Joseph B Thurman Jr

Current

Principal Consultant at SUPERB, Inc.

Past

Owner at AllForChrist Ministries, Inc.
Senior Consultant at Primary Consulting Services

Education

Andrews University
Andrews University
Andrews University

Colegio Adv. de Sagunto, Spain
Blue Mountain Academy

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Joseph B Thurman Jr’s Summary

If you are looking for leadership and expertise for your business or departmental needs, look no further than Joseph B. Thurman Jr. With years of educational and professional experience, he is uniquely qualified to organize, develop, and implement innovative technical and business strategies for any size or type of business.

For start-up and small businesses, he can design and execute plans that make them reach maximum growth in short periods of time. Using his skills and knowledge, he can develop Human Resource management models, sales and marketing strategies, and IT solutions to spark the rapid progress of emerging companies.

For large businesses, he can devise and apply new tactics that will foster untapped growth. He has a proven track record for planning and managing the execution of major business system initiatives.

Once Joseph has coordinated and implemented strategies, he engages his qualified training capabilities to help make the transition easy for all managers and employees. He is adept at designing and conducting training programs that stimulate learner interest and lead to swift mastery of complex systems.

Joseph is highly recognized as a team builder. He uses his natural and trained communication skills to promote teamwork in every business that he functions as a consultant. Team building is imperative to the success of every business and he takes the initiative to ensure that every company he works for has the proper skills and morale for productive, efficient, and cooperative teamwork.
His masterful communication skills are also used for delivering winning presentations to project stakeholders. He has a proven track record for positive persuasion.

He has one priority when he works as a consultant—your success. His fresh ideas and ground-breaking techniques are unbeaten. He is highly skilled, trained, and knowledgeable. He is dedicated, professional, and communicative a qualified Business Consultant.

Joseph B Thurman Jr’s Specialties:

Project Management, Business Process Re-Engineering, Senior Business Analyst, Business Process and Financial Services Consultant, Quickbooks Pro Advisor, Salesforce.com Referral Partner

Joseph B Thurman Jr’s Experience

Principal Consultant

SUPERB, Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)

May 1991 — Present (18 years 3 months)

Business Analyst responsible for taking ideas from conception to application.

Project Management including business process strategy and development.Comprehensive database management and migration strategies.

Instruction on document and process management utilizing such tools as Adobe LiveCycle products.

Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development.

Clients have included:
Financial Services - Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, FX Applications, JP Morgan Chase
Medical/Pharmaceuticals - University Hospital, Emergency Medical Systems, Bristol Myers Squibb
Faith Based - Yours, Ours, Mine Community Center
Insurance - Mutual Benefit Life
Print Media - Bill Communications
Owner

AllForChrist Ministries, Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)

July 2000 — June 2005 (5 years)

Created firm to provide administrative, secretarial and customer service functions to faith-based organizations.

Directed sales and marketing efforts implementing state of the art systems such as real time CRM applications, virtual workspaces and VOIP telephone network.

Supervised and provided concept input for the creation of corporate website, strategy, exhibit shows, quarterly newsletter.

Involved with Investment Advisor for funding and making presentation to potential investors.

Responsible for idea, concept, implementation including financials, budgeting, human resources, facilities management, meeting planning.
Senior Consultant

Primary Consulting Services

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

1988 — 1991 (3 years)

Developed multi-currency internationally implemented system for tracking funds and Foreign Exchange exposure.

Responsible for increased sales with current clients and prospecting for new clients to the firm increasing gross income by 20%

Joseph B Thurman Jr’s Education

Andrews University

Masters of Business Administration , General Management , June 1985 — August 1987
Andrews University

Bachelor of Science , Computers - Information Science , September 1982 — August 1985

Activities and Societies:

President - Computer Science Club
Andrews University

Bachelor of Arts , Spanish , September 1982 — June 1985
Colegio Adv. de Sagunto, Spain

Spanish September 1981 — June 1982

Year Abroad Study included tour of Spain, Portugal, North Africa and Southern France
Blue Mountain Academy

1978 — 1981