OUR TEAM

Barbara Bouchet, MEd, Executive Partner

Barbara brings over 25 years experience in leadership coaching, systems change, relationship management, counseling and adult education to her work with leaders, teams and organizations.

She specializes in helping leaders optimize their personal, relational and political power. This is especially rewarding when applied to complex human systems that shape technical and business outcomes. Barbara draws on her rich experience as an executive coach, mediator, group facilitator, and psychotherapist to skillfully bring out what is positive, true and possible. She applies this process especially to communication challenges, conflict resolution, strategic decision-making and innovative solutions to business problems.

Barbara has worked most recently with leaders from Microsoft, Philips Medical Systems and Amazon. In all these relationships, she enjoys a spirited, creative dialogue that often unlocks the hidden potential of those she serves.

She is the author of numerous training products, including The Contact-Zone™ Board Game and the Work-Life Balance Assessment for Executives. Barbara expects her new book, Executive Presence & Impact: Ignite the Power of You, written for senior executives and fast track leaders to be published in 2008.

Barbara is a licensed counselor with degrees in Psychology, Sociology, and Educational Psychology. She has supervised and trained hundreds of professionals both privately and through University graduate programs.

Howard Greenfield, MA, Senior Partner

Howard has a global track record in digital media development, as well as being an accomplished columnist and author. He concentrates on helping companies successfully bring innovative technology and services into the marketplace. Working closely with fellow Global Leadership Associates experts, Howard interacts directly with individuals and teams to design and deliver the most effective product marketing and partnership programs. This is often accomplished through one-on-one collaboration with company executives, as well as in conjunction with their technical groups and lines of business.

Howard has held senior management and consulting positions with Sun Microsystems, Informix Software, British Telecom and Apple Computer. He was the creator and leader of Sun's first Media Lab and completed graduate studies at Stanford University. He is author of IPTV and Internet Video (Elsevier, 2007).

Howard has presented and moderated at conferences throughout Silicon Valley, Europe, and Asia. He has served on government and cultural advisory boards such as the State of California, UK Trade & Invest, CNET and others. He also worked in the Apple Classroom of Tomorrow e-learning research and development, and is currently a board member of BlueVoice.org, an Internet media non-profit dedicated to protecting ocean life and habitats.

Jon C. Haass, PhD, Senior Partner

Jon is a master coach and consultant. He develops and delivers new products and services in response to and in anticipation of the needs of clients. He utilizes concepts from integral dynamics, appreciative inquiry, and other modern tools for management change. He has found enthusiastic response to these methods that are both rigorous and invigorating to the creative spirit companies must cultivate for continued success.

Prior to co-founding Global Associates, he was a founding executive for Sendmail, OpenTV and LaserPlot. His recent work with teams and leadership coaching includes Chevron, Silicon Image, Big Band Networks and Sun Microsystems. Jon is a trained coach and leader through the Coaches Training Institute, the leading organization within the International Coaches Federation. He earned his PhD from MIT where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses, while founding his first company.

He speaks to large and small audiences on the human potential available within each individual, and offers techniques for tapping into that powerful resource. Jon provides service in his community through the local community college and lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Northern California.

Brian Zhou, MA and MBA, Senior Partner

Brian is a software industry leader with bi lingual and cross cultural expertise. He has served in a variety of leadership roles in multiple divisions within Microsoft Corporation, including server and tools, online space, Microsoft IT and Microsoft Research in Asia. Under his management, his teams have shipped multiple version of Microsoft products and key marketing online applications. With his strong native China language and cultural skills combined with more than 15 years at the pinnacle of the US high technology industry, Brian has led the R&D team in Microsoft Research Asia to drive innovation in the online marketing space. Prior to his long career at Microsoft, Brian participated in software development at IBM on the JavaOS project.

Today, Brian concentrates on helping companies successfully bring innovative technology and services into the marketplace on time and within budget. With his rich background on the technology front, he offers a deep connection between software management and innovation. Brian has helped schools in china set up training programs to establish robust software outsourcing pipelines.

Brian's early experience with the sales force of the China National Machine tool company has prepared him to play an executive role launching a successful outsourcing business in the software industry. In addition to his wealth of corporate experience, he earned his MBA and Master of Computer science degrees from Ball State University, Indiana, in 1998.