BUSINESS
This book defines the basics of success-oriented management for every manager and business owner. The desired outcome is for readers to increase their success in their professional and their personal lives.
The primary objectives are to streamline the management process, aid in avoiding the pitfalls that cause legal and human resource issues, and guide managers in the successful development and management of cohesive teams focused on success. In the large corporate and small business restructuring I have undertaken, the content of this book was invaluable and helped expedite the return-to-success process.
The Practices and Strategies present within are the stepping stones to Management Success and allow business owners, executive, managers and staff to understand the basics of developing sound and success-oriented organizations.
The content of this book helps eliminate extended periods of trial and error.
Read this book, absorb and apply its content. Build strong and committed teams, and swiftly achieve success for your team and yourself.
For detailed information visit: http://www.successfulmanagement101.com
The second edition of this book is in progress and is expected to be available in mid-2025.
"Successful Management 101" is available on Amazon.com (search under Author's name), or by contacting me personally.
"SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT 101, THE MANAGER'S MANUAL"
RAYMOND CANNEFAX PERSONAL INFORMATION
My Mentors:
Having spent most of my professional life helping people achieve their goals, I thank those who contributed so much to my personal and professional success, Sammy Freeman. Ginny Mageras, Adnan Khashoggi, Jim Mitchell, Lon Stalsberg, and the numerous others who provided guidance.
My grandmother, Maria Happach, with whom I spent my formative years, was most inspirational. From her I learned that "anything is possible" and that "you reap no more than you sow." My great-grandfather. Ludwig Krippner, a Bavarian to the core, taught me about work & life balance: "Too much of anything will make you crazy." My surrogate father, Joseph Wagner, taught me that life is for living and impossibilities can be overcome.
Mr. James Gillis, a civilian director at White Sands Missile Range, taught me that success was "a process of never-ending trials until the desired results were achieved." We created accurate missile trajectories in the mid-70's.
Dr. Carl Inoway, University of Utah and founder of ASSIST, Inc., inspired me to dig deep in my research, understanding that "the answers will eventually surface if you just keep digging." He was correct.
Mr. Adnan Khashoggi taught me that "One can never dream too big". Adnan helped me understand that the world is often not as it seems, and to "listen intently to the words that are not spoken." Mr. Khashoggi awarded me my first executive position, Vice President and Gen Mgr. of Triad Center Systems Corporation. Adnan Khashoggi has remained a lifelong inspiration.
Mr. Sammy Freeman educated me to success-oriented management strategies and tactics during my tenure at Sprint. Much of the content of my first book was learned from Sammy Freeman and Vic Koppang when restructuring Sprint Communications' failing West Region. Sammy also taught me: "Always be the best-dressed person in the room." Sammy was the most influential individual in both, my business and life successes and remains a dear friend.
RAYMOND CANNEFAX
PROFILE
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Numerous years of successful, “C” level competencies.
Numerous years of successful, “C” level competencies. •Expert in managerial talent acquisition, organizational development, management, turn-around operations
Expert in managerial talent acquisition, organizational development, management, turn-around operations •Succeeded at taking four start-ups from inception to profitability, to acquisition
Succeeded at taking four start-ups from inception to profitability, to acquisition •Business Consultant proficient in corporate restructuring, strategic growth analysis and business management services
Business Consultant proficient in corporate restructuring, strategic growth analysis and business management services•Successful Global Product Distribution Channel development and growth – Asia, E.U., Middle East, Australia
Successful Global Product Distribution Channel development and growth – Asia, E.U., Middle East, Australia•Successful at organizational turn-around; increasing revenue, reducing expenditures and streamlining manufacture and delivery
Successful at organizational turn-around; increasing revenue, reducing expenditures and streamlining manufacture and delivery•Proven turn-around success with Fortune 100 corporations, small public corporations, and private ventures
Proven turn-around success with Fortune 100 corporations, small public corporations, and private ventures •Negotiated manufacturing contracts in Asia and Europe for ophthalmic and electronic industries
Negotiated manufacturing contracts in Asia and Europe for ophthalmic and electronic industries•Raised venture capital for start-up ventures as well as for operating companies requiring capital infusion
Raised venture capital for start-up ventures as well as for operating companies requiring capital infusion•Authored “Successful Management 101, The Manager’s Manual”, www.successfulmanagement101.com. "Successful Business Management".
Authored “Successful Management 101, The Manager’s Manual”, www.successfulmanagement101.com. "Successful Business Management".•Delivered profitability focused, Success Action Workshops and trained corporate management on its implementation
Delivered profitability focused, Success Action Workshops and trained corporate management on its implementationPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EDUCATOR, Licensed:
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH - Anthropology - January 2023 - Present
GRANITE SCHOOL DISTRICT - Secondary Ed - 2016 - Present
GRAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT - Secondary Ed - August 2020 - June 2021
Secondary Education - Licensed, USBE. MTSS Administrative Program implementation.
PARADIGM MEDICAL INDUSTRIES, INC. – January 2003 - November 2008
PRESIDENT & CEO
ESCALON MEDICAL – May 2005 - January 2006
VICE PRESIDENT - ASIA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
ROLLING THUNDER MOTORCYCLES, LLC - May 1999 - Sept. 2001
Founder / Owner / Operator
APOLLO TELECOM, INC. – July 1993 - November 1999
FOUNDER, PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION – September 1986 - July 1993
SENIOR REGIONAL DIRECTOR
TRIAD MANAGEMENT CORP. – January 1984 – August 1986
VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER - TRIAD CENTER SYSTEMS CORP
A.T.& T. – February 1979 – January 1984
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE AND TECHNICAL CONSULTANT
AUTHOR – ongoing
'Successful Business Management', 2011 - Available on Amazon
'Successful Management 101, The Manager’s Manual' -Available on Amazon.
'Tales of Love & Hate' - Select Poetry& Prose , 2024
'Bad Timing' - 1983.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH - Cum Laude. Psychology and Zoology. Graduate studies in Secondary Education and Certification.
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY - GeneralvEd - Biology and Archaeology.
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – Cambridge Learning Center for Corporate Education.
COMMUNITY
Trustee – Mark Eaton’s Standing Tall for Youth Foundation – 1994 – 2004
City & Community Council – Holladay/Cottonwood Community Council – 1992 – 1994
CONTACT RAYMOND CANNEFAX:
801-541-0468
R_CANNEFAX@MSN.COM
SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT 101
The Book that assures managerial and entrepreneurial success in today's highly competitive business environment.
2nd Edition available Mid-2025
Available on Amazon.com
PERSONAL BUSINESS DATA
Successful Corporate Executive
Educator - Collegiate, Secondary Ed.
Team Building Specialist
William Esrey: During the build-out of the Sprint Telecommunications fiber-optics network, Bill taught us to "NEVER ACCEPT NO" as the answer to telecommunications network developmeny, a taks that resulted in America's first national fiber-optic telecommunications network. That advice was adhered to when I founded and operated Apollo Telecom, Inc.
There are many others who contributed immensely, and I thank them for all I learned and the success their advice helped me achieve. Life's lessons never cease to provide inspiration.
CAREER SUMMARY:
As my CV indicates, the industries of my business engagement are diverse and fulfilling.
Following rewarding career experiences in the corporate world, I moved to entrepreneurial endeavors where I founded and acquired a number of ventures, and where I refined my organizational rebuilding skills to help 'failing entities' rebuild and succeed in commerce.
Teaching and educating our youth, along with writing and photography will be my final ventures. I resist managerial temptation, but It is hard to shed entrepreneur attitudes and behaviors. In 2017 I retired from retirement and returned to my original career of teaching secondary students. For the Grand County School District, I implemented the Multi-Tiered System of Success Program under the direction of GCMS Principal, Mrs. Cari Caylor. In 2023 I began instructing at the University of Utah, teaching a course on the early Anasazi settlements of Hovenweep.
In addition to the business world, my personal accomplishments include competitively running 10K and Marathon races, bicycles racing, and automobile racing with SCCA, VARA and IMSA racing licenses.
On the right-brain side, I am the author of: "Successful Management 101". A book of poetry and prose, "Love & Hate", I scheduled for mid-2025 release. Works in progress include: "Successful Business Leadership," and updating my first book for a 2nd edition The lost manuscript of my first book, "Bad Timing", which I completed in 1983 and packed into a trunk in 1985. Found in July 2018, in the sealed box with a polite rejection letter from Hammermill Publishing.
