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Michael Kerr
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Part Time Instructor, Business Management
B. Sc. in Chemistry, Simon Fraser University
MBA, Athabasca University
Office: Prince George Campus
Teaching and Learning Building,
Part-time Instructor Office
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National Research Council Canada
Government of Canada
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Biographic Information
Teaching and Research Interests · Courses Taught
Michael Kerr completed his degree in Chemistry at SFU in 1990, after which he spent 5 years in Pheromone
Research and Development in
Vancouver.
He moved to
Prince George
in 1995 when his wife was transferred here and he spent a short time as a transit
driver before restarting his career as a Chemist for FMC, a fortune 500 company
in the hydrogen peroxide industry. For the next 2 years, in a
collaborative research and development project with Princeton University, Michael researched and implemented an on line, real time,
chemical analysis system in Prince George which was later used in the Bayport Texas
plant.
In 1997, Michael started with the National Research Council (NRC) as an Industrial Technology Advisor for
northern BC. While with the NRC he completed his MBA at
Athabasca
University. An expert in operations and technology management, a large part of his job at the NRC is
turning ideas into viable businesses. In this capacity he has
worked
with over one thousand proprietors and small companies, three of which have been ranked
as the fastest growing 100 companies in
Canada by Profit Magazine and four of which, over the last 5 years, have achieved Profit
Magazines top 200 fastest growing Canadian firms. Notably, one of his successes took an
idea a lawyer had and turned it into a viable business that is now listed on the TSX.
In addition to his teaching part-time with UNBC, Michael is an Advisor to the BC Chamber of Commerce,
Past President of the Prince George Chamber of Commerce and a committee member of
the BC Chamber Policy Development Committee on municipal taxation.
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Teaching and Research Interests
Michael is a proponent of bio-energy and supports the development
of several of the local pellet plants and in changing the mindset of wood waste
as an energy source. He headed the
first International Bio-energy Conference and Technical Program, managing to
link the conference to Forest Expo. This conference has now grown to a 220
delegate meeting.
Michael is the Chair for the 2010 International Bio-energy Conference and Trade Show in Prince George.
Michael
was a presenter at the 14th European Biomass Conference in
Paris talking about the
pine beetle and opportunities for Canadian bio-energy to meet European demands for
energy. As a result of interest from this event, he was asked to speak
in
North Dakota
on the Canadian bio-energy market and research and development advances needed to meet market
demand.
Michael
brings relevant, real world examples to the courses he teaches at UNBC making it fun to learn while gaining
practical knowledge.
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Courses Taught
COMM 251 - Introduction to Management Science (Decision Management - Linear
Programming)
COMM 302 - Entrepreneurship
COMM 350 - Production and Operations Management
COMM 351 - Management Information Systems
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University of Northern British Columbia
3333 University Way, Prince George, BC, Canada, V2N 4Z9 | |
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