Stephen E. Berg

317 Knollwood Drive, DeKalb, IL 60115

Telephone: (815) 748-5780

e-mail: wa9jml@tbc.net

Formal Education

1994 - 2002: Graduate School Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science. First Field: Public Administration, Second Field: An Area Emphasis in Computers and Information Systems in the Public Sector, Third Field: Political Theory. Dissertation Title: Local Government and Municipal Citizenship From Ancient Greece to Modern Times: A Case Study of Northern Illinois.

1988 - 1992: Graduate School Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. Master of Arts in Political Science. First Field: Political Theory, (Starred Paper on Locke); Second Field: Public Administration, (Starred Paper on Organizational Theory).

1974 - 1977: Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.

1970 - 1974: College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois. Associate Degree in the Social Sciences.

Awards & Honors

Named as the first ever Adjunct Scholar at the Rockford Institute in Rockford, Illinois.

Recipient of the Lawrence Finkelstein Excellence in Teaching Award for 1997-1998.

Recipient of Honors Graduate Assistantship 1978-1979.

Teaching Experience

Spring 2007: Currently teaching POLS 331 the Introduction to Public Administration and PSPA 505 Organizational Theory and Behavior at Northern Illinois University.

Spring 2006: Taught POLS 303 Local Government and Politics and PSPA 505 Organizational Theory and Behavior at Northern Illinois University.

Fall 2006: Taught POLS 100 the Introduction to American Government, and POLS 303 Local Government and Politics at Northern Illinois University.

Fall, 2005: Taught POLS 100 the Introduction to American Government, and PSPA 505 Organizational Theory and Behavior at Northern Illinois University.

1995 - 2000: Graduate Assistant in the Political Science Department and the Division of Public Administration. Teaching assistant conducting 2 discussion sections for Introduction to American Government (POLS 100). Later taught that course twice as the instructor of record, and taught, once, the Introduction to Political Philosophy (POLS 251), and twice, Bureaucracy and Public Policy (POLS 330). Worked as a lab assistant in the Public Administration Division Computer Lab. Excellent teacher evaluations. Prepared the annual index for the journal Public Administration Review Volume 57, for the year 1997.

2000 -2003: Substitute Teacher, for Hiawatha Junior, and Senior High Schools, Kirkland, Illinois. Teaching all academic subjects, and also run most of their in-school suspensions for troubled students.

1979 - 1992: Part time Political Science Instructor at the College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois. Taught the introductory course in American Politics. Excellent teacher evaluations.

Other Career Experience

2004-2005: City Administrator, City of Galva, Illinois. Implemented a TIF Amendment that will expand one of the City’s property tax TIF districts to foster economic development and help the local school district. Completed a complex land swap transaction that allowed a consortium to build an 8 million dollar inland grain terminal on the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad. Helped several local businessmen relocate a specialty foundry employing 9 people. Worked with Petersen Health Care to build a new senior living facility in town. Negotiated and wrote the development agreement and helped them to acquire the necessary land. Also helped them through the process to get a special use permit for their facility. Appointed and later elected to the Henry County Economic Development Partnership Board of Directors and helped to spearhead the initial efforts to locate an ethanol production plant in that county. Worked with developers to complete and open a Super 8 Motel. Negotiated an agreement that brought high speed wireless internet service to the area. Helped in the efforts to retain the medical clinic in the city’s downtown. Worked with a local pet food manufacturing firm to expand their business. Board member of the U.S. Route 34 Logistics Corridor Committee formed by the BNSF Railroad. Completed real estate purchases which brought in new high-end housing and opened up land for further economic development. Wrote ordinances and resolutions. Worked with the local school district on the feasibility of a wind power project. Active in an effort to build an ethanol production facility to the city. Worked with the Illinois EPA to correct problems with brown-field remediation and past industrial pollution. Helped set up a group to establish a regional water district where Mississippi River water, which is low in minerals, could be piped to a number of municipalities in the area, solving water supply adequacy, and arsenic, radium, and boron pollution problems.

2000 -2004: Contract Researcher, for the City of Farmer City, Illinois. Working on Census irregularities, and on major problems with their 2 TIF districts.

1999 - 2000: Administrative Intern, City of Streator, Illinois. Took charge of the moribund street sign program and successfully put it in place. This required the drafting of an ordinance officially naming the streets, reconciling the various maps used by the city, planning the entire project on an Excel spreadsheet in order to organize it and create the bill of materials, get the dedicated equipment operational, create the computer artwork for the signs, and make up the signs for the first phases of the project. Performed legal research that enabled the city to save a substantial amount of money delivering summonses for past due sewer bills. Assisted the city manager in the drafting of ordinances, and in the analysis of proposed subdivision plans, among other duties. Was part of the management negotiating team which successfully concluded a contract with the union representing the public works employees and the E-911 dispatchers. Handled the specification, bidding, and purchase of a new NORTEL phone system for city hall. Helped install computer networks and did such things as database conversions for the police department. Assisted the public works department with the testing of sewer lines, analyses of technical reports, and other activities.

1989 - 1995: Senior Electronics Technician in the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Northern Illinois University. Responsible for design, building, repair and maintenance of electronic equipment at the College. Assisted faculty and students in research and other projects. Wrote the initial Program Review for the Department of Electrical Engineering.

1987 - 1989: Research Assistant at the Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute (IITRI) Chicago, Illinois. Wrote a Special Report for the Guidance and Control Information Analysis Center (GACIAC), on the State of the Art in Millimeter Wave Monolithic Integrated Circuits for use in Smart Munitions (SR88-02). Given credit by supervisor for a series of briefings at various entities, including DARPA which increased funding at a level of greater than $30 million for the development of highly specialized integrated circuits necessary for smart anti-armor munitions. Secretary to the Joint Services Guidance and Control Committee established by the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Helped write several successful proposals and white papers for research projects. Assisted the U.S. Army Missile Command with the development of test plans. Assisted in the research phase of a treaty limiting the spread of guidance technology to rogue nation states.

1985 to 1986: Senior Technician, and Planner/Expediter Millitech Corporation, South Deerfield,

Massachusetts. Member of the Components Group. Manager of the passive waveguide components line. Product manager for the RF, microwave, and millimeter wave digital power meter. Wrote sections of some technical proposals. Sourced needed items for the Components and Systems Groups. Helped write a major review of the state of the art in monolithic GaAs microwave and millimeter wave ICs. Tested Gunn sources and did some millimeter wave antenna measurements. Assisted the Sales and Marketing Department. Maintained and upgraded the Millitech price list. Worked in the Program Management Office, and was a project engineer on most millimeter wave component orders.

1982 to 1985: Design Engineer at Epsilon Lambda Electronics, Geneva, Illinois. Built and tested microstrip UHF, microwave, and millimeter wave detectors, mixers, sources, circulators/isolators, and antennas. Did some system design work in these areas as well. Designed a remote control platform for taking antenna pattern measurements. Did the experimental work on a special, shortened UHF antenna for a radio interrogated utility meter reading transponder. Took the polar patterns of the various iterations of this antenna and simultaneously developed the impedance matching of the unit so that it covered the desired frequency range, had the desired input impedance with the reactances required by the transponder, had an optimal radiation pattern, and was only minimally detuned by the surrounding plumbing. Responsible for the K-band test bench.

Did the majority of sourcing and procurement for the millimeter wave lab and the model shop. In charge of the printed circuit/MIC equipment. Project engineer on the initial phase of an SBIR program that showed the feasibility of a radar based vehicle detector for the purpose of improving traffic control. Assembled and tested the initial K-band prototype. Helped write the successful second phase proposal on that project. Assisted on other successful proposal efforts as well. Member of the project team that developed a K-band microwave radio designed for telecommunications applications. Wrote technical applications notes and data sheets for the millimeter wave product center. Active in marketing and sales for millimeter wave components and gas detectors.

1981-82: Engineering Technician at IDEA. Ltd. Sycamore Illinois. Designed and tested a prototype front end for an X-band Doppler radar used in scoring target shooting matches. Also worked on digital controllers.

1981: Sales Engineer at Scientific Sales Corp. Chicago, Illinois. Represented Narda Microwave, Eaton Microwave, and several other lines in the digital peripheral and energy management fields.

1980-81: Electronic Technician at Motorola Midwest Service Depot, Schaumburg Illinois. Analyzed and repaired Motorola IMTS mobile phone radios and equipment. Worked on other Motorola equipment and the products of Motorola's competitors.

1970-80: Electronic Technician at Motorola Inc. Schaumburg, Illinois. Worked during the time college was attended. Worked on most of the mobile radio products manufactured at the Schaumburg plant. Designed and built a test bench used to test the two-way radios used by the railroads. Also did development and environmental testing on a number of projects.

F.C.C. Licenses

Amateur Advanced Class Call Sign WA9JML, General Radiotelephone Operator License with Ship Radar Endorsement Pg-18-11513.

Military Experience

1968 - 1970: U.S. Army, CONUS and Republic of Viet Nam. Honorably discharged as Sergeant E-5. Served in the First Air Cavalry Division at a variety of combat assignments including reconnaissance, light weapons infantry, heavy weapons infantry, and ground surveillance radar. Awarded the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service, and the Air Medal, among others.

Membership in Professional Organizations

Illinois City/County Managers Association

Publications

2001: Public Administration and the Evolving Role of Citizen. Co-authored with Professor Gerald T. Gabris. A paper prepared for presentation at the 2001 Southeastern Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 11, 2001.

Also published short articles on the importance of buying locally, the Illinois Negro Code and an infantryman’s notion of victory in Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture published by the Rockford Institute.

Presently working on a chapter for a book on eminent domain abuse to be published by the Rockford Institute.

1988: Smart Munitions Microwave/Millimeter Wave Integrated Circuit Analysis (SR 88-02). published by the Guidance and Control Information Analysis Center (GACIAC) IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois 60616

Public Service Activities

Merit badge counselor for the Boy Scouts. Certified to grant the three citizenship badges needed for the Eagle Scout rating, and also riflery and several electronics badges. Served on several Eagle Board of Reviews for Eagle Scout candidates. NRA certified Range Safety Officer, and works as a range safety officer on the rifle and pistol ranges of the Sycamore Sportsmens Club, Sycamore, Illinois. Assists in the Hunter Safety Courses held there at the behest of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Trained as a severe weather spotter for the Skywarn radio network. Chaired a panel at the 2005 John Randolph Club meeting in Charleston, South Carolina on the subject of Local Attachments. Other panel members were Professor Donald Livingston of Emory University and Mr. Scott Richert from the Rockford Institute. Also chaired a panel at the 2006 John Randolph Club meeting in Rockford, Illinois. The subject of this panel was “Putting Trust in Princes”. The other panel members were Mr. Thomas Pauken, and Professor Stephen Presser of Northwestern University Law School. Was selected to be on the negative team for the debate at the 2006 John Randolph Club meeting. The question was: “’Resolved, Politics Stops at the Water’s Edge’ is a Legitimate Conservative Position.”