Leadership

Alan brings expertise from a career implementing positive change in well over 100 organizations by first formulating a clear understanding people and process and then designing and implementing a plan  to create sustainable advantageous capability.   His skills have been developed as an executive, program manager, sales manager and entrepreneur. Beginning with  experiences as a systems analyst and Systems Productivity manager  at General Dynamics, as a Market Manager at American Express and from various leadership roles at divisions of United Technologies and as a Performance Improvement Process Leader at dozens of smaller organizations.

As a member of United Technologies’ Leadership Associates team, Alan served as a Product Manager in charge of development and marketing activities of an $100 million/year product line, as leader of a Supplier Management/purchasing program, as  plant manager, as Director of Sales and Marketing for a $180 million/year operation and as a leader of several major change efforts within large organizations.  In addition, he was a small business consultant in New York City, while earning his MBA at Columbia University . Alan has worked with dozens of companies producing results repeatedly exceeding expectations. . For seven years, he was the Southern California facilitator for a leading management development program,  leading the development of several hundred managers in a 12 month program.  

Alan has led engagements which have resulted in major productivity, profitability and effectiveness improvements in operations, marketing and sales. Alan is also an adjunct Professor teaching numerous graduate and undergraduate management, process improvement and marketing courses. During the last few years, he has led projects focused on improving the level of people and process effectiveness in many 

companies including Worldtrans, Medication Delivery Devices, Product Design Group, Community Health Group, Bergelectric, Indyme Electronics, Lockheed Martin Orincon modernpostacrd.com, RCP, Hitachi Data Systems, Revcare, Source Refrigeration, EPI, GCS Industries and many others.  Alan is currently President of the San DIego Business Resources organization, co-president of the Columbia Business School Alumni Club of San Diego, a San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce Ambassador and a long time Voyager Toastmaster.