Raymond Cannefax

Mr. Cannefax, the author of "Successful Management 101" is a retired Corporate Executive and Entrepreneur, who retired from retirement and focuses at being an Author & Educator.  Following a successful 35-year business career, he retired from Paradigm Medical Industries, Inc. after serving seven years as President & CEO.   Following several years of retirement, he wrote Successful Management 101.  Based on his interest in early American history he undertook intense study of the Anasazi and teaches an anthropology courses at the University of Utah's Lifelong Learning division on six Anasazi villages of Hovenweep.

Mr. Cannefax began his management career in 1978 with AT&T.  His successful management style was recognized by Saudi business magnet, Adnon Khashoggi, who recruited him to manage the global telecommunication operations for Triad, Inc. At Triad he launched one of the first Shared Tenant Communications ventures in the United States at the Triad Center.  In 1986 he joined Sprint Communications as a member of the senior management team of Sprint's West Division and worked with Vice Presidents Victor Koppang and Sammy Freeman. He was a member of the team that developed the processes that restructured Sprint's sales management and significantly increased revenue. With Mr. Freeman they created a revolutionary management process utilized throughout Sprint's Western Division.  Mr. Cannefax was appointed Senior Regional Director of Sprint's West Division where he developed the process of Training the Trainers - Sr. Managers developing Jr. Managers.

Following Sprint, Mr. Cannefax founded Apollo Telecom, Inc., an international telecommunication provider. Upon selling Apollo to Japan's Hideo Gotto Investment consortium, he employed his management expertise to restructure Fox Communications of Utah, Inc. before being brought onboard to restructure Paradigm Medical Industries, Inc., to assure its survival. 

"Employ and Teach What Works" is the basis of "Successful Management 101."  Throughout his career, Mr. Cannefax employed the strategies and tactics defined within his book and to which he attributes the ongoing success of companies he restructured. With technology advances and changes in business practices, the second edition of "Successful Management 101," currently being revised, will be available in mid-2025.  The second edition, "Successful Management 101' will be available from Amazon. 
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