Our Team
Catherine A. Adams, A.A.
Mrs. Adams has over 30 years of experience in sales, sales management and health care operations and administration. She began her career in nursing health care and later worked for West Chemical Medical Division as well as some 16 years for Hollister, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of medical products for ostomy and wound care in various sales and sales management roles. Mrs. Adams has extensive experience in building high performing sales teams and organizations as well as evaluating critical sales and management talent. Her expertise and experience in creating value driven, performance based sales cultures has been taken advantage of my many of our clients hoping to optimize sales performance and productivity within their respective organizations.
Mrs. Adams completed extensive training in Nursing and Health Care Administration at various urban center teaching hospitals in New York City. She completed her Associates Degree in Business Administration and completed specialized training in Human Communications and Human Performance. Mrs. Adams work and experience in sales processes and methodologies, sales and territory management, competitive strategy and sales leadership is sought after by many of our domestic and multinational clients. Her novel yet common sense approach to Customer Service and Support has added new dimensions of thought leadership to the most important topic of customer cultivation and retention.
Edward P. Dailey, MBA
Mr. Dailey has 25 years of experience as a consultant, entrepreneur, senior operating/financial manager and strategic advisor to emerging growth companies, turnaround organizations and senior level executives. He received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA with distinction in Finance from Cornell University. Mr. Dailey has extensive experience working with executives, Boards of Directors, the VC community and banks and financial institutions. He began his career at Aetna Life & Casualty, working on multi-million dollar debt restructurings and workouts. During his career, Mr. Dailey co-founded and served on the board of several companies including ezboard, Inc. (a leading VC-backed online community provider). He has held various senior level leadership positions, including President and CFO. Mr. Dailey's experience in M&A, financing, restructuring, strategy, operations and organizational planning has been sought after by numerous domestic and international clients seeking to optimize performance during periods of economic growth and contraction.
Paul J. Duffy, MBA, FCMA
Mr. Duffy has over 35 years of experience working with start-up, mid-life stage, turn-around and mature organizations in the United States, Canada, Europe and the Middle East. His expertise includes strategy development, planning, organizational design, business re-engineering, financial and legal structures, international business development, controls and risk management, systems evaluation and implementation. Mr. Duffy is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA) and completed his MBA at Cranfield University in the UK. He has served on numerous Boards of Directors and has worked closely with banks, financial institutions and venture capitalists. His experience in raising capital and restructuring finance has been sought by many of our multinational clients. Earlier in his career Mr. Duffy held senior level positions for Nortel and Price Waterhouse. He was the CFO for Timeplex, Inc., the Managing Director for Rayovac Europe Ltd., and the COO for Protocom Devices, Inc. More recently he has been providing high level coaching and mentoring to senior executives in high profile companies in Europe. He has likewise been assisting organizations in managing significant change programs and initiatives for the UK government in various key agencies. Mr. Duffy brings to our clients a variety and diversity of skills and experiences that lend themselves to working with a diverse mixture of populations and cultures.
Nick Economou, Ed.D
Dr. Economou has over 35 years of experience working with individuals and organizations who desire to improve the quality and effectiveness of their relationships, interactions and communications. Dr. Economou’s vast experience in understanding and addressing those dynamics and elements that both promote as well as inhibit the cultural fabric of organizations and the attitudes and behaviors of individuals has helped clients leverage and optimize performance, productivity and overall job satisfaction and morale. A Licensed Psychologist, Dr. Economou has worked extensively with individuals and groups addressing and experiencing performance related issues such as managing and adapting to change, addressing declining performance and productivity, loss of motivation, post-traumatic stress, feelings of loss, addictive behaviors, inability to integrate within the organization, defiant and oppositional attitudes and behaviors.
Dr. Economou completed his MS.ED in Clinical Psychology at The City University of New York and his Ed.D degree in Counseling Psychology at Rutgers University. He is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), the New Jersey Psychological Association (NJPA) and the Monmouth/Ocean County Psychological Association (MOCPA). Dr. Economou worked in collaboration with Dr. Spizman designing and building a novel and innovative laboratory and instructional training curriculum titled “Foundations of Human Interaction” which they co-taught at the college level and required “waiting list” admissions to participate in.
Theresa O. Montalbano, Program and Projects Coordinator
Ms. Montalbano is responsible for managing and coordinating all projects, programs and developmental initiatives for Management Resource Associates. She worked over 15 years for a mortgage banking corporation, 5 years for American Scientific Products and several years for the Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center and Muhlenberg Medical Center. Ms. Montalbano comes to Management Resource Associates with numerous years of experience in Administrative Computer Technologies as well as Project Operations and Management. Her extensive experience in event planning has been instrumental in the success of our virtual programs and services.
Alan V. Spizman, PhD - Founder and CEO
Dr. Alan V. Spizman is the Founder and CEO of Management Resource Associates, Inc. (1973), Organizational Psychologists and Management Consultants with offices in New York City, New Jersey and London. Dr. Spizman holds a Ph.D. degree in Psychology and Applied Human Behavior with specializations in Psychometrics and Organizational Psychology. He completed graduate studies at Rutgers, Walden and New York Universities and conducted two years of research and scholarship as an American Friends Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Dr. Spizman’s specialized training in Psychodrama and Sociometry has been instrumental in his work with diverse management and leadership teams. His 35 years of experience in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors include consultations with over 500 national and international corporations, government agencies, colleges and universities, financial institutions and social, human and health care facilities.
Dr. Spizman’s work with organizations, business leaders, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs has included pre and post investment due diligence focused on evaluating and assessing organizational leadership, management/ team synergies, work and performance orientation, readiness for change, organizational learning systems and styles, employee commitment and satisfaction levels, interaction patterns, dynamics and communications. A great deal of his research includes insights into the cultural components related to human performance as well as the factors and elements that both drive and/or inhibit performance and “primary” accountability. His work and expertise in evaluating and assessing leadership talent as well as coaching and mentoring executives is sought after by numerous boards and organizations throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa.
Over the past 35 years Dr. Spizman has developed one of the most comprehensive databases relating performance to specific attitudinal and behavioral characteristics as well as functional competencies and skill sets. His focus on “managing performance and not personalities” has resulted in a great deal of dialogue and thought leadership that has challenged some conventional thinking regarding human motivation and performance in the workplace.
Dr. Spizman was the Co-Founder of Spring Lake Technologies, a web-based on demand performance management software application company that utilizes applied behavioral science models and algorithms to understand, predict and influence performance in customer-facing roles and functions. In addition, he has consulted with clients designing and implementing highly successful initiatives in Staffing and Talent Management, Culture Transition and Transformation, Performance Measurement, Executive Coaching and Development. He has researched and authored numerous works with topics ranging from Leadership Styles, Corporate Cultures, Hyper-Growth, Team Building, Managing Change and Innovation. He is currently completing several monographs including “Learning Styles in Senior Level Managers and their Impact on the Acceptance of Change” and “Differentiating between High Performing and Underperforming Leaders”.
Dr. Spizman is a member of several professional associations and has been a regular presenter and keynote speaker at national and international conferences, workshops and symposiums. He resides in New York City and is on the Board of Directors for Teddy Bears to the Rescue, a not-for-profit organization that contributes food and clothing to challenged and disadvantaged children and youth. He is a Special Advisor to the President of Hebrew Union College with campuses in New York City, Los Angeles, Cincinnati and Jerusalem, Israel.
Lawrence M. Spizman, PhD
Dr. Spizman is an Economist and Business Consultant with over 30 years of experience in both the public, private, legal, government and educational sectors. He completed his B.S. degree in Business Administration at Bryant College, his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at the State University of New York Albany. He is a member of the National Association of Forensic Economists, American Economic Association and the Eastern Economic Association. Dr. Spizman’s areas of expertise and consultation include Labor Economics, Employment Law, Industrial Relations, Law and Economics and Forensic Economics. He has produced over 50 articles and monographs in various professional publications and has been a key note speaker and panel participant at numerous conferences and symposiums across the United States.