Vu H. Pham

As a Partner of Spectrum Knowledge, Inc., Vu H. Pham, Ph.D. works with dozens of organizations from the Fortune 500 to governmental and non-profit agencies to boost employee performance and strategic effectiveness. He conducts interactive training and data-driven research to achieve these results. He also currently serves as a Researcher at the Center for Research on Employment and the Workforce (CREW) at California State University—Fullerton, as well as an instructor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Dr. Pham and his work have been featured on national and international multimedia venues, such as CNN, MSNBC, the Associated Press, Voice of America, The Los Angeles Times, KSCI International Television, Strategic Innovators, Asia in Play, Asian Week, Radio Free Asia and The Orange County Register. He has given keynote speeches on numerous occasions and presented at many conferences internationally, and has written for both academic and mainstream publications. Beyond his professional work, Dr. Pham has participated in generating millions of dollars for non-profit groups and donates many hours to them.

Previously, he held Research Fellow positions through the University of California Office of the President and the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine. Having completed his doctoral degree from Cornell University, Dr. Pham’s specialties include the areas of culture, organizational development and leadership. He has a forthcoming book entitled, “Impressive First Impressions: The Most Important 30 Seconds of Your Career.” He is part of the Classrooms2Boardrooms Initiative at Cal State Fullerton’s CREW, which bridges generational workplace divides through research and training.

Dr. Pham’s clients range in industries that include: Aerospace and Defense, Technology, Financial Services, Accounting, Advertising, Healthcare, Retail as well as Museums and Cultural Organizations. He has also worked with individual clients to optimize their career success.

His other honors and roles include being selected as the head of a Smithsonian cultural project and museum exhibit, a Role Model for KSCI International Television’s “Our Role Models” series, Board Member of Western University’s Capital Campaign, “Entrepreneur of the Year” in California’s 49th Assembly District, as well as being an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) award recipient, a Chancellor’s Scholar at UC Irvine and an Honoree at UCLA. He also serves as a Senior Advisory Board Member for the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) and on the Los Angeles Asian Heritage Month Committee.