Dale is a practitioner scholar bridging the worlds of academia and practice.  He has an extensive business background that includes 15 years in the franchising industry and nearly 10 years with a global multi-billion dollar industrial organization. He is an Adjunct Professor at Walsh University teaching Sustainability achieved through Organizational Change & Development and a Research Advisor in the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. Dale is the President of Organizational Development Connection, a professional association in NE Ohio and on the EPS Advisory Board at the Weatherhead School of Management.  He holds a dual Management/Marktng degree from Walsh University and a Master of Science in Positive Organization Development and a Doctorate of Management both from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH.