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.
