REX C. MITCHELL, Ph.D.
Organization and Management ConsultantExperienced 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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