• Louisiana Forest Sector Development
• Source of Support: Industry Sponsor
  Award Amount: $20,000 Period Covered: 1/1/13‐12/31/13
• Louisiana Forest Sector Development
• Source of Support: Industry Sponsor
  Award Amount: $20,000 Period Covered: 1/1/12‐12/31/12
• A National Study of Electronic Data Interchange
• Source of Support: Industry Sponsor
  Award Amount: $20,000 Period Covered: 9/1/11‐1/31/12
• A Regional Program for Production of Multiple Agricultural Feedstocks and Processing To Biofuels and Biobased Chemicals
• Source of Support: USDA‐AFRI CAP Program, Led by LSUAC‐LIBBi
  Award Amount: $100,000 (of $17.5 million total grant) Period Covered: 3/1/11‐4/31/16
• Louisiana Forest Products Community Website Development
• Source of Support: Crosby Land & Resources, Louisiana Forestry Association, DEMCO, Blairstown Plantation
  Award Amount: $6,197 Period Covered: 1/1/11‐12/31/13

Publications

• Baffoe, A. and R.P. Vlosky. 2011. Forest Certification: Implications For Sustainable Forest Management And  Timber Export Trade In Ghana. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN 978‐3‐8433‐9306‐5, Paperback, 124 pages.
• Perera, R. and R.P. Vlosky. 2009. An Overview of the Wood Product Import sector in the U.S. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, Saarbrücken, Germany. 92p. ISBN 978‐3‐639‐13770‐5.
• Aguirre, J.A., C. Soihet, and R. Vlosky. 1998. Certificación del manejo sostenible de los bosques en Honduras Conocimiento, aceptación e implicaciones. Turrialba, Costa Rica: CATIE, 1998. 123p. ISBN 9977‐57‐305‐0.

Presentations

• August 14, 2013 Presenter. Baton Rouge. Overview of the forest products program in the School of Renewable Natural Resources. AgBIOS student school overview and opportunities.
• June 19, 2013 Presenter. New Orleans. Overview of Louisiana Forest Sector. Louisiana Farm Bureau annual convention.
• February 28, 2013 Presentation co‐author. Managing short‐rotation woody crops in the Western Gulf. USA Mississippi River Basin & Coastal Plains Tour for Bankhaus Lampe. Blazier, M., Vlosky, R., Liechty, H., Pelkki, M., Johnson, J.
• September 5, 2012 Presenter. New Orleans. Overview of Louisiana Wood Products Exports & Imports. World Trade Center of New Orleans, Agriculture Committee.

2003 - Present

• Director, Louisiana Forest Products Development Center and Program Leader, Forest Products Program. Louisiana State University AgCenter, School of Renewable Natural Resources. Baton Rouge, La.
• Extension Specialist-Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service (20% appointment). Louisiana State University AgCenter, School of Renewable Natural Resources. Baton Rouge, La.

2006 - Present

• Associate Professor. Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine. Timisoara, Romania.

2002 - 2003

• Interim Director, Louisiana Products Laboratory and Interim Program Leader, Forest Products Program. Louisiana State University AgCenter, School of Renewable Natural  Resources. Baton Rouge, La.

2002

• Professor. Louisiana State University AgCenter, School of Renewable Natural Resources. Baton Rouge, La.

1998-2002

• Associate Professor. Louisiana State University AgCenter, School of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries. Baton Rouge, La.

1994-1998

• Assistant Professor. Louisiana State University AgCenter, School of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries. Baton Rouge, La.

2004

• Adjunct Professor. Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, La.

Academic Administrative Supervisory Experience

• 2011
• Direct supervisory responsibilities for Student Workers.
• 2010-2011
• Direct supervisory responsibilities for Research Associate
• 2007-2010
• Direct supervisory responsibilities for Extension Specialist/Instructor-Value-Added Forest Products, LFPDC
• 2003-Present
• Director, Louisiana Forest Products Development Center and Program Leader, Forest Products
• 2003-2010 
• Direct supervisory responsibilities for LFPDC Administrative Assistant.
• 2002-2003
• Interim Director, Louisiana Forest Products Laboratory and Interim Program Leader, Forest Products.
• 2003-2010
• Supervisor for Louisiana Forest Products Development Center web developers.

Industry Experience 

1991-1992
Vice President Sales and Marketing, Optical Data Systems, Inc. Seattle, WA

• P&L responsibility for a CD-ROM based software development company with programs geared to forest products industry applications;
• Developed and implemented a comprehensive forest products product line sales and marketing program;
• Developed financial proformas, organizational procedures & controls, budgets and reporting structures;
• Established and filled marketing management staff positions.

1991-1992
General Manager, Bar Tech International Coding Systems, Inc., Vancouver, B.C.

• P&L responsibility for a wood products bar code applications and information services company.
• Developed and implemented a comprehensive company organizational restructuring; developed all procedures, controls, budgets, reporting structures and forecasting methods;
• Responsible for establishing and filling all staffing needs;
• Managed formation of the company business plan; managed company trademark and patent attorney activities.

1989-1991
Product Line Marketing and Planning Manager, Plum Creek Marketing, Seattle, WA

• Conducted market research for new wood products and corporate services;
• Conducted economic and business analyses;
• Forecasted wood product demand and prices for budgets and strategic plans using statistical modeling;
• Project manager for UPC bar code labeling for all product lines; electronically linking customers to company mainframe computer data systems and; electronic data interchange (EDI).

1986-1989  
Marketing Analyst, Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., Seattle, Washington

• Lead marketing analytical support for all product lines including price forecasting and new product evaluation;
• Analyzed and supported rail contract negotiations.

• Value‐added product business opportunities
• Technology applications to improve business competitiveness
• Strategic positioning
• Marketing applications to economic development  Environmental certification and marketing
• eBusiness, eCommerce
• Domestic and international wood products marketing and business development
• Biofuels, Bioprocessing, Bioenergy

• Ph.D., Wood Products Marketing, Pennsylvania State University, 1994.
• Ph.D., studies, Forest Products Economics and Pacific Rim Wood Products Trade, University of Washington, 1985-1986.
• M.S., Forest Products Economics and International Trade, University of Washington, 1985.
• B.S., Natural Resources Management with a Forest Management concentration, Colorado State University, 1979.
• Certificate, Business Administration Intensive Summer Program, University of Washington, 1983.
• Liberal Arts, Oswego State University, 1974-1976.