Marv Serhan Information

Marv Serhan, a well-spoken and intelligent retired Navy Flight Officer, exudes an intrinsic understanding of how one's morally upstanding character combined with effective communication and leadership skills can create better citizens and therefore a stronger society. His extensive leadership experience in the educational, military, and corporate world uniquely qualifies him to educate business professionals on how to positively influence their respective organizations. By assisting them in developing and implementing policies that support ethically aware business practices in a highly competitive Globalized economy, Marv ensures a solid foundation of productivity and achievement is in place. Marv spent his aviation career flying in fighter aircraft. A graduate from the Naval War College and Navy Fighter Weapons School, Marv's twenty-seven year Naval career culminated as Commanding Officer of Fleet Aviation Specialized Operational Training Group Pacific Fleet, directing a staff of approximately 500 and shouldering responsibility for all aviation-related training on the west coast. His dedication to his men and willingness to work alongside them as part of a team formed a mutual respect that increased the effectiveness of new systems and procedures he created and implemented. Since leaving active duty in 1997, Marv has worked in the energy/utility, communications, telematics and security industries with Salt River Project/New West Energy, Motorola, Inc., Satellite Security Systems Corporation, IBM, and Hewlett Packard. With IBM, he served as a Business Development Executive supporting their Intelligent Utility Network (Smart Grid) "Tiger" team. With Hewlett Packard, Marv served as an Enterprise Account Manager focused on HP's Global 1000 Utility accounts. He specializes in presenting the Smart Grid Maturity Model (SGMM) to all stakeholders in the energy and utility industries to assist them in developing a Smart Grid rollout strategy tailored to their specific needs. He earned certifications in energy ...