Our Consultants

Tracy's business, coaching, and consulting background extends over a period of 15 years and across 5 continents. With experience in technology, retail, government, education, and manufacturing environments, Dr. Maylett has worked with executive and leadership teams in over 20 countries.

Tracy joined as President of DecisionWise, coming from a position as Vice President of Organization Effectiveness at Modus Media International in Boston. Prior roles included human resources, training and development, and process management. He has also taught in the Department of Organization Leadership and Strategy at the Marriott School of Management at BYU. Tracy has a Doctorate in Organization Change from Pepperdine University, an M.B.A. from Brigham Young University and a B.A. in Education from Utah State University. He is certified as a Senior Professional of Human Resources (SPHR), and is the author of numerous professional and academic publications relating to feedback, leadership, human resources, and change.

Paul is a leadership consultant and expert in the field of coaching, assessment, and organizational development and change. He has nearly ten years of experience in training, development, and consulting. Before joining DecisionWise, Paul was the President of Warner Consulting Group which specialized in organization assessment and development.

He has worked with both large and small companies in training and development capacities, and uses the most innovative tools to bring about change in individuals and organizations. His clients include major players in technology, healthcare, and manufacturing. He is trained and certified to administer the most advanced assessment tools in the areas of personality, leadership, conflict, and emotional intelligence. He has a Masters Degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, and will be completing a dual PhD in Clinical and Industrial-Organizational Psychology in 2008.

Juan Riboldi
DecisionWise Founder and Former Consultant

For over twenty years, Juan has consulted with various corporations and leaders across the globe in change management, organization development, and leadership coaching. Some of his clients include companies like IBM, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Cox Communications, Cisco Systems, General Mills, the Blue Care Network, Costco, and Nissan. He has also worked with State and Federal Government groups at the Department of Energy, the Veteran's Health Administration, and the Department of Defense.

Juan is the founder of DecisionWise and the author of a number of publications and programs in the areas of feedback, leadership, and organizational effectiveness. He holds graduate degrees in Organization Behavior and Business Management from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University, where he also taught in the Department of Organization Leadership and Strategy. More recently, he has pursued advanced executive education at Harvard University.

Karen Donaldson
DecisionWise Associate

Karen is an executive coach with expertise in leadership development, leadership competencies, training facilitation, and succession planning. With over 15 years of executive development experience, Karen has coached business leaders in companies such as IBM, GE, Johnson & Johnson, KPMG, The Financial Times, Smith Barney, Marsh McLennan, Affinity, and Spiegel. She also provides consulting to New York University's Stern School of Business. She is an adjunct professor of Training and Development in the Graduate Human Resource Management program of Mercy College.

Karen was the founder of Leadership Development Resources, a consulting firm providing leadership coaching and training to Fortune 500 executives. Previously, she held global responsibility for succession planning for several of IBM's largest groups. She has human resources and change management consulting experience with Arthur Andersen and with the New York Life Insurance Company. Her expertise is grounded with an MBA from Columbia Business School, and a BS from Syracuse University.

Kathy is a consultant, speaker, and executive coach. She is expert in the areas of leadership development, succession planning, and career and work/life planning. Her clients include a number of Fortune 500 companies, as well as organizations in various industries. Prior to starting a successful consulting practice, she was Vice President of Consulting at Novations Group, a human resource consulting firm.

Ms. Buckner is a popular speaker at national and regional conferences, and has published a number of book chapters and articles on leadership development, employee development, and succession planning. She has been an adjunct faculty member for Penn State Executive Programs. Kathy is the co-author of Beyond Juggling: Rebalancing Your Busy Life, and has worked as a consulting expert on work-life issues to a number of popular publications, including Executive Female and Ladies Home Journal. Kathy holds a Master's Degree in Organizational Behavior from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University.

David Grau
DecisionWise Associate

David Grau is an organization development consultant and executive coach with over a decade of experience in leadership and management coaching, organization and employee development and assessment, conflict resolution, and 360-degree assessments.

Dr. Grau completed a 25-year career as a commissioned officer with the U.S. Public Health Service. There he served as the director of a hospital dental department and as a health information systems analyst with the Indian Health Service. He was also the Director of Training at the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and subsequently as Senior Management Consultant at CVM. Dr. Grau founded DG Consulting in Bethesda, MD. He received a dental degree from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and a Masters in Educational Technology (with an emphasis on workplace performance engineering) from San Diego State University.

Michelle Rios
DecisionWise Associate

Michelle is an Executive and Leadership Coach with over 15 years of experience in Human and Organizational Effectiveness through coaching, consulting, training, facilitation, and leadership development. She has assisted numerous executives and leaders ignite their potential through self-awareness and identification of strengths. Her coaching and consulting clients include a number of organizations, from large, Fortune 500 organizations to small, entrepreneurial companies.

Michelle's educational background includes a Master of Arts in Human Resource Development and Counseling from Webster University, and post-graduate certifications in Industrial Organizational Psychology and Executive Development from Capella University. She is also certified coach by the International Coach Federation's (PCC), and a Certified Life Coach (CLC) from the Institute for Life Coach Training.