Creston Shields, Ph.D

Curriculum Vitae

SUMMARY OF TEACHING QUALIFICATIONS Experienced college professor with demonstrated success in teaching, speaking and business management at various levels, including classroom instruction and leading national seminars. Early experience includes teaching instructors how to instruct, serving as an academic and flight instructor in the USAF pilot training program and a military training instructor. As a combat pilot in Vietnam, taught other pilots while flying in actual combat conditions. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1998 Certified Golf Teaching Professional by U.S. Golf Teachers Federation 1996 - 1997 Instructor - Extraordinary School of Golf; and Private Instruction 1980 - 1996 Teacher/Instructor Conduct seminars in various aspects of business and performance related subjects to real estate, business, and professional groups throughout the nation. Guest instructor each semester at the U.S. Air Force Academy. 1989 Adjunct Professor for University of Colorado, Mathematics for Business Majors 1985-1996 Team Builder for The Shields Corporation. Inspired the forty-two company agents to increase their production to a level that caused the company to be number one in production per agent. 1975 - 1980 Consultant to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Washington, D.C. 1975 - 1980 Director of Personnel, Department of Mathematics United States Air Force Academy 1970 - 1980 Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics United States Air Force Academy Taught courses in Calculus, Advanced Calculus, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Probability and Statistics, Basic Algebra, Matrix Algebra, Topology BUSINESS EXPERIENCE 1997 - 1999 Real Estate Broker, Carmel, California 1985 - 1996 President-CEO The Shields Corporation, Colorado Springs, Colorado - Real estate brokerage firm with 70 employees/agents, annual sales of over 180 million. 1981 - 1985 Real Estate Broker, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1980 - 1981 President, Excalibur Research Corporation EDUCATION Ph.D. - Operations Research, Arizona State University Master of Applied Mathematics, North Carolina State University B.S. Military Science, United States Air Force Academy GOLF EXPERIENCE 2000 USGA handicap - 6.4 2000 Currently pursuing graduate work in psychology with research emphasis in golf performance psychology 1998 Volunteer Golf Coach - Monterey Peninsula Boys and Girls Club Team 1997-1999 Member Carmel Valley Ranch golf team. Team made the final four of the Northern California Golf Association championship. Won all but one personal match play matches for the year 1998 1998 Senior Club Champion Carmel Valley Ranch, California 1997 Senior Club Champion Carmel Valley Ranch, California 1975-1980 U. S. Air Force Academy Mathematics Department Golf Team Captain

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