Faculty

Our Expert Faculty Will Help You Secure Your Leadership Edge

David Markovitz is a recognized leader skilled at helping clients become high performance companies by helping them learn how to effectively manage complexity with limited resources. David has over twenty-five years of corporate leadership experience with Fortune 500 companies, including SmithKline Beckman and Ortho Diagnostics, a division of Johnson and Johnson. He is the author of several books, including Becoming the Best: Making Optimization Happen. He studied with Dr. W. Edwards Deming, and assisted Dr. Deming at several of his legendary seminars. www.TeddyLeads.com  www.GMPTrainingSystems.com

Karl Haushalter has over thirty years of professional experience in consulting, auditing, and management. Karl is the President of Optimization Works, a company dedicated to providing education and training, planning, coaching, and other consulting services to help organizations optimize their entire systems (become the best they can be). He had the privilege to study extensively with Dr. W. Edwards Deming and was Chairman of UCLA’s TQM Certificate Program Advisory Council. Karl is a Founding Member and Past-Chairman of the Los Angeles Deming User Group. www.OptimizationWorks.com

Lynda Curtin is the creative force behind the Innovation Instinct concept and program--a personal assessment system used to help clients strengthen their ability to generate, build and implement valuable ideas incorporating Six Thinking Hats and Lateral Thinking tools. With over three decades of business experience that stands the test of time, Lynda:

  1. Was inducted into the Innovator’s Club in January 2004 at the Future by Design conference as recognition for her innovative work with de Bono Thinking Systems methods
  2. Is one of only 37 de Bono Thinking Systems Master Trainers/Facilitators in the world
  3. Led the development and world-wide launch of Focus on Facilitation, the first workshop developed without de Bono's direct involvement because of her facilitation expertise and deep understanding of de Bono tools
  4. Presented the business case to Dr. de Bono and secured the rights to develop, publish, market and sell official de Bono school materials in North America
  5. Broke sales and profit records. Delivered over $100 million in sales while Product Manager, Major Appliances
  6. Has professional business experience with product development, packaging design, merchandising, advertising, marketing, market research, forecasting, supply chain, and vendor negotiations
  7. Leads Innovation Boot Camps to help clients clarify what innovation is for their business, where to hunt for it, and how to develop it

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