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Synection -
Leadership On the Fly - Team
Our Leadership on the Fly™ team is comprised
of a group of diverse professionals. Each shares a common passion to
help other's learn new ideas along with assisting to put them into
practice. Each workshop draws upon the appropriate team members who
can provide the best learning experience for participants. Every
participant will move well beyond business theories and fish stories
and grapple with the realities of business and cagey fish. Our team
will you experience the dynamics of nature to learn the lessons
needed to become a leader who can mentor your organization for
breakthrough business results.
 Eric Balinski
Prior to starting Synection, for 25 years he
held business and leadership roles at corporation such as GE,
Dow Chemical, and AlliedSignal, which also included being the
global leader of business education for two Fortune 100 firms.
He has taught and consulted to business leaders worldwide in the
areas of leadership, value creation, strategy, marketing and
organizational dynamics. Eric is the co-author of Value
Based Marketing for Bottom-Line Success and is currently
working to complete a new book Leadership on the Fly™.
And of course, he loves to fly fish and enjoy the outdoors.
Eric, his wife and their 5 daughters reside in New Jersey.
 Rosemary
Dietrich
Chief Learning Officer Synection. Rosemary’s specialty is
delivering sustained implementation of key customer initiatives
that impact the bottom line. With over 25 years experience in
organization development and change in a wide range of
industries, Rosemary was, most recently, Vice President,
Organization Effectiveness, for Aventis Pasteur. Specializing
in organizational alignment, quality systems, change management
and influence technology, Rosemary holds both a Ph.D. in
Organization Systems (Fielding Graduate University) and an MBA
in Management (Pepperdine University).
Dr. Herbert Dan Adams
Dan started fly-fishing at three-years old, when his
Western born and bred dad helped him catch a Brookie in a tiny
stream in New Hampshire. Yet up until about 4 years ago, most of his
life was dedicated to adult cardiovascular thoracic surgery. He led
and grew a team of surgeons and medical professionals who performed
more than 1,100 cardiac procedures a year for more than a decade.
Dr. Adams is currently self-employed as a medical business
consultant, involved in a mosaic of community, educational, medical
professional organizations, plus fly-fishing at some of his favorite
destinations. Dr. Adams is also busy reviewing medical-legal cases,
editing a book on Vietnam for a colleague, mentoring a handful of
medical professionals, and creating a "Real Life as Doctor" course
for the IU Medical School, .
Dr. Adams obtained a Bachelor's Degree from Yale
University in American Studies and his MD from Harvard Medical
School. After progressive residencies and fellowships in Boston,
Philadelphia, Houston, Dallas and London, he served two years of
active duty in the U.S. Navy. From 1975 to 1998, Dr. Adams was an
adult cardiac surgeon, averaging 150 to 180 cases per year. During
this time, he instigated four new cardiac surgery programs, was
chief recruiter for all of his corporate organizations, and also
remained president of these same organizations. Retiring from
surgery due to an injury in 1998, he now pursues various interests
in a concerted effort to give back to his community and profession.
He received his MBA in Health Services Management from the Olin
School of Business, Washington University-St. Louis, in 2002.
Martha Hahn
MS, SES, CPCC- Director Coaching Services, Synection. Martha
is an executive coach and consultant for leaders, executives,
and business groups. Her experience includes 27 years working as
one of the nation’s few female senior federal executives; a VP for a
non-profit organization; and as a line manager, supervisor, and
technical specialist in several federal land management agencies.
Martha holds a MS in Outdoor Recreation Behavior from Utah State
University. She is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC)
and is certified in the federal government’s Senior Executive
Service (SES).
Judy Huge
Director,
Corporate Communications,
Synection.
Judy is a dynamic writer, speaker, consultant and
training professional, highly successful in helping clients
communicate in ways that build trust and dismantle barriers.
Formerly principle of work/write consulting with a graduate degree
from The Johns Hopkins University, she has worked with clients from
coast-to-coast including PPL, Lutron, Premix, Babcock & Wilcox, and
Moen. A business columnist for the Gannett Newspapers and an avid
angler, she fishes for stripers and stories, Cape Cod to the Keys,
and is published in Women in the Wild, a Traveler’s Tales anthology.
Jim Edler
Advisor Emeritus.
Jim is a passionate educator who has worked extensively with
companies from around the world in most industry sectors. He has a
Masters in Higher Education and Counseling from Kent State
University, and a Doctoral degree from the University of
Massachusetts School of Education. Jim recently retired from the
faculty of GE's John F. Welch Leadership Development Center,
Crotonville, NY. There he was world leader of GE's Change
Acceleration Process (CAP) and Work-Out™ while consulting and
coaching both internally and with strategic customers.
Allan
Johnson
Allan is a vice president and a principal at Blessing
White, Inc. where he is responsible for major international clients
and the application of Blessing White's processes in mergers and
acquisitions. Blessing White is recognized worldwide as a key part
of long-term organizational success.
Allan has helped Blessing White guide more than two
million people in over 1,500 organizations to achieve higher levels
of performance and employee commitment. Mr. Johnson's clients have
included AT&T, Bristol Myers-Squibb, Chubb, Ford, GE, General
Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Pfizer, Procter &
Gamble, and Prudential.
Prior to
joining Blessing White in 1981, Mr. Johnson held management
positions at Illinois Bell, National Can, and Quaker Oats. He has
delivered presentations to the American Society for Training and
Development and The Society for Human Resources Management. He
earned his MBA degree at Northwestern University where he majored in
industrial relations and marketing. Allan has also been active in
conservation, serving as a national director and member of the
executive committee of Trout Unlimited. Allan combines his passion
for fly-fishing and leadership through individual and team fly
casting and fly fishing guiding and coaching. He personally is a
four time national competition fly casting champion and it is a
marvel to observe him in action.
 Barry
Mirakian
Barry
was the founder and president of On A Continuum, which provides
interim COO and organizational management services. Barry has
twenty plus years of senior management and leadership experience
in both large and small businesses. Prior, he was President of
SB Electronics, served at Polaroid Corporation in several line
management positions in engineering and manufacturing, and
ultimately as Director of the Worldwide Service Division. He
has a BS from Northeastern University and has selectively
continued leadership and management coursework.
Barry has
twenty plus years of senior management and leadership experience in
both large and small businesses. He is also a certified Fly-fishing
Instructor and enjoys the waters of New England and the East Coast.
He has a BS from Northeastern University and has attended Stanford
University where he studied leadership and management. He has, and
is, currently studying the art and science of executive coaching at
the School of Small Business Coaching and Graduate School of
Corporate Coaching.
Austin Hepburn
Director
of Adventure Operations,
Synection.. Austin founded Hepburn Construction in 1990 in
response to the exploding growth in the mid-Atlantic region, for
wood window replacement. Recognized by both Pella and Marvin as an
industry leader, he also develop sales and installation training
programs for the industry. Austin has pursued a life long passion
for adventure and the outdoors. He created Uncommon Ventures,
specializing in hosted fly fishing adventures in Alaska and the
Caribbean. During the spring, Austin can be found on the lacrosse
field, coaching U-10 players. He was awarded the Doug Gill trophy
in 2005 for his contributions to Radnor Youth Lacrosse. Austin’s
corporate experience began with Kidder Peabody & Co in 1983.
 Gregg
Young
Director Process Improvement,
Synection. Gregg was the founder of
Young Associates, which led enterprises in Quality Improvement,
New Product Development, and the Improvement of Company
Cultures. Gregg's focus is improvement of company performance by
cutting through process dogma and bureaucracy with simple, fast
and mission-critical approaches. He developed a stand-alone
process that addresses short-term operational problems by
eliminating defects quickly, and he adapted it to improve the
velocity of Six Sigma efforts - faster results at lower cost,
with greater employee commitment. His approach grew from his
leadership role developing the original Quality Improvement and
Product Innovation processes at Dow Chemical.
 John Brennan
Chief
Financial Officer,
Synection. John is a serial international entrepreneur
with a proven track record of accomplishments in finance, sales,
marketing, operations and strategic management. John has led in the
development of proprietary technology, multiple rounds of funding
for emerging companies, identified and closed acquisitions, achieved
substantial growth in a number of industries and redefined the
operations of enterprises. John was previously the CEO of Source of
Capital Group, and Co-Founder, President and CFO for TrueAdvantage
Inc. A former regional president of Nextel Communications, John led
the charge to design, build and launch the largest cellular network
introduced in the US, growing revenue to more than $250 million with
more than 300,000 subscribers. Mr. Brennan holds a BS in Business
Economics, an MS in Marketing and Accounting from Binghamton
University and is a certified CPA.
Rich McLaughlin
Rich
specializes in helping leaders develop high performance work
systems. With over 20 years experience in organization development,
Rich has worked in many industries and held education leadership
roles at Accenture, Square D Company and Baxter Healthcare. He has
an M.A. from Ohio State University and is known for designing and
facilitating experiential challenges that help client’s determine
what practices will best help grow and sustain their business.
 William J. Schwarz
Bill is the founder of The CEO Alliance &
The Center for Inspired Performance. He has also founded and
directed two Executive MBA programs in Organizational Change and
Leadership. As an early pioneer of the principles that result in
real change and long-term commitments, Bill has trained thousands of
executives in Leadership, Interventions and Change skills. He also
serves on the board of several rapid-growth organizations and has
authored several books including Six Strategies for Controlling
Your Organizational Destiny, and From Reactive to Generative:
Releasing the Energy of Inspired Performance.
After a 30 year career, Bill has an extensive list of clients he has
helped profitably and motivationally succeed using leadership and
organizational practices. Recognized names include Coca Cola,
Southern Bell, IBM, DuPont, Sears and Roebuck, Ernst and Young,
Georgia Pacific Corporation, Xerox Corporation, Cargill, General
Motors Corporation, Motorola Corporation, Maritz Travel Co., Hilton
Hotels International, Radio Shack, Nations Bank (C&S Bank), Lillian
Vernon Corporation, General Re, NorthWestern Mutual Ins.,
Connecticut General Ins., Mass. Mutual, Prudential, Boeing, State
Farm, US Forrest Service, Dunn and Bradstreet and the IRS.
Bill has been known to take up the rod and head out
for some river trout and also disciplines himself to take an evening
run for a few miles even though he is not "the running type". His
wife, Laurie, is the author of a book on spiritual resources for
entrepreneurs. They have two grown children and live in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Tony Gehman
is the President and founder of TCO Fly Shop in Reading, PA. Tony
opened the shop in 1990 and has since, with the help of his key
partners and employees, grown the business to include 2 stores as
well as an award winning website. Tony believes that work as in life
needs to be fun! "It's all about the yin and the yang of each and
everything you do." Tony started fishing at the age of 2 with his
grandfather "Pops" in the Pocono Mountains. Although this consisted
of mainly throwing rocks in the water, the serenity and beauty of
water has always remained a constant part of his life. Tony's
passion in the world of fly fishing is stalking Bonefish and Permit
on the flats of Belize and the Bahamas, but "fooling a trout on a
dry fly is pretty cool too!"
Nancy Murphy
is the founder of B&B Fly Fish. A seasoned fly shop manager,
Nancy has opened two Orvis shops and is now in the process of
designing and opening an addition to the
TCO Fly
Shop
in the
Philadelphia area! After years of teaching and
guiding in the resort and shop atmosphere, Nancy searched for a more
relaxed, hospitable way to encourage travelers to embrace and
experience fly fishing. “Our most remarkable schools and trips were
hosted at small lodges, inns and bed & breakfasts. These small,
private venues fostered camaraderie encouraging guests to make new
friendships, interact with our team of friendly instructors and
guides, and develop their fishing self-confidence. All of this
translated to an amazing fulfilling experience for guests and
guides.”
Lars Magnusson
is the Managing Director of Griffin & Howe’s Shooting School at
Hudson Farm.
Lars has been a professional shooting instructor since 1993. He started in 1995 instructing in England at the famous
West London Shooting School,
In
2000 he started The West Stockholm Shooting School in
Sweden.
James Purdey & Sons Chairman Richard Purdey ranks
Magnusson as one of the top five shooting instructors in Europe.
Lars teaches using the Percy Stanbury technique, which is widely
used in English game shooting.
Kathe Andrejcio
Kathe entered nursing after her graduation from
Dusquesne University. She has worked at some of the leading
healthcare institutions, such as Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center and Bellevue Hospital in New York City with a specialty in
Oncology nursing. After earning her Masters in nursing at NYU, she
utilized her nursing experience to pursue a career in the
pharmaceutical industry, leading clinical research studies. Holding
the positions of Director and Executive Director she has had the
responsibility of the clinical research activities at prominent
pharmaceutical companies and a CRO (clinical research organization).
During her 18 years in the industry she has held leadership
positions at Ciba-Geigy Corp (Novartis), Covance, Knoll
Pharmaceutical (Abbott), and Celgene Corp.
Kathe and her husband reside in New Jersey. She became "hooked" on
fishing as an adult and especially enjoys fishing for Snook,
Redfish, and Tarpon in the waters of southwest Florida.
Al Keller
Captain Al Keller is a self taught fly fisherman
through reading and long days out-on-the-water. Al was born in
Miami, Fl and grew up in Tampa. He has been fishing the inland lakes
and shallow saltwater flats of South Florida for over 20 years.
Given his first fly rod at age 12, Capt Al started what he didn't
know then would turn into a life long passion. As a South Florida
native, he has become one of the most recognized and respected names
in fly fishing the 10,000 Islands and Everglades Nat'l Park. Al is
an Orvis endorsed guide and fly fishing instructor out of the
Everglades Angler, an Orvis dealer and specialty shop located in
Naples, Florida
In 1996 Al received his U.S. Coast Guard License and started what
he and many others dream about, fly fishing for a living. Capt. Al
now spends close to 300 days a year sharing what the mangroves
estuaries and Gulf of Mexico has to offer the fly fisherman. In his
free time, Al hones his skill and feed his passion at fresh and
saltwater tournaments throughout the year.
Al is on the ProStaff for many companies and has been featured in
regional and national magazines and television.(ESPN2, Sportfishing
Magazine and local show Tales of the Everglades Angler.) Capt. Al is
currently a feature writer for Outdoor Florida, a monthly magazine
geared toward fishing in his native waters. His column is aptly
named "Fishing the Skinny" his specialty is sight fishing in inches
of water for local game fish.
 Roger Nagel
Roger is a
Senior Fellow in the Enterprise Systems Center at Lehigh University
and also the Harvey Wagner Professor in the CSE department and the
former CEO and Executive Director of the Iacocca Institute. Roger is
a popular consultant, keynote speaker and guest at executive
gatherings and board meetings. He is routinely asked to describe the
future of manufacturing, global competition, and the information
age. Appointed in May of 2000 by the commerce department to United
States steering committee for Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS),
he represents the United States in collaboration with Australia,
Canada, Europe, and Japan on cooperative research projects in IMS.
Business
Week, Forbes, and Fortune magazine have cited him for his visionary
efforts as the father of the virtual corporation concept. Roger was
also the leader of the team that developed the original ideas and
concepts for agile manufacturing and global agility strategies. He
is co-author of the widely influential business book, "Agile
Competitors and Virtual Organizations: Strategies for Enriching the
Customer" and the more recent book "Cooperate to Compete: Building
Agile Business Relationships." Both books are widely acclaimed
internationally and are available in more than five languages. Roger
has his PhD in Computer Science and his M.S. in Mathematics and
Computer Science.
 Mark Balinski
Mark started his career representing several
specialty biochemical companies engaged in cancer research and
medical diagnostic products. Mark went on to spend the majority of
his career in the consumer electronics industry, having worked for
such companies as Toshiba and Sony. His experience is in the fields
of product marketing management, distribution, employee development,
and account sales. His style has enabled Mark to build strong
communication links with overseas management, domestic engineering &
manufacturing, and retailers that created mutually profitable retail
customer and business relationships. He has collaboratively worked
with some of country's largest retailers, such as Best Buy, Circuit
City, Wal-Mart, Sam's, Target, Costco, Staples, and Office Max to
help them grow their consumer telecommunications and television
businesses.
Mark and his wife reside in New Jersey. He is avid fisherman and
especially enjoys the waters around Florida's 10,000 islands in the
southwest part of the state, fishing for Snook, Redfish, and Tarpon.
He also fishes the NY metro waters for Striped Bass and Bluefish.
 Dave Hatfield
Dave is president of The Hatfield Group. He
previously spent twenty-four years at The Dow Chemical Company where
he has led marketing, product development, and new business creation
efforts into multiple industries. He has launched new products in
Europe and North America into the electrical, electronics, coatings,
packaging, transportation, healthcare, personal care, aerospace, and
appliance industries. Although he has thrived in marketing positions
for highly competitive commodity materials - Dave's true passion and
career focus has been in new product and business development. He
founded Dow's Business Growth Network - where business growth best
practices, functional policies, and portfolio management are
implemented on a corporate basis.
When Dave's creativity isn't being applied to
business development - it's often found trying to hook finicky trout
on the fly on the Au Sable River in Michigan. His greatest joy is
his family - his wife Leslie who is a Public Relations consultant to
Dow and mother of two truly fabulous teenage children.
 Jim "JB" Klyap
Jim is the outfitter and manager of Dome Mountain
Ranch, located in Paradise Valley, Montana. The passion for fly
fishing is a tradition in his family. And as his dad and grandfather
taught him, he pursues every activity to the peak of his ability.
Following his Dad who was a teacher for 39 years, Jim earned a
degree in education. After college he created and established the
first student teacher program in cooperation with the Seneca Indian
reservation in Salamanca, New York. Shortly thereafter he was
recognized as "Student Teacher of the Year". He used his gifts in
education as the key to opening many doors. One of those doors
brought him back to Montana to first work in Yellowstone National
Park teaching fly fishing to many of the over 3,000 employees of the
park. Jim's desire to have an impact on the lives of others, along
with his approach to business service, has helped him and his wife,
Len, quickly create Dome Mountain Ranch into a top destination for
fly fishers and families.
Education and sharing his knowledge with others has
always been his top priority, so he also spends nearly 200 days per
year involving others with the outdoors. In 2002, Jim led the first
ever bow hunt for Elk captured on film, produced in conjunction with
OLN, Elk Country Journal and Barrett Productions. In addition to
being an avid fly fisher, Jim is also a skilled bow hunter, seminar
speaker, free lance writer and actively involved with RMEF, TU, FFF,
Montana Outfitters and Guides Assoc., and on the Pro Staffs for
Rocky Boots, Burris Optics, Hunter's Specialties, and Quaker Boy.
 Capt. Gregg Arnold
Gregg started his business career in Arkansas as a
fund raiser for schools and church groups. While there, his fly
fishing interest grew fishing the Little Red and the North fork of
the White for its legendary brown trout. After a few years, he moved
back to Kentucky to join the family petroleum products business in
the role of sales and new business development. Gregg's sales
success earned him trips to seminars in the Caribbean and Florida
where he was introduced to salt water fly-fishing. Gregg attended
Murray State University in Kentucky where he majored in business and
marketing, along with a recreation specialty for the Boy Scouts
Gregg became a full-time guide because of his love of
fishing. As a naturally outgoing and gregarious person, he figured
this was also a great way to find new people to share his passion
with when his fishing buddies couldn't go. Needless to say, Greg
enjoys the camaraderie and conversation as much as the fishing. He
now lives & guides in the New Orleans area where he started E-Z Fly
Guide Services with his partner Barrett Brown. They have a variety
of boats for fishing the back country, world class site casting,
wade-fishing, and offshore gulf locations. They arrange destination
fly fishing and hunting for clients too. Gregg also owns a 3500 acre
deer, turkey & quail hunting operation in Kentucky.
 Kathy McCreedy
Kathy is
the founder of DiverseAbilitySM, a company whose mission is to
promote the inclusion of people with disabilities into leadership
roles in corporations, increasing the success of both the
corporations and the individuals. Kathy started this company to
follow her personal mission, "to reaffirm the inherent value of each
individual everyday."
For
twenty-five years, she was a teaching-learning leader at The Dow
Chemical Company, most recently as the Global Research Director for
Dow Automotive. In addition, she has led the high school transition
program at the Center for Independent Living of Mid-Michigan, which
is dedicated to promoting independence for all people with
disabilities. In both corporate and non- profit settings, she brings
a common passion to understanding the needs of a customer or
consumer and energizing and focusing the talents of the organization
to deliver those needs. She is co-authoring a book with Eric
Balinski and Ted Leeson, which will share many of the leadership
beliefs and practices that she has learned from her experiences in
both the corporate and non-profit settings.
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