Cornelius & Associates - Our Services

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We believe that the strength of our company is our people. We are a dedicated group of high-level people with a fierce pride in our ability to have a positive impact on people’s lives at work. We have a network of consultants located across the United States to serve our clients worldwide.

EDWIN T. CORNELIUS
Founder, President

Ed Cornelius is a leader in helping organizations create high-performance work environments. Through his keen insight into human behavior and his deep understanding of interpersonal skills, Ed helps clients transform their current organizations into organizations with high employee enthusiasm, participation, and involvement. He is a strategic partner to clients worldwide - creating organizational improvement strategies that achieve powerful business results.

Ed is an experienced industrial psychologist, author, researcher, public speaker, and consultant. He brings more than 15 years as a university professor and more than 25 years in management consulting to work for his clients. He has written more than 50 articles, computer programs, book chapters, and papers on human behavior and human resource management.

ANN BROWN
Consultant, Trainer

Ann Brown offers her clients a down-to-earth style that achieves results. Ann has been a consultant with Cornelius & Associates for more than 12 years, and receives stellar reviews from her clients.

Her background in business management and Masters Degree in Human Resource Management allows her to be able to see a situation from many different perspectives. She is particularly skilled at building rapport and getting groups to work together cohesively to accomplish common goals. Her sincere interest in seeing people grow and succeed has added value to the organizations she has worked with, from manufacturing to customer service.

JOHN I. CORNELIUS, PMP
Senior Associate, Consultant, Leadership Coach

John Cornelius has contributed to the growth and development of organizations around the world. With extensive, real-world experience and a strategic perspective, he helps organizations focus their energy on continuous process improvement and increasing employee involvement. As a consultant, John is skilled in helping management teams align their visions and goals with their people strategies and systems.

He is a senior associate with Cornelius & Associates with more than two decades of experience in human resources and management development. John is a former Chairman of the Management and Marketing Department at Central Texas College and a recipient of the Outstanding Educator Award for the American Educational Complex.

Recently, John authored a course, "Supervisory Leadership”, which was adopted as the required introductory supervisory course for all managers in a global Fortune 500 company.

PATRICIA A. GOWAN
Consultant, Trainer

Pat Gowan's academic preparation and organizational experience provides clients with current, realistic and effective people development techniques. As a coach and trainer, she creates highly productive learning environments that provide employees practical, hands-on applications of training concepts.

Her experience includes serving as a staff psychologist for the South Carolina Department of Public Safety and as an internal trainer for Coopers & Lybrand. She has facilitated training for performance improvement teams, conducted job analysis, and performance employee assessment and evaluation. Pat is a certified MBTI® practitioner.

JORDAN V. JOHNSON
Senior Associate, Consultant, Leadership Coach

Jordy Johnson has met the challenge of moving numerous organizations from survival to success. His extensive experience has helped clients around the world conceptualize their visions, create organizational improvement strategies, develop high-performing people, and build high-involvement systems.

As a consultant, Jordy brings a wealth of experience to his client partnerships. During his career, which spans more than 25 years, he has held positions including Operations Manager, Human Resource Manager, and College Dean. He has helped continuous manufacturing operations, job shops, and service industries achieve bottom-line results.

Jordy is a Senior Professional in Human Resources Management and former Chairman of the Division of Business and Economics at the University of South Carolina at Sumter.

MARK McCATTY
Senior Consultant, Trainer, Leadership Coach

Mark McCatty provides his clients with a realistic, objective view that can only come from hard-earned experience. His well-rounded background includes proven experience in manufacturing and production environments. For eight years he worked to establish and support plants in the Caribbean Basin, Central America, and South America.

As a consultant, Mark has helped numerous organizations meet the challenge of creating high-involvement work environments. He has the ability to maintain focus, provide clear direction, and communicate effectively with all levels of employees. By transferring these critical skills to his clients' employees, Mark helps organizations achieve world-class performance.

DALE McKEE
Senior Associate, Consultant, and Leadership Coach

Managing organizational change, leading diverse groups to consensus, and encouraging personal effectiveness are just a few of the many skills Dale McKee offers his clients. He provides facilitation, consulting and strategic planning to help senior executives facilitate organizational change in companies around the world. Dale follows the process through to implementation - building a partnership for ongoing support.

Dale is a widely recognized and accomplished seminar leader, facilitator, coach and consultant. He is the author and developer of the powerful "You, Unlimited" personal effectiveness training program and the architect of our "Essential Leadership Skills" series.

He was formerly an Assistant Vice President with Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company where his record in developing human resources programs won him recognition and honors.

EMORY L. MOORE
Executive Vice President, Consultant, Trainer

More than 30 years of real-world experience and first-hand knowledge help Emory Moore provide effective consulting and training in project management and project management software. His training techniques are extremely effective. He transfers his enthusiasm for project management to managers and employees in numerous organizations.

Emory's experience includes 18 years in a Fortune 300 textile company in various positions including project manager, division planning manager, plant manager, product manager, and personnel director. He co-founded Computer Knowledge, Inc. and provides consulting and training in a broad spectrum of application software.

KAY H. ROMAN, PMP
Senior Vice President for Project Management, Consultant, Trainer

Kay Roman brings more than 25 years business experience to Cornelius & Associates. As a consultant, she draws upon a successful career in management and a thorough understanding of organizational dynamics. Her depth of knowledge and experience helps Kay effectively guide clients through today's challenges.

Having worked inside both large and small organizations, Kay relates to the issues and concerns of her clients and she easily builds rapport. She takes a disciplined approach to understanding her clients' business situations, analyzing options, and developing customized approaches that ensure success. Her excellent communication and facilitation skills coupled with her practical, results-oriented style enable her clients to achieve outstanding business results.

Kay's business career covers all facets of communications and management, including strategic and corporate communications, marketing, project management, team facilitation and coaching. She is a certified Project Management Professional and a former Assistant Vice President of Corporate Communications for Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, a UNUM Corporation Affiliate.

Cornelius & Associates also has a full-time support staff to assist our clients:

Laura Mattocks-Chief Financial Officer/Controller
Susan Grice-Client Services Coordinator and Graphic Designer
Mary Helen Wood-Marketing Manager