CoverdaleDNA LLC Executive Team
Brian A. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer, President and Founder, SuccessDNA LLC
Dr. Schwartz is a psychologist and a leading expert in the field of Career Management with a practice that extends 30 years and includes over 1700 career-planning clients, more than 500 executive assessments, and several thousand additional assessments and coaching assignments in corporate and university settings.
He originated a unique approach to career planning based on his observation that one's most enjoyed work is an adult metaphor for one's most enjoyed child's play. His process has not only helped clients define in detail what an ideal work situation looks like, but also helps them identify the internal barriers to their own success and assists in overcoming those barriers. He is the creative force in the ongoing development of a state-of-the-art manager-decision support tool that makes best-fit matches between job candidates and job opportunities and corporate cultures.
Dr. Schwartz is also an expert in Organization Development and Executive Coaching. He has assisted corporations seeking to change their organizational culture to a more participative and open environment. He has designed performance-management systems, succession-planning processes, and train-the-trainer programs as well as programs in executive and management development. He has been especially effective in coaching executives and managers to improve their performance. Clients have included Continental Can-USA, American Express, Reichhold Chemicals, Coopers & Lybrand, UST, Philip Morris Companies, The Kaempfer Company and its joint venture with the British Airport Authority, BAA-McArthur/Glen Europe (and its successor, McArthurGlen Europe, PLC), Trumpf USA, Pitney Bowes, DrakeBeamMorin, and The Directorship Search Group.
Dr. Schwartz's early career was as a staff psychologist and lecturer at Queens College of the City University of New York for eight years. He then founded the Career Planning Center at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies in 1976 and headed that until establishing his organization development and career management practice in Greenwich, CT in 1981.
Dr. Schwartz is a member of the American Psychological Association, the National Career Development Association, and the International Association of Vocational and Educational Guidance. He is also a member of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists as well as APA Division 39, Psychoanalysis. He is a licensed psychologist in Connecticut and holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Queens College and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from New York University.
Glenn A. Graham
Chief Operating Officer, SuccessDNA LLC
Mr. Graham is an innovator, engineer and corporate executive who has a unique ability to apply technology in novel ways to enhance business processes. First in engineering and manufacturing, and now using a wide variety of software technologies, he is continually seeking business improvements. He developed a technique for systematic breakdown of an employees activities into joblets, applying principles of Finite Element Analysis. Another initiative is Prefill.com to provide automated paperless completion of health care service registration. Also a diverse set of product inventions, included patented devices.
A founder and cofounder of a number of startups including eRecruit LLC, Omniprobe Inc. and Nouveau Group Inc., Mr. Graham has created solutions for environments as diverse as Dept. of Homeland Security, Epcot Center, World Vision, and Lucky Luxe Coiture Correspondence.
Mr. Graham's professional career spans an array of Fortune 5 corporations, mid-sized companies and start-ups, including Kodak, IBM, Ford, GM, Digital, Coopers & Lybrand, Gartner Group, Benchmarking Partners and Thomson Financial Services/First Call with executive positions of CKO, CTO, COO and CEO. Management consulting clients across several industries, as an example are Kraft General Foods, Sara Lee Corporation, Fiat, Peugot, Exide, United Technologies, Bayer AG, Naval Avionics Center, Union Pacific Railroad, Banco Bradesco, Banca d'Italia, Banca Toscana and the Water Board of Sydney, Illawarra and Blue Mountains.
An MIT graduate, Mr. Graham has taught college courses, presented at conferences and trade shows, and authored numerous papers, books and an internationally published encyclopedia. Mr. Graham is a member of several professional organizations.
Content Partners
Jim Cassio
President, Jim Cassio & Associates
Workforce information & workforce development consultant, author and publisher of the Career Pathways publication series. Expert on O*Net, the US government database listing of job titles and career profiles. Over 20 years of labor market information development experience.
Contact: http://www.cassio.com
Dr. Stephen Montgomery
Award-winning teacher, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, consultant for the Educational Testing Service, and author. As David Keirsey's research assistant and editor, he has studied temperament theory with Dr. Keirsey for more than twenty years. He edited "Please Understand Me", "Please Understand Me II", and "The Sixteen Types of Dr. Keirsey",
and authored "The Pygmalion Project", a series on the four temperaments in love and marriage, and "People Patterns: A Modern Guide to the Four Temperaments". Ph.D. in English and American Literature, UCSD; M.A. in Literature, San Diego State University; B.A. in English, cum laude, UCSD's Revelle College.
Root Learning
Root Learning builds innovative custom solutions to help clients achieve business goals. Root’s services, processes, and tools create engagement, learning, and change through visualization, Socratic dialogue, a team-based environment, and interactivity. Root pioneered the Learning Map® process, utilized in 300 organizations worldwide to drive alignment, understanding, and change. Root has helped business leaders tackle problems ranging from launching strategies to building business acumen. Its offerings include consultative services and e-learning platforms, all designed to put strategies and ideas into action.
Contact: http://www.rootlearning.com
