Norman Fraley

Norman Fraley

Mebane, North Carolina, United States
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Niels Bohr is often credited with sharing the old Danish proverb, "Prediction is very…

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Experience

  • Juul Labs Graphic

    Juul Labs

    Durham, North Carolina, United States

  • -

    Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Education

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Project manager

    NutrAfrica

    - Present 16 years 6 months

    Guidance and direction for project implementation.

  • Project Liaison

    Exeter University

    - Present 9 years 3 months

    Education

    Supported and sponsored the BioSmart Initiative, a biochar project executed in Ethiopia for the Enactus competition. The Biosmart Initiative won the prestigious 2015 Unilever 'Made by You' competition, a national award which recognizes social enterprises who effectively and sustainably recycle locally available materials.

Publications

  • Indigenous Efforts to Address Food Security

    World Food Systems Conference - ETH-zurich

    Imagine the food demands within one of the world's fastest growing economies. Couple this demand with limited access to education, technology and expertise within a framework of high bureaucracy, poverty and unemployment. Population and GDP throughout Africa are currently rising at substantial rates. As both increase, the demand for food as well as the demand for higher qualities and more variety, rises. At the same time, much of the fertile land in Africa is un-utilized or underutilized…

    Imagine the food demands within one of the world's fastest growing economies. Couple this demand with limited access to education, technology and expertise within a framework of high bureaucracy, poverty and unemployment. Population and GDP throughout Africa are currently rising at substantial rates. As both increase, the demand for food as well as the demand for higher qualities and more variety, rises. At the same time, much of the fertile land in Africa is un-utilized or underutilized because of subsistence farming with little to no agricultural inputs. Additionally, what production is available for resale is inefficiently processed, moved and marketed.

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  • “Structured Program Learning Adapted to Distance Learning.”

    Journal of Chemical Education Conference

    Presented methodology to incorporate programmed instruction with e-learning technology for laboratory skills instruction.

  • “Contract Employment -- A viable career option?”

    RF Globalnet Online

    Examined critical aspects of long-term contract and temporary employment for scientists.

  • “Why Science Apprenticeships Won't Work”

    Semiconductor Online Magazine

    Unique aspects of incorporating a scientific skill set make the traditional apprenticeship model inadequate to create scientists.

  • “Performance Evaluation of a Solid-state Detector for Hydrazine, Mono-methyl Hydrazine and Unsymmetrical Di-methyl Hydrazine”

    NASA

    Sensor evaluation report for a novel solid state chemical sensor.

Courses

  • Buying Facilitation

    Morgen Facilitations

  • Deming Quality Management

    -

  • Project Management

    Keller Graduate School

Projects

  • Southside Food Forest

    Urban permaculture converting vacant lot into local agriculture and education center.

    Other creators

  • Ethiopian Telecommunications Business Process Re-engineering

    12 months overseas, as part of a 7 member US consulting team through PTE International, worked directly with the government Ministries and the Prime Minister to modernize and improve the state-owned telecom company. The team directed 150 Ethiopian nationals over a 12 month period to bring 21st century processes and technologies to the company. I was responsible for the human resource component, ranging from recruitment and hiring practices to benefits and training. Specific effort was required…

    12 months overseas, as part of a 7 member US consulting team through PTE International, worked directly with the government Ministries and the Prime Minister to modernize and improve the state-owned telecom company. The team directed 150 Ethiopian nationals over a 12 month period to bring 21st century processes and technologies to the company. I was responsible for the human resource component, ranging from recruitment and hiring practices to benefits and training. Specific effort was required to integrate cultural beliefs with Western business practices which resulted in a successful re-engineering within two years.

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Honors & Awards

  • Superlative Service Award x 3

    Eurofins

    For client service exceeding expectations.

  • Foreign Service Specialist

    US Dept. of State

    Accepted onto selection list for the role of Foreign Service Specialist with the US Dept. of State. Passed security clearance process. Not selected before listing time expired.

  • Devoted Promotion of Research in Science Award

    Sigma Xi

    In recognition of a five year research project in shale oil chemistry.

  • Innovative Earth & Space Science Award

    US Air Force

    Comparative characterization of silicate shales.

  • Innovative Research Award

    US Dept. of Energy

    Oil Shale recovery

  • Invited speaker "e-Learning en la Industria Farmacéutica"​ Conference

    Instituto de Formación Contínua - Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, SPAIN Pharmaceutical industry conference on advanced education options.

  • Member "Think Tank Conference on Distance Learning"​

    International Rice Research Institute - CGIAR

    Manila, Philippines - Honored as the sole representative from industry for assessing viability of on-line learning to deliver agricultural education to SE Asian farmers.

  • Outstanding Research Award

    US Army

    Microwave fluoride digestion process

  • Statistical Process Control Award

    Deming TQM

    Optimization of control charting process.

Test Scores

  • Secret Security Clearance

    Score: PASSED

    Passed security clearance process for Foreign Service Specialist - US Department of State - Foreign Service Division

  • Formal Axiology

    Score: PASSED

    The science of formal axiology, developed by Robert S. Hartman, provides rational answers to many of our questions about human values. Our values are the keys to our personalities, to self-knowledge, and to understanding others. The Hartman Value Profile is an axiological inventory that measures a person’s capacity to make value judgments about the world and one’s self.

  • Insurance License

    Score: PASS

    Illinois Life and Health Insurance License

Languages

  • English

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Organizations

  • Society for Organizational Learning

    Member

    - Present

  • Human Capital Institute

    Member

    - Present

  • ACS

    -

    - Present

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