Dr. Dan Strakal has been an expert on the changing workplace, business management, and leadership development for nearly 20 years. Growing up in the mountains of western Montana, Dan began working full-time at age 16. In his travels, he learned valuable and common sense workplace lessons and ethics as a cowboy, sawmill worker, logger, and miner. He has applied these lessons well and during his career, Dan has held several executive positions in industry and government as well as high-level administrator and faculty positions in higher education including:

•  Team Leader at Accenture Ltd., the world's largest management and technology consulting firm with more than 100 offices in 50 countries and over 133,000 employees

•  Senior Business Manager at Crowe, Chizek & Company LLC the nation's eighth largest consulting/accounting firm

•  Manager of Organizational Learning at PNM Resources, New Mexico's $1.6 billion dollar premier energy and utility company

•  Program Manager within Rockwell International's Top Secret Government Contracting Division

•  Assistant Director for Technical Careers at the University of Notre Dame

•  Visiting Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University

Now through his consulting activities, speaking engagements, strategy sessions, and business radio talk show he shares these lessons with dozens of organizations and thousands of people each year to balance work, family, and life issues and overcome the challenges and barriers they face in creating satisfying and successful workplaces.

A summary of Dan's recent clients includes Toyota Corporation, Southwest Airlines, AT&T, the New Mexico Judicial Education Center, Ardent Health System, the United States Departments of Agriculture, Energy, and Defense, the State of New Mexico, Accenture, Ltd., the Medical Group Management Association, the International Association of Workforce Professionals, the University of Notre Dame, and other organizations.

Dan is often called upon by the national and international media as a featured workplace and business issues expert. A summary of recent appearances includes The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur Magazine, Self Magazine, SmartMoney.com, Computerworld, Parents Magazine, Diversity Inc. Magazine, Chief Information Officer (Australia 's Magazine for Information Executives), Entrepreneur Magazine Home Based Business Show, the Radio America Program: News You Can Use, ABC and NBC radio affiliates, KBS Radio Canada and many other media outlets.

Dan is a member of the National Speakers Association and is on the Board of Directors of the Career Planning and Adult Development Network. He is a Certified International Job and Career Transition Coach and is a standing member in the American Management Association, the Society for Human Resource Management, the American Society for Training and Development, the International Society for Performance Improvement, and the Project Management Institute. Dan earned his college degrees while working full-time. His education includes a Doctorate degree in Adult Learning (Emphasis: Organizational Behavior), a Master's of Education in Training and Human Resource Management, a Master's of Science in Technical/Project Management, and a Bachelor of Science in Pre-Physical Therapy.