ROD SMITH

Rod is the founder of Athena Consulting® which is the manifestation of his passion for leadership development and helping organizations improve. His background includes 21 years in a variety of management and project management positions with Hewlett-Packard where he was also an integral part of their internal leadership development program for over 14 years. He has run a successful 30M sales support and consulting organization of over 400 people. He has also led management and leadership consulting engagements in Fortune 100 companies. His primary areas of expertise are leadership development, process improvement, business process re-engineering, change management, strategic planning, scenario analysis and management productivity improvement. His industry experience includes manufacturing (automotive), insurance, high tech sales and service, and higher education. He holds a bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering and taught technical topics at the college level for 10 years.

He is a member of the Professional Coaches and Mentors Association (PCMA), the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD), the International Coaches Federation (ICF) and is a member of Coachville (learn more). Rod is also an active member of the Business Advisory Council for the National Republican Congressional Committee.

He is currently a graduate student at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona in the Masters of Science in Leadership program offered by the Ken Blanchard College of Business.

Rod resides in Surprise, Arizona where he enjoys his dogs Pearl and Opal and an occasional round of golf.

DAVID A. KENYON

Dave has been involved in Total Quality Management (TQM) consulting at the executive level with a variety of Fortune 500 companies. During his 25 year career at Hewlett Packard, he held engineering and management positions in research and development, manufacturing, and corporate quality. His technology background includes system I/O, networking, personal computers and communications . He has also been involved in management/leadership training and consulting for over 16 years.

In his current alliance with Athena Consulting, his primary focus areas are strategic planning, business process re-engineering, leadership training and quality, as well as technology deployment and manufacturing engineering. He has provided consulting services in many industries including high technology, automobile manufacturing, defense, air transportation, banking, retail, higher education, and local government. His activities have included major re-engineering efforts, strategic planning, and TQM consulting with senior-level management in those industries. A member of the ASQC and IEEE, he has authored articles and papers on numerous subjects including product introduction management, software quality, QFD, strategic planning, and re-engineering, as well as telescope design and control.

Dave has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the DeVry Institute of Technology and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He also holds a college teaching credential in Astronomy and Engineering. In addition to his consulting work, he is currently teaching both at the college level.