Lynne
Hambleton is a business consultant with experience in general management, marketing,
operations, strategic planning, alliance development, and sales / channel
management. She has held management
positions in Xerox Corporation. Hambleton has a rich background in learning and organizational design, and was an adjunct professor of strategic planning and marketing at Rochester
Institute of Technology School of Business and assistant director of Learning
& Assessment in the School of Medicine at the University
of North Carolina – Chapel
Hill.
Hambleton received a Master's degree in
Business Administration, with an emphasis in industrial marketing; a Master's
degree in Adult & Higher Education / Organizational Development; and a
Bachelor of Science degree in psychophysiology, all from University
of North Carolina – Chapel
Hill. Hambleton is also
PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP) (1998); Master Black Belt
(MBB); and Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) from Villanova University
(2006).
Hambleton's
publications include Treasure Chest of Six Sigma Growth Methods, Tools &
Best Practice, a Prentice-Hall publication, July 2007; and Six Sigma in
Marketing Processes - An Overview for Executives, Leaders and Marketing
Managers; co-authors CM Creveling, president of PDSS, and B. McCarthy; a Prentice-Hall
publication, March 2006. Booz Allen
selected the latter book as one of the top 2006 business books (in their
"strategy+ business" magazine http://www.strategy-business.com/press/article/06407m.)
Additional publications include Supporting
a Metamorphosis through Communities of Practice chapter, Leading
Knowledge Management and Learning, by Dede Bonner, 2000; and How does a company the size of Xerox design
a curriculum in project management for the entire organization? article, In
Search of Excellence in Project Management, Volume 2, by Harold Kerzner,
1999. In addition, Hambleton's has had
several speaking engagements including Project Impact Conference (Institute for
International Research); Keynote at Project Management Leadership Group
Conference; Training 2000 Conference
speaker; Chief Learning Officer Conference; and American Management Association
conference in Shanghai, China.