Employment Certification, Coaching and Training Consultants: 10

As a highly professional & credible Expert, Consultant, & Speaker, Jean Seawright has provided trusted advice & HR Consultation to thousands of organizations nationwide. As president of Seawright & Associates, a Human Resource Management Consulting Firm, Ms. Seawright is widely respected for her knowledge of state & federal employment regulations, including, among others, the FLSA, ADA, FMLA, PWFA, & Title VII.

Since 1987, she has focused on HR-related engagements such as executive advisory, regulatory compliance, management training and development, workplace investigations (including harassment), performance management, background checks, hiring & terminating employees, charges of discrimination, employee handbook & policy development, compensation plans, HR audits,  & others. Ms. Seawright is a frequent speaker at state & national trade associations & is the author of numerous articles & publications in the field of human resources, including The Employment Genie®, an exclusive hiring, coaching, & termination system for businesses. 

Areas of Expertise:

• Negligent Hiring, Supervision, and Retention
• Discrimination and EEO Compliance
• HR Policies and Programs
• FLSA and Wage and Hour Compliance
• Harassment
• Workplace Investigations
• Expert Witness Services for Employment Law Matters
• ADA
• FMLA
• Background Checks and Hiring Procedures
• Title VII
• Employee Handbooks and Policies

Ms. Seawright is available for case analysis, case theory evaluation, expert witness reports, depositions, analysis of other expert testimony, and trial testimony.

Restaurant Consulting Innovations (RCI) provides services to the Restaurant / Food Services Industry, whether for new development, existing concept re-development and enhancement, or salvaging a company in crisis. RCI provides a highly focused and effective approach from evaluation to implementation of solutions to benefit their clients in the most efficient manner.

Clients List - Joe's Crab Shack, Cask ‘n Cleaver, Lord Charlie’s, El Gato Gordo, Pizza Pronto, Safari Bar Restaurant, Shark Club, Bull Dog Grill, Stronghouse, Pangea, The Ballroom, Juarez Grill, Dickerson’s Club 29, Yucatan Liquor Stand, Zepp’s Atomic Tex Mex, Cabo Grill, Angel Stadium, In Cahoots, The Ball Room, Slick Willie’s, Rodeo, Jake’s, Bobs on the Bay, Crabby Bob’s Seafood, PizzaRev, Honolulu Harry’s, Lahaina Mai Tai Lounge, Canyon Grill, Campagnia, Huey’s Grill & Brewery, Gladstone’s Long Beach, Pro’s Ranch Markets, Lily's Doughnuts & Pops

Consultant Services:

• Design Build Management - Design from Culinary Vision to Construction Documentation, Full Project Management / Installation, Consolidation and Delivery, Site Surveys to Determine Operational Efficiencies, Custom Stainless Fabrication, GPO Procurement Power
• Business Coaching - Leadership Development & Accountability, Performance Optimization, Franchise Model Development, Value Enhancement to Sell or Leverage Bank Financing, Business Performance Reviews, Strategic Planning, Business Turnarounds, New Concept Development
• Industries Served - Independent Restaurants, Multi Unit Operators, New Concepts & Emerging Brands, Franchise Companies, Food-service Suppliers, Hotel Food & Beverage, Investors / Private Equity / Landlords, Wineries, and Virtual Kitchens

Gary R. Coburn, Principal at RCI, is an award-winning Restaurant Executive with 45 years of experience creating, opening, running, and advising hundreds of full service restaurants, limited service, quick-service, bars and nightclubs. Additional expertise in restaurant franchising and commercial kitchen design/build from remodels to ground up including conceptual development, viability and business interruption.

With over four decades in the industry, Mr. Coburn has held positions as VP of National Accounts and Design Build for the largest commercial kitchen and distribution company in the country to, Director of Operations, President, COO, Executive Director of Food Services and owner operator. His management experience has included supervising more than 2,000 employees, including 170 managers, along with overseeing consulting assignments for numerous companies.

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Virginia Rhodes, EdD has over 35 years experience in Urban School District Policy, School Development, Administration and Teaching. Dr. Rhodes' specialties include persistently failing city schools, new school start-ups, intentional school design 

Consulting Focus:

• District and individual school strategy for equity
• Replacing factory model district & school structures with highly engaging models
• Replacing punitive discipline with developmental systems
• *STEM start-ups and environmental school design 
• Innovative teacher hiring, and teacher-led school models, including in districts with collective bargaining
• Replacing toxic district or school culture with human-friendly models
• Effective school security and safety--beyond electronics to the human side
• Collaborating with community grassroots organizing partners

Background - Dr. Rhodes has provided consulting services to an international firm on certain aspects of U.S. public school practices prior to their exploration of a related market sector. She acted as a consultant to the University of Cincinnati Career Center assisting in the development of pre-service teacher hiring expectations. Dr. Rhodes was retained by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to co-investigate a study for mental health and achievement factors related to excessive student mobility. 

As a consultant on AdvancedEd School Accreditation Teams, she has evaluated high school performance. Dr. Rhodes has researched and written numerous articles on school mobility, achievement, culture, and STEM (NSF). She has conducted numerous training workshops and spoken on urban school district policy and other related topics to various community groups and national educational organizations.

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Parallax Education is an Organization Development firm specializing in the Prevention of Employment Harassment, Discrimination, and Retaliation. They offer highly-specialized, distinctly effective, and specifically designed training to provide breakthroughs for teams and entire organizations

Parallax has consulted with numerous Fortune 500 companies, including American Express, ARCO, Sizzler Int’l, First Interstate Bank, Exxon, Jack-in-the Box, Washington Mutual Bank, Ritz Carlton Hotels, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, RAND Corporation, MCA/Universal Studios, MTA, and Motown Record Company. 

Web-Based Training

Harassment for Non-Supervisors Office and Blue Collar Harassment for Employees – Foodservice & Hospitality Version

Harassment for Supervisors Office and Blue Collar Harassment for Supervisors Foodservice & Hospitality

Instructor Led Training

Interviewing Skills A-Z Shades of Harassment Conducting Effective Investigations Preventing Workplace Violence

Preventing Sexual Harassment Team Building Motivating Employees

Monica Ballard, President of Parallax Education, is an Organizational Development Consultant with 25 years of experience specializing in the Prevention of Harassment, Discrimination, and Retaliation. She has trained over 500 Human Resources professionals in conducting investigations and trained over 10,000 persons on the subjects of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation.

Monica has written over 20 workbooks and produced 4 web-based training programs on the prevention of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation  She has written 4 workbooks on Conducting Effective Investigations. She has been Interviewed on CBS News, CNN, and Fox News, and featured in newspapers including the WSJ, LA Times (8 times), US News & World Report, Time Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, New York Times, and others. 

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Rudolph Johnson, PhD, is a Chemical Toxicologist who brings over 25 years of experience bridging scientific leadership, program management, and strategic advisory work across government, industry, and international organizations. Early in his career at BASF Corporation, he managed the end-to-end development of high-margin industrial and pharmaceutical products, led competitive analysis and product lifecycle planning, and directed the scale-up of laboratory innovations into large-scale production — gaining hands-on experience bridging R&D, manufacturing, and market strategy across sites in Michigan, Massachusetts, and North Carolina.

Dr. Johnson has built a track record of high-level strategic and operational leadership, directing multimillion-dollar programs and budgets at the CDC, the US Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. He has developed laboratory facilities, operations, and laboratory networks. His international advisory experience includes work with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and the United Nations. 

Domestically, he has advised the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on multiple topics, the National Academy of Sciences, and the FBI, and has briefed senior government leadership including the President's National Security Council. This blend of private-sector business acumen and large-scale public and international program leadership positions him to advise organizations on strategy, regulatory navigation, and operational scale-up in complex, high-stagnant-stakes environments.

Consulting Services - Dr. Johnson's clients are those setting up technical operations or manufacturing a new product that requires chemical or toxicological support.

Consulting Expertise:

Strategic and Business Leadership Strategic Planning Product Lifecycle Management Competitive Analysis Market Strategy Industrial Scale-Up R&D-to-Manufacturing Translation Business Development Customer Engagement National Engineering Support Program & Operations Management Budget Management (multimillion-dollar)

Operations Management Laboratory Operations Interlaboratory Network Development Staffing and Logistics Standard Operating Procedures Resource Allocation Quality and Regulatory Assurance Leadership and Governance Funding and Grant Management International Collaboration Government Relations Crisis / Emergency Response

Linnda Durre', Ph.D., Licensed Psychotherapist, (FL License #MH6058) is an expert witness, psychotherapist, family counselor, intern supervisor, international speaker, corporate trainer, author, business consultant, adjunct college professor, and a magazine, Internet, and newspaper columnist. Her four areas of court expertise are Family Law, Personal Injury Law, Employment Law, and Criminal Law. 

Litigation Support: With over 49 years of experience, she consults to attorneys and has been qualified as an expert witness in 12 states - Florida. Alabama, California, Arkansas, Georgia, Connecticut, Washington, Ohio, Tennessee, and Iowa - in the areas of Personal Injury, PTSD, Family and Couples Counseling, Divorce, Child Custody, Relocation, Drug and Alcohol Counseling, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse by Psychotherapists, as well as Age, Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Discrimination. Her 400-page doctoral dissertation and research in the latter area was cited to pass legislation in several states. 

Dr. Durre' has hosted and produced four radio shows, two of which were call-in advice shows - "The Dr. Linnda Durre' Show" on WDBO in Orlando (a Cox station) and "Let's Talk with Dr. Linnda Durre' on an NPR station in New York, and two radio interview shows. Her last show was a daily hour-long podcast, entitled, "Linnda Durre' Interviews" Dr. Linnda Durre' has hosted and produced two call-in advice TV shows, including being selected in a national search of 200 applicants, to host, "Ask The Family Therapist," on America's Health Network (AHN), which was associated with Mayo Clinic and each show aired daily for two hours from Universal Studios Orlando. She was vetted by Mayo Clinic and America's Health Network.

She has appeared on Oprah, 60 Minutes, O'Reilly (twice), Today Show, Good Morning America, Canada AM, Daytime, Donahue (twice), Sally Jessy Raphael, People Are Talking, Home Show, Hour Magazine, Home and Family Show, Disney Channel, and the local and/or national news on NPR, PBS, CBS, ABC, NBC, CW, and Fox.

Dr. Durre' has been interviewed, cited, and/or quoted by the NY Times, LA Times, Forbes, WSJ, IBD, Business Week, SF Chronicle & Examiner, Toronto Globe & Mail, Albany Times Union, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Orlando Business Journal, Orlando Sentinel, Parade Magazine, Alternative Medicine Magazine, CNN Online, Washington Parent Magazine, Screen Actor Magazine, Florida Magazine, Pasadena Star News, Orlando Magazine, Women's Health Magazine, and others.

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Michael T. Motley, Ph.D. has over thirty-five years of experience in the field of Communication, with specialization in the areas of public-speaking anxiety (stage fright), interpersonal communication, meaning, and psycholinguistics. He has developed an approach to reducing public-speaking stage fright that has been proven in several clinical trials to be the most effective therapy available. The method is successful in about 95% of severe cases and 85% of moderate cases. Dr. Motley is a Professor of Communication with the University of California at Davis. He has authored almost 200 books, articles, and research papers in communication and psycholinguistics. He has won eighteen excellence awards for his research and was recognized as among the "Top 1%" of communication scholars of the 1970's, 1980's, and 1990's. Areas of Expertise:

• Stage Fright Reduction
• Interpersonal Communication Skills
• Male / Female Misunderstandings
• Communication of Sexual Consent

Services Offered:

• Consultation and Advice in Above Areas
• Therapy for Public-Speaking Anxiety (Stage Fright)

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Dennis E. Coleman & Associates has been providing Healthcare Management Services to various healthcare provider clients since 1990. They offer services in a variety of areas, including, but not limited to:

Physician / Hospital Collaboration Medical Staff Development Business Development Operations Management Interim Hospital Management

Policy & Procedure Development Human Resources Management Marketing & Sales Delivery System Development Strategic Planning

Principal, Dennis E. Coleman, JD, MPH, has over 40 years of experience in Hospital and Healthcare Management. Mr. Coleman's academic background includes a Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern University in Los Angeles and a Masters in Public Health degree with a Hospital Administration major and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, both from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Mr. Coleman was most recently the Chief Executive Officer of Community & Mission Hospital located in Southern California. He has also served as a part-time faculty instructor in hospital administration and healthcare management at both California State University, Northridge and California State University, Los Angeles. He currently maintains a national consulting and expert witness practice specializing in hospital administration / healthcare management.

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Consultica Worldwide is a management consulting firm with a reputation for resolving strategic and operational issues in Business, International Education, Management, and Human Capital. The firm was established in Sydney, Australia in 2003 and provides consultancy services in management, strategy, quality, business, and international education.

Consultica specializes in assisting with RTO quality and development, university advisory, higher education service provider (HEP) services, tertiary quality, start-up, and strategic planning. Their services cover the following:

Quality Development, Enhancement Quality Systems Registration and Re-registration Services Harnessing Strategic Synergies Creating Quality Cultures Developing Corporate Talent

Aligning the Workforce to Strategy Strengthening High-impact Leadership Leadership Transition Risk Management Executive Guidance Strategic Management

Principal, Mo Kader, PhD, is a business and commerce professional specializing in three areas of expertise: Business Start-up and Development, Human Capital and Corporate Training, and International Education and Institutions. He has an in-depth knowledge of the education, corporate training, learning and development fields and of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) and larger commercial enterprise.

Dr. Kader assists SME's and large businesses in a range of sectors to start up or develop or grow. This is done through business management principles and with a range of human resource and organizational development approaches. These help increase the start-up business success rate and streamline its processes, as they do with larger businesses looking for better performance.

Dr. Kader's understanding of management, business development, new company growth strategies, and change management aid in providing a pragmatic, driven approach to business. He has worked as Business Development Manager, National Business Manager, Head of Sales, General Manager, and Managing Director, and has a high degree of acumen in international business, export development, new enterprise start up, and in resolving business and commercial issues via good business practice and human capital programs.

Mo Kader is experienced in the regulatory framework of compliance for Registered Training Organisations (RTO's), Higher Education Providers (HEP's), and Universities. He assists RTO's with initial registration and ongoing compliance. The establishment of Higher Education Providers and Tertiary Education Institutions is also his forte. With an ability to assist from the inception and Strategic Planning phase to the development of internal policies and procedures that provide the institute with a Quality Framework, Dr. Kader is able to impart sound advice and implementation support.

Aaron T. Olson of A.T. Olson Consulting, LLC., specializes as an expert in police practices and human resources lawsuits. His knowledge and skills come from a career in law enforcement, former human resources investigator, being an expert witness on criminal and civil cases, private investigator, adjunct professor, author and trainer. 

Background Experience: Mr. Olson has 26 years of police experience with management assignments in communications, recruitment, and patrol. He supervised and evaluated both police and non-police employees. He was a member of the OSP Procedures and Rules Advisory Committee and worked with Oregon's Department of Justice in rewriting and validating OSP's trooper and cadet applicant hiring process. 

As a patrol supervisor, Mr. Olson directed major crime scenes and traffic fatalities investigations. He reviewed and approved administrative, police, and use of force reports. Mr. Olson also investigated allegations of police officer misconduct, conducted background checks, and participated in specialized tasks in community policing, dignitary protection with the U.S. Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies. 

Mr. Olson is a former human resources investigator with Local Government Personnel Institute, Salem, OR. He conducted background and misconduct investigations on city and county employees and city and county elected officials, as well as department directors. The misconduct investigations included sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation and hostile work environments. He wrote the investigative reports and made the findings of facts on all misconduct allegations.

Expert Witness: Mr. Olson has experience as an expert on cases involving police misconduct, police procedures, police use of force, police pursuits, wrongful death, personal injury, citizen use of force, murder, manslaughter, attempted murder, assault, felon in possession of a firearm, employer investigations on employees, employer negligent hiring, negligent training, negligent supervision, negligent retention, management performance and retaliation. He has experience in testifying in civil and criminal court cases, as well as civil depositions. Mr. Olson's services are available to attorneys' representing plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court cases. Contact him today for a free initial consultation.

Areas of Expertise:

Law Enforcement Police Practices and Procedures Police Investigations and Arrests Use of force - Police and Citizen

HR Practices and Investigations Negligent Hiring, Retention, Failure to Train/Supervise  Bias, Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation Wrongful termination

Besides being an expert witness, Mr. Olson is a private investigator. He is insured and bonded, and licensed through the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, Private Investigator License #113509.   

Mr. Olson is a published co -writer of multiple books, CARE Approach: Seeking Solutions to Human Problems and Multicultural Law Enforcement: Strategies for Peacekeeping in a Diverse Society. He is an adjunct professor teaching at a community college and state university. His classes are Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice and Multiculturalism in Emergency Services. 

Mr. Olson has experience in providing his consultation services to law firms, businesses, hospitals, unions, and government at the city, county and state level.    

Contact Mr. Olson today for a free initial consultation.

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