Thomas Luke Jarocki

Thomas Luke Jarocki is an internationally recognized author, speaker, and consultant when it comes to employing stronger and better "next-generation" practices for managing people, projects, and organizational change. Besides being a top-rated corporate trainer and conference speaker, Thomas is also a skilled business advisor and is well known for his pragmatic expertise in developing innovative organizational change management plans, stronger project management processes, and more persuasive user adoption strategies.

Having headlined numerous conferences in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, Dubai, Chicago, Washington, Montreal, Los Angeles, and elsewhere, Mr. Jarocki's writings and innovative approaches have been recognized and embraced by corporate leaders, government agencies, professional organizations, and numerous IT, HR, and project management (PMO) departments. To date, Thomas has trained over 6,000 professionals from nearly 35 countries and has consulted with over 200 organizations.

Jarocki's pioneering work in incorporating organizational change and stakeholder management techniques to improve the project planning, execution, and continuous improvement lifecycles are currently in place at companies worldwide. His book, "The Next Evolution - Unifying Project & Change Management" is considered the definitive guide on the topic and is now required reading at several universities. He is also one of the select few whose writings and professional development seminars are directly sponsored and promoted by the renowned Project Management Institute (PMI).

Over the last two decades, Thomas has logged over 25,000 hours of working with project and change implementation teams throughout North & South America, Europe, and the Middle East. Clients have included Motorola, Chevron, McDonald's, HP, McKesson, Plantronics, Cisco, DIRECTV, PepsiCo, Emirates Airlines, Applied Materials, & Microsoft.

Known for his engaging and energetic style, Thomas is based in Dallas but works worldwide. Prior to heading up Emergence One International, Thomas was the Managing Principal of Organizational Change for Oracle Consulting before later advancing to another senior position as the West Coast Manager for KPMG/BearingPoint's High Tech Change Solutions practice. He has an advanced degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Columbia University and was formerly on the faculty of the University of Maryland.

He can be contacted at tjar@emergenceone.com. Additional information can be found at http://emergenceone.com