Drumm McNaughton

Drumm McNaughton, Ph.D., CMC® brings 30+ years of world-class professional experience and expertise from multiple industries and disciplines to achieve educational excellence in our schools, colleges, and universities. Specifically, Dr. McNaughton:

• Builds high-performing organizations
• Transforms organizational culture
• Improves stakeholder communications
• Develops performance metrics and accountability standards Builds leaders and leadership capacity Drives accountability throughout a culture Turns around troubled organizations Creates public-private partnerships with business and government Develops alternative sources of funding Improves innovation and builds a culture of innovators
• All told, he has improved performance dramatically while adding $400 million to organizations' bottom lines.

His client list includes urban school districts such as Los Angeles Unified School District; institutions of higher education such as the Capella University, Chapman University, and Art Institute of California; adult education organizations such as The Success Institute; government organizations such as the U.S. Navy and the Government of Guam; and large and mid-cap companies in the high-tech, telecomm, biotech, chemical, defense, and financial services industries such as Applied Materials, DuPont, Dataskill, and Orange County's Credit Union.

He has held positions that include Chief Operating Officer for two high-tech startups; eCommerce Manager for Dell Computer; and program manager/organizational change specialist for CSC Consulting. Prior to his business career he served as a Naval Officer and Aviator, and held numerous positions in administration, operations, training, and flight safety.

He is a highly sought-after speaker, author, and guest on television and radio. He has been quoted in numerous newspapers and magazines, including Fast Company, and written multiple articles on topics which include "The Role of Values and Leadership in Organizational Transformation," "Making Math Count at LAUSD," and "Why Can't We Be Friends: Challenging School Districts and Unions to Work Together."

He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC®), and recently was selected to be Chair-Elect of the Board of Directors for the Institute of Management Consultants USA (IMC USA), the 2000-member professional organization and sole certifying body for management consultants in the United States.

He holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Human and Organizational Systems from the Fielding Graduate University, and a B.S. in Physics from the U.S. Naval Academy. He is a member of faculty at the College of Business Administration at TUI University, as well as an adjunct at Central Michigan, Chapman, and Capella Universities, and teaches MBA and Ph.D. courses in Organization Development and Change; Leadership; Organization Theory and Design; Business Strategy and Implementation; and Management Consulting.