Brian A. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Brian A. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Founder and Chief Content Officer, CareerDNA
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 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.
