Advice from Expert Faculty
Every Workgroup member enjoys access to one of HCI’s senior faculty members, whose role is to listen to what the member wishes to accomplish with their practicum, advise the member on lessons learned drawing from the practicum of other students as well as their own experience, and map HCI’s considerable resources to bear on the member’s project.
Meet the Senior Faculty
David Forman joined HCI in 2005, and currently serves as Chief Learning Officer. As CLO, Mr. Forman is responsible for curriculum design, development of HCI's certification and designation programs, and serves as a liaison to HCI's academic and learning communities worldwide. Prior to HCI, Mr. Forman designed, developed and implemented technology-based training solutions for leading organizations, including IBM, Federal Express, DuPont, Deloitte & Touche, Exxon, Microsoft, the Ford Foundation, the Children's Television Workshop, Sony and AT&T. Mr. Forman has written over 40 articles and books in the fields of human capital, globalization, training, evaluation, return on investment (ROI), and instructional design; and is a frequent presenter at major industry conferences and seminars, both in the United States and abroad. He is also the principal author and developer of the Global Learning System for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
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Bruce Walton is the principal at Walton & Associates, a consulting firm providing services in learning, talent management and human resource strategy.
Prior to founding Walton & Associates, Bruce was a Senior Advisor at TPI (www.tpi.net), where he advised clients on aspects of their service delivery alternatives and provided expertise in project management, HR transformation, shared services, process re-design and change management. In addition, Bruce was the process lead for learning and talent management services at TPI. In this role, he used his specific expertise in these areas to provide assessment and advisory services to TPI clients who were re-evaluating their approaches and sourcing strategies in talent management, learning and workforce development.Prior to joining TPI, Bruce worked as a Senior Consultant for Watson Wyatt & Company (www.watsonwyatt.com) for over 11 years. At Watson Wyatt, he advised Fortune 1000 clients in solving complex problems in the areas of HR outsourcing and HR technology.
Before joining Watson Wyatt, Bruce spent 12 years with NETg-Spectrum, a distance-learning company, first as an instructional designer / project manager and ultimately as a Vice President - Application Development, responsible for managing the firm's product development functions and consulting operations. Notable engagements included:Bruce has spoken widely at industry conferences on a range of HR-related topics, including learning outsourcing and the use of technology in HR processes. He is the past president of the SF Bay Area Chapter of IHRIM (www.ihrim.org), the global HR technology association.
Bruce holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dickinson College as well as a Master of Education (Ed.M.) and Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), both from Boston University.
Mark Allen is an educator, speaker, consultant, and author who currently serves as a faculty member in the department of organizations and management at Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and Management where he previously served for ten years as Director of Executive Education. He is also a Senior Associate with the Kiely Group and a Senior Faculty Member of the Human Capital Institute.Mark is the editor and co-author of The Next Generation of Corporate Universities, published by Pfeiffer in February of 2007 and The Corporate University Handbook published by Amacom Books in 2002. As an internationally-recognized authority, he is a popular speaker and has published and presented research on corporate universities and non-traditional higher education. Other research interests include the assessment of training and development programs and the evaluation of teaching and learning in postsecondary and adult education. He serves as a consultant to both new and mature corporate universities. Mark serves on the Board of Regents of the University of Farmers at Farmers Insurance Company and on the Board of Advisors of the Global Council of Corporate Universities.Mark has a Bachelor's degree in psychology from Columbia University, an MBA from Pepperdine University, and a Ph.D. in Education from USC. An award-winning teacher, Mark teaches courses in Leadership, Management, and Adult & Lifespan Learning at Pepperdine's Graziadio School of Business and Management and Graduate School of Education and Psychology and has previously taught business and management courses at a number of institutions.
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