President

Tony Dottino, president of Dottino Consulting Group, a leading consulting firm in the northeast, specializes in leadership development encompassing process reengineering, creativity, change management, team building and communications. He has integrated leading edge brain research with his process improvement work to create a process innovation model that consistently achieves breakthrough results. His blend of finance and human resources experience has helped him become a catalyst of productive change for his clients which create tangible business results.

The NY Times article, "Can 'NEUROBICS' Do For the Brain What Aerobics Do For Lungs?" stated....."IBM, Con Edison, British Airways, and Johnson and Johnson have sought Mr. Dottino's help with business application of brain research....he is a convincing and passionate speaker...whose clients speak with satisfaction to the results he has achieved...a comprehensive mental literacy program to help employees unleash their creative energies...cognitive calisthenics to build quick wits. " October 3, 1999, Sunday Business Section.

Mr. Dottino is the founder and national chairman of the USA Memory Championship. This event has been featured on national television shows such as CNN, NBC’s Today Show, CBS’s Good Morning America, Fox News as well as major magazines and newspapers.

Mr. Dottino, Mr. Buzan and Richard Israel have co-authored two books, The BrainSmart Leader and Grass Roots Leaders: The Brainsmart Revolution in Business, which focus on how to harness the awesome capacity of the human brain…a challenge which is echoed by many CEOs to be considered a mandatory requirement of the new millennium. The books contain a number of case studies from a variety of industries that have utilized his services to create a change in culture by unleashing the creativity of their workforce.

Aside from the NY Times, Mr. Dottino has been featured in Investor’s Business Daily, Business News, USA Today, Newsweek, Vogue, and Human Capital magazines, as well as a number of television and radio programs.

Before becoming president of DCG, Mr. Dottino had a distinguished career with IBM receiving numerous prestigious awards which included the Chairman's Award for Management Excellence and the President’s Award for Innovation and Teaching Excellence.

Mr. Dottino is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Accelerated Learning organization, and is certified as a professional business consultant by the National Consultant’s Bureau. Mr. Dottino is an honors graduate from St. Peter’s College, where he earned a B.S. in Accounting. He has attended numerous IBM management development courses and completed extensive training in the IBM Worldwide Consulting practice. Mr. Dottino regularly attends conferences to keep abreast of the latest research on the human brain.