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About the Author
Dave Basarab
David Basarab has been in training and development for thirty-six years, and he has been a practicing evaluator for twenty-five years.
David Basarab graduated from The University of Akron School of Education with a degree in Secondary Mathematics and Business Education. He received his Masters Degree in Educational Administration from the University of Dayton. For the first five years of his career, he taught math and business in Kettering, Ohio.
In 1979, Dave Basarab used his education experience to take on the development of instructino of customer and systems engineering training for NCR Corporation's emerging application software business: developing and teaching numerous courses--some classroom based, others in the emerging technology of e-learning. in 1988, Daved led the course development function for NCR and began its first evaluations, eventually developing its global evaluation methodology.
In 1991, Davaid Basarab joined Motorola, managing the Evaluation Department for Motorola University. Here he further expanded his evaluation expertise and published his first book, with Dr. Darrel Root, The Training Evaluation Process, along with several evaluation articles. During his tenure with Motorola, he held numerous leadership roles in the Semiconductor Products Sectors business unit and the University.
In 2001, Dave Basarab led the Employee Development and Performance organization for Pitney Bowes mailing systems unit. Here he led a team of learning professionals, and the department received a prestigious ranking in Training's Top 100 for 2005. Dave was featured in a 2005 Wall Street Journal article on using business simulations in leadership development and was awarded the "2005 Learning Innovation Award" from Chief Learning Officer magazine.
In 2005, Dave Basarab led Ingersoll Rand's Global Leadership College for Ingersoll Rand University.
In 2007, Dave Basarab founded V.A.L.E. Consulting, LLC, which offers PE services to global customers, partnering with them and providing evaluation studies of the highest quality in a cost-effective manner. Evaluations are fully customizable and unique to their courses. Dave also provides PE workshops (classrom or Webinars) that teach training evaluation expertise so that you will be able to conduct a PE and evaluate Intention, Adoption, and Impact. All courses are fully customized to meet your needs. Dave also provides evaluation coaching on predicting training value, performing Intention, Adoption, and Impact evaluations.
If you wish to have a PE conducted on your training, attend a workshop, or receive evaluation coaching, contact Dave at valelearn@gmail.com or visit www.evaluatetraining.com
Also, in 2007, Dave cofounded P&D Learning, LLC, which offers business acumen training--delivered by Learning Bursts that teach essential financial concepts, marketing, and innovation and are explained in eight- to ten-minute audio segments, accompanied by a workbook of simple explanations and practical exercises and reinforced with a business simulation that enables learners to apply what they have learned. For inquiries on business acumen training, visit www.learningbursts.com
