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Kathleen M. Wilburn, Ed.D. (Principal)

Dr. Kathleen Wilburn has 20 years of experience developing and delivering management, technical, and staff development training as well as performance consulting and process design for private, public, and nonprofit organizations. She designed the Texas Quality Service curriculum for state agencies and trained trainers to teach the curriculum. She developed training for the Performance Based Budgeting and Strategic Planning process mandated by the Texas legislature. She has managed training functions and taught at the high school and university levels. She is also certified to teach Situational Leadership and MBTI.

Dr. Wilburn is the Examiner Committee Chair and a judge for the Greater Austin Quality Council and co-president of the Austin chapter of the International Society for Performance Improvement. She co-authored two articles in the International Society for Performance Improvement Journal: "Eleven Techniques to Jump-Start Performance Dialogue" (Jan. 1998), and "Nine Strategies for Growing into Kirkpatrick’s Evaluation Model" (Oct. 1998). She holds MA’s in English and Counseling Psychology, and an Ed.D. in Higher and Post-Secondary Education from the University of Southern California. kwilburn@perform-design.com

H. Ralph Wilburn, Ph.D. (Principal)

Dr. Ralph Wilburn holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from The University of Texas at Austin. He has 25 years of experience designing performance-based training interventions using the Instructional System Design process. His design background includes training development for the aerospace industry, semiconductor manufacturers and semiconductor supplier manufacturers, as well as business and state agencies. Other areas of expertise include front end analysis and curriculum evaluation, as well as structured OJT and performance improvement.

Dr. Wilburn is a judge for the Greater Austin Quality Council and co-president of the Austin chapter of the International Society for Performance Improvement. He co-authored two articles in the International Society for Performance Improvement Journal: "Eleven Techniques to Jump-Start Performance Dialogue" (Jan. 1998), and "Nine Strategies for Growing into, Kirkpatrick’s Evaluation Model" (Oct. 1998). rwilburn@perform-design.com

Performance Design Group is HUB certified by the State of Texas, Travis County and the City of Austin.

Alliances:
Sungate Alliance (Barry Lovelace and Sue Thornton, Partners
Specializes in team-based facilitation that delivers decision-making, strategic planning, and implementation.
512-502-2428 or 512-440-8768
barry@sungatealliance.com
sue@sungatealliance.com
www.sungatealliance.com

 

Synergy Solutions, Inc. (John Fenoglio, Principal)
Specializes in measuring customer and employee satisfaction, creating job and pay classification systems, and re-engineering processes.
512-467-0200
synergyi@bga.com

 

 

 

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