Facilitator, Consultant and Trainer successful in leadership and organizational development, executive and business coaching, change management, human capital development, talent management, business process reengineering, P&L, strategic planning, communications, and operations, Experienced in government, corporate, healthcare, academic, and nonprofit settings.

▪ More than fifteen years experience providing effective management consulting services to businesses and government, facilitating leadership development and implementation of strategic initiatives.

▪ Example: Developed and facilitated training of all leaders at Adventist Health Care, an 8,000 employee company, implementing leadership competencies as part of a new performance management system.

▪ Example: Facilitated the executive team of a 10,000 employee organization in the development and implementation of a change and communication strategy to transform customer relationships and internal operations by implementing enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) systems.

▪ Example: Coached executives and managers from diverse corporations and government agencies in the Executive MBA and CIO programs at University of Maryland, University College.

▪ Launched and directed a leadership advisory and professional development consultancy and behavioral health company; growing them to over 100 employees.

▪ Former Professor: University of Maryland, University College, Graduate School of Management & Technology; Past Instructor: Harvard Medical School, University of Lowell and Boston University.

▪ Developed online professional development courses for the US Office of Personnel Administration.

▪ Extensive experience in facilitating distance education and related technologies, including WebEx, GoToMeeting, Wimba, DimDim, Blackboard, WebTyco and others; and social media and multimedia technologies including Camtasia, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

▪ Obtained formal training in information systems during MBA; managed database programs and web sites for government and other clients for over 10 years.

PhD, Psychology & MA, Psychology, Boston University Graduate School

MBA, Boston University School of Management ▪ BM (Bachelor of Music), Berklee College of Music

Author of several publications ▪ Board Chairman Emeritus, Center for Health and Development, Inc.,

▪ Certified, Hogan Leadership Assessment System ▪ Certified Virtual Leader Trainer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal Consultant SOPPHIA Life & Business Coaching 2004 - Present

▪ Provide leadership coaching, training and other consulting services to Adventist Health Care, and other organizations (Example: Implement leadership competencies as part of performance development process in an 8,000 employee company.)

Professor & Executive Coach University of Maryland, University College January 2007 – August 2009

▪ Developed curriculum and instructed online and in-person MBA, Executive MBA and Doctor of Management courses in Leadership, Global Strategy, Change Management, Corporate Citizenship, Research Methods and Statistics. Provided executive coaching.

President/CEO BHM International, Inc. 1994 - 2004

▪ Responsible for launching and directing management advisory and professional development consultancy, providing services to government and commercial clients.

▪ Sourced funding, built operating infrastructure, managed finance and defined business strategies/objectives.

▪ Hired management team as well as independent contractors; forged client relationships and led project delivery.

Previous: Center for Health and Development, Inc., Basic Health Management, Inc. New Medico Associates, Inc., MA Department of Mental Health, McLean Hospital.

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