Mary Ann Ulrich is Managing Partner and Founder of Convivium Partners, LLC, a professional consulting company
specializing in Collaborative Partnering, Human Capital Solutions, and
Professional Facilitation. Mary Ann’s expertise as a Partnering Consultant,
Executive Search Partner, Executive Coach and Facilitator reflects her core
belief that “human capital, and a collaborative environment of
communication, commitment, credibility and cooperation, are the business
success drivers for the 21st century triple bottom line.” Her areas of expertise include: CEO,
Board and Executive selection and coaching; partnering alliance selection and
programs; leadership development and succession planning; career management and
transitions; executive and team performance improvement; corporate recruiting,
retention and assimilation programs; behavioral assessments and work/life
balance challenges. Mary Ann’s clients
partner with her on an interactive journey of exploration resulting in the
attainment of exceptional achievements and increased return on investment
through Partnering Alliance Workshops, Executive Search, One-on-One Coaching,
Group Coaching, Just In Time Coaching, Shadow Coaching, Group Facilitation, Custom
Workshops, Executive Roundtables, Executive Retreats and Speaking Engagements.
Mary
Ann’s professional experience includes the founding of Executive Coach
Partnership, LLC, a professional coaching company, and Partner/Owner in D.S.
Allen Associates, Inc., a nationally recognized executive search firm. Previously, Mary Ann was the Director of
Recruiting and Human Resources for the Technology Practice of KPMG Consulting
(now Bearing Point) based in New York.
Her roles have included the recruitment and coaching of CEO’s, Boards,
Executives, Partners, Senior Managers and Management teams. Her professional background and experience
incorporates a cross section of industry knowledge and functional expertise
with an emphasis in Information Technology, High-Tech, Security,
Communications, Pharmaceutical, Financial Services and Management Consulting
both nationally and internationally.
A
partial list of clients have included:
Bearing Point, Centerprise Advisors, Inc., KPMG Consulting, Accenture,
Deloitte Consulting, Computer Sciences Corporation, AMS, AT&T, Bayer
Pharmaceutical, Reckitt & Coleman, Scientific Atlanta, TriPoint Global,
Hughes Satellite Networks, Rare Medium, C3i Pharmaceutical Consulting and SUNY
New Paltz School of Business.
Mary Ann is a graduate
of Corporate Coach University International and is a TTI Distributor of
Behavioral and Values Assessment programs (DISC, PIAV) as well as the Personal
Coaching Styles Inventory (PCSI) and the Leading Edge Portrait Leadership
Assessment. Mary Ann has 360° feedback training and experience and is a
Certified Group Facilitator. Her
educational experience includes a degree in Education.
Recent workshops and
speaking engagements include: Centerprise Advisors’ 2003 Annual Meeting,
Mohegan Sun Casino – Introduction of CEO and Executive Q&A Panel
Facilitation; The 61st Annual Group Psychology and Psychodrama
Conference, Santa Fe, NM; The NJ Society of CPA’s HR Group; CEO Peer Network
Group; NYU Stern/Wharton School of Business Alumni Event and SUNY/New Paltz
School of Business Annual Business Conference and Family Focus Cable TV Show.
Associations include:
International Coach Federation (ICF); New Jersey Professional Coaches
Association (NJPCA), former Board member; ASTD Member; SHRM Member; and the NJ
Performing Arts Center Women’s Board Association.
Contact: maulrich@conviviumpartners.com
Alliance
Partners & Associates
Strengthening Convivium Partners’ service
offering are our key Alliance Partnerships with the following world-class
Consultants and Associates:
Collaborative
Partnering Consultants
Diarmid de
Burgh-Milne
Diarmid is a lead development strategist for leadership,
organizational, and behavioral development of alliances with JCP Consultancy,
Ltd playing a key role in guiding and inspiring at all levels. He has nine years of experience in strategic development of
partnering and alliancing across a wide variety of international industry
sectors, private and public, building on a successful career as a senior
officer in the British Army. Diarmid has
led the successful Welsh Water AMP3 and AMP4 supply chain partnering/alliancing
programs in
Diarmid holds a BA (Hons) in French and Philosophy
from Leeds University, is a Behavioral Analyst,
a Civil Service Qualified Interpreter in French and Italian and Staff
College British Army (Camberley) as well as Staff College Italian Army.
David Maxwell
David is highly
experienced in quality and change management and one of the leading proponents
of partnering in construction in the U.K., driving many improvements over the
past seven years at JCP Consultancy, Ltd.
He has played a leading role in facilitating Welsh Water’s AMP2 and AMP3
capital alliance programs over the past seven years. David possesses extensive skills in providing
consultancy, facilitation and training services focusing on partnering, change
management, total quality management and business excellence. He is involved in all aspects and at all
levels of the partnering support program in many major partnerships and
alliances, running partnering start up workshops, review workshops and a range
of developmental events which focus specifically on the behaviors, awareness
and communication skills of all in the partnership.
David is a
consultant for the MTRC partnering program which includes the Penny’s Bay
(Disneyland) railway, the Tung Chung Cable Car and played a key role on the
Tseung Kwan O Line rail extension (Hong Kong) that included 28 projects for
railway and station work, completed 4˝ months early with a savings of over $2.5
billion (click here for more information on the MTRC project). Such a result demanded a very new approach to
the management of the project, breaking many of the ‘sacred cows’ embedded in
the organizational culture, leading people from all parties to behave
differently. He has also led partnering
facilitation programs for Railtrack, Thames Link 2000, Sun Microsystems, BNFL Projects
and many more construction related projects.
David has been a consultant to many international organizations for
quality management, continuous improvement, change management and nuclear
safety throughout the organization up to the Board level, including Eastern
European, Russian and Chinese power utilities.
David holds a BTech
(Hons) degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brunel University and is a member
of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a lead assessor for the EFQM Excellence Model and a behavioral
analyst.
Malcolm Newman
Malcolm, of JCP
Consultancy, Ltd., is a successful Leader, Senior Executive and Board member in
the public sector for over 20 years. He
has worked closely with Politicians, Chief Executives and Managing Directors,
Ministers and Government Departments, Regulators and many Voluntary
organizations. He has a proven record of
achievements in the development of policy & strategy, the introduction and
management of change, supervising management and implementation, the leadership
and motivation of people, negotiations and consultations as well as Board level
corporate governance, management and financial matters. During the last seven years, Malcolm has
gained considerable experience in strategic development of partnering and
alliancing across a wide variety of industry sectors, national and
international, private and public. For
example, Malcolm led the MTRC Project in Hong Kong, which has become a
partnering flagship and an outstanding success story.
Malcolm possesses a
real understanding of organizational effectiveness and the role that
interpersonal relationships and collaborative working play in delivering
business performance and results. He has
a successful track record of facilitation, coaching and mentoring at the Board
level working with Top Teams, Organizational Culture Audits as well as working
with organizational and individual trust and relationships risk. He has extensive consultancy skills in working
with Directors and Managers for developing and implementing cooperative and
collaborative working relationships.
Malcolm provides direct support,
coaching and mentoring to Managing Directors and Managers of a number of
construction companies in helping them build and develop their businesses
around the collaborative working principles.
Malcolm has led, developed and implemented the Partnering
Certificate program for over 1,000 construction personnel from the Board Room
to the construction site; designs and runs partnering start up workshops,
review sessions and a range of relationship development events for construction
companies. He has facilitated extensive
Partnering work in the Public Housing Construction Industry.
Malcolm is a member
of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountants and is a Behavioral Analyst.
Simon Vaughan
Simon, also of JCP
Consultancy, Ltd., is highly experienced in, and one of the leading advocates
of, the development and implementation of partnering and collaborative
relationships across the construction supply chain as well as the utilities,
transport, and public services sectors.
He possesses extensive skills in providing consultancy, mentoring and
facilitation within and among the supply chain, corporate strategy and project
management areas particularly related to partnering and change management. Simon has been a lead facilitation consultant for Tubelines station
modernization alliance. This is a $1 billion+,
seven-year, station modernization alliance involving seven design and
construction companies. Simon is
directly involved in establishing the Alliance Board and collaborative
leadership competencies and an
integral part of his work with Tubelines involved the development of collaborative
and communication behaviors across cross-company and cross-functional teams,
and cooperative culture across all alliance partners.
In conjunction with
the U.K. Highways Agency, Simon worked to form integrated teams through a
partnering framework on various major roads schemes in the U.K. and is
currently involved in the $4 billion M1 Widening Project with Arups and the
Highways Agency. He has also acted as
lead on the development and implementation of an Alliancing strategy with BNFL
and its three global strategic partners to deliver a $3 billion, five year
decommissioning and clean up program of capital work for BNFL against stringent
environmental and regulatory criteria.
This also included assisting the client on the selection and integration
of tier one and two suppliers, and gaining agreement on risk and gain
sharing. Simon has also worked with a
variety of other clients from different sectors on major construction projects
including the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Dockland Light Railway, BAE systems
Glasgow, and BCV Infraco.
Simon holds a MSc.,
Organization Development, with a focus on organizational change, behavioral and
cultural change; is a registered Organization Development Consultant and a
Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development.