REX C. MITCHELL, Ph.D.
Organization and Management Consultant
Experienced Professional in Consulting and Management
Forty years of consulting experience, with emphasis on strategic management and planning, organization development, and performance improvement:
- Many types of successful projects including executive coaching, business planning, teambuilding, conflict management, organizational changes, mergers, acquisitions, and strategic management
- Work with companies ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to small businesses, and with government organizations at federal, state, and local levels
A Few Examples...- Planned and facilitated the organizational merger of two companies to form a highly successful $5 billion corporation
- Created an ongoing strategic management process that allowed a large health maintenance organization to increase its membership by 100% and profitability by 300% in four years, while in a highly competitive, turbulent environment
- Helped a corporation turn around from a worsening $200 million annual loss to profitability within two years
- Helped a law firm turn around from the brink of bankruptcy to debt-free, stable, profitable operation in eighteen months
- Helped develop consensus regarding major system changes for a complex federation of large international financial companies
- Facilitated reorganization and work changes to reduce costs by 10% while improving service in a large public utility
Twenty-five years of professional business experience in five organizations, including twenty years of management experience in four organizations:- Vice President, Corporate Strategic Development, Health Net: accountable for strategic management and planning, plus integration and coordination of the distributed product and process development work throughout the corporation
- Vice President of Human Resources, Blue Cross of California: directed three departments with staff of 120 and functions of personnel administration, organization development, consulting, management development, work management (methods) improvement, and training for the corporation
- Several line and program management positions with Rockwell Corporation at Manager to Director level, including extensive interaction with many government agencies while successfully marketing and directing fifteen government contract programs
- Program Manager, General Dynamics Corporation
- Member of four boards of directors
Thirty-five years as a licensed psychotherapist in private practice:- Involving both individual and group counseling (concurrent with full-time positions; phased out this practice to concentrate on consulting and teaching)
Plus Strong Academic Experience
Thirty years as a university professor of management- Full professor, now emeritus, at California State University, Northridge
- Formerly Chair, Department of Management
- Teaching areas include leadership, strategic management, organization development, conflict management and negotiation, decision making and creativity, organizational behavior
Extensive contributions to the profession:- Over fifty publications and conference presentations
- Editor for five years of Consultation: An International Journal
Educational Background
- Ph.D., 1980, management (organizational behavior and change), UCLA
- M.A., 1975, educational psychology (counseling), California State University, Northridge
- Ph.D., 1963, chemical engineering, University of Utah
Some Past and Current Clients
- Atomics International
- Berger & Norton, A Law Corporation
- Blue Cross of California
- Blue Cross of Southern California
- County of Los Angeles (various agencies)
- Excel Corporation
- Harman International
- Health Net
- Health Systems International
- Hot Section Technologies
- JBL, Inc.
- Kaiser Permanente
- Las Virgenes School District
- Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
- Los Angeles Police Department
- MasterCard International
- McDonnell-Douglas
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Newhall School District
- PacifiCare Health Plan
- Precision Products Inc.
- Quidel Corporation
- Rex Enterprises, Inc. (unrelated)
- Rockwell International
- Rogers, Mackey, Price & Anderson, a Law Corporation
- Saint Jude Medical
- Southland Bagel Corporation
- State of California (various agencies)
- United States Government (various agencies)
How to Contact Me
| Rex C. Mitchell, Ph.D. | email: rex.mitchell@csun.edu |
| 4503 Alta Tupelo Dr. | voice (818)222-4806 |
| Calabasas, CA 91302-2516 | fax (818)222-4819 |
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