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Dr. Dale A Dan
A.A. Spanish
B.A. Criminology & Criminal Justice
MBA Business & Public Administration
Ed. D. Education Leadership & Human
Resources Development
Corporate Learning
Professional Education
Elearning Administration
HRD
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Dr. Dan served as Chief Learning Officer
building a high-quality global online and on-campus education
efforts. Her leadership has resulted in a world-renowned Online
Institute that will perfect the fields of geriatrics and
gerontology along with developing best practices for both
organizational leadership and management.
Dr. Dan led the Online Education efforts at the MacArthur School
of Leadership, Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) where she
taught a variety of Business and Leadership Courses. In a short
period, the Online Program experienced exponential growth in
overall quality along with faculty and student increase – the
first for the university since 1968. The program also served a
large group of adults in the Belle Glade area who were single
parents.
She is also the Senior Vice President of Online Education for
Serenity Projects, Inc., a learning institution that provides
Elearning and HRD (Human Resource Development) solutions both
nationally and internationally through its team of 46 consultants
who represent 13 countries. Training is offered both online and
via traditional classroom formats. Throughout her years with
Serenity, Dr. Dan was able to work on a variety of projects for
several corporations and academic institutions.
One of Dr. Dan’s most recent consulting assignments placed her as
the Senior Vice President of Online Education for a Worldwide
Relocations Company. The company has 110 offices in 43 countries
and approximately 3,500 employees. Dr. Dan headed all HRD efforts
in three regions: the Americas (6 countries); Asia-Pacific (15
countries) and EMEA Europe, Middle-East & Africa – 13 countries).
Her main task was to take the company’s efforts in HRD from below
ground zero to a level that would help the organization reach its
goal of industry competitiveness. Some of the projects included
the building of an industry-renowned corporate online university.
Dr. Dan introduced the HRD concept to the company and made much
progress in materializing this HRD vision throughout the company.
Through the use of cutting-edge technology solutions, Dr. Dan
provided systems that resulted in consistent HR processes and
procedures across the board. She also developed internet- and
intranet-based programs that provided quality resources to
managers and staff worldwide. Through this corporate university,
she succeeded in implementing an education that resulted in a high
consistency and value despite the company’s wide geographical
spread. Dr. Dan does not believe that successful HR systems,
polices and procedures can exist without Training & Development
efforts – together these are the keys that grow, develop and
maintain employees. She also does not believe in ad hoc training
efforts. Training is a process that must involve careful
pre-training, training, learning and application stages in order
to yield quality results.
Dr. Dan also served as the Dean of Online Academic Affairs for a
SACS-Accredited Educational Institution with 11 branches and a
direct staff of 52 reporting to her including faculty and support
staff (SACS is the highest level of regional accreditation within
the United States). Dr. Dan’s main responsibility was to head the
Elearning Campus where she played a vital role in the provision
of online training and education to some 5,500 students. Dr. Dan
directly involved herself in the actual training and development
of the business-related courses, which provided skills needed for
this 21st century work environment. Dr. Dan’s main strength in
training is her ability to align training with performance
outcomes. She has the unique skill of targeting specific
job-related training, which inevitably increases job performance
and the company’s overall competitiveness. Her main area of
interest is Human Resource Development through cutting-edge
technological education. She has quality experience in both
classroom- and Elearning training and is known for her ability to
mirror the ground-based experience at the Elearning level by
providing a training experience that is personally and
professionally rewarding.
Prior to training, Dale served the Courts of Ohio and Florida for
about ten years. She served as Probation Officer, Senior Court
Projects Analyst and United States Supreme Court Mediator. Dale
studied court policies and procedures but once again ended up
focusing on employee training and development.
Her strength in HRD lies in her belief that human capital is a
company’s greatest asset – the technology, buildings, stocks and
bonds are driven and maintained by people. Dr. Dan is known for
her philosophy that it is not profit that births relationship but
it is relationship that drives and maintains profit. As much as
she believes in relationships selling, she believes in
‘Relationship HR’ where all strategic and functional HR tasks
should be driven by a desire to establish and maintain strong
company relationships with executives, managers and staff – herein
lies an answer for a low turnover rates. Many will attest to Dr.
Dan’s passion for the HRD area. After some 22 areas in the HR &
Training arenas, she is highly self-motivated. Her leadership in
HRD included a variety of HRD projects – Training & Development;
Human Resources Administration, Benefits Administration,
Recruiting, Hiring, Orientation and Termination Processes,
Employee’s Termination, Payroll Administration, Compensation
Administration, Yearly Audits, Surveys, and Reporting
Dr. Dan is certified jointly by the University of Connecticut and
the Mediation Training Institute in the area of Corporate
Mediation. She is also certified by the United States Supreme
Court in the area of Court Mediation. Dr. Dan has spent years in
formal and informal mediation of management-staff and staff-staff
conflicts. Dr. Dan undertook the task of training and mediating
for the EEOC offices located nationally. She has experienced a
personal fulfillment from the many resolutions that she has seen
throughout both her career and personal life. Dr. Dan utilizes
both first- and third-party mediation tools to resolve workplace
conflicts.
Dr. Dan’s doctoral studies are in the areas of Education,
Organizational Leadership and Human Resource Development. She
pursued Masters Degree in Business & Public Administration. She
was outstanding in her academic pursuits and earned her Diploma of
Excellence in European & Hispanic Studies. Throughout her academic
experience, she received the Blue Ribbon Award for being the most
Outstanding American Graduate in Hispanic and European Studies
that year, and the Mayor’s Award (Columbus, Ohio) for Service. She
graduated from the Venezuelan Bilingual Institute with Highest
Honors. Dr. Dan received numerous awards for Best Orator,
Outstanding Student and for Loyalty and Service. Dr. Dan is a
member of the National Dean’s Honor Society and the Sigma Delta
Beta Chapter for quality business professionals. She has been
honored as an Outstanding Woman of Technology for America. She is
famously known throughout Florida, USA as the Online Education
‘Guru’.
On a personal level, Dr. Dan’s hobbies are walking, piano, horse
riding, reading, writing and simply being a friend. She is the
Assistant Director of an International Christian Outreach Center
where Dr. Dan’s main desires are to support brilliant, but
disadvantaged kids, so that they in turn can improve their
family’s standard of living and to minister inspirational songs
and scriptures to the Blind.
With a philosophy of "Let my watchword forever be Excellence", Dr.
Dan has excelled in the many tasks set before her and looks
forward to continuing her motto of Excellence wherever she goes.
When challenges present themselves, she calmly finds ways to
overcome these with as little down time as possible.
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