R.L. (Rick) Hann – Bellingham, Washington BIO/Background for Intro Began his writing career in 2015 after retiring from more than 35 years of working in the Southern California Aerospace Industry – Received a NASA Medal of Service from JPL in Pasadena Honored with the Irwin Award for Best Mystery of the Year from the Book Publicists of Southern California “Grew up” working for a major commercial aircraft manufacturer – started at age 19, delivering mail Focused his career on developing “Improvement Programs,” working closely with top-level executive teams of three separate major Aerospace Corporations over twenty-five years...eventually became an expert at “Bad Management” after years of training managers, and developed a great deal of empathy for employees striving to succeed, often in spite of their managers Great challenges working with executives who provided the basis for "Executive Malice" Storyline "EXECUTIVE MALICE" is the story of Teri Harlan, a successful Director working for Aerosystems in Seattle, who accepts an offer to rejoin her former company in Southern California as a VP. Upon arrival, she soon discovers the company she once loved has become infested with self-indulged senior executives and bizarre business practices. Being a natural problem solver, Teri jumps into the fray, hoping to fix what was once great. But when she unravels a dark corporate conspiracy, she’s assailed by the company’s malicious Executive VP, ending up in mortal peril, and facing a shattering confrontation with her past. Hot Topics – Most all of us have bosses, and with them comes a host of very real challenges – just trying to survive in the “Corporate Jungle.” The Me-Too movement was alive and well in the 80s and 90s as well as today Bad behavior of many managers often goes on unchecked It’s amazing that large companies remain in business, given the competence and behavior of most managers and many senior executives Management training doesn’t work, nor do major corporate improvement programs Manipulation and dishonesty is unfortunately too often the basis for both promotion and decision making