Tim Mooney is Managing Partner and Practice Leader at Advantage Performance Group, a unique, nationwide network of sales and management training consultants. APG's hundreds of clients include Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Toyota, Johnson and Johnson, Nestle Purina, Boeing, American Express, Blue Cross Blue Shield and many more. Mooney lives in Glen Ellyn, IL. Robert O. Brinkerhoff, Ed.D., is a professor at Western Michigan University and an internationally recognized expert in evaluation and training effectiveness, has been a consultant to dozens of major companies and organizations in the United States, South Africa, Russia, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Saudi Arabia. His clients include American Express, Anheuser-Busch, Anglo-American Corporation (Johannesburg), the Federal Aviation Administration, Compaq, Canadian Tire, EDS, QUALCOMM, the U.S. Postal Service and the World Bank. He lives in Richland, IL.
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