Robert Tomasko Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Created and led one of the first graduate Masters degree programs in social entrepreneurship. Based in the School of International Service (SIS), this 2-year practitioner-oriented Masters Program is built around an experiential learning-based curriculum blending study of innovation and social change with management techniques. Directed the development of an online version of this degree in partnership with 2U. Launched the Social Innovation Fellows as a way to extend the impact of the Masters Program throughout the School of International Service.Member of Board of Directors of StartingBloc (2009-12). Advisor to the Bodhi Foundation, Heartbeat, Strategic Good, and UnSectored.

Washington, Dc, Us

Developed and taught courses in social entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, effective activism, leading social innovation, NGO/social enterprise management, and techniques of innovation. School of International Service (2008 - Present); School of Communication (2009 - 2010).

Directed the Social Enterprise Initiative. Assisted the Dean of the School of International Service in the curriculum development and approval process for a new Masters degree in social enterprise. Recruited the first incoming cohort of students. Consulted and collaborated with faculty members in the schools of business and public affairs. Co-led the American University steering committee to plan a celebration of the centennial of Saul Alinsky's birth.

Advisor to Bain & Co (Tokyo), Brown Bros. Harriman, Food Marketing Institute, Grocery Manufacturers of America, Infosys (Bangalore), KSB AG (Frankenthal), MOL Group (Budapest), National Rural Electric Cooperatives, NYK Line (Tokyo), Telstra (Sydney), and Toyota (Nagoya).Led faculty seminars at American University, Center for Creative Leadership, IMD, and Infosys Leadership Institute.Spoke about the ideas in his books to business audiences on six continents. Books have been translated into Chinese, Dutch, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.Author of BIGGER ISN'T ALWAYS BETTER (Amacom/HarperCollins, 2006)

Brussels, Be

Clients included Auditor General of Canada (Ottawa), Bell South, Brastemp (Sao Paulo), CANTV (Caracas), Coca-Cola, Mitsubishi (Tokyo), Sainsbury/Shaws, Texaco, Ube (Tokyo), US Federal Aviation Administration, and US Navy.Member of Board of Directors of Right Associates (now part of ManpowerGroup), chair of its Finance and Compensation committee, Philadelphia (1989-95). Member Board of Directors of Lipton International, Toronto (1990-92). Trustee, School for Friends, Washington DC (1987-90).Taught in executive education programs for American Management Association, Athabasca University, Canadian Centre for Management Development, Canadian President's Association, CETTA Brasil, CFO '97 Australia, CIDEs Chile, Daimler Benz, ECON Verlag Zukunftstag, Edison Electric Institute, IBM Brasil, Institute for Management Studies, Management Centre Europe, Portugal Telcomm, South African Institute of Personnel Management, Singapore Institute of Management, Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, and US Treasury Institute.Author of RETHINKING THE CORPORATION (Amacom/HarperCollins, 1993) and GO FOR GROWTH (Wiley, 1996).

Clients included Bell Atlantic, Chemical Waste Management, Hamilton Bros. Oil, Marriott, New England Bell, Michigan Bell, and Rhone-Poulenc.(Temple, Barker & Sloane became Mercer Management Consulting and Oliver Wyman.)Author of DOWNSIZING: RESHAPING THE CORPORATION FOR THE FUTURE (Amacom/HarperCollins, 1987).

Brussels, Be

Clients included Assurance General (Brussels), Burlington Northern, Citicorp, Coca-Cola, Exxon, Ford, Genex, Library of Congress, PetroPeru (Lima), Presidential Commission on World Hunger, PTT Thailand (Bangkok), Seattle City Light, Southern New England Telephone, Toyota (Nagoya), US Conference of Catholic Bishops, US Dept. of Education, and a group of 12 pharmaceutical companies manufacturing in Puerto Rico.Co-directed an Arthur D. Little multi-year study of the best practices for managing innovation in Europe, Japan, and the US. Developed and marketed consulting services based on this research.Evaluated for 7 years the performance of the American companies who were signatories of the Sullivan Principles on how well they violated the apartheid laws of South Africa. Taught strategy at the Arthur D. Little School of Management (now Hult International Business School).Research Assistant, Professor Arthur Turner, Harvard Business School (1978).Research Assistant, Professor Harry Levinson, Harvard Medical School (1978-79).

New York, New York, Us

Based in the Office of the Executive Director and the Division of Personnel Management. Assisted with the implementation of a management study of UNICEF done by the Scandinavian Institutes for Administrative Research.

Washington, Dc, Us

Research Assistant, University Professor Herman Stein (Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and Provost, Case Western Reserve University) 1974-75.

Volunteer: Center for Auto Safety, Environmental Law Reporter, and the Support Center.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Assisted University Vice President in oversight of non-academic functions of the university during a period of deficit-elimination and consolidation of Case Institute of Technology with Western Reserve University. Established the first management development program and job posting system for university staff, and revised the performance review process. Supervised managers of several support departments.

Held one of the first corporate social responsibility positions in a major US corporation. Developed and implemented a plan for TRW's training facilities to be used during down periods to train unemployed minority group members for skilled jobs in other Cleveland companies. Helped create plans to integrate what was a predominantly all-white professional and managerial workforce. Member of TRW's organization development unit.Led campus fundraising campaign for Mayor Carl Stokes' Cleveland: NOW! program (1968).Assistant to City of Cleveland Director of Public Utilities (1969).

Ed.M., Organizational Learning

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Organizational Behavior And Physics