Pauline Field, a consultant for over twenty years, specializes in operational improvement, conflict resolution, business development and executive coaching. She has consulted with major corporations, not-for-profit organizations, small companies and government agencies in the U.S. and Europe.

She has redesigned companies, department by department, kept companies out of the courts through resolution of conflicts, and assisted executives in growing and expanding their businesses. Her understanding of business comes both from academic training and from the practical experience of having been an employee, contractor, vendor and owner. It has also allowed her to develop her leadership and consensus building skills.

She is widely published on business practices and management skills, has appeared on a number of radio and television shows and is a sought after speaker. World Vision, an international direct relief agency, appointed her as Advisor to their Refocusing Committee. Her Bachelor's degree is from California State University, Northridge and she completed her post-graduate work at Cornell University in New York.

She was honored as Businesswoman of the Year by California State legislators and is active in her community.

Barry Allen is the C.E.O. of International FieldWorks. His specialty is in business management, law and technology. He recently served as the Vice President of Business Development for RxDispense, Inc. a development stage company involved in telemedication. Barry's background includes the startup, turnaround and management of businesses in Michigan and California. For many years he was the Deputy Director of Civil Defense in Southfield, Michigan, while owning, operating and building a multi-million dollar Physical and Electronic Security corporation.

Mr. Allen was the youngest Private Investigator in the state of Michigan, built his company from a startup to an enterprise with over a thousand employees, and was the first to computerize and to sell to his competitors. He designed industry-wide training and education programs, set up legislation and designed both workers compensation and liability insurance programs. Elected to the Michigan Private Investigators trade association, Barry created the first national trade association and became a lobbyist for the industry.

Barry managed a Los Angeles business talk radio station, designing marketing programs that built sales by 300% over a six-month period. He located niche markets and methods to approach them for other media and is a sought after resource for editors and writers of the major news media in Southern California.

Barry has published many technical and business management articles and has been included as a reference in several books on networking, law, training and security. In Michigan he was Chairman of a Governors Task Force for Small Business and was a member of the Advisory Board of Los Angeles County Office of Small Business. He attended Wayne State University in Detroit and the Detroit College of Law.

Barry is the Founder of The Vanguardians, a local foundation bringing accountability to the public sector. Soon to be taken nationwide, his accomplishments include saving the City of Glendale $25 million in unnecessary expenses and cleaner, more open elections and City Council. Mr. Allen also serves as a lobbyist.

Robert Shearer
heads the New York office of International FieldWorks, Inc.
His specialty is coaching
senior managers in producing
out-of-the-ordinary results in
their team's performance.
He holds a masters degree
and has consulted in
Fortune 500 companies as well
as entrepreneurial small businesses for over 30 years.

Bob works from two core principles:

1. Teams produce most major accomplishments.
2. Leaders of teams hold the keys to team success.

He uses coaching techniques that draw on the manager's unique strengths to empower the individual members of the team, develop strong team spirit, and produce outstanding results.

In consulting assignments, the focus is on

• Generating and clarifying powerful vision
• Communicating the vision to the management team and other stakeholders
• Developing goals and objectives to realize the vision
• Designing timelines, deadlines, and displays that clarify the work
• Employing sophisticated insight to turn breakdowns into breakthroughs
• Celebrating accomplishments and generating new vision

Linda S. Feinholz is a general management consultant with over 20 years experience serving Domestic and International clients. Working both as a solo consultant, and with a multi-disciplinary team, she has addressed issues ranging from strategy and market analysis, to organizational design and operations in such industries as healthcare, not-for-profit/direct relief, leisure and entertainment, and packaged goods.

Her particular expertise includes:

• Identifying the critical success factors for new business development efforts
• Developing business plans for new and evolving businesses
• Evaluating operations effectiveness, redesign and streamlining
• Facilitating management retreats, brainstorming sessions and staff training
• Fostering change as a management coach and as interim management

Prior to her consulting, Linda was in charge of strategic planning, operations planning and analysis, and new business analysis for Walt Disney Imagineering. She began her management career in operations management with UCLA Medical Center, worked as a strategy consultant to Avon Products, and as a health care consultant with Ernst & Young (formerly Ernst & Whinney).

She holds a BA from the UC San Diego, and a MBA from the USC. Linda is a member of the Institute of Management Consultants and Professional Coaches and Mentors Association, and sits on the advisory council of the Professionals Network Group.

Mona Eisman has over 20 years experience as a marketing professional in domestic and global markets and in a variety of industries including healthcare, entertainment and personal care.

Mona Eisman has over 25 years of solid experience in the development of brand identity and positioning, effective marketing programs, communications and business growth strategies. She is recognized for her proven track record in creating breakthrough global strategies and business success stories for cosmetics, fashion, medical and consumer products companies.

Mona has worked with leading medical and product companies, including Obagi Medical Products, Sword Medical, Advanced Tissues Sciences and California Fertility Partners. Projects are focused on maximizing new business development and licensing opportunities, product marketing and sales programs, patient service and staff training, all leading to the growth and development of the clients brand and the new business opportunities emerging in the medical arena.

Ms. Eisman senior positions with Dep Corporation, Jafra International Cosmetics division of Gillette, Dick Clark Productions, Max Factor & Company.

Ms Eisman is a professor at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising specializing in International Business, Brand Marketing and Entrepreneurship and holds a degree in Management Science and Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University.

Jeffrey Stadnik is a management and industrial engineering consultant providing administrative and engineered solutions to problems in manufacturing and health care. Specialties include operations reengineering, tactical and strategic planning, productivity, equipment planning and specification, plant design, financial and feasibility analysis, and supply chain management. In addition to consulting, Jeff served as a senior executive (including COO and CEO) in hospitals for nearly 20 years, and held key roles in several turnarounds. He was a contributing editorial board member of Hospital Materials Management for 15 years, as well as a professor in the MBA program at Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science. He was the first Chairman of the Advisory Committee for the American College of Utilization Review Physicians during the development of their professional journal.

Jeff's credits include over 50 publications and seminar presentations on topics such as financial analysis, productivity management systems, and facilities design. He has a degree in industrial engineering from the University of Michigan , and he is a licensed professional engineer.

Stephanie Schus is a highly creative marketing consultant with a consistent record for achieving results quickly, efficiently and within budget.

For over 25 years, Stephanie has created and implemented new product and new business concepts for companies ranging from start-ups to $3 billion in sales. She has developed hybrid distribution systems that successfully integrate direct marketing techniques with traditional retail channels of distribution and/or direct selling.

She has held a variety of senior level positions at Avon Products, Inc., Caron International (mfr. of yarn-based craft kits) and Vogue-Butterick Fashion Marketing, where she was responsible for both the strategic planning and subsequent implementation phases of new products and on-going brands. As a member of Avon's New Business Development team, she helped set up the first test programs for integrating direct marketing support with Avon's direct sales efforts.

Among the clients Stephanie has served are the American Express Company, Avon Products, Inc., Clinique, PartyLite Gifts, Swarovski, International Robotics, Inc., JMH Education and Tupperware.

To complement her consulting services, Stephanie offers Think Again! workshops. These customized creative strategy sessions help clients focus on specific problems, generate creative ideas and translate them into practical solutions. Stephanie's insightful, interactive lectures on creativity and creative problem solving have been well received at major conferences and by professional organizations.

Stephanie earned an MBA from Baruch College and a BS from Cornell University, both with honors. She is a member of the Creative Education Foundation, the Future Society and served as Vice President of the Catalog Council of Washington.

Seena Sharp
Few companies can afford to make expensive, embarrassing blunders in the marketplace, yet management often bases decisions on rough ideas, guesstimates or 'business as usual."

Fortunately, there is a better way. Business intelligence is a dynamic view of your marketplace which offers guideposts for planning in the form of new patterns, unexpected relationships, emerging trends and critical insights to compete successfully.

Since 1979, Fortune 500 corporations and growing organizations have increased their chances of success with strategic, objective, current, and comprehensive information and expert analysis from Seena Sharp.

Seena Sharp helps you make smarter decisions. It's as simple as that. Recent projects have tackled questions like these:

• What industry should we target for new customers?
• What customer segment will be most receptive to our new service?
• What products or features will our competitors be launching?
• How do attitudes toward brand image and price promotion impact purchases?
• How will the anticipated recession affect buying behavior?
• Which technology will be adopted the next 5 to 10 years?

Michael Baroff has over 20 years experience working with individuals, teams and organizations to "leverage their internal human resources to achieve work performance results". Michael applies a unique blend of analytic, design and facilitative approaches to establish an inclusive and participative environment, elicit candid conversation, and create and guide a flexible and enriching learning experience. He is known for his ability to question assumptions, clarify expectations and offer cogent insights, observations and feedback with a sense of humor that promotes individual and group awareness and growth.

He has designed and developed customized organizational effectiveness interventions, performance management strategies and training and development programs focused on developing competencies in leadership, management, supervision, consultative selling, interpersonal communication and job-specific technical skills for clients including: the Metropolitan Water District, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Kaiser Permanente, Consumer Credit Counseling Service, the Internal Revenue Service, Prudential Insurance, The Zenith Insurance Company, PacifiCare Health Systems, Nissan Motor Corporation, Federal Express, Xerox Corporation, Blue Cross, Southern California Gas Company, University of California, Armstrong World Industries, Behavioral Health Services, Besteel Industries, Amway, United Way, the Los Angeles City Fire Department and the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Michael is the author of The Inner Work of Work: Coaching Yourself for Improved Performance (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2000). He is a former President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development and served on the board of the Professional Coaches and Mentors Association. He has taught at UCLA Extension Department of Business and Management, Santa Monica College Office of Workforce and Economic Development, and the Esalen Institute. Michael is active with a number of community-based social service, educational, and human relations organizations and was appointed in 2001 by the Board of Education to serve on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District's Strategic Planning Design Team.

Eric Wiedenmann has over 20 years of achievement in marketing, sales and project management.

Eric Wiedenmann has worked with clients from entrepreneurial companies to Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, Fujitsu, GE, Morgan Hill Software, Silicon Graphics, CBC Industries, TRW, Sequel, Elcon, Solectron, Chronomite Labs, SPI, Young Technologies and Lumen Financial. His key competencies are discovering and implementing actions that capitalize on untapped markets and new uses of existing products, competitive intelligence, market research, sales management, new product launches and turnarounds.

Examples of Eric's achievements include:

•  Leading the marketing and product development efforts of a construction product from $2.5 million to over $8.0 million in 5 years at Masco Corporation.

•  As Director of Sales and Marketing, lead the team from 35% sales drop to prosperity by developing new markets and focusing on high performance margin products.

•  Helped save a contract manufacturer from Chapter 11 while acting as interim Vice President of Sales and Marketing by bringing back lost customers and assisting to arrange special short term financing.

•  Completed proprietary market research studies for several Fortune 500 companies. These studies help make informed multi-million dollar strategic decisions.

•  Completed a best practice inventory and warranty service project for a major electronics company. Inventory turnover and obsolete part write-downs were reduced.

•  Verified a significant new market potential of a mature plumbing product line through market intelligence. Through focused market development efforts the client's products were specified and accepted by 30 of the top 100 modular office OEM's within 5 months.

Eric earned his MBA in marketing and finance from Northwestern University and his BS in economics Magna Cum Laude from Ashland University.

Gina Rae Hendrickson is a well-seasoned business mediator and has successfully resolved hundreds of complex mediations since 1989.

She has taught mediation and negotiation classes for eight years to professionals from a wide range of backgrounds. Gina Rae excels at relating to a broad audience with diverse needs.

Gina Rae is a nationally published author and professional speaker about collaboration and problem solving.

•  Mediated over 800 business disputes for businesses, homeowner associations, real estate, government , including discrimination claims, merging cultures, partnerships, consumer complaints, interdepartmental conflicts, and sexual harassment

•  Federal mediator of discrimination cases for United States Postal Service as part of EEO Redress Program, over 200 successfully resolved disputes

•  State mediator for workplace disputes

•  Negotiation coach for over 450 individuals to develop strategies to effectively collaborate during challenging negotiations

•  Corporate trainer for collaborating in the workplace

•  Facilitate large group meetings and retreats

•  Professional speaker on "Why Nice Doesn't Work; Mastering Decision Making Skills"

Gina Rae is a Certified Mediator and a Lead Instructor, Past Program Advisor, University of California at Santa Barbara Extension Program for the Negotiation & Mediation Certificate Program.

She earned her B.A. in Law and Society at UC Santa Barbara, studied Negotiation Program for Lawyers at Harvard, is a Certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner, and an Executive Coach for Professional Development.