Adult Degree Evening Program

Profile

John has been in business management, primarily in the field of legal administration, for more than 30 years.  He has worked in capacities ranging from Chief of Operations of a multi-office law firm to Human Resource Manager of a single office in a national law firm.

He is presently with the national law firm of Bowman and Brooke LLP as Office Manager of their Los Angeles office. In this role, John manages the day-to-day operations of the office, including managing the non-lawyer staff, human resources, finance and facilities.

He has also operated his own business as a consultant to small businesses, working with them primarily in the areas of human resources and finance.

Prior to entering the world of business, John worked in broadcast journalism as a producer, anchor and field reporter.

John has been teaching at CLU in the ADEP and MBA programs since 2006.

Education

John earned his MBA at Pepperdine University.

He received his B.A. in Political Science from UCLA.

Expertise

John's primary areas of expertise are in human resource management and behavioral organization. This includes special knowledge in the areas of:

• employment law,
• employee relations,
• motivation,
• ethics,
• job analysis,
• training and development,
• performance management,
• compensation and benefits planning,
• team building,
• leadership,
• human resource strategic planning,
• organizational culture, and
• organizational structure