ROBERT S. OWEN
1722 Hill Circle
Reading, PA 19607
phone: 610-777-4373
email: rso3@psu.edu

www.personal.psu.edu/rso3

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EDUCATION

   * Ph.D., Marketing/Logistics, Ohio State University, 1992
   * M.A., Management, Central Michigan University, 1981
   * B.A., Management, Park College, 1979 (Cum Laude)
   * A.A., Instrumentation Electronics, Com. Col. of the Air Force, 1978


PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

   * Certified Electronics Technician (CET, #OH-450)


ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

   * Assistant Professor of Marketing, Penn State University, Berks, 
     Reading, PA. 1999-pres. 
        o Teach undergraduate courses in Personal Selling and in
          Project Management. 

   * Assistant Professor of Marketing, State University of New York 
     at Oswego, Oswego, NY. 1994-1999.
        o Teach graduate and undergraduate courses in Business Research,
          Sales Management, Marketing Management, Consumer Behavior, and
          Marketing Principles.

   * Assistant Professor of Marketing, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg,
     PA. 1992-94.
        o Teach graduate and undergraduate courses in Marketing 
          Management, Consumer Behavior, and Marketing Principles.

   * Graduate Teaching Associate, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
     1987-92.
        o Teach undergraduate courses in Marketing Management, Sales
          Management, Marketing Principles, and Cases in Managerial
          Marketing (capstone).

   * Graduate Research Associate, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
     1987-92.
        o Assist professors with research design and statistical analysis.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

   * Electronics Technician, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 
     1981-87. Behavioral Sciences Laboratory, Department of Psychology.
        o Maintain and schedule research facility for campus clients.
          Design and construct video, audio, and computer research
          facilities and equipment. Design and fabricate electronic
          controller and interface equipment at component level. 
          Write real-time computer driver and interface programs at 
          machine language level. Set up experiments, collect data, 
          and perform statistical analyses.

   * Sales Agent, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Columbus, 
     OH.  1980-81.
        o Sell life insurance and related products while completing
          graduate degree.

   * Metrologist, United States Air Force, Rickenbacker AFB, OH. 1976-80.
        o Repair and calibrate precision measurement equipment traceable
          to what is now the National Institute for Science and 
          Technology (NIST).  Honor Graduate of the USAF School of 
          Metrology, Lowry AFB, CO (9 mo.). Metrology is the science 
          of measurement. 


Full vita with publication abstracts can be found on the World Wide Web at
                   www.personal.psu.edu/rso3/vita/