Professional Experience Dr. R. Allen Saville is the founder of Saville Consulting Service. Dr. Saville has over twenty-five years of business experience and has provided assistance to a wide range of clients from large worldwide companies to small businesses. Dr. Saville has a unique educational background. He holds a law degree plus a masters and doctoral degree in strategic planning and management systems from top universities. This education and his extensive consulting experience contribute to his understanding of, and ability to deal with, management systems in a holistic and integrated manner. With this education and experience, Dr. Saville is particularly well suited for working with, and advising, executive leadership teams as they address the issues important to the success of the organization:

	Shared vision and direction	Strategic planning
	Commitment to organizational purpose	Leadership and development
	Managerial competencies	Organizational communication
	Cultivating trust and empowering others	Improving working relationships
	Organizational structure	Team building

More than twenty-five years of progressively responsible experience assisting companies to achieve their organizational goals through: performance improvement; strategic planning; organizational design & development; change management, especially in the context of merger and acquisition; and management and leadership development.

Skills and Abilities

Energetic leadership abilities; particularly good at motivating and empowering individuals, teams, and groups; experienced in working with top executive teams;

Superior conceptual and analytical capabilities;

Strong interpersonal and communication skills; significant experience working with very senior executives with complex and difficult challenges;

Demonstrated knowledge of management systems, organization design and development, strategic planning, and change management;

Skilled in implementation: strategy, planning and achievement;

Proficient in research techniques and interpretation of data and information;

Excellent writing and presentation abilities; experienced and skilled facilitator;

Adept at working well and producing results in unstructured environments and/or pressure situations.

Education

Doctorate: (Planning and Management systems), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Emphasis on comprehensive management systems concepts and the techniques of systemic functional analysis, and organizational design and development.

Masters: (Urban and Regional Planning), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Juris Doctorate: University of Virginia School of Law.

Bachelor of Arts: (Political Science), University of Richmond.

Functional Capabilities

Selected projects and work experiences:

Led consulting teams in providing comprehensive assistance to national and international companies in all aspects of the integration and organizational change involved in mergers and major acquisitions in the following industries: high tech & semiconductor, health care, hospitality, finance, insurance, manufacturing, and professional services;

Improved organizational performance by using organization research and functional analysis to define requirements for achieving goals, and the actions and structures needed for successful implementation.

Designed enterprise transformation projects to guide the efforts of companies in making major changes to realize more of the full potential of the company; to become more competitive and responsive to the needs of clients and potential clients, and to accomplish strategic business goals;

Designed and facilitated a process to enable executive teams to identify issues and critical success factors, articulate a new vision and direction for the company and formulate strategies for growth and change. Included were executive team retreats which also cultivated a cohesive and fully functional executive team;

Evaluated the performance, effectiveness, and tone of the organization;

Planed, coordinated, and facilitated large meetings for leadership, and/or the entire organization to roll out the new vision and direction and pave the way for positive change;

Created a positive working environment within executive teams with members representing many high level and disparate groups;

Formulated corrective measures and action plans for improving in organizational structure, operational procedures, management information and decision support systems;

Devised strategies for organizational change; formulated implementation plans that prepare individuals for transition and change; and composed plans for aligning roles and responsibilities with the functional tasks required for effective and efficient operation.

Led executive teams in identifying shared vision and addressing issues of trust, managerial competence, commitment, working relationships, team building, and organizational structure and effectiveness.

Designed specific strategies for cultivating an organizational culture that encouraged and supported an intense customer service orientation;

Strategic planning, organizational development, and change management consulting to CEOs major national and international companies;

Redesign of a major product line of leadership and management workshops and materials for an international provider of training programs;

Assisted top leaders of health care systems in issue definition, strategic planning, and cultivating new attributes in the leadership culture useful in dealing with rapid change;

Increased service quality, client relationship management, and operational effectiveness of professional service firms including top five public accounting and top 100 law firms;

Improved management effectiveness and streamlined operations of large integrated agribusiness companies by reorienting management information and decision support systems;

Designed comprehensive professional development curriculum; also designed and delivered a number of educational events, seminars, etc. for one of the nation's top 40 law firms;

Designed, developed and delivered of full curriculum of management education and personal effectiveness programs for one of the big five public accounting firms;

Principal designer of an executive development program; characteristics of the program included: assessing professional objectives and skills at career junctures; links to national education and development programs; personal development plans composed and revised annually; and succession planning.

Other

Adjunct Professorships:

1996: School of Business Administration, University of Colorado: Designed and taught a course on management consulting designed to be a “capstone” program for second year MBA students.

1981: University of Richmond: Designed and taught undergraduate course in political science curriculum.

1975-1976: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Full responsibility for one undergraduate course and co-instructor for a masters level course in the planning curriculum.

Recognition:

International WHO’S WHO of Entrepreneurs;

Lexington Who’s Who Executive and Professional Registry;

Nationwide Register's WHO’S WHO In Executives and Business;

Nationwide Register's WHO’S WHO In Executives and Professionals;

International Directory of Distinguished Leadership.