PeopleFit Bios

PeopleFit® Consultants USA

Dr. Glenn Mehltretter is the founder and president of PeopleFit®, an international consulting firm established in 1981 to aid clients in building more effective and efficient organizations and to help individuals enhance their personal career development.

Dr. Mehltretter has 15 years experience in the field of engineering and management and 20 years as a management consultant. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, an MBA from the Dartmouth Amos Tuck School of Business, and an Ed.D. with a concentration in Training and Development from North Carolina State University.

One of the world’s experts in Requisite Organization, Dr. Mehltretter has spoken internationally on the theory and on the tools and processes he has developed to apply them within organizations to bring about transformation.

To date, Dr. Mehltretter has accumulated over 5,000 data points in matching people to roles using an RO model. He regularly provides training to other consultants in his cutting edge work concerning the assessment of cognitive capability associated with complexity of work. This provides support for RO-based leadership selection and development, as well as overall talent pool management.

In 2003, Dr. Mehltretter created the PeopleFit Integrity Index, the world’s only benchmarking measure for an organization’s effectiveness in deploying its human resource talent.

Michelle Malay Carter has fifteen years experience in training, leadership development, and organizational development, as well as several years’ professional experience in fields of marketing, advertising, and communications. During her career, she has served clients as an internal, external, and independent consultant in small organizations and within one of the world’s largest.

Also an author and speaker, Ms. Carter’s writing has been featured on HR.com, and she served as a visiting lecturer in NC State University’s Department of Communications.  Ms. Carter is our lead blogger at Mission Minded Management, our blog designed to create discussion around a total systems model for organization design, talent management, and managerial leadership.

Ms. Carter received her undergraduate degree in Journalism/ Advertising from Kent State University. She earned her master’s degree in Organizational Development from NC State University and received a certificate in Organizational Development from UNC-Charlotte.

Dr. Herb Koplowitz is one of the leading world experts in Requisite Organization.  His clients appreciate his ability to translate his deep understanding of the theory into practical solutions for complex problems.

Herb works with organizations to: align structure to strategy, so each strategic goal is assigned to a role at the appropriate level; fit staffing to structure, ensuring that employees’ capabilities match the requirements of their roles; and train managers to develop the capabilities required to direct and support employees and to hold them accountable. He has consulted and taught
performance management and organizational design to business leaders in Canada,
the U.S., Jamaica, South Africa, Russia and India.

Herb is a psychologist trained in organizational design, managerial practice and human capability.  He holds a B.A. in mathematics and philosophy from Cornell University, a Ph. D. in psychology from the University of Massachusetts and registration as an organizational psychologist in Ontario.

PeopleFit® Consultants Australasia – Melbourne

Barry Deane has more than 20 years knowledge and experience of the practical use of Requisite Organization in the workplace. He has worked in a variety of line management and senior executive roles in the heavy engineering and mining industries in Australia and across the world. Mr. Deane specializes in multidisciplinary project management and integrated business/HR systems consultation using an Requisite Organization foundation.

After being approached by clients interested in adopting RO models as a means to reaching industry leader status, Mr. Deane developed consultative management training processes to help organizations understand, adopt, and sustain RO practices. His consulting experience includes business strategy formulation to include new venture and due diligence investigations, technology transfer, mergers, and leadership development.

Mr. Deane holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and serves as a Fellow for the Institution of Engineers Australia. He can be reached at: www.peoplefit.com.au

Shelia Deane has experience in leadership, business policy and systems development and implementation, change management, training, strategic and operational human resource management and corporate downsizing. She has human resource management and line management experience in retail, manufacturing and heavy engineering industries. A seasoned executive coach and group facilitator, Ms. Deane has extensive experience designing and implementing RO-based “people systems” to include recruitment, selection, role definition, and performance management systems.

An expert in organizational relationship management, Ms. Deane trains managers in effective managerial leadership, reporting relationships and cross functional working relationships. Some four years ago, she and Barry found an opportunity to try a different approach to communicating the Requisite Organization ideas and were successful. Since that time, they delivered our material to some 500 line managers (at all levels) and have found this to be successful as the start of a long-term implementation process. Ms. Deane holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Diploma in Personnel Management from the Institute of Personnel Management, South Africa.

Mark Kaminski is a professional non-executive director and former Director and CEO of a US manufacturing company which he grew from $240million to $2billion in sales. Mark graduated in science and has a Harvard Business School Advanced Management Degree. Mr. Kaminski had extensive early experience in manufacturing and sales. His later experience in business leadership included extensive change leadership, turning around an under-performing company and driving significant business growth.

Craig Tamlin has had a 25 year career largely based in the IT sector, with senior specialist and management roles in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and the USA. He has worked in a variety of organisations, including over 16 years with IBM, then as Australia & NZ manager of US storage giant, Quantum. More recently Craig was CEO of a technology SME in Perth.
Craig has a passion for structuring business with the culture, systems and organisational methods for success. He is a strong proponent of the Requisite Organization methodologies, and truly seeks to see employees excel in their work by providing the right conditions for success.
Craig holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Information Processing. He joined PeopleFit in June 2008 as General Manager, and heads up PeopleFit’s Perth operation.

Our partners, PeopleFit Australasia can be found at www.peoplefit.com.au