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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Accomplishments
Timeline
Robert Forbis

Robert Forbis

Senior Consulting Manager
Yulee,FL

Summary

Enthusiastic, success-oriented people and business change consulting leader with professional expertise in leading organizational transformation initiatives. Background includes general management skills, organizational change implementation, program leadership, communications planning/delivery, and strategic training deployment across the Fortune 500 spectrum.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Consulting Manager

Delaware North America
Yulee, FL
01.2021 - 09.2023
  • Directed large scale organizational change projects, responsible for all people-related aspects
  • Authored change methodology for consulting group
  • Managed teams of junior consultants

Various Consulting Assignments

Varied
Yulee, FL
07.2009 - 12.2020
  • Ran independent consulting business for 7 years, leading a variety of client transformation projects
  • Led consulting program at Tata Consulting
  • Served as Senior Manager OCM at Delaware NA

Senior Manager

IBM
Chicago, IL
09.1999 - 05.2009
  • Managed large scale business transformation projects
  • Co-authored IBM Better Change consulting methodology

Senior Manager

Ernst & Young
Chicago, IL
01.1993 - 06.1998
  • Served as Senior Manager in Process Improvement group
  • Led large projects, including global transformation at Ford Motor Co.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - History

Pomona College, Claremont, CA

MBA - Finance

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Skills

  • Strategic Planning
  • Organizational Change Management
  • Project Planning
  • Project Execution
  • People Leadership
  • Team Building
  • Facilitation
  • Program Success Factors
  • Client Satisfaction

Certification

  • PROSCI change management, 2015

Accomplishments

  • Bravo award, IBM
  • Senior Chess Master

Timeline

Senior Consulting Manager - Delaware North America
01.2021 - 09.2023
Various Consulting Assignments - Varied
07.2009 - 12.2020
Senior Manager - IBM
09.1999 - 05.2009
Senior Manager - Ernst & Young
01.1993 - 06.1998
Pomona College - Bachelor of Arts, History
University of Chicago - MBA, Finance
Robert ForbisSenior Consulting Manager