everding Concrete Construction, Park Ridge, IL                                                                                 1966-1970


Personal

 Married to Janet Everding for 26+ years, father of 3 children

 

 

 

stephenkeel@reinmex.org                 800 783-6344