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Biography:

Donald Frazier is a Washington DC-based strategy and organizational consultant.  He concentrates on developing and implementing effective strategies in complex environments,  improving the performance of organizations, and on solving high-visibility, complex problems for organizations with sophisticated technical missions.

He has more than twenty years experience consulting to public and private sector organizations and highly placed executives.  Donald has experience in high technology and basic industries, including energy, electric utility, defense, pharmaceutical, financial, telecommunications, information technology, steel, food and consumer product companies.

Donald has developed initiatives, programs, systems, tools and leaders for local, state and federal government agencies. He has convened and conducted interagency and intergovernmental special projects, and he has strong public policy experience in energy, food, environment , defense, emergency management, nuclear power and radioactive waste management. Donald also has functional experience in the design, management, troubleshooting, and operation of public agencies and successful private companies.

Donald's most recent client engagements are with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Safety Administration, and Gilead Sciences doing work that includes:

• pandemic influenza preparedness for corporations and schools
• program strategies, organization, leadership and funding for nuclear non-proliferation
• and extending the national laboratory capability to deliver consistent, long-term and high-quality research results, and provide scientific careers and insure the long-term continued use of the LANSCE accelerator

Mr. Frazier earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Duke University and a Master of Public Policy in Economics and Management from the University of Michigan.  He was trained by the U.S. Navy in systems analysis and development before leading extensive systems development efforts for the Defense Department.

Expertise: Leadership and Management

• Organized, led and managed technical, research and investigative teams
• Advised, taught, counseled, coached new & seasoned managers for Fortune100 firms
• Founded energy resource recovery development company
• Led special projects teams in government and industry
• Managed federal agency policy decision process
• Developed research management framework for Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Member, White House Energy Policy team (1973-1975)
• Designed, developed, implemented executive decision systems
• Guided plant rejuvenation processes for several major  manufacturing firms
• Planned, conducted large scale efforts to restructure and revitalize manufacturing firms
• Conducted strategic planning exercises for executives of leading firms in several industries

Expertise: Communications, Development, Negotiations

• Developed strategies for acquiring /maintaining Congressional support for technical programs
• Wrote and delivered numerous speeches and technical papers
• Created, delivered proprietary  corporate executive development  programs
• Designed/conducted communications programs in tense union-industry atmosphere
• Broke negotiations deadlocks between and within large organizations
• Represented and negotiated with companies, states,  Federal agencies and Congress
• Established California - Federal  government cooperation on controversial issues
• Negotiated  sale of Federal property
  Co-authored first Federally approved goals for managing radioactive waste
• Designed, implemented effort to gain support of  national manufacturing distribution network
• Developed commercial real estate arrangements for sale and lease contracts
• Served as expert witness in Federal court on organizational behavior and performance issues

Expertise: Organizational Systems

• Designed, implemented programs to change manufacturing operating methods
• Developed, implemented corporate survey methods to improve management of change
• Evaluated East Coast utility engineering productivity;  revised engineering processes
• Designed product development process for major  telecommunications company
• Developed, implemented central decision-making  process for Federal  agency
• Assisted states, cities in establishing private sector financing  partnerships
• Wrote management handbooks for scientific and engineering organizations
• Designed and implemented Technology Business Strategy Development Process for major international plastics manufacturer
• Designed and implemented computerized shipboard management systems for US Navy

Case Studies

• Pandemic Preparedness Case Study
• AgriBank, FCB (case study)
• Nestlé (case study)
• Ralston Purina (case study)