Trainer's Biosketches
Harvey Mathason
Don Koestler
Deepak Doshi
Barbara Simmons
Chair of group promoting creativity and innovation for a 1.5 billion dollar materials specialty company. Creative consultant for company projects. Gave creativity presentations within the company as well as to leaders of business groups. Served as Quality Assurance Analyst at same company for 19 years. Served as Chair of the MARSQA (Mid-Atlantic Region Society of Quality Assurance) Education Committee for three years. Developed MARSQA courses in Good Laboratory Practices and Interpersonal Communication. Member of the Society of Quality Assurance and served on Program Committee and Education Committee. Gave presentations at national SQA meetings on communications, GLP training, and creative training techniques. At the 2000 meeting in Montreal presented "Practical Creativity" which addressed creativity throughout the profession as well as creative techniques. (return to top)
Adjunct professor at Drexel teaching "Leadership in Engineering Management." Taught leadership in industry and at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (local and national). Worked for a Fortune 500 company in chemical process technology, holding managerial and leadership positions in manufacturing, engineering, and corporate technology. Key in establishing the company’s Process Development and Mixing Technical Networks. Leader of the Nurturing Network Group, a multidisciplinary group promoting networking within the scientific community. One of the founders of the North American Mixing Forum inter-company network dedicated to state-of-the-art mixing technology. (return to top)
Analytical Laboratory Manager in a Fortune 500 Company. More than 25 years experience in chromatographic analysis, quality control and methods development. Experience in training professionals in GLP, chromatography principles and in managing analytical laboratories. Participated in designing and instructing a MARSQA course on, "Principles in Auditing Analytical Laboratories." Presented "Understanding Chromatographic Analysis" at the 1998 SQA Meeting in Denver, Colorado. Life member of "Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley." (return to top)
Director of Programs and Training at the Bucks County Peace Center, an organization dedicated to addressing conflict, violence and injustice in the community. Ms. Simmons is trained in advanced conflict resolution, media and crisis intervention. She served as Executive Director of the Peace Center and on the executive steering committee for the country-wide Violence Prevention Task Force. She gave presentations at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Society of Quality Assurance workshop on Interpersonal Communications For Quality Assurance Professionals. Barbara is the founder of Peace-talks, public radio documentaries. She received the 2001 Bucks County Peacemakers Award. (return to top)