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Jim Pfeffer |
Jim Pfeffer has been a performance turn-around management consultant for over thirty-five years. He has perfected blending organizational psychology and engineering disciplines for operations improvement linkages with sustained results. His work includes performance transformation, executive training and development, quality, productivity, organizational development, sales improvement and foundation development efforts. Jim’s experience spans numerous industries, corporations and roles: Nexus Consulting President & CEO; Agility Consulting International Partner, President and COO; RBG/ Prichett (Deloitte & Touche), Consultant Trainer and Project Manager; McDonnell Douglas, Process Based Management Manager and Professional Development Consultant; General Dynamics, Corporate Quality Program Manager and Hughes, Quality/Productivity & Executive Development Manager. Consulting client list includes ALCO Water Utility, Arrowhead Water, Applied Materials, ARAMCO Oil, CASE International (CNH), Chevron, Dannon, Emcore, Hewlett Packard, MicroStamping, Mission Hospital Foundation, Netro, Oracle, Re-Max Realty, Shell, Sun Microsystems, Telephonics, US ARMY … to name a few. Jim has degrees in Chemistry and Engineering, holds Masters in Psychology and Administration and has completed PhD Work in Organization Development and Higher Education Administration.
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Dr. Gunneson has over 30 years experience in business and government transformation systems, breakthrough reengineering and new business models for quantum advancement globally. He was founder of the National Advisory Council for Quality and Productivity which resulted in the Total Quality Management System, the Federal Quality Institute, the Reinventing Government Program, Reengineering and the Lean/Agile Enterprise model. He led the breakthrough of getting US Federal Government departments certified to ISO 9000 and earning the Malcom Baldrige Quality and Productivity excellence award.
The Harvard Business School has developed a case study for teaching his systems. He served as Corporate Vice President for Global Quality and Productivity with Revlon, and in worldwide senior engineering, manufacturing and quality positions with General Instrument and ITT. He has consulted in many departments of the US Federal Government and universities. He holds undergraduate degrees in Electronic Engineering and Industrial Psychology, an MBA, and a Doctorate in International Business and Finance. He has authored books and manuals on new business systems and lectures frequently.
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Jack Mobilia |
Jack Mobilia is an organizational change specialist and performance improvement consultant. His business education, Harvard MBA, has been supplemented by technical courses at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[M.I.T.]-Boston in Material Sciences[metals & plastic composites] and the University of Southern California[U.S.C.]-Los Angeles in Mechanical Engineering and Design Technology parameters.
His business experience includes senior-executive level positions [including CEO & President titles] with domestic & international companies as Raytheon, Whittaker, Purosil, Mechanique de Brienne, Deutsch & Calspace. He also has 10+ years of consultancy with a variety of companies including Apex Design Technologies, Contech Systems, Leona Valley Vineyards, Airborne Technologies, California Transit Systems, Circor Aerospace, Watson Pharmaceutical…to name a few.
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Dave Po-Chedley has been actively involved in project management for over 30 years. During this time, he has worked on and managed projects, and helped others to manage projects effectively through consulting and training. He is a Principal at Cambridge Consulting, a firm dedicated to enhancing project effectiveness for clients around the world (and a PMI Registered Education Provider).
Thousands of people from organizations in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and South America have benefited from workshops and consulting services provided by Mr. Po-Chedley. They include General Dynamics, Janssen Pharmeceutica, Google, Johnson & Johnson, Boeing, MedImmune, General Motors, US Airways, Alcon Labs, IBM, Motorola, Immunex/Amgen, Oppenheimer Funds, AT&T, Morgan Stanley and General Electric.
Dave has taught at the graduate level and has written several books that have been used to support client workshops and consulting services. Topics include project management, e projects, project governance, coaching, customer service, managing problems / decisions, quality improvement and leadership. His most recent book is Client Relationship Management (published by HRD Press, 2001). He is certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) as a Project Management Professional (PMP).
Mr. Po-Chedley serves on the Board of Directors for Pioneer Aerospace, a supplier of deceleration equipment to the U.S. military, NASA and foreign governments. He is also an active member of ASTD (American Society of Training and Development), currently serving as a board member in the Ocean State Chapter. Dave is an active member in PMI (Project Management Institute), and serves as an adjunct faculty member for the PMI SeminarsWorld program.
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Ronald J. Raumer |
Mr. Ronald J. Raumer is an IT Management Consultant. He consults to CIOs and top-level executives, helping them solve their most complex and pressing problems. He advises on issues of strategy, architecture, technology, processes and organization. He is experienced in IT strategic planning and execution, enterprise architecture, software development, business process re-engineering, ERP selection, systems implementation and much more.
Mr. Raumer has successfully developed over twenty comprehensive IT strategic plans for organizations around the world. His clients range from emerging companies to global corporations and include government institutions and not-for-profits. He has practiced and consulted in over two dozen countries throughout America, Europe, the Middle East including Saudi Arabia and Asia.
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Dean Robb, PhD is dedicated to helping medium to large size businesses harness the collective genius of their people to build companies that are highly adaptable to external market shifts, yet focused on and aligned behind a coherent business strategy. Dean’s primary area of expertise is strategic renewal and innovation. He also has strong capabilities in strategy development and implementation; business, operational and team performance improvement; managing change; leadership development; and executive coaching.
Dean has worked with clients such as GE Capital, Fidelity Investments, Nationwide Insurance, Prudential Insurance, Hewlett-Packard, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals, CR Bard, Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Saudi Aramco, CITGO, Verizon, AT&T, and Telebahia. Besides a doctorate in Human and Organization Systems (The Fielding Graduate University), he holds an M.A. in Human Development, an M.S. in Statistics and a B.S. in Mathematics. Dean is also an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Management at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Fordham University, and Centenary College.
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Nick Saikali |
Nick Saikali has been helping organizations in the public and the private sectors select, implement and leverage technology to provide business solutions for over 23 years. Nick now focuses on Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management to optimize process improvement return-on-investments (ROI). Nick’s background is based in Business Solutions development and implementation, such as heading up development for the PeopleSoft / Sallie Mae partnership that created the PeopleSoft Higher Education Module. Nick also managed multiple IT groups in implementing Business Solutions at Countrywide, Ingersoll Rand and many other various size companies.
A Certified Professional Project Manager, Nick holds a Master’s of Science in Computer Science: Computer Engineering and a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science: Computer Engineering, from California State University, Long Beach. In addition, Nick teaches courses for the Business Analysis Certification at California State University, Extension program, Fullerton.
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In addition to his affiliation with Nexus Consulting, LLC, Jack Weber manages his own consulting practice. Additionally, he is affiliated with Plus Delta Consulting, LLC. In his capacity as Senior Consultant / Executive Consultant with the three aforementioned entities, he provides clients with expert guidance with proven effective methodologies. He is highly experienced, focusing on business, manufacturing, transportation and government associated defense industry issues. He also is experienced in organization design and reorganization for effective corporate governance. He has numerous projects which have generated high value revenue and profit gains, cost savings and improved organization productivity and performance.
Mr. Weber received his AB from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, JD from Boston University School of Law. Before starting his own consulting practice, he was a consultant with the Rummler-Brache Group supporting numerous US and international clients. The firm was lead by Geary Rummler and Alan Brache, prolific writers and teachers of process improvement methodologies now universally adopted by thousands of large and small business, charitable, educational and governmental organizations.
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Frank Wilhelm |
As a recognized thought leader and innovator within the supply chain community, Frank is highly sought after for his counsel and his ability to transform organizations into high impact generators of profit and creators of competitive advantage. Frank’s career has been hallmarked by his ability to transform organizations of every circumstance into effective enterprise level contributors. Frank is noted for his unique ability to tie the constituent supply chain functions within any enterprise into a “functioning whole ” thereby marshaling and directing the power of the entire supply chain to the great benefit of the enterprise. Frank’s ability at creating and institutionalizing productive and lasting Supplier Management techniques within an organization is one of the keys to the success of his process.
Companies such as Briggs & Stratton, Kohler and a host of other fortune 100 and smaller midsized companies have benefited greatly from Franks contributions. Through the application of Frank’s process companies have not only seen significant profit enhancement and competitive elevation but have also experienced dramatic improvement in process efficiencies overall.
As a recognized authority in supply chain management Frank has authored many articles and is frequently quoted in leading business journals as well as being in much demand as a speaker on integrated supply chain management and related topics. Frank is on the advisory board at Michigan State University’s College of Supply Chain Management and has consulted with many major universities.
Having lived and worked in Europe and worked extensively in the Far East, Frank brings a truly global perspective to his clients. Frank received his Bachelors Degree from the University of Nebraska.
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| Recently completed an 8 year career at FedEx in a range of leadership and innovation positions. Roles ranged from Managing Director of Marketing to Innovation Principle. Was responsible for helping grow a range of business from Industry Marketing through Product Innovation. All roles relied on past experience in process improvement and strategic innovation.
Prior to FedEx, Andy co-led a consultancy which had a specialization in BPR and Supply Chain Management which had among its clients HP, Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, Compaq, CitiCorp, Saudi Aramco, Halliburton, KANA Software, and FedEx Corporation.
Andy has a 30+ year background in global marketing, product management, industry marketing, marketing research, corporate strategy, and corporate communications with executive roles at General Electric, Tandem Computers, Control Data Corporation, and The U.S. Army Transportation Corps.
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Galen Gorman
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Galen Gorman started in the field of public accounting working as an auditor for Seidman and Seidman, now BDO. Since then his experience spanning more than 35 years has been as an Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and a Chief Operating officer in the healthcare industry. He has experience in healthcare operations, medical center turn-around, treasury function, quality improvement and transitional management. Galen has worked as an independent consultant as well as an internal consultant providing in-depth organizational analysis and review with resultant recommendations for multi layered healthcare organizations for reorganization and restructuring. In addition to his degree in accounting, his graduate work in Management at West Georgia University and Texas Christian University, he also is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Companies such as Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Tenet Health Care, St. Joseph Health System, Catholic Healthcare West, Governor Juan F. Louis Hospital and Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center to mention a few have all benefited greatly from Galen’s contributions over the years. Through the application of Galen’s reorganizational skills, entrepreneurial sense and common sense approach to team work and reorganization these organizations have seen significant financial improvement as well as organizational improvement.
Galen has taught at the undergraduate level in accounting. He has been a leader serving on boards of medical centers, foundations and the Healthcare Financial Management Association, a national organization. His work further encompassed serving as an Ethics and Compliance Officer and provided training for hundreds of hospital employees and management on a national basis for a national hospital chain. |
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Chuck Murphy has over 35 years of experience in the private and government sectors achieving results in organizational development, training and human resources.
He has designed, developed and taught live and online courses in both professional development and user software with excellent results. He is a proficient user of: MS Project, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and PeopleSoft.
Chuck has a strong background in all aspects of Human Resources including: compensation, job design, classification, employee relations, union relations, succession planning, processes and procedures, employee selection and ethics/EEO investigations.
He is a firm believer in project planning as a management and communication tool. He has managed projects including the design, development, testing and implementatin of a complete, stand-alone Learning Management System for the Sea Launch Program. He has been a strong member of project teams including the team which won the Malcolm Baldrige Quality award for the Boeing C-17 Program and the one which won the Boeing corporate HR Functional Excellence Award.
Chuck’s degrees include: a Bachelor in Psychology, a Juris Doctorate, and a Masters of Information Systems Management. His certifications include: the Birkman Method and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Process Based Management. Additionally he is certified in Return on Investment and Training Effectiveness Measurement by the American Society of Training and Development. Lastly he is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) by the Society for Human Resources Management.
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