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 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.
Executive Team
Rod Parker, Co-founder and CEO
Rod's former positions include: CEO of S&H Greenpoints; where he led the digital reinvention of S&H, increasing revenue from $5 million to $50 million in 2.5 years. Senior Vice President of Marketing & Product Development at CDNOW (leading Internet music retailer), where he drove sales from $10 million to $150 million in 2 years; General Manager of Catalog 1 (the Time Warner-Spiegel e-commerce joint venture), where he created the first true Internet shopping mall. Rod is a graduate of Hamilton College.
Peter Barker, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Peter has 25 years of experience as a senior executive in both public and private companies. He began his career in the field of reinsurance, working at American International Group (AIG). He then founded and ran a Wall Street company specializing in the formation of offshore "captive" reinsurance companies. Peter has worked extensively in Russia and China, financing and managing early-stage ventures. As CFO of a NASDAQ NM traded company, he did the creative thinking and produced the business plan that launched the first cable TV, cable modem, and IP telephony company in Moscow. Peter is a graduate of Colorado College.
Dr. Frank P. Bordonaro, Vice President, Strategic Alliances
Acknowledged expert with decades of experience in corporate learning and talent management, Frank served as Chief Learning Officer at Prudential Financial and established the Prudential Center for Learning and Innovation He also served as head of Learning for McDonnell Douglas and S.C. Johnson. Frank has a Ph.D. in Psychology from Vanderbilt University.
Gary Rogers, Chief Marketing Officer
Gary has twenty years' experience in consumer and relationship marketing. He served as Director of Brand Management and New Product Development for UST Inc. (U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co.), managed two billion-dollar national brands. Gary earned his BA in Biology at Colby College and an MS in Leadership Management from Manhattanville College.
Reginald L. Babcock, Legal Counsel
Reggie is Managing Director of Endeavour Advisors, LLC, a firm providing comprehensive strategic and business guidance to organizations that seek rapid growth and require experienced advisors. He also is co-founder and Executive Director of the Angel Investor Forum, Inc., a Connecticut-based organization of individual investors. A member of the Connecticut bar, Reggie received his BA degree in 1973 and his JD degree in 1977, both from American University.
Content Partners
Jim Cassio
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 tittles 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
Three Point Software, Inc.
Three Point Software provides high-value Business Process Management and Activity Monitoring products, consulting and services to companies at every stage of process improvement. Our approach and software is structured to allow our clients to rapidly achieve operational excellence, while controlling costs and establishing a process for the ongoing pursuit of continuous improvements.
Contact: http://www.3ptsoft.com/company.html
