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David Ford

Retired Cintas Exec. 2002. Now Full time Professor at University of Alabama in the Management and Marketing Department. Business Owner and Consultant.

Headline: Educator
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Industries: Education, Food and Drink, Lifestyle, Retail, Travel
Skills: Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Public speaking, Recruitment
Groups: Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education: Open, The University of Alabama Entrepreneurship Club
Visas: All approved by US State Dept.
Interested in: Career advice, Consulting opportunities, Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities

FULL BIO

David is currently a full time Clinical Instructor at The University of Alabama in the Management and Marketing Department. He is the Director of AlabamaREAL and, The Sam Walton Fellow and SIFE [Students In Free Enterprise], sponsor. David was an Adjunct Professor at U of A from 1997-2002. He has taught upper division classes in Leadership, Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship and International Business Administration, along with Introduction to Marketing. In 2001 he was recognized with the Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Member Award. David retired in 2002, after 21 years, from Cintas Corp. a NASDAQ traded company. He has worked with community organizations as a leadership trainer and volunteer. He has, or is, currently serving on the boards of Theatre Tuscaloosa, Alabama Public Radio, The Chamber of Commerce, Forerunners, Leadership Tuscaloosa and Tuscaloosa’s Sister City Commission. David is working to help develop an Entrepreneurship Center of Excellence in Alabama. [UA was recently named one of the top 20 Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Universities by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneurship Magazine] His current interests revolve around obtaining stakeholder support through systems of organizational justice and trust based on a foundation of ethical behavior of the organization.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: The University of Alabama
Position: Clinical Instructor
Description: David is currently a full time Clinical Instructor at The University of Alabama in the Management and Marketing Department. He is the Director of AlabamaREAL and the Hess Retailing Institute and, The Sam Walton Fellow and SIFE [Students In Free Enterprise], sponsor.

David is working to help develop an Entrepreneurship Center of Excellence in Alabama. [UA was recently named one of the top 20 Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Universities by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneurship Magazine] His current interests revolve around obtaining stakeholder support through systems of organizational justice and trust based on a foundation of ethical behavior of the organization.

Employer: The University of Alabama
Position: Adjunct Professor
Time period: December 1996 - November 2002
Description: David was an Adjunct Professor at U of A from 1997-2002. He has taught upper division classes in Leadership, Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship and International Business Administration, along with Introduction to Marketing. In 2001 he was recognized with the Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Member Award.

Employer: Cintas Corp.
Position: Work Experience
Time period: December 1980 - November 2002
Description: David retired in 2002, after 21 years, from Cintas Corp. a NASDAQ traded company.

INFORMATION

Memberships: He has worked with community organizations as a leadership trainer and volunteer. He has, or is, currently serving on the boards of Theatre Tuscaloosa, Alabama Public Radio, The Chamber of Commerce, Forerunners, Leadership Tuscaloosa and Tuscaloosa’s Sister City Commission.

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  • Cathy Ashmore

    My passion is expanding the entrepreneurial spirit through support of educational experiences at all levels of our educational system....K-16 and Adult. Join us for National Entrepreneurship Week Movement and bring the message to all nationwide.