Erika Jones, President
"Whenever anyone asks me about EJA’s
success I tell them it’s about listening. Nothing is more important in our dealings
with clients than being able to listen to them, understand their underlying needs, and
then help them focus on practical solutions. Nothing. It’s a deep understanding of
the wide range of issues challenging our clients and the ability to design solutions that
encompass all the factors and forces operating in their organization that allow us to help
them do the genuinely right thing." Ms.
Jones believes that an organization’s capacity to go beyond simple survival lies in
its ability to create and deliver new products and services better, faster, and more
cost-effectively than its competitors. To help clients achieve this level of excellence,
she has incorporated expertise in human performance, group dynamics, organizational
systems and structures, and drivers of profound, lasting change to create the Agile
Project ProcessTM —a
practical solution to real-world problems.
Ms. Jones has done extensive consulting with multinational
high technology research and development organizations and corporations in consumer
products manufacturing, health care, utilities and government in the United States and
abroad. As founder of EJA, she has spent the last fourteen years helping clients negotiate
the intricacies of their organizational environments to reach new heights of innovation
and productivity.
EJA's Associates
Our Associates are consultants and trainers. They have
their own businesses in addition to working with us, and bring a wealth of experience from
a wide variety of industries and government.
Patricia Ann Rudy-Baese, PhD,
CFP has over 30 years in teaching, training, and group facilitation
for organizations of all sizes in both the public and private
sectors. She has extensive experience in business development,
community development, business finance in starting, growing
and managing successful business, and coaching entrepreneurs.
She has taught strategic business management at the University
level and been the CEO of a $2.5 million nonprofit in addition
to lengthy careers in education and banking where she managed
a $100 million budget and large loan portfolios. Pat was a co-leader
of a project to establish TQM in all operating areas of a billion
dollar public institution and of a project to renew accreditation
for that same institution. As an independent certified financial
planner, she manages large portfolios for select clients.
Richard Imprescia had over
18 years experience working in materials technology research
and development before entering the consulting and training
arena. Sixteen of those years were spent in R&D at the Los
Alamos National Laboratory where he managed numerous technical
projects. Most recently, Richard has facilitated group processes
in project and long-range planning, and organizational and human
development.
John (Jake) McMichael, Jr., has over 25
years experience in project management with a focus on R&D and high-tech projects. He
was involved in weapons design, development, testing, evaluation and production at
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) for 19 years. Prior to joining SNL, he was an aviator
and Commander with the U.S. Navy. Jake is a certified Project Management Professional.
Lindsay Robinson is
an instructional designer with over 28 years experience in designing
and developing training programs that focus on what the trainees
need to do in their real world. As a project manager of training
development, her specialty is in bringing in difficult projects on
time and within budget. Areas for which she has designed training
include electronics, banking, various committees of the International
Society for Performance Improvement and has given a number of presentations
and written articles on Performance Based Training principles and
practices. Lindsay has a B. S. in Electrical Engineering from Duke
University. She was also a programmer for TRW Systems Group on the
Apollo program and at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns-Hopkins.
EJA Staff
Nancy Bowers brings a diverse
background to her position as EJA's Client Services Coordinator.
Nancy joined EJA in January of 2003 after moving from New England
where she served as Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent
of School. Prior to that, she worked in manufacturing for many
years, primarily as as E.B. Welder, where she also fulfilled
the role of liaison between management, fellow employees and
vendors. Nancy is certified in Web Design and has a B. A. in
Liberal Arts with a focus on Art and Women's Studies.
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