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Over 20 Expert facilitators, strategic coaches and senior business leaders from a variety of industries. They will grasp your business challenges with experienced hands and design a collaborative engagement that takes your team from square one to square done in about a day.

Technology experts to ensure that the state-of-the-art technology works seamlessly and that your event goes off without a hitch.

Business illustrators to synthesize group discussions in a visual, metaphorical representation. These visual illustrations reflect the topics being put forth by the group but more importantly stimulates new ways of looking at the issues at hand. A great take-away for describing your success.

Over 10 Documentation experts to capture the real-time record of your team’s results. They provide a verbal and visual document, including digital pictures, video and customized charts.

Andrea Henning, Executive Director, Collaborative Labs
Andrea has over 18 years experience leading corporate training and organizational development functions in Fortune 500 companies in manufacturing, hospitality and communications industries, including: Chrysler, GE, Universal Studios and Cox Communications. She has also been a corporate consultant for Paradigm Learning, leading projects for key company initiatives (Frito-Lay, Pepsi, Capital One, Kimberly-Clark, HCA, Sabre). Andrea is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach through the Coaches Training Institute and has been coaching executives in her own practice. Andrea leads the Collaborative Labs at St. Petersburg College, providing organizations with leading edge strategic meeting design and facilitation for accelerated results. Her education includes a B.A. from Wheaton College, a M.Ed., and post-graduate work in Educational Psychology from the University of Toledo. Contact Andrea at: 727-341-3154 or email: henning.andrea@spcollege.edu.

Alan Martinez, Business Development Officer, Collaborative Labs
Alan has 20 years experience in sales, marketing and business development. He was a founder and V.P. of Pro Tech Monitoring, Inc., one of the world’s first GPS based offender tracking and monitoring systems. With expertise in the areas of government, real estate, finance, manufacturing and technology, Alan’s background is a great asset in his role as Business Development Officer of the Collaborative Labs. Contact Alan at: 727-341-3139 or email: martinez.alan@spcollege.edu.

Jim Berry, Manager, Collaborative Labs
Jim has spent the last seven years leading and facilitating new product research and development projects. Most recently spent two years working with federal agencies in developing new anti-terrorism training products at St Petersburg College’s National Terrorism Preparedness Institute. Jim continues to consult on new product development with clients in a variety of industries and brings this experience and creative thinking to each collaborative engagement. Contact Jim at: 727-341-3052 or email: berry.jim@spcollege.edu.

PJ Petrick, Site Facilitator, Collaborative Labs
PJ has over six years experience in the business and management information systems industry. He recently was planner and leader of St. Petersburg College’s technology installation team. He is an entrepreneur of a small business, which he manages and maintains. PJ currently assists with facilitating and documenting collaborative engagements. His education includes a B.S. from the University of Central Florida and an A+ technology certification. Contact PJ at: 727-341-3053 or email: petrick.patrick@spcollege.edu.

Carmen Griffin, Collaborative Labs
Contact Carmen at: 727-341-3327 or email: griffin.carmen@spcollege.edu.

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