Recent Assignments:

Doug's specialty covers HR strategy development and effectiveness, leadership development, team performance, and workplace respect. Doug consults with many organizations in the areas of strategic resourcing, HR process re-engineering, valuing diversity, executive coaching, internal business consulting, employment law, and people strategy development.

He has written a book entitled ‘The ABCs of Leadership' which won an Axiom Business Book award for writing excellence in March 2008. His next book project, ‘Leading From Behind', is currently underway and is due to be published June 2009. Doug is also a guest writer and management consulting expert for the highly successful web incubator for business startups ‘www.perfectbusiness.com'.

Experience and Expertise:

Doug has worked for some of the most exciting organizations in corporate America including Miller Brewing Company, Uncle Ben's Foods, Dove, International, M&M/Mars, and Kal Kan Petcare, and held a number of corporate and manufacturing HR positions of increasing responsibility. The formation of a single multi-billion dollar U.S. food organization of over 7,000 associates in 2000 for Mars, Incorporated resulted in responsibility for developing leading edge transformational systems, processes and organization design promoting excellence in all professional staffing, eHR, HR Effectiveness, HR Administration and Regional Benefits Administration support for the company's U.S. businesses.

As a result of Doug's leadership in these areas, a number of innovative ideas were introduced resulting in millions of dollars in cost savings and significantly increased customer service allowing the HR function to increase its partnership role and effectiveness with its business clients.

Education, Special Training and Certifications:

Doug graduated from Alcorn State University with a BA in Political Science and Economics in 1975 and went on to receive a Masters degree in Human Resources Counseling from North Carolina A&T State University. He also studied law at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina.