Henry E. Liebling
Henry E. Liebling is co-founder of Strategic Business and Technology Alliances, Inc. and the thought-leader for MORE VIRTUAL.com. He is a seasoned training professional, management consultant, researcher, and speaker who has designed and implemented programs for business and industry, government, education, health care and non-profit organizations. He has completed projects for companies in U.S., Australia, Europe, Mexico, and Middle East. He advises organizations how to leverage the use of Web Conferencing and collaborative tools and best practices to conduct business across distance and how to leverage Web Conferencing to accelerate learning/workforce performance.
In 1992, he began using “real-time, different place” collaborative software for virtual meetings and distance learning. He would say that he just kind of fell in love with web conferencing. And he developed a passion for how people work, virtually, (across geographic distance) especially in how they can use real-time, interactive, visual tools. He has a strong sense of what works and what does not work. He is author of:
His career began with an internship for United States House of Representatives followed by government employment. For the past fifteen years, he has mostly consulted in the private sector, serving well-known global, regional, and entrepreneurial companies. He has consulted and provided training on training department restructuring, leadership, personal and professional development, product development processes, business acumen, customer service operations and retention, personal and team productivity, organizational development, operational efficiency, and e-Commerce. He has written on such topics as increasing volunteerism, customer service, and personal and team productivity. He has content posted at WWW.NEWWOW.net.
AWARD. Mr. Liebling played a key role on a team that won Second Place Honors (more than 350 entries) from United States Distance Learning Association for Best Distance Learning Program in Corporate Training. (Program was for Microsoft Corporation)
Henry has provided services to American Bankers Association (Center for Bank Training), AT&T, BellSouth, Blue Cross Blue Shield, City of Syracuse, The Equitable Group and Health Division, The Great American Cookie Company, Los Angeles County, Monster Worldwide, Inc., National Urban League (HQ), Nokia Learning Center, Rollins - Orkin, State of Georgia, State of California, Monroe County NY, and Temple University.
He holds a Masters of Public Administration (Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs)and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University. He has studied Behavioral Science and Organizational Development at University of California. He has been a volunteer and/or Board member for community organizations, one of which was a Business-Education Partnership. Henry and his wife (Ruth Ann Forrester) have conducted youth development for Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
Ruth Ann Forrester
Ruth Ann is co-founder of Strategic Business and Technology Alliances, Inc. She began working with technology early in her career. She partnered in the writing and design of The Web Conferencing Imperative for Collaboration, Productivity, and Training and The Web Conferencing IDEA BOOKS series, for Government, for Marketing and Sales, for Learning and Human Resources. In 1992, she started using "virtual tools."
She partners with our clients in developing publications, training materials, and media on collaborative work and blended learning. Ruth Ann is highly skilled in instructional design, materials development, and delivery of custom-designed, performance-based training programs.
She is a meeting facilitator of Neuro-Linguistic Programming principles. Her career experience includes 12 years with MONY Financial Services where she was part of the team that developed their Sales Office Manager Training Program and Employee Assistance Program. She also assisted in the development and delivery of end-user training for MONY's computer systems and applications. She was Director of Usability Assessment and Training for a software company. She has been recognized for her active community involvement and attended a college in northeast Georgia. Ruth Ann and her husband (Henry Liebling) have conducted youth development for Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
Dr. Jolly T. Holden
Jolly is a learning consultant and Associate of SBTA, Inc. Jolly has extensive distance learning experience with corporations and government and has received numerous recognitions. He is an e-learning consultant and serves as an Adjunct Faculty to the American InterContinental University Online Master's of Education degree program in Instructional Technology. Previously, he held positions as the Senior Projects Manager for Training and Development, StarBand Communications Inc., Chief Learning Strategist at Spacenet Inc. and GE Spacenet, and was the Executive Marketing Manager for Distance Learning at AT&T Tridom.
During his career, he was Chief of the Evaluation and Technology Branch and Graduate Education Program Manager for the United States Air Force Institute of Technology. For the past twelve years, he has been actively involved in researching and promoting distance learning throughout the federal government and corporate community. He is Chairman Emeritus of the United States Distance Learning Association (www.usdla.org). He co-founded the Federal Government Distance Learning Association. He received his Doctorate in Education from the University of Southern California.
Daniel C. Hunt (www.h5consulting.com)
Dan is a business veteran and proven management consultant with a broad background in information technology and telecommunications, acquired over 25 years of successful experience in sales, marketing, product management, and operations in organizations ranging from new start-ups to Fortune 50 corporations. For a global telecommunications company, Dan created the videoconferencing management service, including reservations/scheduling of rooms and equipment, management of bridging equipment, management of network facilities, call set up including initiating the calls remotely so that users entered an active conference. In addition, he developed services and support for the outsourcing and management services units of AT&T including on site network management centers for the AT&T’s 100 largest customers.
The last ten years of his career has been spent in management consulting, first as an independent consultant and most recently as a Partner in a small firm. During this time he has successfully completed, led, or managed more than 60 engagements ranging in length from a several days to over 15 months as an interim executive. He is highly skilled in the creation and launch of new business lines and products. Mr. Hunt's experience includes serving as: (1) Partner and Chief Administrative Officer for a professional services firm, (2) Vice President Joint Ventures for an international telecommunications service provider, and (3) Founding Executive Vice President of international carrier. Dan has also held key positions with Execucom Systems, and Chase Decision Systems.
Dan graduated Cum Laude, from St. Mary's University,
Gary Wetherbee
Gary has over 20 years of experience as an accomplished trainer and organizational development specialist. He focuses on helping individuals and organizations achieve their strategic performance goals, working primarily in the areas of Organizational Leadership (Strategy Deployment, Leadership Theory and Skills, Team Building, Change Management, Creating Customer Service Organizations), Supervision (Coaching and Feedback, Supervision and Motivation, Performance Management, Dealing with Conflict and Difficult People), and Personal Development (Communication Skills, Time Management, and Covey's Seven Habits).
Gary has provided services to key personnel with Anderson Consulting, Alcoa, Scottish Rite Hospital, Washington University Medical School, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Deloitte and Touche, Annerundel Hospital, BellSouth Mobility, BellSouth.net, Salvation Army, and Southeastern Association for School Principals and Superintendents.
Gary is an alumnus of Georgia Tech and has a M.Ed. from Georgia State University in Behavioral Sciences.
Rodney Bogash
Rodney has 18 years of experience as a consultant, mentor, and executive coach that has enabled him to improve the operating efficiencies and overall productivity of his clients. He was a Director of Quality at a Fortune 100 company and he has held senior management positions in the areas of Sales, Marketing, Product Management, and Operations.
He has extensive corporate experience in Business Process Management, Six Sigma Methodology and Six Sigma Audits. He has worked with clients in such diverse industries as Telecommunications, IT, Software Development, Health Care, Government, and Non-Profit. He has presented to national groups and local business associations on such topics as "Six Sigma: The Road to Customer Satisfaction" and "The Role of Quality in Performance Excellence."
Rodney is a GE trained Master Black Belt, an ASQ Certified Quality Manager (CQM), and a Quality Assurance Institute certified Quality Analyst. He has managed and coordinated Six Sigma Black activities in the areas of process improvement and leadership, managed post-AT&T Divestiture merger activities, and he was successful in forging mutual gains partnership for change with union local presidents and management leaders. Rodney is a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Examiner and was a Senior Examiner for the Georgia Oglethorpe Award.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Pennsylvania State University and was awarded a Masters of Business Administration from Fordham University.