Don Joseph

Current

President at Northbrook Consulting Group

Past

Vice President at Russell-Field Paper Company, Inc.
Vice President at Meystel, Inc.
Director, Management Advisory Services at Shepard, Schwartz & Harris

Education

Harvard Business School
Washington University in St. Louis

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Industry

Management Consulting

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Don Joseph’s Summary

Donald L. Joseph CMC is President, of Northbrook Consulting Group. Don has been a Certified Management Consultant since 1985 and is former President of the Institute of Management Consultants-Greater Chicago and Co-Chairman of the Independent Consultants SIG, Harvard Business School Club of Chicago. Mr. Joseph has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.

Don has been involved in the impact of technology on management throughout his career, beginning with IBM, and as a consultant, instructor, and seminar developer for Brandon Applied Systems. He founded the Management Advisory Services practice for the Chicago CPA firm, Shepard, Schwartz & Harris and later was President of his own firm, DLJ Associates.

Mr. Joseph's executive experience includes being the first non-physician Vice President of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Vice President of Meystel, Inc., and both Vice President, Operations and Vice President, Finance and Administration of Russell-Field Paper Company. He has also been on the faculty of the Elmhurst Management Program of Elmhurst College and is currently on the MBA faculty of University of Phoenix. Don also serves as a technology lecturer for Norwegian Cruise Line's NCL "U".

Don developed and presented seminars on E-Commerce, Customer Relationship Management, and Year 2000 Issues for CEOs and consultants. These include seminars for the University of Chicago's E-Commerce Certificate Program, the Institute of Management Consultants, numerous Chambers of Commerce, and the Small Business Administration's SCORE counselors. He is presently on the Information Technology Committee of the Village of Glencoe, Illinois.

He is a certified trainer for Sage's BusinessWorks software. an ACT! Certified Consultant, and a Peachtree Certified Consultant. Don has written and contributed to articles in Crain's Chicago Business, Talking To The Boss, and Silicon Prairie.

Don Joseph’s Specialties:

Helping small and medium sized businesses improve profitability by using information technology tools to increase revenues, streamline processes, and make better decisions. We can provide the tools or customize and train on existing tools.

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Don Joseph’s Interests:

Information technology, management, scuba diving, contract bridge, reading.

Don Joseph’s Groups:

Glencoe Information Technology Committee, Glencoe School Board Nominating Committee (Vice Chairman); Coach, Glencoe Park District League; University of Illinois, Chicago—Family Business Council; Washington University Parents & Alumni Admissions Program; former Chairman of the Board of Directors, Horizon House, Inc. Memberships: Institute of Management Consultants (Director and Vice President, Chicago Chapter); Harvard Business School Association of Chicago. Listed in Who's Who in Finance and Industry. MBA Faculty, University of Phoenix, Consulting Resources Network; American Contract Bridge League (Bronze Life Master, Certified Director)