January Jones sharing The Leader of OZ, Kevin Gazarra

Meet Kevin Gazarra

author, The Leader of OZ

Dr. Kevin D. Gazzara

Experience – 25 years of management and leadership in industries

Intel Corporation from 1989 to 2007

Managed, Intel’s first-line Managing Through People (MTP) and the Mid-level manager Leading Through People (LTP) programs.
Previous positions included managing – Intel University for the US, the HR graduate rotation program, the worldwide HR mentoring program, and marketing/ product development organizations for the i960 and i750 Intel chips.
Transamerica Corporation – positions for 10 years in Engineering, Technical Marketing, Advertising, Business Development and General Management for a division of Transamerica Corporation.

University of Phoenix

University Research Chair for Organizational Behavior
Master faculty member at the University of Phoenix teaching in the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs.
Teaching – Marketing, Management, Leadership, and Organization Development at the University of Phoenix on-ground and on-line classes since 1996.

Awards and Expertise

Task Quotient (TQTM) Assessment Tool for determining employee motivation, satisfaction, and retention was announced by Target Training International (TTI) in August of 2004.TQTM is based on his doctoral dissertation
Recipient of the Future HR Leader award from Human Capital magazine.
Member of the National Speakers Association (Arizona Chapter)
CoAuthor – The Leader of OZ : Revealing the 101 Secrets of Marvelous Leadership for the 21st Century
Writer – Contributing writer to Warren Bennis’ “Leadership Excellence” Magazine

Recognition

5/07 – Human Capital Magazine has awarded Dr. Gazzara “Future HR Leader award” for his work with the Task Quotient (TQTM) Assessment Tool
10/05 – Workforce Magazine’s cover “Crossing Cultures” article featured the Leading Though People Program that Kevin developed to build strong middle mangers for Intel.
08/04 – IEEE Managing the Future Conf. at the University of Texas “Using Task-Quotient (TQTM) to maximize individual motivation & job satisfaction”
05/02 – Fast Company Magazine REAL-Time International Conference where he presented my work on Mentoring, Coaching and Peer-to-Peer Management. The “Inside Intel’s Mentoring Movement” 4-page article, which appeared in April ‘02 edition of Fast Company Magazine, describes his work with the HR portion of the Intel mentoring program.
— http://www.fastcompany.com/online/57/chalktalk.html
— http://www.fastcompany.com/realtime/sandiego2/speakers.html

Education

Doctorate of Management in Organizational Leadership from the University of Phoenix
MBA in Marketing & Management from Philadelphia University
BS in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University

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