Dr. Alan Wark
Associate Professor
Contact Information
Fort Hays State University
Sias University Campus
Email: adwark@fhsu.edu
Education
- Doctorate in Leadership, Appalachian State University, USA
- Master of Public Administration, Appalachian State University, USA
Biography
Dr. Alan Wark is an Associate Professor with the Robbins College of Business and Entrepreneurship. His teaching, at Zhengzhou Sias University partnership school in China, includes both finance and management skill courses. He has a Doctorate in Leadership and a Master of Public Administration from Appalachian State University. The focus of his Academia is on Change Leadership, and the impact of leadership on strategic planning that results in increase company performance. His career includes over eight years of university instruction in Asia and North America.
As a former Project Management Institute (PMI) Regional Educational Provider (R.E.P) trainer and International Aviation Transport Association (IATA) seminar trainer, he has extensive executive consulting experience in strategic planning and project management for leading organizations in Asia. These organizations include such industry leaders as Heineken, Samsung, Panasonic, Archetype Group and Japanese Tobacco International, as well as DHL.
Dr. Alan’s earlier career experiences includes six years as a project manager in rotary aviation. Plus, ten years construction project management for several publicly traded land development entities. He has served as Executive Director of Leadership Development Centers in both Asia and North America, which provided executive and management consulting to over 1,000 individuals annually. The rural Smoky Mountains of Appalachia is where he resides.