JAMES LOORAM Ph.D.

A West Point graduate with a doctorate from New York University in Organizational Behavior, he is a graduate of the Department of Defense Race Relations Institute, and a  graduate of Columbia University’s year long Executive Program in Human Resource Management and Organization Development.

He has been of Professor of Leadership (3yrs) at West Point and during that period, was the principal consultant to the Superintendent on matters relating to the integration of minority cadets.

 

He served as Director of Training for the US Army Organizational Effectiveness Center. (3 yrs) and directed the efforts of a combined military and civilian staff in the delivery of a four-month program, fully accredited for 16 graduate credits, which taught all phases of Organization Development to civilian and military middle managers (03 through 06, and GS 11 through 15). Subjects included strategic planning, team building, conflict management, action planning, organization design, influencing complex systems and related OD subjects. Graduates were then placed on military bases as organization development consultants.

He was the National Course Leader, for American Management Association. (15 yrs) presenting the organizational leadership instruction for their Course for Presidents and was their nationwide facilitator for their Executive Effectiveness Program, which required facilitating small groups of senior executives through two five-day programs focusing both on interpersonal competencies and managing complex systems

He and his faculty have conducted their own weeklong national level public seminar: Peak Performance: A Seminar in Personal Excellence (10 yrs). This seminar uses a five-person faculty team for large group instruction and for facilitation of breakout groups.

As of President Looram & Associates (25 years) he and his staff provide leadership and organization development services to Government and Fortune 500 Companies. 

JERRY EPPLER Ph.D.

Dr. Eppler is a Michigan State University fellow with a doctorate from Arizona State University.  He has completed post-doctoral work at Harvard University in the Organizational Effectiveness Executive Program . He received fourteen awards for excellence, including the Commander's Award for Civilian Service, one of the highest honors offered by the Department of the Army. Dr. Eppler was the Civilian Dean of Training for the U.S. Army's Organizational Effectiveness program, a fully accredited graduate program which trained officers to be internal management consultants army wide.
He is a recipient of the N.R.C.C. National Leadership Award, and serves as Honorary Chairman to their Business Advisory Council.

Prior to the Berlin Wall coming down and the end of the Cold War, Dr. Eppler was a guest lecturer and consultant at the business school of the University of Saint Petersburg, Russia. While there he conducted management seminars and coached the senior executives of the university. He has also been a consultant to the Minister of Economics of Estonia, and has given seminars at the Estonian Management Institute. He also serves clients in Canada, Australia, Europe and Central and South America.

He is the author of many articles on communication and high performance and has been a reviewer of books in the field.  During his tenure on the American Management Association faculty for the prestigious Presidents' Association training and the Executive Effectiveness Program, he was one of their highest ranked presenters. Dr. Eppler has received the Golden State Award for exceptional leadership, service, and achievement. He also received the "Guardian of Berlin's Freedom" award. He is listed in Who's Who in California and in Marquis Who's Who in the World.

His academic assignments included membership on the graduate faculties of University of California at Santa Barbara, Pepperdine University, Chapman University, University of Puget Sound and University of Northern Colorado.

AL COKE Ph.D.

Dr. Coke holds four advanced degrees (B.S., M.S., M.A., M.B.A. & Ph.D.) A registered Organizational Development Consultant, he has logged more than 4,000 hours training managers in excellence. He is the principal designer of American Management Association's four week long Management Course and has served on the AMA's Planning Advisory Committee. In addition as a principal course designer for American Management Association he is the author of twelve American Management courses and over seventy-five seminars.  He is a highly respected guest lecturer of management practices at the Graduate School of Banking of the South, hosted annually at Louisiana State University. 

Al's chapter Corporate Fitness is again included in the reference text Transforming Work reprinted in 1998. Al’s definitive book on the subject of business planning, Seven Steps to a Successful Business Plan, was published by AMACOM in 2001. He frequently appears in magazine articles (Profit), radio (CNBC radio talk show “Home Stretch”), and television (Report on Business).

He served for three years as the Organization Development Consultant for the Army's Chief of Staff, Pentagon, Washington D.C. In August 2006 he completed a one-year assignment as Chief of Staff, XM Canada. He was involved in a startup operation that produced an IPO for an 800 mm company providing historically ground breaking national satellite services across the country. Al served as an Executive Consultant with the IBM Corporation, Internal Transformation, Consulting Services Practice. Hired to bring business planning and practical business solutions to IBM's internal processes, Al and his teams defined new methodologies and strategies across a wide range of services on an international scale. He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors for a Baton Rouge based company.

 

 His government client list includes Alberta Gas & Natural Resource, National Archives Records Branch, Public Works Government Services Canada, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police – Organized Crime Division, Canadian Securities Establishment, Alberta Economic and Tourism Division, and the National Research Council of Canada.

He is listed in the International Registry of Organizational Development Professionals; the 25th Edition of Who's Who in Finance and Industry, the 21st Edition of Who's Who in the South and Southwest, and the 2nd Edition of Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America

JEFFREY BOYNTON Psy.D.

Dr. Boynton  holds one Ph.D. and two Master of Science degrees in Industrial Psychology, and Counseling. He has served a wide variety of public and private sector clients including NASA, US Forest Service, US Army Corps of Engineers and Sun Microsystems.

Public sector assignments include six years in technology-driven organizations (General Instrument, Osborne Computers) and  served as vice-president of Human Resources for Velobind. a public corporation in California’s Silicon Valley. There, he developed and delivered the first of many comprehensive plans for organizational transition which he implemented successfully and for which he is now actively sought by many clients.

He is the author of a number of articles and handbooks for managers and leaders in subjects such as pro-active management, critical thinking skills, performance communications skills, personal peak performance, organizational community building and change management, among others. He is a Certified Disabled Veteran ,  State of California and has been a lead consultant for Looram & Associates for  twenty years

MARIO MACALUSO, M.A.

Holds a Masters in Human Resource Management from Pepperdine University

He is a graduate of Columbia University’s Advanced Program for Human Resources Management and Organization Development. For five years he designed and conducted leadership and management development training for managers and directors of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He has conducted training for a variety of organizations including Ford Motor Company, Quaker Oats, Indiana Hospital, and the Social Security Administration..

He has taught human resources and organization development courses as an adjunct professor for the University of Maryland, University College and Chapman College. Mr. Macaluso’s broad experience includes that of research fellow for a federally sponsored research and development institute where he worked on national programs involving organizational change, workforce analysis and strategic planning.

TIMOTHY SMITH M.S.

Tim Smith has over 20 years of executive and management consulting experience in business and non-profit organizations.  He has successfully delivered executive coaching and organizational transition processes to leaders and groups both large and small, locally and globally. Tim holds a M.S in Organization Development and Behavior and a B.A. in philosophy. Because of his broad business exposure, diverse experience, and education Tim is sought after for his ability to create a refreshingly open dialogue and rapport with groups he leads. Tim has consulted and coached internationally, and particularly adept at dealing with cross-cultural issues. Additionally, he has broad experience with the complex issues arising from mergers and acquisitions, particularly in building sustainable trust, results and relationships during the critical post-merger period. Recently, Tim has led engagements that assisted senior managers of high-tech and financial services companies in their communications skills, and worked with federal employees seeking to enhance their supervisory understanding. Among his past and present clients are: New York State Electric & Gas, GPU Nuclear/GPU Energy, Verizon (formerly Bell Atlantic and NYNEX), Geoworks, MetroPCS, Roamware, The US Dept. of Transportation, Simpson Timber, Omaha MUD, Micron Technonolgy, the SPCA and Visa.