David Nelson

About David Nelson

David Nelson has more than 30 years’ experience in the petroleum marketing industry, having published several studies on the valuation of petroleum jobberships, c-store profitability, and other topics of interest to distributors. David\'s economics and finance background, coupled with his knowledge in the petroleum marketing industry, has led him to be a frequent speaker before industry groups and a developer and presenter of training programs in the industry. He was a co-founder of CSXLLC, which today is owned by NACS, and is the industry standard for providing benchmarking information for petroleum marketers and convenience store operators.David Nelson also has a passion for education and in helping others gain knowledge and insight to improve their lives. David has been a university professor of economics and finance for more than 40 years and has taught in the U.S, Japan, and Mexico. He founded and directed the Center for Economic Education at Western Washington University for 30 years. The Center was responsible for training K-12 teachers in educating students about personal finance and how a market economy works. In 1985, David took his passion for education to the petroleum marketing and c-store industries by assisting a group of jobbers in forming a study group and in working with them to develop the financial and operational benchmarks to measure their performance. He has served as the facilitator for this group since its inception. He formalized this model as the Founder and President of Finance & Resource Management Consultants, Inc, a firm that provides facilitation and financial benchmarking services for Study Groups. Today, there are 45 Study Groups involving more than 400 executives from throughout the U.S. participating. The focus on Study Groups is on peer-to-peer sharing of burning issues, best ideas, and recent activities in financial and operational benchmarking.

Experience

1. Professor of Economics, Department of Economics

   Western Washington University

   Jan 1992 — Present

   David has been a university professor of economics and finance for more than 40 years and has taught in the U.S, Japan, and Mexico.His materials have been translated into nine languages and are being used in a number of different countries. He has been selected as a Distinguished Teaching Fellow and as MBA Professor of the Year.

Education

• University of Oregon

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Economics

  1971 — 1975

• Whitworth University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics

  1967 — 1971

Skills

• Management
• Team Building
• Coaching
• Strategic Planning
• Budgets
• P&L Management
• Public Speaking
• Marketing Strategy
• Leadership
• New Business Development
• Leadership Development
• Sales Management
• Retail
• B2b
• Income Statement
• Business Planning
• Operations Management
• Negotiation
• Pricing
• Business Strategy
• Strategy
• Contract Negotiation
• Start-Ups
• Marketing