Caryn Siegel has 20+ years of experience creating and implementing organization development and management training strategies for multi-national organizations. She has held Organization Development, Training and Human Resource Director positions in a variety of high tech and bio tech companies, including Hewlett Packard Company, 3Com, Applied Materials, and Collagen Corporation. Clients include Actel, eBay, Fujitsu, Applied Materials, Amdahl Corporation, KLA Tencor Corporation, Silicon Valley Bank, PDF Solutions, Fujitsu PC Corporation, 3COM Corporation, Hewlett Packard, Check Point Technologies, City of Redwood City, Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County and JavaSoft. Ms. Siegel has managed all aspects of worldwide corporate human resource development. She has worked as an internal and external consultant with clients at the executive and management levels. Additionally, she has worked with most functional groups such as Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Manufacturing, MIS, Human Resources, Facilities, and Purchasing. Ms. Siegel brings knowledge of many, different options, developed from working across different geographical areas, cultures, companies and industries. Ms. Siegel is proficient in leadership coaching for executives and helping them successfully manage change in their organizations. Her extensive process consultation experience qualifies her as an expert in facilitation, conflict management, and decision-making skills. A long-standing passion of Ms. Siegel is helping work groups -- especially those that are cross-functional or self-managed -- develop the skills and processes necessary to become a team of supportive, high performing colleagues. Experienced in state-of-the-art organization development technologies, Caryn Siegel is a savvy, big picture thinker. Caryn Siegel earned her undergraduate degree in Women's Studies from the University of Michigan and her MBA in Training and Organization Development from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a Professor in the MBA Program at the University of Phoenix, San Jose Campus, teaching courses on Change Management, Organizational Cultures and Human Resource Management. Caryn Joseph Siegel is an affiliate of Virtual Connection, developers of Virtual@Work, an interactive, team based, on-line intervention tool that equips managers and teams with practical strategies for operating successfully in a virtual work environment. She is also associated with The Change Management Group which introduces and guides organizations through complex changes.