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About Magna Leadership Solutions

Executive Team : Dr. Kevin D. Gazzara l Dr. Ali Lakhani l Marleen L. Lundy

Magna Leadership Solutions develops leaders and provides them with tools and skills to measurably improve results and create sustainable businesses in all environments. Using assessments, training programs, coaching, facilitation, mentoring, and simulations, Magna creates leadership systems and measurable solutions for long-term sustainability.

Magna delivers tools for the client to determine measurable results so that they can benchmark their environment and quantify their return on investment, and we guarantee results based on these measurements. We believe that our success is only achieved when our clients:

  • are prepared to transition future generations of leaders;
  • are well positioned, as a result of an improved cohesive and focused leadership team, to seize opportunities;
  • will be confident in their ability to successfully manage and lead regardless of what changes may come in their industry, the economy or world events.

Executive Team

Magna Leadership Solutions was founded by three recognized practitioners and scholars in the field of management and leadership development. Each partner brings expertise and a skill set in areas to assess, educate, and coach individuals and teams to deliver business results. With over 75 years of combined management and leadership development experience, the Magna team offers a single source solution to build strong, team and results focused leaders.

Dr. Kevin D. Gazzara

Senior Partner
Based in Phoenix, Arizona

Experience - 25 years of management and leadership in industries

Intel Corporation from 1989 to 2007

  • Managed, Intel’s first-line Managing Through People (MTP) and the Mid-level manager Leading Through People (LTP) programs.
  • Previous positions included managing - Intel University for the US, the HR graduate rotation program, the worldwide HR mentoring program, and marketing/ product development organizations for the i960 and i750 Intel chips.
  • Transamerica Corporation - positions for 10 years in Engineering, Technical Marketing, Advertising, Business Development and General Management for a division of Transamerica Corporation.

University of Phoenix

  • University Research Chair for Organizational Behavior
  • Master faculty member at the University of Phoenix teaching in the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs.
  • Teaching - Marketing, Management, Leadership, and Organization Development at the University of Phoenix on-ground and on-line classes since 1996.

Awards and Expertise

  • Task Quotient (TQTM) Assessment Tool for determining employee motivation, satisfaction, and retention was announced by Target Training International (TTI) in August of 2004.TQTM is based on his doctoral dissertation
  • Recipient of the Future HR Leader award from Human Capital magazine.
  • Member of the National Speakers Association (Arizona Chapter)
  • CoAuthor - The Leader of OZ : Revealing the 101 Secrets of Marvelous Leadership for the 21st Century
  • Writer – Contributing writer to Warren Bennis’ “Leadership Excellence” Magazine

Recognition

Education

  • Doctorate of Management in Organizational Leadership from the University of Phoenix
  • MBA in Marketing & Management from Philadelphia University
  • BS in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University

Speaker Profiles

To contact Kevin, click here or (623) 252-2389

Dr. Ali Lakhani

Senior Partner
Based in Sacramento, California

Experience - 17 years of technical, management, and leadership experience at Intel Corporation delivering very successful microprocessors, chipsets, and microcontrollers products in collaboration with global teams.

  • Extensive international work experience across the United States, Malaysia, India, Germany, and Ireland.
  • Trainer and coach for Six Sigma and Lean Production. Clients include Fortune 500 companies.

University of Phoenix and Chapman University

  • Faculty of Graduate Business Administration and Management with teaching experience of 20 years.
  • Consultant for advanced research and statistics services to individuals and organizations.

Awards and Expertise

  • Inventor and the holder of U.S. Patent for the Interactive Self Test mechanism used on certain Intel microprocessors.
  • Creator and copyright owner of CALIBER Leadership Assessment Scale and Cross Cultural Leadership Inventory.
  • CoAuthor - The Leader of OZ : Revealing the 101 Secrets of Marvelous Leadership for the 21st Century
  • Writer – Contributing writer to Warren Bennis’ “Leadership Excellence” Magazine
  • Recipient of Future HR Leader award from the Human Capital magazine.
  • Author/coauthor and copyright holder of many international publications, and has been invited to speak in the United States, Hungary, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, South Africa, and Ireland.
  • Leading expert in cross cultural management leadership, organizational research, statistics, quantitative/qualitative analysis, managerial decision making, operations management, total quality management, Six Sigma and Lean Production, business strategy formulation, alignment, and implementation.

Recognition

  • Predicting Organizational Performance Through Optimized Multicultural Leadership Alignment, HR.com Employers of Excellence National Conference 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
  • Research Method for Investigating Cross-Cultural Linkages between Leadership and Organizational Learning. 5th European Conference on Research Methods for Business and Management Studies 2006, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Relational Linkages between Visionary Leadership and Organizational Learning across the United States, Malaysia, and India. ProQuest, 2005.
  • Systematic Intellectual Property Reuse. IT Innovation Conference, Ireland, 2004.

Education

  • Doctor of Management (D.M.) in Organizational Leadership
  • Master of Business Administration (M.B.A)
  • Master of Science (M.S.) in Electrical Engineering
  • Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Electronics and Communication Engineering.

To contact Ali, click here or (916) 774-9072

Marleen L. Lundy

Senior Partner
Based in Portland, Oregon

As a key player in the Management and Leadership Development department for a major high-tech company, Marleen was introduced to different assessment tools and training options that enabled the organization to become more effective and high-performing. Marleen's passion and desire for helping others gave her the inspiration to bring these offerings to entrepreneurs, as well as small and mid-size companies where the benefits and value of the tools and training would have the most impact.

Marleen has over 15 years of experience in designing and delivering global management and professional development training programs, managing project teams, and event coordination. Marleen was employed at Intel Corporation from 1999 to 2007. While at Intel, she was part of the Management Leadership Development (MLD) group, where she had managed the operations of Intel’s first-line and mid-management training residential programs, Managing Through People (MTP) and Leading Through People (LTP). Marleen previously held positions in project management, technical and customer support, and conference/event management. Prior to Intel, she was the Executive Assistant to the CEO of a telecommunications company.

Marleen has a proven skill set in increasing team communications and performance through the implementation of process improvements and strategic-thinking. She has experience in designing simulations and team development activities. As a certified behavioral analyst, she has taught engaging workshops to over 450 students on the theories and concepts to bring understanding to themselves and adapting to others.

To contact Marleen, click here or (503) 579-0312




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