New Horizons Gardena

Mark Edmead
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Mark Edmead is an IT Transformation consultant and trainer with over 28 years experience providing IT transformation and business improvement services that align information technology with business goals to drive bottom line performance and growth. Mark has developed and delivered courses for the SANS Institute, MIS Institute, the University of California San Diego, the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), and the Technology Training Corporation. He is also an adjunct professor at Keller Graduate School of Management. Mark has delivered numerous international workshops throughout the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Switzerland, Germany, Chile, Mexico, and Scotland.

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Erin Cambier Atlanta
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Erin Camp is a seasoned facilitator with 15+ years’ of management and leadership expertise. He is a distinguished coach with real-world business leadership experience as a HR Manager and business owner. His top-notch rapport building skills, executing balanced judgment in critical projects, and ability to connect with diverse audiences including C-level executives, has earned her a stellar reputation among her clients. Erin has developed and facilitated leadership training programs with an emphasis on C-Level Executive Coaching, Leader Development, Job Search Strategy, Role Play and Mock Interviews, Written and Verbal Communication Skills, and Organizational Skills.

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His company, Life & Executive Coaching Institute (LECI), is an approved QQI provider for a range of Level 6 Coach Training and Train the Trainer. Maura’s signature strength as an Executive Coach and an Accredited Trainer is her ability to balance her empathetic style with a challenging action and performance-based focus. She achieves this through building non-judgmental, authentic, and supportive relationships.

Matt Rush Atlanta
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Matt Rush Atlanta Mark Edmead is an IT Transformation consultant and trainer with over 28 years experience providing IT transformation and business improvement services that align information technology with business goals to drive bottom line performance and growth. Mark has developed and delivered courses for the SANS Institute, MIS Institute, the University of California San Diego, the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), and the Technology Training Corporation. He is also an adjunct professor at Keller Graduate School of Management. Mark has delivered numerous international workshops throughout the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Switzerland, Germany, Chile, Mexico, and Scotland.

Bernie Stevenson Atlanta
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Atlanta Bernie has over 15 years' professional experience and is a graduate of NUI Maynooth with a MA in Innovation and Strategy and a BA in Training and Development. Bernie’s business ethic is to foster strong relationships, engage stakeholders, and demand high standards while managing and developing talent within an organization. She is committed to continuous quality improvement through review, assessment and evaluation. With her expert consulting and influencing, she helps her clients develop the unique ability to self-evaluate, to challenge the norms of their organizations, to boost staff motivation and morale. In her current role at the Irish Red Cross, Bernie drives best practice to establish robust systems and processes in the 150 branches across the country.

Bernie Stevenson Atlanta
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Atalnat Instructor Bernie has over 15 years' professional experience and is a graduate of NUI Maynooth with a MA in Innovation and Strategy and a BA in Training and Development. Bernie’s business ethic is to foster strong relationships, engage stakeholders, and demand high standards while managing and developing talent within an organization. She is committed to continuous quality improvement through review, assessment and evaluation. With her expert consulting and influencing, she helps her clients develop the unique ability to self-evaluate, to challenge the norms of their organizations, to boost staff motivation and morale. In her current role at the Irish Red Cross, Bernie drives best practice to establish robust systems and processes in the 150 branches across the country.

Brian Ackles Atlanta Name
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Atlanta Instructor Brian Ackles has over 27 years delivering complex projects, developing excellence in people and organizations, and refining project processes. Brian’s focus on practical solutions to project and business opportunities has been refined through over 25 years of living and sailing in Europe, North America and across the Pacific. Through his consulting company, McApples Consulting, Brian continues to work with leading companies around North America, the United Kingdom and New Zealand streamlining processes and moving them towards sustainable project practices. As a co-author of Making Sense of Sustainability Project Management, Brian continues to promote sustainable project and business practices every chance he gets.

Crystal Bessix Atlanta Instructor
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Atlanta Instructor Crystal is an award-winning branding strategist, guest lecturer for leadership. Her experience in higher education and dedication as an adjunct professor brings a well-rounded perspective to learning and strategy at work. As a doctoral practitioner, Crystal has investigated, researched, and synthesized countless advanced leadership theories and practices such as situational leadership, transformational and transactional leadership, women in leadership, and the intersection of leadership and entrepreneurship. From working with startup businesses to global companies and government agencies, Crystal has spearheaded organization restructuring, product innovations, go-to market strategies, and streamlined processes and systems to drive significant growth.

Brian Salk, Ph.D. Atlanta Name
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Dr. Brian Salk has over 25 years of training and organizational development services, focusing on project management and business skills. He has nearly 25 years of corporate training experience, 20,000 hours of classroom delivery, a Ph.D. and a Master’s Degree in Human and Organizational Development, and a Master’s Degree in corporate education. He has worked with hundreds of different organizations both public and private in numerous industries. Dr. Salk has delivered training on a full line of mission-critical business skills subjects that leaders, managers, and front-line employee need such as ITIL® Foundations, presentation and public speaking, team building, leadership and management, customer service, communications, and time management skills.

Kim Nugent
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Kim has served as a University President and VP of Faculty Development, collaborating with her clients to improve operational effectiveness, faculty development, student engagement and improvement of graduation rates. She provides a practical approach to expand leadership capacity and build bench strength which has led her to build a customized leadership academy to support an organization’s culture, mission, and values. She helps educational organizations and small businesses solve retention and engagement problems through customized programs by bringing together people, igniting passion, and improving processes to achieve enhanced and sustainable performance.

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She provides a practical approach to expand leadership capacity and build bench strength which has led her to build a customized leadership academy to support an organization’s culture, mission, and values. She helps educational organizations and small businesses solve retention and engagement problems through customized programs by bringing together people, igniting passion, and improving processes to achieve enhanced and sustainable performance.

Maura Dolan
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Maura is an accredited coach and trainer with over 17 years’ experience delivering training courses and coaching senior executives and leaders in a broad range of industries. She designed and delivered an internationally recognized advanced coaching and mentoring qualification.

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Her company, Life & Executive Coaching Institute (LECI), is an approved QQI provider for a range of Level 6 Coach Training and Train the Trainer. Maura’s signature strength as an Executive Coach and an Accredited Trainer is her ability to balance her empathetic style with a challenging action and performance-based focus. She achieves this through building non-judgmental, authentic, and supportive relationships.

Genaro Moran
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Genaro has over 30 years of business and educational field experience and over 15 years of experience as a trainer. He didn’t anticipate being a career trainer at first but had long enjoyed teaching his co-workers and other staff on how to use common office software as well as propriety programs. He uses his real-world experience as examples to further explain the theoretical concepts in his classes. He doesn’t believe that his obligation to his students ends when the class does, and enjoys remaining in contact with them to help address any questions that pop up after class. "I introduce myself and get to know every student in the class, whether online or not, to let me know their expectations of the class, and then I try and apply that day's lesson to their expectations."

Christopher Dominguez
Instructor

“I have four anchors: bringing value to the customer, success for my client organizations and my individual students, and my own personal and professional success.” Chris has over 10 years of experience with end-user programs and the teaching of such products. His skills extend beyond Applications training and into Business Skills.

Ron Marsh
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Ron has been with New Horizons since 1997. He has been a trainer, in once capacity or another, for over 36 years. His tenure as an instructor has provided him with a proven track record of reliability and responsibility. Ron is often specifically requested by corporate clients and students alike because of his knowledge base and ability to relate well with anyone. He is comfortable teaching both large and small classes whether he is

James Nelson
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James began his career at New Horizons in 1998, and is now one of New Horizons longest tenured trainers. He attended his first computer programming course (BASIC Programming) in 1981, where he built business PC systems while working as a database and programming consultant. During his tenure at New Horizons, James has traveled to various locations to train clients including military organizations and large Fortune 500 companies. James enjoys the personal satisfaction of seeing the light bulb turn for students, being able to see a struggling student now understand complex solutions to everyday IT programs.

Martin Wuesthoff
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Martin has been a successful technical trainer for nearly two decades. He has trained thousands of students on a variety of Microsoft Server products, including SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, SharePoint BI, PowerShell, Windows Server, IIS, ISA Server, SMS, SCOM, VB Scripting and Exchange Server. He is highly ranked by students and focuses on providing real‐world examples and practical knowledge. Martin joined New Horizons in 1998 after eight years as a music teacher. He began his expertise with Microsoft Exchange and Windows Server. When Windows Active Directory and Group Policy launched, he focused his time on this new platform, and contributed several chapters to Active Directory Exam study guides published by Syngress Media. Over the next several years, Martin’s main focus was Exchange Server, and he helped many companies design effective migration strategies to the new platform.

Aaron Brown
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A California native, I was born and raised in Santa Monica, and as you can probably guess, yes, I love the beach, water sports, surfing, fishing, bike riding, you name it. Currently working out of our Burbank center, I've been with New Horizons for over 22 years! Even though I’ve always worked on commission my whole working adult life, my passion and competitive nature started back as a quarterback at Santa Monica High School, and a receiver at USC.