Donald J. Ford, Ph.D., C.P.T., is a training and performance improvement consultant specializing in instructional design and human resource management. He has worked in the field of human resource development for over twenty years, including training management positions at Southern California Gas Company, Magnavox, Allied-Signal and Texas Instruments. As President of Training Education Management for the past seven years, he has consulted with many clients including: ASTD, Toyota, Nissan, Rockwell International, Samsung Electronics, Orange County Transportation Authority, Glendale Memorial Hospital, Employers Group, Southern California Presbyterian Homes, CompuCom, Farmers Insurance and National Education Corp. For these and other clients, he has developed custom classroom, self-study and web-based training, conducted performance and needs analyses, facilitated groups, managed improvement projects, taught courses and evaluated results.
Dr. Ford holds a B.A. and M.A. in history and a Ph.D. in education, all from UCLA. He also teaches graduate courses in Human Resource Development for Antioch University, Los Angeles and USC. He has published 35 articles and four books on topics in training, education and management, including: Bottom-line Training: Performance-based Results (TEM, 2005) Bottom-Line Training: How to Design and Implement Training Programs that Boost Profits (Gulf Publishing, 1999), In Action: Designing Training Programs (Editor, ASTD, 1996), and The Twain Shall Meet: The Current Study of English in China (McFarland, 1988). Dr. Ford has presented at the ASTD International Convention, ASTD Quality Symposia, ASTD L.A. Train the Trainer and Annual Conference, Academy of Management, International Society for Performance Improvement International Conference, International Quality and Productivity Conference, American Educational Research Association and UCLA Industrial Relations Conference. He has worked overseas in China, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico and Costa Rica. He speaks Spanish and Chinese Mandarin.
He is a pragmatic, people-oriented leader who is results-driven. He resides in Torrance, California with his two sons.
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