Robert O. Brinkerhoff, an internationally recognized expert in evalutation and training effectiveness, has provided consultation to dozens of major companies and organizations in the United States, South Africa, Russia, Europe, Austraila, New Zealand, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia. Dr. Brinkerhoff's clients include leading companies and agencies in virtually all corporate, government agency, and non-profit sectors. An author of numerous books on evaluation and training, Dr. Brinkerhoff has been a keynote speaker and presenter at hundreds of conferences and institutes worldwide. Many leading corporations and agencies have adopted his methods and tools for training evalulation and effectiveness. Dr. Brinkerhoff earned a docterate at the University of Virginia in program evaluation and is currently Professor of Counseling Psychology at Western Michigan University, where he coordinates graduate programs in human resorce development. He also serves as a principal consultant and CEO for The Learning Alliance in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a firm that provides consultation in training effectiveness and measurement, and also offers training and certification in the Success Case Method. He is exclusively aligned and partnered with Advantage Performance Group, Inc. Dr. Brinkerhoff's work experience included a five-year stint as an officer in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam Era, and he also spent time as a framing and cabinet carpinter, a fishing and sailing charter-boat mate in the West Indies, a grocery salesman in Puerto Rico, and a factory laboror in Birmingham, England, where he saw the original Beatles. He has four children, thankfully mostly grown, (at least chronologically) and lives with his wife and several unruly dogs in the rural village of Richland, Michigan. He can be reached at robert.brinkerhoff@wmich.edu.