Ronald Davis:  

Life Ron Davis has over thirty-six years of leadership experience, with a long career in the Telecommunications Industry, numerous civic roles and now a new career in Public Health. His career spans assignments in Customer Services, Call Center Management, Sales & Marketing, Corporate Network Security, Regional Training Administration, and Human Resources. He received his B. S. in Personnel Management from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and a MBA from Mississippi College. He has successfully completed numerous specialized executive development programs, including: 1985 - Penn State University Executive Management Program; 1989 - Penn State University Executive Management Program Update: "The Global Business Enterprise"; 1992 ¿ the One-Year Brookings Institution "Congressional Fellows Program"; 1995 - Columbia University Senior Executive Program; and 1999 - Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Advanced HR Certificate Program. After enjoying a six year retirement from the telecommunications industry, Ron reentered the workforce in September, 2007 after much coaxing from friends and colleagues. This time around, he decided to join the rest of his immediate family in the healthcare field. His focus now is not in maximizing profits, defining strategies to win market share or effectively merging once competing companies. But rather, today he is using his cumulative body of knowledge and skills to help revitalize the Mississippi State Department of Health and to help its employees successfully battle the myriad health issues confronting the citizens of our state. Career Highlights: In May 1998, Ron was appointed the Human Resources Director - for the North America Sales Region for Lucent Technologies' Service Provider Network Group, Parsippany, NJ. He led the team of human resources professionals supporting Lucent's most prolific sales organization which produced sales of over $21Billion annually. He supervised the delivery of the full array of Human Resources support functions for the division¿s President and the organization¿s five corporate officers, and twenty-seven executives. He served as the senior consultant to the organization¿s leadership team on all strategic and operational issues related to human resources. Ron was responsible for planning and executing the Human Resources components of Lucent¿s aggressive Strategy for Growth in North America, focusing on the strategic influences of human resource plans and decisions on key business imperatives. He moved to perform a similar role for Lucent Worldwide Services in April 2001. On July 14, 2001, Ron was one of 8500 Lucent employees to accept a voluntary early retirement enhancement offer. Prior to moving back into HR, Ron was Managing Sales Director, Lucent Technologies - Government Solutions and Network Systems, Greensboro, NC. In that role, he led and managed, with Profit & Loss accountability, the Federal Government and Private Network Exchange Customer Market Units (CMU). The CMUs were responsible for sales, system configurations, pricing, ordering, bid and proposal preparation, technical consultation, and technical customer presentations on the total complement of Network Systems products and services. He consistently led his team to over achievements and improved profitability. He was a member of the Network System Sales Achievers Club from 1994 - 1998. In 1992, Ron was named a Brookings Institution Congressional Fellow, in the United States Senate, Washington, D. C... This was a one-year fellowship for high potential middle managers interested in learning, firsthand, about the linkage between government and business. The year's experiences included participating in domestic and international seminars, and conferences s...Expand for more