Tel. 503-227-0422,
Fax 503-227-3104, E-mail sjolin@teleport.com
ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
RESPONSIBILITIES, EXPERIENCE
COMMUNICATIONS
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING.February,
1981 to the present.Owner
and sole principal of MuniCom.
·Assisting
Cities and Counties planning, negotiating and administering cable communications
franchises in many States, including
·Conducting information
seminars, brainstorming, performing organizational analysis, doing feasibility
studies and carrying out other work to identify communications needs and
goals for organizations, and evaluate potential uses of communications
technologies, including cable, satellite, telephone, audio and video production.
·Conducting
financial and management planning for local government emergency communications
and other agencies.
·Teaching
the course "Cable Television in the Cities" in the Urban Studies graduate
program at
PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION AND POLITICS.1975?1981.Director
of
·Planning
and directing the City of Portland's cable communications franchising process,
including preparing RFP, draft ordinance and evaluation procedure, designing
regulatory process, staffing citizens' committee, evaluating cable industry
proposals, holding public hearings, coordinating political process, negotiating
franchise agreement.
·Administering
·Planning
and coordinating development of City-owned, closed-circuit cable system.
·Planning,
system design and project management for development of Portland/Multnomah
County Emergency Medical Services system.
·Planning
for Portland/Multnomah County 911 emergency telephone system.
·Serving
as management liaison with Portland Fire Bureau, Public Works Department, other
agencies.Writing speeches, assisting
in drafting various city legislation.
BUSINESS
AND FINANCE.Intermittently,
1961 to 1987.
·1983-1987--Principal
and President of corporation raising capital for start-up and developing
businesses.Raising capital and/or
serving as principal in variety ofbusinesses??including
energy, electronics, agriculture, timber.Major
projects included raising funds for drilling more than 200 oil and gas
wells in
·Performing
financial analysis, long?range planning, market analysis, marketing, business
plan preparation, return?on?investment analysis, both for own and for client
businesses, and authoring articles for the Financial Services Times.
·Serving
as partner, broker and manager in real estate development firm 1961?1964:Negotiating
real estate sales;Producing
promotional and advertising literature.Producing
television commercials.
COLLEGE
AND UNIVERSITY TEACHING.1969
to Present.Assistant
Professor at University of Portland (full?time 1969?1975), Instructor and
Adjunct Professor at Portland Community College (part?time 1973?present)
and Portland State University (part?time 1984?1985) in Oregon.
·Teaching
courses in Critical Thinking, Public Finance, Cable Television, Philosophy,
Political Thought.
·Researching,
writing, publishing.
DEGREES,
STUDIES, HONORS, BOARDS, MEMBERSHIPS
·Earning
Ph.D. (1970) and M.A. (1967) degrees, Philosophy,
B.
A. (1963), English, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin.
·Winning
Fulbright Grant for study at
·Studies
in Public Administration, Lewis and