JOHN BUELOW

Executive Vice President – Design and Production/Master Facilitator
John is responsible for the customization of programs, directing all production and quality control activities for SNI.  This includes training all facilitators and working closely with SNI clients to construct negotiation simulations that reflect current challenges and opportunities.  John conducts ongoing academic and field research to support emerging programs and specialties within adult learning and negotiations.  He is also a Master Facilitator at SNI and delivers programs across the United States and Canada.

Experience & Client History
John has designed and implemented advanced impact assessments after our negotiations training programs.  At Verizon Business, SNI training was shown to have a $2 million impact within 90 days of the program’s conclusion. Wachovia Bank (formerly First Union) partnered with SNI to conduct our first in-depth study of return on investment and we calculated over 300% return on investment.  At TEKsystems, the largest privately held technical staffing company in the world, a 37% increase in profit margin was realized within 60 days of the training program.

John recently coached executives at Ahold, the international grocery store conglomerate, on a complex real estate contract to help them secure a key Washington, DC location on a 30-year contract extension.  John’s strength in negotiations is his strict adherence to the systematic approach and his diplomatic touch when preparing scripts.

John has developed customized programs for clients across the Financial (Barclays, Wachovia, BLX, Export-Import Bank of the U.S.); Pharmaceutical (Sanofi-aventis, Ortho Biotech, Bristol Myers Squibb); Insurance (GeneralReinsurance, Benefitfocus, ICMA-RC); Entertainment (Sony Pictures Entertainment); Telecommunications (Verizon Business; Staffing (TEKsystems) and Medical Devices (Toshiba Medical Systems, Covidien) markets.  John also works closely with companies that sell other products and services such as Ecolab, Corporate Express, and PHH Arval.

International Experience
John has worked in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Professional Background
John began his career at Verizon (formerly NYNEX) as a manager in Labor Relations.  From there, he started his career in recruiting with Aerotek, an Allegis Group company.  In less then 16 months, John opened the Metro New York-New Jersey market and generated over $4 million in revenue.  Aerotek wanted to replicate John’s expertise and placed him as the head of Recruiter Training.  As Aerotek grew to become a $4 billion staffing giant, John was promoted through the training ranks to become the Director of Allegis University.  Allegis University trained over 2,000 employees per year from 1995 – 2002 and implemented several of John’s key learning and business initiatives that helped Allegis reach financial and professional development goals.

In 2002, John became the Director of Sylvan University, the professional development team at Sylvan Learning Centers.  Under his direction, Sylvan University increased training output over 300% and increased customer satisfaction with SLC training by 29%.  John also successfully introduced a distance learning strategy for re-certifying Sylvan’s full time staff across the United States and Canada. 

Education and Community Involvement
John holds a B.A. in Psychology from Providence College and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Development and Human Resources from Johns Hopkins University.  He is on the Board of Directors for the Graduate Program in Instructional Systems Design at the University of Maryland – Baltimore County.  John also coaches youth baseball and volunteers for the Light the Night program to raise funds to find a cure for Leukemia and Lymphoma.