Bio:

Tim Goloversic’s teaching focuses on experiences he has lived. He spent 20 years in the Army as a helicopter pilot. Including eight years in Germany and three in Japan. After four deployments, he thought about teaching how to help war torn countries recover after a conflict. A basis for this was the time he spent living and traveling in Germany, during and after the Cold War, and when the Berlin Wall fell. Germany is a good example of building and developing a nation after a war. During his three deployments to the Former Yugoslavia, he worked with NATO and the UN on Peace Enforcement and Peacekeeping missions. Including work on establishing democratic elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Tim experienced first hand the challenges and successes involved with nation building. As an Iraq war veteran, he has witnessed and researched the various attempts by foreign nations at rebuilding Iraq, which now resides with the people of Iraq.

In addition to this, Tim enjoys teaching a class on Leadership and Public Speaking. In the Army, he spent twelve years in leadership and staff positions. He was awarded the General MacArthur Leadership award for his accomplishments as an Aviation Company Commander while stationed in Japan. In Japan, he worked closely with the Japanese military and planned Nation Building missions in the Philippines.

Tim also worked for a short time in the corporate world as a Program Manager for an engineering firm.

He is currently a contract Academic and Flight Instructor and Chief Evaluator for the Air Force’s Combat Search and Rescue Helicopter Flight School.

Tim earned a BS in Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Magna Cum Laude; an MS in International Relations from Troy University; and an MBA from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He instructed ROTC Leadership for three years at the University of Indiana. In addition he taught: Finance, International Relations/Political Science, History and Leadership at various universities since 2008.

While in the army Tim completed Warrant Officer Candidate School, Dean’s List; Flight School, Honor Graduate; Maintenance Test Pilot Course; Officer Candidate School, Distinguished Honor Graduate; and the Captain’s Career Course and Combined Arms Staff School.

He writes as a hobby and has published three books.

Research Interest:

Evolving leadership techniques, Corporate and company structures, The Cold War, Nation Building to include peacekeeping, restructuring governments and economics.