Daniel A. Schroeder, Ph.D.
President, Organization Development Consultants, Inc. (ODC), Inc.

Dr. Daniel A. Schroeder is a founding partner of Organization Development Consultants, Inc. (ODC), a management consulting firm offering performance consulting for individuals, teams, and organizations. ODC serves regional and national clients from its offices in Milwaukee and Madison. Additionally, he serves as Coordinator of the Organizational Behavior and Leadership program at Edgewood College (Madison, WI).

Dr. Schroeder possesses over fifteen years of diverse professional experience. Prior to cofounding ODC in 1994, he worked as a management consultant, initially for a Chicagobased firm and later for one situated in Milwaukee. For each of these groups, he completed a wide range of projects relating to employee selection and placement, training and development, productivity improvement programming, and organizational analysis/development. Prior to this external consulting work, he served as Vocational Consultant with The Traveler's Insurance Company. His career began in the public sector with a position as Chief Vocational Evaluator with a Jefferson County (Wisconsin) human services agency.

Dr. Schroeder's professional interests include organizational systems analysis, organizational behavior modification, high performance learning systems, employee motivation and job satisfaction, and employee selection and placement. An emerging area has been systemic program evaluation interventions in support of Balanced Scorecard and ROI initiatives. Examples include: (1) the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to secure the nation’s general aviation (GA) airports by offering a series of practice-based courses for individuals employed in the approximately 20,000 GA sites; (2) the U.S. Department of Labor’s efforts to help American citizens earn certificate, baccalaureate, and/or graduate credentials in technology-related disciplines; and (3) Well City Milwaukee’s efforts to create a workable plan for a city-wide worksite wellness initiative and evaluate individual- and aggregate-level impact.

Dr. Schroeder is active in numerous local and national professional associations in the areas of psychology, management, and training. An accomplished adult educator, he is listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers. In 1998, The Business Journal included him on its list of "Forty under Forty," individuals who are "making a difference in their professions and communities." Since 2005, he has served as a judge for the Wisconsin Better Business Bureau (BBB) Torch Award for Business Ethics and Integrity. His “HR Connection" column is featured in Business Times, a business periodical with a circulation throughout southern Wisconsin.

Dr. Schroeder's terminal and bachelor's degrees were earned within the University of Wisconsin system. He earned his master's degree at Western Michigan University. He is a licensed psychologist in the State of Wisconsin. He holds board certifications in organizational and business consulting psychology (OBCP) from the American Board of Professional Psychology and in psychology from the American Board of Psychological Specialties.

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