Ronald Placone

PHONE

412-268-8312

OFFICE

POS - Posner Hall - Room 236B

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Business Management Communication

EDUCATION

Carnegie Mellon University - Ph D - 2009
University of Indiana, Bloomington - MA - 1979
University of Pittsburgh - BA - 1976

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Managerial and professional communication; Leadership and influencing skills; Team creativity and effectiveness; Workplace civility

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

• Academic Actions Committee, Committee Member, Serve on the committee to review issues with undergraduate academic performance (2016 - )
• Steering Committee for the Accelerate Center, Committee Member (2015 - )
• Undergraduate BAEC, Committee Member, Participate on the committee and serve as a liaison to the communication faculty regarding issues related to the undergraduate curriculum. (2014 - )
• Faculty Lead for the Accelerate Leadership Center, Oversee all aspects of the Communication Studio, participate in Accelerate activities and serve as an advisor to the Accelerate staff (2014 - )
• CMU Hyperloop Team, Faculty Mentor, Provided presentation skills assistance prior to the team''s final presentation
• Staff and Faculty Campaign Committee, Committee Member, Committee member. Attend meetings and volunteer activities. (2009 - 2015)
• Faculty Sub-Committee for Pillar Three of the Strategic Plan, Committee Member, Work with the faculty sub-committee on establishing focus groups for faculty across the university. (2015 - 2015)
• Attendee, Graduation, Attended both the Tepper undergraduate and MBA graduation ceremonies (2015 - 2015)
• Student Event - Participation, I was the faculty host for three hockey games attended by MBA students in March and December, 2013, and October, 2014.
• Co-trainer for Flextime MBA LIW, Helped facilitate parts of the two-day workshop. (2013 - 2013)
• Tier-I Committee, Committee Member, Reviewed materials and participated in the committee meetings for two cases.
• Served as a guide for MBA students in the LIW for 4 days in March, 2013, Served as a guide throughout the multi-day program (2013 - 2013)

CONSULTING

• TeleTracking (September 2015 -)
• PNC Bank--Corporate Communications (December 2015)
• CONSOL Energy (April 2014 - May 2015)
• Carload Express, Inc. (March 2015 - May 2015)
• BNY Mellon (November 2014)
• PNC Bank (November 2014)
• PASFAA (October 2014)
• Carnegie Mellon University--Library Leadership (April 2013 - June 2013)
• Stanford University (May 2013 - May 2013)

COURSES TAUGHT

• Corporate Communications Simulation (45897) 2016 Mini 3 Section: A
  2013 Mini 6 Section: E
  2013 Mini 4 Section: A

• Management Presentations (45790) 2016 Mini 3 Section: L, N
  2014 Mini 2 Section: D, G, K, S, T
  2013 Mini 2 Section: A, P
  2012 Mini 1 Section: G, K, S

• Business Prsntations (70345) 2015 Section: B

• Interpersonal Communications (45791) 2015 Mini 1 Section: J, N
  2014 Mini 1 Section: G, L, T, V
  2013 Mini 1 Section: B, C, J, Q, R, U
  2012 Mini 2 Section: J, K, S, U

• Writing For Managers (45792) 2015 Mini 6 Section: F, G, M

• BUSINESS PRSNTATIONS (70345) 2015 Section: B
  2014 Section: C, A, B
  2013 Section: B, C, D

• Writing for Managers (45792) 2015 Mini 3 Section: N, O
  2014 Mini 3 Section: G, J
  2013 Mini 6 Section: F, G
  2013 Mini 3 Section: A, B