Founder Bio - Dana Brownlee, PMP

Dana Brownlee founded Professionalism Matters, Inc. to bring exciting, results oriented professional development training and consulting services to the marketplace. Dana has consulted to Fortune 500 companies representing various industries including media and entertainment, telecommunications, non-profit, sports, e-business retail, and automotives. As a management consultant with both IBM Consulting and EMC Corporation, Dana provided expertise and operational results in the areas of business process reengineering, organizational development, workflow analysis and redesign, quality standards development, meeting facilitation, team building, and business strategy development for numerous external clients. Prior to her career as a management consultant, Dana was a manager with AT&T focused primarily on helping engineering organizations improve their processes and develop business metrics.

A seasoned corporate trainer, Dana has developed and delivered many professional development courses including the following:

• Making Meetings Work
• Facilitation Skills for Managers and Team Leaders
• Creative Problem Solving
• Building Effective Teams
• Communicating for Success
• Fundamentals of Project Management
• Introduction to Business Analysis
• Secrets of the Superstar Professional
• Leadership Skills (for the supervisor and non-supervisor)
• Embracing Change with Confidence

She possesses an impressive array of credentials including the following:

• MBA Emory University
• BIE Georgia Institute of Technology
• BS Spelman College
• IBM Business Transformation consulting certification
• Project Management Professional
• Six Sigma certification
• MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator) qualification

She is active in several professional organizations including American Society for Training and Development, Project Management Institute, International Association of Facilitators, National Black MBA Association, and Association for Psychological Type. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Southeast Association of Facilitators.

Currently, Dana provides professional development training to a number of businesses, organizations, and educational institutions. She’s provided training services and/or conducted speaking engagements for many organizations including the following:

• Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Georgia Power Company
• Alabama Power Company
• Women in Business and Technology
• Emory University Institute for Professional Learning
• Southern Polytechnic State University Continuing Education
• Learning Tree International
• Georgia Perimeter College Corporate Training
• Emory Goizueta Business School MBA Career Management Center
• Emory Goizueta Business School Evening MBA Program
• Association of Utility Professionals
• Delta Airlines
• EarthLink
• Strayer University
• Mercer University
• Training Edge Group

Dana’s training motto is “Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand”.