Glenn H. Varney Ph.D.

Dr. Varney is President of M.A.A. Consulting, Inc., Professor Emeritus of Management, past Graduate Director of the Master of Organization Development Program and The Institute of Organizational Effectiveness (IOE) at Bowling Green State University. Glenn is nationally recognized in the field of Organization Development and Change as an author, educator, and consultant.

His accomplishments include over seventy articles published in professional journals, ten books, and numerous manuals and booklets. He is currently working on a new book entitled "Lessons In Change", and his most recent published book (1999) is "Cases in Organization Development"co-authored with Robert Golembiewski.  He is also the author of two guidebooks, "Self-Directed Work Teams" and the "SDWT Implementation Guide".

He has consulted internationally with major U.S. and foreign companies and is a frequent speaker at professional organizations and societies.  He has received numerous awards during his career  and is listed in Marquits Who’s Who in America (2000, 2001, 2002). Dr. Varney’s areas of expertise include: Symptom Analysis, Organizational Diagnosis, Building Change Leadership, Strategic Change Analysis and Planning, Understanding and Managing Resistance, Intervention Design and Implementation, and Monitoring and Evaluating Change.

546 Hillcrest Drive

PO Box 703

Bowling Green, Ohio 43402

Telephone: (419) 352-7782  

Fax: (419) 354-8781

E-Mail: maa@wcnet.org                

Scott E. Janoch BSC

Scott has been involved in the design and implementation of organizational change, particularly the employee relations aspects of OD&C, since 1967.  He holds a BSC from St. Louis University and he has more than 30 years of human resources and organizational change management experience.  Scott has assisted numerous U.S. and North American companies and non-profit organizations to design and implement systematic change in brown field situations.  He has worked with large international firms, and with smaller companies, in manufacturing, distribution, and retail sales.  His experience includes the electrical, food, tobacco, mining, chemical, and plastics industries.

Scott brings a unique understanding of union and non-union hourly employees that is very helpful in overcoming the resistance often encountered in designing and implementing systematic change.  His areas of expertise include employee and labor relations, symptom analysis, communications, training, and the design of change-supportive policies and procedures.

123 Duck Point Lane

Chapin, SC 29036

Telephone: (803) 345-5700

Cellular Phone: (803) 530-7223

Fax: (803) 345-9149

E-Mail: mailto:janoch@conterra.com

Carrie Sim MOD

Carrie M. Sim is an associate of MAA Consulting, Inc. with over thirteen years of Human Resource and Organization Development experience. She has successfully worked with diverse industries, including original automotive, after-market automotive, building products, grocery, retail apparel, and non-profit organizations. Prior to joining MAA Consulting Inc. in 1999, Carrie was Director of Human Resources and Organization Development for AP Parts International, Inc. She fulfilled several Human Resource Management roles at Pilkington Libbey-Owens-Ford Cp. during her 8 year tenure with the company.

Carrie has a Masters Degree Organization Development and Bachelors Degree in Business Administration in Human Resource Management. She is a member of the Organization Development Network (OD Network) and a steering committee member of the Great Lakes OD Network.

Carrie's expertise include planning and executing large-scale change, developing and carrying out succession plans and career planning processes, developing and delivering training programs, assessing and integrating acquired companies, handling Human Resource requirements for green-field start-ups, maintaining union-free status, recruiting and selection, and providing leadership development and coaching.

5437 Deercross Court

Sylvania, Ohio 43560

Telephone: (419) 824-5192

Cellular Telephone: (419) 350-4386

E-Mail address: ccsim@gateway.net

 

Tanya Andrews Ph.D.

Dr. Andrews specializes in performance measurement and improvement through the design and implementation of organization development and system change. Her skills and knowledge are in the field of Industrial and Organziational Psychology and Human Resources. She has conducted management and employee training and leadership development programs. Using skilled interviews, focus groups, and surveys, Tanya's proficiency in organization assessment and diagnosis provides a foundation for systematic organizational change and strategic planning. She has also designed recruitment, selection, and performance evaluation systems as well as assessment center selection and promotion materials and processes.

Dr. Andrew has experience in numerous industries including health care, law enforcement, banking, manufacturing, and grocery/retail/wholesale as well as government agencies.

She earned her Doctorate and Masters Degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Bowling Green State University and her Bachelors Degree in Psychology from Florida International University.

Her areas of expertise include training and development, group facilitation, customer service, performance improvement, survey development, and data collection and analysis.

6745 SW 195 Avenue

Pembroke Pines, Florida 33332

Telephone: (305) 668-5245 ext. 4529

Fax: (305) 663-5092

E-Mail: TanyaA@bhssf.org

Kenneth Alvares Ph.D.

Dr. Alvares is Founder and CEO of Apex Advisory Group, an organization devoted to the development of executives and teams leading rapidly emerging companies, primarily om yje High Tech Industry.

Previously, Dr. Alvares held the position of Vice President, Human Resources and was a corporate Executive Officer with Sun Microsystems Inc., a $16 billion in revenue company with approximately 36,000 employees.

Dr. Alvares holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology from Indiana University, A Master of Science Degree and a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Illinois.

Dr. Alvares began his corporate career as Vice President of Personnel for Frito-Lay, a $3 billion, 26,000 employee division of PepsiCo. He also founded and managed Personnel Development Inc., a management consulting firm specializing in organizational/individual assessment and development. There his clients included Fortune 100 corporartions such as ABC Television, American Airlines, Chrysler Corporation, and General Motors. Prior to joining Sun Microsystems, Dr. Alvares served as Vice President of Human Resources fir Nichols Institute located in San Juan Capistrano, Califfornia.

Ken has unique expertise in developing executives at the highest level of the organization. He specializes in helping top leaders who are prepared to move their organization forward. He uses sport metaphors to illustrate the processes of adaptability and change. He has extensive experience in test design, selection system design, and application of Industrial/Organizational Psychological technology.

Richard Hill BSC, MBA

Richard Hill's work spans a full range of organizational effectiveness strategies including culture survey, problem solving, team building, managing perticipation/involvement/conflict, communication effectiveness, stress management, and planning and organizational diagnosis. His forty plus years of experience include management positions at General Electric, Dow Leadership Center, Human Synergistics, and several years heading his own consulting/publishing firm.

He is author and co-author of numerous articles and training resources including Alaskan Adventure, Caribbean Island Survival II, Impacting Your Organization in a Changing World: Role clarfication, and Strategic Supervision.

He has had long and successful hsitory of designing OD and Training processes which internal professionals can be trained to use in their organizations.

Rich has international experience inclusing Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Mexicap, France, Canade and Austrilia. Some clients include Birmingham Steel, GM, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, General Electric, Sun Chemicals, etc.

He was elected to Who's Who in the Midwest and World in 1990-91-92, and is a recepient of the prestigious Lippitt Memorial Award for OD Excellence given by the American Society for Training and Development.

His expertise includes design of learning instruments, role clarification, envisioning impact analysis, genelology life writing, web-site building, leadership training, and coaching.
 

Amy Hine MOD

Amy is an asocaite with MAA Consulting, Inc. She received her Masters in Organization Development from Bowling Green State University. Her undergraduate bachelors degree is in Industrail and Ogrnaizational Psychology.

Amy has conducted projects that have utilized survey design, diagnosis, data analysis, faciliation, and other OD tools. She also has retail management experience.

15885 Five Point Road

Perrysburg, Ohio 43551

Telephone: (419) 878-7488

E-mail: amylhine@yahoo.com

Bob Anderson MOD

Bob received his Masters in Organization Development from Bowling Green State University and his BS in Economics and Business Adminstration from John Carroll University. He completed an intensive four year program of personal development and healing. He is an associate of Human Synergistics, a firm specializing in assessment tools for organizational and leadership development. Bob is an ongoing faculty member of thre Health Care Forum's Executive Fellows Program.

Bob founded Soul works in 1986, a leadership and organizationl development consulting firm. Its mission is to work toward organizational change in a way that deeply addresses the leadership transformation required for a new culture. To that end, Bob specializes in designing leadership development curricula that create breakthroughs in team and personal performance

Prior to starting Soul Works, Bob was an affliliate of Designed Learning with Peter Block, conducting leadership development exercises. He was the Director of Human Resource Development at St. Charles Hospital. Bob began his career working as a manufacturing production manager.
 

David LaHote MOD

Dave has a background in organizational change in Fortune 500 companies.  His experience spans over 25 years in management positions in functions including; marketing, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, technology management, business development, human resources, organization development and general management.  Dave has run a $100 million international business and been instrumental in implementing lean manufacturing and six sigma programs in a manufacturing environment.  From his experience as a general manager, he brings a unique perspective on what works and what doesn’t work in large-scale organizational change. 

Dave has helped a wide variety of businesses develop and implement business strategy.  He approaches strategy implementation from the perspective of organizational change and helps organizations integrate successful change processes into their business initiatives.  He has served as an educator in both the university setting and in executive education.  Dave holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and a masters degree in organization development from Bowling Green State University.  In addition, Dave has attended a wide variety of executive education programs at institutions such as Northwestern, Penn State, Michigan, Michgan State and the Disney Institute.  Dave has served on the board of directors of LearnShare LLC (an education consortium of 14 Fortune 500 companies) and is a past member of the Human Resource Planning Society and the OD Network.

 Dave’s areas of expertise include: business strategy development, management development (including selection and training), implementing organizational change across large corporations, lean manufacturing concepts and implementations, performance gap analysis and intervention design, six sigma quality implementation and executive coaching.