| Our President, Don Straits |
Don is recognized as a worldwide authority in career and leadership technologies and strategies. He is the founder and president of Corporate Warriors.
Don serves as a career expert for numerous trade and industry websites including CareerBuilder.com, MSN, AOL, and Bio.com. His articles appear in over 300 newspapers, magazines and trade journals. These articles have been translated into over twelve languages.
Don has an outstanding reputation earned through his achievements in business and academic endeavors. He holds an M.B.A. from Washington University and a B.A. from Cornell. He has held several senior level executive positions in the private sector and has served as president of a manufacturing company and president of a consumer products marketing company. He has hired, trained, and provided leadership to thousands of professionals.
In addition, Don has a successful track record as an entrepreneur in several business ventures. He was selected to serve as the editor of the Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management section of the American Management Association AMA Management Handbook 3rd Ed.
His academic accomplishments include marketing professorships at Seton Hall University, Ohio University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Linfield College. He has received extensive recognition for his teaching excellence and was named a Free Enterprise Fellow.
Don is a professional speaker and has conducted hundreds of keynote presentations and seminars for companies, associations, conventions, community groups and universities. He is a dynamic motivator and makes a lifetime impact on his clients and audiences.
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| Our Coaching Team |
| Roberta has an extensive background in corporate leadership, training and development, and executive coaching. She challenges people to focus on the goals, the attitude, and the actions necessary to achieve results and experience fulfillment. As a credentialed Professional Certified Coach, Roberta provides organizational development and change management consulting, leadership development and training, as well as individualized leadership and personal success coaching to motivated individuals or organizations. Her experience spans a number of industries, including healthcare, telecommunications, and state government. She is founder and past president of the Sacramento Coaches Association, a member of American Society for Training and Development, past president of the Fair Oaks Rotary Club, a member of the Folsom Chamber of Commerce, a published poet, and has served as an instructor for the College of Continuing Education at Sacramento State for more than nine years. Roberta holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame de Namur and a Master’s degree in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix. |
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Roberta Pickett |
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Dave McKeon |
Dave brings expertise and immediate focus to your executive search as a certified corporate business and career coach. He partners one-on-one with professionals in all areas of career transition: creating momentum, choosing a career direction, the art of effective networking, role playing, executive career marketing, finding opportunities, evaluating/negotiating offers, and effective tactics once you've accepted a position. He has operated a full-time coaching practice since 1998.
Dave’s background also includes experience and expertise inside Corporate America’s high-tech companies and Fortune 500 manufacturing firms, where he held a variety of leadership roles. Dave is a member coach with Ken Blanchard’s coaching.com company.
Dave holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Clark University, is a graduate of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute–School of Industrial Management, and Corporate Coach U. He has also studied with The Coaches Training Institute and Comprehensive Coach U.
In addition to his coaching activities, Dave delivers seminars in communication styles, networking skills, and coaching for performance. He is a licensed facilitator of the Coaching Clinic© developed by Corporate Coach University International. He is an active board member of the nationally recognized Certified Networker Program, and a volunteer career mentor working with inner city youths and college graduates.
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Dr. Terry Anderson is a successful, results-oriented, senior organizational learning specialist. His specialty areas are: executive coaching and mentoring, strategic and operational planning, management team development, and e-business transition consulting. He has been called, by some of his clients, the "Optimizer," because he has developed and tested systems and tools to optimize leader, team and organizational performance. The other name clients have given him is, "DrCoach," because of his hands-on, hard-hitting, practical, but professional approach.
Terry has personally authored over a dozen publications, some of which have been translated into Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Hungarian, Flemish, French and Spanish, and are being used in 11 countries. The First Edition of his book, Transforming Leadership: New Skills for an Extraordinary Future, was published in 1992 by HRD Press, in Sweden (1994) by ISL Forlag, and in Hungary (1994). He also authored the Personal Style Indicator (1987) which has been used by nearly 1 million people in eight languages.
Terry's academic background includes undergraduate work in English and psychology (B.A., 1967), and his master's level work was in college teaching and counseling (M.A., 1973). His Professional Education Certification was completed at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (1971). His undergraduate and master's level academic work were completed at California State University, Chico; and his doctoral studies in Administration and Management (1992) were with Robert Marx, Ph.D., at the University of Massachusetts School of Management, and Allen Ivey, Ed.D., at the University of Massachusetts School of Counseling and Consulting, through Columbia Pacific University. |
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Terry Anderson, Ph.D. |
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David Griswold |
David Griswold entered the career outplacement industry in 1979 in New York City. Within three years, he was lead consultant on major projects for Exxon, Union Carbide, Pan American, Reliance Insurance, and Grumman Aircraft.
In 1983 he formed his own consulting business where he was sought by industry leaders to head up projects and manage offices. Along with spearheading consulting for Fortune 500 clients, David was recognized for his work with military personnel who were transiting from the service to the private sector.
More recently he was selected to manage all the outplacement for a leading retailer when they made their decision to leave the southeast market. David coordinated with their senior management team to construct programs that met goals and objectives within budget perimeters.
Another program involved downsizing a defense plant for a world leader in the aerospace industry. Over 500 men and women, many with over 30 years in this industry, went through the program and achieved superior results in finding new career positions.
David has personally consulted with more than 3,000 individuals and delivered seminars to more than 10,000. He is considered a dynamic speaker, and is recognized for his direct style that imparts information and confidence to both exempt and non-exempt employees.
David taught at Yale University and Trinity College and earlier served as an officer in the Marine Corps. He holds a Master's degree from the University of South Alabama and an undergraduate degree from Springfield College. He has been a member of the American Society of Training and Development, the American Management Association, the National Speakers Association, and the Georgia Speakers Association.
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Sharon is a nationally recognized workshop leader and facilitator. She developed and presented seminars on human resource and leadership issues including team building, leadership training, priority setting, time management, stress management and professional meeting planning.
She holds two Master’s degrees with special emphasis in health care and education.
Sharon is the President-elect of Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and Past President of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). She also serves as an instructor at California State University, Sacramento. |
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Sharon Bock |
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| Our Client Support Team |
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Joelle Silva |
Our Wizard of the Realm, Joelle makes sure things run smoothly around the office, providing administrative leadership for the Corporate Warriors team.
Her extensive background in providing executive support services spans many industries. She brings a diversity of essential production and support skills to the table. Her expertise in research, composition, grammar, and various software programs makes Joelle an indispensable asset to Corporate Warriors clients preparing to meet the challenges of a job search.
Joelle's client support duties include writing credentials documents, directing client videos, posting online resumes, and one-on-one support during the course of a client's career.
Her unfailing good cheer and friendliness lend themselves well to her role as "best friend" to our family of lifetime clients.
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At Corporate Warriors, Tyler is an ad hoc project manager and marketing resource for the management team in the areas of brand development, strategy, and internet marketing.
He is also available as an exclusive resource to clients who want to establish a high-impact online presence during their crucial career transitions.Our resident millennial, Tyler has advanced marketing objectives large and small within markets as diverse as music, wine, and high-tech. His network of contacts and scope of industry knowledge keeps him ahead of the shifting tides of online commerce. |
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Tyler West |
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Spencer Longhofer |
Spencer is a Corporate Warriors team member and young marketing professional. His duties are wide ranging and include serving as the manager of our Recruiter Alliance Network (RAN). He builds, expands, designs, and maintains our nationwide network of recruiter partners that serves as the source for much of our incoming business. Spencer also spends a good deal of his time working on sales and marketing initiatives and giving presentations to potential partners and customers. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Notre Dame.
Spencer’s strengths lie in his communication skills, and his only weakness is Kryptonite.
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Linda is our Office Manager. Her extensive background in providing executive support services spans many industries. She brings to the team her creativity, innovation, and a positive attitude.
Linda also does work as a freelance Web developer. She enjoys the exciting challenges that web design and development demand. She volunteers her time and efforts with various non-profit organizations. |
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Linda Muiru |
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Randy Guffey |
Randy is an acclaimed researcher and investigator specializing in corporate research and due diligence. He has also been recognized for his expertise in deep Internet research, competitive intelligence, and industry and events analysis. His clients have included Fortune 500 companies, major law firms, and major U.S. and international print and broadcast media.
He has authored web logs, news articles, and white papers, and given national presentations on basic and advanced research techniques with both conventional and Internet sources (including Web 2.0). He is also recognized for identifying best practices in utilizing information properly for achieving company or personal goals and objectives.
Randy holds a B.S. in Business Management with honors from National-Louis University, and has done graduate work in Information Systems Technology at The George Washington University. He is also accredited as a Career Management Practitioner by the Institute of Career Certification International and regularly completes data acquisition, knowledge management and research training from a variety of venues.
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