Partners and Advisors

Mitch Manning

Mitch Manning, past president of the Association for Quality and Participation, a leading international organization for quality leadership, is our chief advising partner on corporate training.

Manning, who has served on numerous presidential and national  advisory boards and who has been an examiner for the Malcolm Baldridge Quality Awards, is regarded nationwide as an expert on learning systems and performance training.

Manning and David Snyder are currently collaborating on developing state of the art training methods in numerous skill areas for corporations and industries.

Mnngmw@Aol.Com

 
Tom Livaccari

Partner/Executive Vice President, Strategic Development

Over the last 7 months, Tom Livaccari has been an independent consultant, primarily focused on helping to develop and execute the sales and marketing strategies for 2 clients: an advertising agency aimed at the Latino youth market and a healthcare focused web development company. Prior to these consulting engagements, Tom was the Vice President of Business Development and Account Management at Dennis Interactive, where he and his team were responsible for growing revenue over 300% and attracting blue-chip clients like Eli Lilly, Novartis, American Express, Bulova, Loews Hotels, Disney, HBO, Miramax, Lexus, Leading Hotels of the World, GTE and Qwest Communications.

An Internet trailblazer, Tom began his online career at CompuServe in 1992,  where he worked in product development and sales. But his first foray into the online world occurred even earlier:  In 1985 and 1986 he was a member of the team that launched Citibank's first online banking effort, Direct Access.

Ten years later Mr. Livaccari co-founded Icon New Media, a one of the very first Internet development firms (now the Internet services division of Qwest Communications.) While at Icon, he co-created one of the most critically acclaimed and groundbreaking internet-only media properties, Word.  In addition to overseeing the content division at Icon New Media, Tom was also responsible for the client services division, which served clients like BearStearns, CBS, Altoids, Penguin Books, Saab USA.

Mr. Livaccari has spoken frequently at industry conferences and has appeared in the PBS series, Life on the Internet. He is also featured in the books, The Ten Secrets for Web Success and How to Mind-Read Your Customers.

tlivac@yahoo.com

 
Dr. Scott Dellana
 

Scott Dellana, Chairman of the Department of Decision Sciences at East Carolina University (Greenville, NC), is the company’s advising partner on research methods and studies.

Dr. Dellana and David Snyder are currently collaborating on a series of studies examining data they have accumulated on the differing perceptions of high school students regarding their future and the quality of counseling they feel they have received.

More information about Dr. Dellana may be obtained by visiting his website,  http://personal.ecu.edu/dellanas

Dr. Ron Wright

Dr. Ron Wright, Vice President of Academic Services at Cleveland  Community College in North Carolina, is our chief advising partner on community college education and critical  thinking advancement.

Dr. Wright and David Snyder are currently working to expand successful models David has developed to increase the quality of critical thinking and technical writing instruction in the technical college classroom.   Also, David and Dr. Wright also have developed models to help tie in quality of instruction assessment with the guidelines mandated by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). 

Dr. Wright can be reached at Wright@cleveland.cc.nc.us