Legal Counsel Leadership Development

Denton S. Whitney

Dublin, OH *****; 614-***-****; ******@*************.***

EXPERIENCE

Founder / Owner, 2011 – Present

Whitney Mediation & Legal Counsel, LLC, Columbus, OH Provide mediation & legal services, focusing on estate planning & business and contract law

• Create systems to provide efficient & effective legacy planning & business consulting services

• Mediate disputes & provide conflict management training Faculty – Adjunct, 2019

Capital University Law School, Columbus, OH

• Designed and taught course on arbitration laws and practices Faculty – Adjunct, 2004 – 2018

Otterbein University, Department of Business, Westerville, OH Develop courses & train & coach diverse MBA & undergraduate business students on OD and HR practices

• Designed courses using diverse group, individual & online learning tools

• Courses: Communications & Negotiation, Legal Environment of Business, Compensation & Performance Leadership Development and Training Practitioner, Coach & Trainer, 2009 – 2016 The Whitney Concord Institute, LLC (President/Owner), Columbus, OH Coach & train on organizational & HR development, collaboration, conflict management, & communication skills

• Planned & facilitated workshops on management & collaboration for international organizations

• Consulted the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation on knowledge management strategy Associate Director, 2007 – 2009

The Ohio State University, School of Biomedical Science, Columbus, OH Directed 550 employees with over $12M budget and $30M in contract and grant funding

• Led strategic plan for organizational redesign of shared services for 6 research departments

• Streamlined HR operations, increasing efficiencies & services by over 25%

• Reduced personnel expenses by 20% per year, while adding 33% more administrative services

• Designed and trained top leaders throughout OSU on conflict management & collaboration Department Manager, 2004 – 08

The Ohio State University, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbus, OH Served as Sr. Administrator for new department of over 50 faculty, staff and researchers with over $28M budget

• Created & implemented change management & leadership development plans

• Developed & implemented a key strategic recruitment plan, evaluation process & incentive model

• Slashed HR & finance reporting processing time by over 50% & reduced reporting requests by 30% Denton Whitney Resume

Faculty – Adjunct, 2004 – 07

Antioch University McGregor, Program in Conflict Resolution, Yellow Springs, OH Taught masters-degree students conflict management course in Negotiations

• Designed & taught a 2-day residency and 5-week online training course Teacher & Trainer, 1996 – 98

Missionary Training Center, Provo, UT

• Facilitated workshops on interpersonal & language-learning skills for 20 couples each week

• Created & implemented a new training program for new teachers, increasing retention and skill acquisition while cutting required learning time by 60% EDUCATION

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Certificate in Dispute Resolution & JD, Moritz College of Law MBA, Fisher College of Business (Emphases: Consulting and Logistics) Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

BA, Double Major: Economics & English

ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS

• Pace Setter Award, Top 2% of MBA Class, Fisher College of Business

• Negotiation Competition, First Place, OSU College of Law

• Big 10 MBA Case Competition, Best Q&A, Big Ten

ADDITIONAL TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS

• VP, Communications Capital City Organizational Development Network

• SPHR HR Certification Institute

• Competition Judge Mediation Competition, OSU College of Law

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