Key People


Our customized team approach to providing comprehensive, in-depth, and professional assessment and due diligence services is unique in the consulting and business services industry.  Our knowledgeable and highly qualified people are the key to providing high-quality products and services that meet our clients' requirements in a timely and cost-effective manner.  Our people are the essence of Beta-Rubicon.  These people include:


Managment:

Dr. Carl D. Bowling, P.E., Manager
    B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Electrical Engineering; University of Arkansas

Ms. Victoria R. Coppett Sowder, Administrative Manager
    B.A. English; University of Arkansas

Dr. R. R. (Ron) Goforth, President
    B.S, M.S. Inorganic Chemistry; University of Arkansas
    Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry; University of Alberta

Mr. Bill E. Herring, Senior Projects Manager
    B.S., Computer Systems Engineering; University of Arkansas
    M.S., Engineering; University of Arkansas

Mr. Judd Hollas, Group Manager, Enterprise Underwriting and Monitoring
    B.S. Chemical Engineering; University of Tulsa 

Mr. J. Peter Plunkett, Regional Projects Manager (Texas)
    B.S, Mathematics/Physics, University of Texas El Paso
    M.S., Computing Sciences, Texas A&M University

Dr. Anthony Walters, Regional Projects Manager (Washington D.C.)
    B.A, Mathematics, Northwestern University
    M.S., Engineering Sciences, Northwestern University
    Ph.D., Computer Science, Mathematics, and Quantitative Methods of Business, University of Texas

Mr. Jerry L. Watkins, Vice President, Business Development, CFO
    B.S., Biology; Arkansas State University
    M.B.A. Finance; Washington University, St. Louis

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Subject Matter Experts:

Beta-Rubicon maintains a pool of more than 150 consulting associates whose expertise covers an impressively wide array of technology and business areas.  Our consulting team represents over 3000 years of combined experience in this diverse selection of industries.  Each month we feature a few of our experts in the following section of our web site.  Talk to us about bringing our unrivaled project teams to bear on your assessment or consulting project.

Dr. Roger W. Barton
Affiliation Independent Consultant
Degrees B.S., Physics; Cornell University
M.S., Materials Science; Stanford University
Ph.D., Materials Science; Stanford University
Expertise Materials analysis, materials processing, micromachining, superconductors, display technologies, semiconductors, thin films, optoelectonics, semiconductor device design
Experience     23 years
Dr. C. David Covington
Affiliation Private Consultant
Degrees B.S.E.E.; Rice University, Houston, Texas
M.E.E.,; Rice University, Houston, Texas
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Expertise Digital signal processing, real time control, wireless communications, satellite systems, emulators and simulators, and systems management
Experience 16 years 
Dr. Charles W. Lamb
Affiliation Charles Lamb and Associates, Houston, Texas
Degrees B.S., Ph.D., Chemical Engineering; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville      
Expertise Chemical engineering, hazardous waste incineration, synthetic fuels, plastics, pulp/paper processing, incineration combustion control, emissions testing and control, EPA hazardous waste regulatory technical issues 
Experience 35 years
Dr. Herbert E. Spiegel
Affiliation President and Chief Scientific Officer, Applied Science & Technology Associates
Degrees B.Sc., Chemistry; Brooklyn College
M.Sc., Biochemistry; George Washington University Medical School
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Physiology; Rutgers University
M.B.A.; Fairleigh Dickinson University
Expertise Advance technology business review, small technical business evaluations, grant and protocol review, clinical biochemistry.
Experience 20 years

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Board of Directors: 

Guidelines for our Board of Directors 

Mr. Bill Ackerman
    Treasurer, NWA Community Development Commission

Mr. Richard Bundrick
    President and Owner, CB Homes and Land

Ms. Laurel Donoho
    Principal and Co-founder, VentureRAMP

Dr. Collis Geren
    Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Research, University of Arkansas

Dr. Ron Goforth
    President, Beta-Rubicon, Inc.

Ms. Michelle A. Harrington
    Founding Partner, Harrington, Miller, Neihouse & Kieklak

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Business and Organization Advisors:

Ms. Carol R. Goforth, J.D.
    Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Clayton N. Little Professor of Law, School of Law; University of Arkansas
    B.A., J.D.; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas

When Beta-Rubicon was formed in early 1999 as an LLC a Board of Advisors was established for the Company. When Beta-Rubicon was converted to a C-corporation in 2001 this Board continued to serve in an advisory capacity in parallel with a Board of Directors. The Board of Advisors was formally disbanded in mid-2004. Beta-Rubicon's former Advisory Board Members have been an important part of our company's success.  We acknowledge and highlight these individuals on the page linked above.

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Support Personnel / Staff:

Mr. Mark W. Gieringer
    B.Sc., Administrative Management; University of Arkansas
    M.Sc. in Aerospace Management; Embry Riddle University
    President, StoneRidge Publishing, Inc.

Ms. Miriam Hudson-Courtney
    B.F.A., Memphis College of Arts; Memphis, Tennessee
    Graphic Artist and Owner, Acacia Design & Communications