Stephen J. Conway
A former logger, corporate executive, educator, who now prefers to be called a writer and archeologist.
Some thoughts to live by:
"I think that the Truth is if you play too safe, nothing happens...."
Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi
"Nothing's impossible except pulling gloves on over mittens."
An Old Logger
"Tell the truth when you can, and when you can't don't tell a lie."
Bill Moyer
PROFILE
Distinguished professional background as a Fortune 500 executive, writer and educator. Highly focused and project-oriented; effectively combines strong communication, planning and organizational abilities with creative design and writing skills. Welcomes new ideas and technology. Pioneered a highly successful human resource intervention that resulted in significant performance improvements. M.S. in Anthropology, Harvard Advanced Management Program, Bachelor of Business Administration.
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Executive- Manager
Successfully implemented a human resource intervention plan in five manufacturing locations that resulted in operating earnings growth of 38.4% compound rate; margin increase from 7.7% to 30%; and Division ROI multiplying approximately five times - 6.4% to 28.4%.
Developed first corporate environmental strategy and Northeast Region manufacturing strategy. Created and executed resource allocation model which generated first year savings of $12.5 million and second year savings of $8 million.
Author
 Timber Cutting Practices. Miller Freeman Publications, San Francisco, 1965.
Logging Practices. Miller Freeman Publications, San Francisco, 1975.
High, Low, Joker, and the Game. Xlibris Publishing, Philadelphia, 2000.
Luck, God, and a Good Woman. 1st Books Library, Bloomington, IN, 2002.
Breaching the Walls. Personal Legends Publishing, Media, Pa., 2002.
The Music of Plenty in the Prehistoric and Historic Southwest. In PICURIS PUEBLO THROUGH TIME: Eight Centuries of Change at a Northern Rio Grande Pueblo, edited by Michael A. Adler and Herbert W. Dick, pp. 121-126. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1999.
More than 130 articles published in national publications, including Forest Industries Magazine, Industry Week, Industrial Safety & Hygiene, Environmental Manager and Environment Today.
Too Many Mouths, Too Little Rain: Making a living at Pot Creek Pueblo. In a book currently in press, edited by Michael Adler, Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas.
Member Association of Personal Historians.
Educator
Adjunct Professor - Production Management, The Wharton School, 1989, 1991.
H. R. MacMillan Lecturer, University of British Columbia, 1985.
Guest Lecturer, Washington State University, Oregon State University, University of Oregon,
University of Kentucky, 1980-1990.
WORK HISTORY
Scott Paper Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1982-1992
Senior Vice President, Safety, Health & Environmental Affairs (1990-1992)
Senior Vice President, Northeast Region (1988-1990)
President, Natural Resource Division; member of Executive Committee (1987-1988)
Vice President-Timberlands, Natural Resources Division (1982-1986)
Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, Washington 1963-1982
Region Vice President, Southwest Oregon Region (1980-1982)
Vice President, Labor Relations (1979-1980)
Vice President, Raw Materials Operations (1976-1978)
Woods Manager, North Carolina Region (1975-1976)
EDUCATION
M.S. Anthropology, The University of Pennsylvania, 1995
Advanced Management Program, Harvard University, 1986
BBA, University of Oregon, 1971
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