TEAM + FACULTY
A Global Team and Faculty of Expert Practitioniers and Academic Scholars
Core Team
Dr. David Jamieson
PRESIDENT
David W. Jamieson is the former department chair of organizational learning and development at the University of St. Thomas. He has 40 years of experience in leadership, change, strategy, and HR. A past president of ATD (formerly ASTD) and past chair of the Management Consultation Division and Practice Theme Committee, Academy of Management, he is a recipient of OD Network's Lifetime Achievement Award. Dave is co-author of Managing Workforce 2000; The Facilitator's Fieldbook, Third Edition; Consultation for Organizational Change; and Handbook for Strategic HR: Best Practices in Organization Development. He has been published in numerous journals and newsletters and serves as editor of Seasonings, an online journal; as the associate editor for reflections of experience of Journal of Management Inquiry; and on the editorial boards for the Journal of Organization Change Management and The Organization Development Practitioner.
Dr. Yongming Tang
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER
Dr. Yongming Tang is the CEO and founder of SynergyWorks. Dr. Tang is recognized as the first person from mainland China to study management and organization development. He has a MA degree in management from Antioch University, a Ph.D. in Organization Development, and a leadership certificate from Harvard. He has also completed all requirements for a second doctorate degree in Chinese Philosophy and Culture from CIIS. Dr. Tang has over 25 years of consulting experience, serving 1,000 plus companies, including over a hundred of the Fortune 500. He has coached and facilitated over 20,000 employees in workshops and presentations across twelve different countries. Dr. Tang is also the published author of six books in Chinese and English and a host of other papers and articles for international publications.
Ed Kang
FACULTY
Ed Kang has served as the Executive Vice President for SynergyWorks global operations and president of ISODC China while also serving on the board of ISDOC global. Ed is a certified executive coach and Registered Organization Development Consultant (RODC) teaching at private academies and universities. He has been the COO for a publicly-traded venture incubation company. Ed is also responsible for the technical development of the GSU global education platform.
Dr. Roland Livingston
FACULTY
Dr. Roland Livingston is currently an adjunct associate professor at The American University (Washington, DC) and at Colorado Technical University. He is also an on-call faculty member at the Center for Creative Leadership. Dr. Livingston is an active member of several professional societies, including The International Society for Organizational Development and Change (ISODC), where he serves as President, The International Leadership Association, and The Academy of Management. His most recent publication is “The Future of Organizational Development in a VUCA World” in The NTL Handbook for Organizational Development and Change: Principles, Practices, and Perspectives (2014). Dr. Livingston received his doctoral degree in Organization Change from Pepperdine University where his research is focused on evaluating the effectiveness of leadership development training and education. He received his Master of Arts Degree in Human Resource Development from American University. He has also done graduate study at New York University and has earned numerous professional certifications.