Expertise
Experience
Results
DEDICATION
To the “Two Chucks” —
Charles E. Henley and Charles V. Mange,
Michigan State University Educators Extraordinaire, Who Were Way Ahead of Their Time.
Your Legacy Lives On!
Developed by a Team with Diverse Experience across Corporate Training and Consulting,
Higher Education, and the Tech Sector, AMB L&D Offers a Real-World Instructional
Perspective that Resonates.
Rich Aquilina
Rich Aquilina built a successful coaching, leadership training, and organizational/team alignment niche for executives, technical and non-technical leaders, and top-talent individual contributors in Engineering, Software Development, IT, Technology, Sales, Research, and many other key subject matter disciplines. Rich is well known for his teaching, coaching, and unique abilities to organize, align, and facilitate virtual and co-located teams, driving engagement, fast results, and lasting transformational change. His practice focuses on the Human Side of Technology — employees, teams, internal/external customers, peers, and bosses — individual and group interfaces that matter most. Rich has worked in a global Who’s Who of leading Fortune 500 companies, academia, and the public sector. His industry experience and practical strategies unravel what’s not intuitive, typically not taught in school, and not acquired vicariously on the job. Rich holds a Doctoral Degree from Michigan State University, a Master’s Degree from the University of Connecticut and an Undergraduate Degree from St. Francis College, as well as a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the US Office of Education.
Jay Militscher
Jay Militscher, himself a former student of Rich Aquilina's professional development training, is an accomplished data, transformation, and technology executive who has led sustained success at best-in-class B2B SaaS organizations for 25+ years. He's built, developed, and matured strategies, teams, communities, and technologies to deliver business results that make money, save money, and reduce risk. A lifelong learner himself, Jay has developed and delivered training for thousands of professionals at multiple organizations on a wide range of topics, from Cyber Security to Data & Analytics, and more. Jay is a recognized thought leader across the data, governance, analytics, and AI landscape as a writer and speaker.
Nancy Barr
Nancy Barr brings a broad range of experiences to the development of this course: award-winning newspaper reporter and editor, mystery novelist, college instructor of STEM communication, and medical and disaster first responder. Barr holds a PhD in rhetoric and technical communication and has spent the last two decades ensuring the next generation of professionals can communicate ethically and effectively with the diverse range of stakeholders needed at the table to solve the complex challenges. That means going beyond technology to understand ourselves and the impact our words and actions have on those around us.