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Michael L. Valentine ...

Michael L. Valentine (born December 2, 1942) is a Co-Principal of Coffman Valentine & Associates, specializing in commonsense solutions for corporations that seek to improve business management processes, employee productivity and customer service. Coffman Valentine & Associates is an outgrowth of his previous consulting venture (Valentine & Associates), which focused on business process analysis, interpersonal skills, and corporate productivity. Mr. Valentine holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Knoxville College (Knoxville, TN) and subsequently served in the United States Air Force (stationed in Nashville, TN) during the mid-1960's Vietnam conflict. After military service, he worked, managed, and consulted as an employee of the International Business Machines Corp (IBM) throughout various regions, within multiple Eastern states. For more than 20 years, his IBM background included, but not delimited to: Project management; Marketing support; Business accounting; Business process and Structured systems analyses. The results of extensive experience in solid business consultation with acute focus on individual productivity processes; Michael has coached professional staff members, managers and executives at every level, to support the implementation of corporate initiatives. In the early-1980's through the mid-1990's Michael performed as a baritone vocalist with the Ridgewood, NJ based Pro Arte Chorale; Served as Chorale Managing Director and as a member on Pro Arte's Board of Trustees. Under Mr. Valentine's management, Pro Arte performed at some the world's premiere, exquisite and prominent venues, opera houses, and cathedrals including: John Harms Center for the Arts (BergenPAC); The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (The Met); Rockefeller Center's ceremonial Christmas Tree lighting; Garden State Arts Center (PNC Bank Arts Center); Carnegie Hall; Radio City Music Hall; Madiera, Portugal; and Vatican City State, Rome, Italy. As a member of the Theater Advisory Committee at Bergen Community College (Paramus, NJ), Michael also stood on the grants panel for the Bergen County Department of Historic and Cultural Affairs. In the late-1990's through early 2000's, Mr. Valentine had returned to Knoxville, TN. He was a participant of the group "Leadership Knoxville", and had a correlated involvement in the Central Business Improvement District (CBID) Downtown Knoxville Development Project. While in Tennessee, Michael sustained membership with the 'Knoxville Choral Society' and since his emigration to Murrieta, CA in 2004, he currently maintains membership on the Board of the California Chamber Orchestra. Widowed and remarried, Michael has two sons and two grand-daughters. He has served his communities as a Scout leader, Little League athletic coach, a leader in various Homeowners’ and Civic Associations, and as a volunteer at community homeless shelters.