Philip Young, Ph.D. Co-founder Learning Burst Academy and Business Acumen: Your Key to Success faculty
Phil has over 25 years of experience designing and delivering corporate education programs in business acumen all over the world. He is currently a faculty member of Duke Corporate Education's Global Learning Network - a program consistently ranked #1 by the Financial Times and Business Week. As an MBA professor in finance and economics for over 30 years, he has received numerous "best instructor" awards. He is the co-author of a leading MBA textbook and a popular business trade book available in English, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish. His clients rank among top global companies in industries such as information technology, telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, consumer goods and consulting. Phil received a B.A. from the University of Hawaii, a Master's degree from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in economics from New York University. He lives in Chappaqua, New York with his family, and enjoys playing jazz guitar, cooking holiday feasts, and visiting his grandchildren in Brooklyn.
Dave Basarab Co-founder Learning Burst Academy and Instructional Designer
Dave has been in training and development for thirty-six years and he has been a practicing evaluator for twenty-five years.
Dave Basarab graduated from The University of Akron School of Education with a degree in Secondary Mathematics and Business Education. He received his Masters Degree in Educational Administration from the University of Dayton. For the first five years of his career, he taught math and business in Kettering, Ohio.
In 1979, Dave Basarab used his education experience to take on the development and instruction of customer and systems engineering training for NCR Corporation’s emerging application software business: developing and teaching numerous courses—some classroom based, others in the emerging technology of e-learning. In 1988, Dave led the course development function for NCR and began its first evaluations, eventually developing its global evaluation methodology.
In 1991, Dave Basarab joined Motorola, managing the Evaluation Department for Motorola University. Here he further expanded his evaluation expertise and published his first book, with Dr. Darrel Root, The Training Evaluation Process, along with several evaluation articles. During his tenure at Motorola, he held numerous leadership roles in the Semiconductor Products Sectors business unit and the University.
In 2001, Dave Basarab led the Employee Development and Performance organization for Pitney Bowes mailing systems unit. Here he led a team of learning professionals, and the department received a prestigious ranking in Training’s Top 100 for 2005. Dave was featured in a 2005 Wall Street Journal article on using business simulations in leadership development and was awarded the “2005 Learning Innovation Award” from Chief Learning Officer magazine.
In 2005, Dave Basarab led Ingersoll Rand’s Global Leadership College for Ingersoll Rand University.
In 2007, Dave Basarab founded V.A.L.E. Consulting, LLC, which offers PE services to global customers, partnering with them and providing evaluation studies of the highest quality in a cost-effective manner. Evaluations are fully customizable and unique to their courses. Dave also provides PE workshops (classroom or Webinars) that teach training evaluation expertise so that you will be able to conduct a PE and evaluate Intention, Adoption, and Impact. All courses are fully customized to meet your needs. Dave also provides evaluation coaching on predicting training value, performing Intention, Adoption, and Impact evaluations. Dave lives with his family in Atlanta and enjoys golf and online gaming.
Noel Capon, Ph.D Marketing Mastery: Your Key to Success faculty
Dr. Noel Capon, who besides being a distinguished professor and author of numerous books on marketing, is a world leader in executive education. Professor Capon is one of the world’s foremost marketing educators, and the global leader in key/strategic and global account management.
Noel is the R.C. Kopf Professor of International Marketing and past Chair of the Marketing Division at Columbia Business School in New York, where he has been on the faculty since 1979. He is Director of the Managing Strategic Accounts (MSA), and executive programs. He also teaches on Columbia's Executive MBA program and its partner programs with the University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley/Columbia EMBA), and London Business School (EMBA Global). He also designs, directs, and teaches numerous private programs for major corporations globally.
He was previously on the faculties of the UCLA Graduate School of Management and Harvard Business School. He has also served as a Visiting Professor at INSEAD (Fontainebleau France), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) (Shanghai). He also holds the position of Distinguished Visiting Professor at Manchester Business School (Great Britain).
Noel is widely published. His articles have appeared in many reviewed journals and trade magazines. He has also written many books on marketing and account management (Appendix C). He earned B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry from University College, London University, and degrees in Business Administration from Manchester (Dip. BA), Harvard (MBA) and Columbia Business Schools (Ph.D.).
For further information on Noel, visit http://www.axcesscapon.com/
Pat Harmon, Ph.D Business Innovation: The Art of Thinking Creatively faculty
Patricia Harmon is an organizational development consultant and works as a business analyst, facilitator and executive coach. She has designed and conducted advanced thinking workshops for North American organizations such as Deutsche Bank, Estee Lauder, Goldman, Sachs, J P Morgan Chase, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Motorola, Munich ReAmerica insurance, Philips Electronics and New York Times.
Pat helps organizations in their efforts to bring about change by examining business trends and extrapolating from them to help companies create value monopolies. Her approach is a comprehensive collection of thinking techniques including Lateral Thinking™ and Green Innovation, a science of eco-sustainability, to provide deliberate methods to think innovatively.
She works with senior executives in Leadership Development in the area of emotional intelligence. Using an assessment-based technology, Pat helps clients assess development needs, link development to business strategy, and implement customized development through one-on-one coaching using a systems approach. Emphasis is placed on the social radar and the emotional intelligence elements that underpin perceived behaviors.
For further information on Pat, please visit http://www.patriciaharmon.com/