Q. What advice do you have for folks aspiring to your type of career?
A. Successful managers should never put their people in "agency mode." That's when you direct people so much, they stop thinking independently. They act like an agent, not like a principal in control of things. People taking initiative need to be encouraged to take risk, not criticized for failure.
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Step by step
2003-present: Chief operating officer and chief financial officer, Affy Tapple LLC, Niles
2002-03: Managing director, Reese McMahon LLC, Chicago
1989-present: Board member, Signa Group Inc., Ludington, Mich.
1989-02: Vice president of finance, CKD-Createc Corp., Schaumburg
1986-89: Vice president of finance, Angus Petroleum Corp., Lakewood, Colo.
1982-86: Treasurer/finance director, Angus Petrotech, Golden, Colo.
1981-82: Manager, business analysis, International Minerals & Chemical, Northbrook
1981: Master of business administration degree, University of Chicago
1978-81: Financial analyst, International Minerals & Chemical, Mundelein
1977: Bachelor of science degree in computer systems engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
1975-78: Programmer-analyst, International Minerals & Chemical, Mundelein
1974-75: Part-time computer operator, Revere Electric Supply, Chicago
1973: Part-time freight handler, JJ Roche & Co., Chicago
1972: Part-time warehouse worker, A&P Grocery Warehouse, Chicago
1970-71: Part-time car hiker, Circle Chevrolet, Chicago
1969-70: Part-time fountain engineer, Purple Cow, Chicago
1968: Part-time musician, "The Nautical Mile," Chicago
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