Business management consultant working with global Fortune 1000 companies to solve complex business, marketing and growth issues. Over 20 years of experience driving large scale organizational change, developing corporate strategy and initiating consumer and customer insight-led new product innovation.

o Facilitating Creative Problem Solving Process
o Leadership Coaching and Development
o Strategic Planning, Execution and Change
o Team Facilitation
o New Product Development
o Consumer and Customer Insight
o Project Design and Facilitation
o Corporate Needs Assessment
o Organizational Development
o Business Development and Client Management

I address the strategic needs of businesses and engage client teams to create solutions including corporate vision, strategy, consumer insight, new product development, change management and operational excellence.

o Lead consumer insight development and new concept creation for clients by facilitating the innovation process and helping translate customer/consumer insights into product concepts.
o Develop primary and secondary consumer research plans and translate data into marketing insight for development of new products and services.
o Using the Synecticsworld frameworks for innovation strategies, coach and train individuals and teams across multiple organizational levels to develop new skills that increase the capacity for continuous improvement.
o Facilitate 5-day training workshops for both public and client-based groups -- Innovative Team Workshop™ and Facilitating Group Creativity™ -- based on Synectics process models for creative collaboration, creative problem solving and innovation.
o Proven ability to develop and win large scale engagement opportunities with C-level and senior executive teams in diverse industries including healthcare, financial services, consumer packaged goods, technology and others.
o Manage all aspects of client relationships including account planning, budgeting, client profitability, service quality, staffing, and business results. Cultivate client referrals to grow network of relationships and business opportunities.

For the past few years, I have been reading and writing about Buddhism, please check out my blog.