Combat Aviator, Educator, Executive, Entrepreneur

Richard's primary business focus is helping companies and organizations use the Internet to improve results and grow. He is certified Coach and also teaches the internationally acclaimed course Building a Successful Business Using the Internet.

His company specializes in using online and online-assisted facilitation to develop and maintain management and business skills. He believes that online learning technologies should support and enhance the role of managers and trainers in achieving an appropriate balance among the traditional, self-paced, just-in-time and any-time/any-place learning environments.

His father was a 43 year career Army officer and he a 1956 graduate of West Point (classmate of Norm Schwarzkopf) and was commissioned in the Air Force. During his military career he was a doctoral candidate at the American and Stanford Universities, was graduated from the National Defense University, received training in information technology management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and was certified by the Air Force in Advanced Systems Acquisition Management. He was a faculty member at the United States Air Force Academy and the American University. During his three combat tours in Southeast Asia as a fighter and bomber pilot he was awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses, 14 Air Medals, and the Bronze Star.

Richard's private sector career includes technology management, government contracting, executive experience, technology company entrepreurship, management training and business consulting. He has held corporate responsibilities from Staff Member through Chairman, Board of Directors.

His other technology experience includes serving as a corporate CIO, managing a division developing advanced business software applications, directing a major information technology effort supporting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, contributing to developing a strategic planning system for the $6 billion IRS Tax System modernization effort, supporting the FAA modernization of the US airways system and developing recommendations for modernizing the World Wide Military Command and Control System. 

Today he focuses on using technology to support entrepreneurs build successful home based businesses.

March 2000: Established Best Managers on the Net* Division, developed and opened a www.BestManagers.Net learning portal, a website managed through a content management system.

March 2002: Developed and deployed My Journal© self-development tool. It is a web based learning journal supported by a dynamic data base and information retrieval system. The tool is replicated from our template. Each user can tailor look and feel, and edit the database.

February 2003 - present: Invited to participate as member of Navy League of United States Information Technology Committee (ITC) charged with the responsibility to develop a uniform design for Navy League Councils worldwide. Identified as one of candidate application service providers from which Navy League Councils may choose for website development and support of local Chapter activities. In June, 2003 he was selected to be one of the four providers of internet and web applications services to Navy League Councils, worldwide.

In 2009, as a part of an ITC initiative, assumed the lead position in developing a low cost Navy League Council Website template and support structure to promote wider use of Council websites throughout the Navy League. See http://www.bestmanagersonline.com/ for more information.

2003 - Present:

• NU SKIN Enterprises Distributor

Richard became a NU SKIN distributor because of his interest in wellness and health. At the time NU SKIN was the leader in the development of science based nutritional products.

Since then NU SKIN has developed a whole new line of science based Anti-Aging products which significantly contribute to helping individuals look, feel and be better.

Richard uses these products himself and recommends them to others. His business is now promoting the selected use of these products in Corporate Wellness Programs.

• Affiliated  with SiteSell.com

Selected to be the First Certified Webmaster for Site Build It!, a leading web business support services provider (find more information here). Since then has concentrated on helping small businesses and start up entrepreneurs use the Internet to increase profitability. His own sites include www.Best-Managers-Business-Online.com, www.Best-Managers-Training.com, www.Best-Managers-Web-Services.com, and www.Best-Fitness-Program.com.

He was selected by Site Build It! to be a certified Site Sell Education Instructor.

He also is a Site Sell Services Specialist. Find out more by clicking on the logo below.

NOTE: He and his company Associates now specialize in helping individuals and teams in the network marketing industry use the internet to build their businesses. Here are examples of sites Richard and his team have developed for clients: http://best-marketing-strategies.com
http://small-business-website-success.com

Learn more at http://work-with.richarddowell.info

January 2007 - May 2009: Visiting Professor of Information Technology, Citadel School of Business Administration, teaching undergraduate and graduate Information Technology courses.

Taught over 70 MBA and Undergraduate students the course: Building a Successful Business Using the Internet.

September 2009 - December 2010: Instructor, Trident Technical College, Continuing Education, teaching the course "Building a Successful Business Using the Internet" both in Class and Online [now being offered throughout South Carolina].

May 2010 - present: Certified Coach specializing in helping individuals develop successful home based businesses.

March 2011 - present: WELCOA certification, Calculating ROI of Wellness Programs and Coronary Health Improvement programs.

*Trademark awarded March 2003