As a business consultant since 1992, Dr. Farrier has worked with small and medium-sized companies to better integrate and help them increase their profits. He explains that all businesses are different, even if they appear the same. Their customer base, location, environment, competition, and so on affect the overall business in ways that are not immediately noticeable.
Dr. Farrier earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Management Decision Sciences from Walden University in 2017 while acting as an adviser and consultant to both civilian and military groups. He earned his Master’s in Strategic Studies (MS) from the U.S. Army War College in 2005 and his Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from Regis University in 2001. He also earned an undergraduate degree in Human Resources and Marketing Management (BS/BA) from the U of A, Fayetteville, AR, in 1989. He had a long military career and acted in support of think tanks for the Army Reserve. Some of his overseas positions included duties as the Transition Officer for Logistics Battalions and Brigades in Europe in 2004. As an LTC (ret) Army Reserve Officer, his military career also encompassed duties as part of the Command Advisor Group for U.S. Joint
Forces Command as the Personnel Support and Enterprise Transition Officer from 2005 to 2007. His military and civilian capacities while overseas were as Commander for a Contracts Supervision Unit, to support the Eighth U.S. Army in Korea in logistics capacities, and II MEF (Fwd) Regional Command’s (RC) C-3 Operations as the Tactical IT Systems Administrator. He sees his primary skill as an organizer, trainer, facilitator, and integrator of systems management that promotes both skill and pride for those in management roles. Further, you must learn to love people, even if you must learn to love some at a distance.