Ned is a management consultant who provides tools, techniques and guidance to improve productivity in both large corporate and entrepreneurial organizations. His focus is on the human side of organizations, with emphasis on the formal and informal systems through which objectives are turned into results. Ned also brings a lifelong interest in individual capability and development; leading to work in talent identification and selection.

He has worked with leading companies around the San Francisco Bay Area, including eBay, cNet, Applied Materials, Quantum, Wind River Systems, Oracle, Citibank and others. Interventions with these companies range from business reorganization to competency modeling and attendant selection and developmental programs to performance management tools and processes. Ned also has developed performance focused and Human Resources programs for smaller firms.

Prior to starting his consulting practice in 1994, Ned worked for over ten years in Fortune 100 Human Resource settings, with exposure to specialty areas such as Compensation, Human Resource Information Systems, Workforce Planning, Employee Relations and Policy. He also served in a generalist role as Director of Human Resources for two smaller businesses.

Ned holds a lifetime accreditation as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) by the Human Resources Certification Institute, an affiliate of the nation's largest Human Resources organization, the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM). Ned is an active member of the Northern California Human Resources Association (NCHRA), SHRM's largest affiliate, and of SHRM.

He has served on program committees since 1994, acted as the Chairman of its 1997 Annual Conference, HR as the Competitive Edge, and co-chaired the speaker host committee of last year’s SHRM national conference in San Francisco. Ned has also been a facilitator for the HRCI certification program, and developed the curricular framework for all continuing education credits at NCHRA.

He has a Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction and an Honors Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Adelaide in South Australia.