Joe is a management and organizational development consultant. He helps clients sharpen strategic focus, advance competitive distinction, and improve organizational performance. He designs and delivers a wide array of learning programs and services, along with assessment and decision support tools, which help clients strengthen managerial leadership, optimize their business model, and improve overall performance.

Joe has served as director of research and consulting services for Kelley Executive Partners, a division of Indiana University 's Advanced Research and Technology Institute. He spent 25 years with a number of Fortune 500 and 1000 companies in a variety of roles in the learning and organizational development area, and held senior and regional management positions in sales, sales support, marketing, and operations.

Joe serves on the international committee for Reason in Practice, a UK based organization dedicated to advancing the practice of business management. He is a board member of the National Academy of Integrative Learning. His biographical sketch has been published in Who's Who (23rd edition) and in Who's Who of Global Business Leadership. Contact

A strategic executive consultant, Jane Martin has 30 years demonstrated experience in the development of both private and public organizations and their people. She is a recognized subject matter expert in the areas of strategic planning and systems analysis.  A certified examiner in Malcolm Baldridge criteria, she has helped numerous organizations realize significant improvements in operational performance, business development, recruiting and retention and client satisfaction.

Jane’s expertise also encompasses the more personal aspects of organization effectiveness to include: leadership development, performance management and succession planning.  Her training programs and workshops have been delivered worldwide across all populations in both classroom and technical delivery.

Most noteworthy is Jane’s ability to connect and understand the needs of people at all levels of an organization.  She is equally at ease in the field or on the production line as she is in the corporate boardroom.  Her ability to accurately identify and link the critical needs of people at every level of the organization to the company’s strategic goals is a recognized differentiator.  Her in depth knowledge of measurement and analysis ensures that every new initiative realizes its intended outcome. In addition, she has lent her expertise to the development, training and consulting of strategic sales and marketing initiatives.  She has served as consultant to three international sales training organizations and assisted clients in winning significant opportunities worldwide.

A Retired Colonel from the Air Force Reserve Command, Jane has personally designed, staffed and deployed critical worldwide initiatives for both the Reserve and active duty components of the Air Force and the Department of Defense.  Her senior command experience has contributed significantly to her role as an advisor to both public and private senior leaders.  She is highly regarded for both her business acumen and focus on delivering measurable, relevant outcomes.

Jane holds advanced degrees in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Organization Development.  She has lent her expertise to the development and deployment of major initiatives within the Federal Quality Institute, the President’s Council on Quality and the Center for Creative Leadership. Contact

PARTIAL LIST OF CLIENTS

Air Force Reserve Command	AT&T	Allison Engine (Rolls Royce)
Bell Canada	Canada Post	CN Rail
Columbia HCA	Emory University	Florida Social Services
Florida State University	Georgia Dept of Law	Georgia DNR
Home Depot	Honeywell	Motorola
National Cash Register (NCR)	Nortel	Northrop Grumman
PENDOT	Saab USA	Sensormatic
Sprint	Sun Microsystems	U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army	US West (Quest)	Worldcom

 

 

Ray Plamondon – Ray owns a private lending financial services company and a medical sales company. He has extensive experience in business and project management, management of sales organizations and people, creation and implementation of strategic programs and presenting and teaching sales related initiatives.

Ray began his career as a teacher and moved to a more dynamic sales environment to become a manager early in his career. As a business manager, he was able to initiate, guide and manage many projects over his 20 years in the medical industry.

Ray has always used his consultative approach to build and earn respect with his colleagues, clients and competitors; an approach that has rewarded him with much success over the years. Contact

Having attained successful results in the areas of engineering design, research, information systems, people resource management, performance process development and improvement, Okke Surjana has helped organizations, teams and professionals thrive in the midst of challenges presented by changes in technology. He has led and coached organizations to identify opportunities to develop and implement new processes resulting in dramatic improvement to their productivity and effectiveness.

Okke began to recognize that alignment of expectations is key to a successful organization since the 1990’s when he was manager of an information system group. Following this principle has allowed him to help improve morale in organizations. He has coached people who would have lost their jobs to empower themselves to change direction, retool and succeed in their careers.

His expertise in both the technical field as well as the inter-personal relation aspects of organizations positions him to effectively help especially people in technical organizations align themselves with the organizations’ missions. He has a passion to help organizations and executives succeed. Okke holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Rutgers University. He has multiple years of management and leadership experience in the telecommunication industry along with experience as a network analyst, technical support, software programmer and engineer.

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Jacquelyn has extensive consulting expertise in organizational learning, performance strategies, competency assessment, sales performance, and CRM learning implementation. During the past nine years Jacquelyn has designed and implemented learning strategies, project managed learning implementations, integrated behavioural and technical learning, facilitated and coached executives and sales organizations in the private and public sectors.

Her professional assignments have included work with BPP Consulting in London, England as Director of Human Resources, and for Digital Equipment in Corporate Sales Training and Sales Account Management, during which time she received awards for her sales performance and ability to integrate business channel relationships.

Jacquelyn is an active member of SOCAP serving on the NYC board, NAWBO and the Professional Society of Sales and Marketing Executives serving as a Director. Contact

Gary O’Neill has focused his career on helping others ‘be better’ and ‘achieve more’. He is the founder of GO Learning, a research and training company that is committed to helping his clients assess performance, define excellence and plan for success. Gary is a skilled facilitator who loves to engage people in ‘necessary’ dialogue in order to lead them to the discovery of critical insights, the development of practical solutions and ultimately performance improvement.

Gary spent the last 14+ years working with market leading companies that are renowned for their people development. His experience in people management, training and development and strategic planning has enabled him to become a valuable resource and trusted partner for his clients. Contact

Leslie Bobrowsky - A talent development and organizational consultant based in New York, Leslie has over 20 years experience designing and delivering tailored educational solutions.  Leslie focuses on communication skills—oral and written, sales training, managing performance, and off-site facilitation. She works with groups and individuals.

Recent clients include The Dannon Company, BlackRock, Barclays Global Investors, St. John's University, Department of the Army—Fort Monmouth, River Oaks Imaging and Diagnostic (now Memorial Hermann Imaging Services), VWR International, and the New York City Public Schools Virtual Enterprise Job Readiness Program.

Prior to her consulting career, Leslie held management positions with CBS, Inc. conducting programs for The CBS School of Management and designing and conducting supervisory development, team building, and executive communication skill workshops.

Leslie is also a speaker and a writer.  Recent speaking topics include developing professional style, improving staff performance, and “Why Presentations Don’t Work.”  Leslie writes and edits client marketing material and has written articles for consulting industry periodicals.  Her education includes an AB in mathematics and an MA in adult education. She is also a member of the American Society for Training and Development and of The New York Human Resource Planning Society. Contact

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