Current projects include reorganization of the Washington, DC school system, developing a pilot for a regional health information exchange, and revitalizing strategy for a billion dollar research organization. Recent clients have benefited from Mark's expertise on the merger of two professional associations, the restructuring of a multibillion dollar health research enterprise, assessing performance improvement at a college, designing a project management structure for a health care project, conducting a feasibility assessment for a national information clearinghouse initiative, setting up a performance measurement system for a technology research program, conducting seminars on ethics and decisionmaking, and developing a new operational strategy for a trade association. Other projects addressed organizational strategy, quality assessment, large-scale market forecasting computer models, technology innovation and commercialization forecasting techniques, and research on decision making in organizations. His facilitation, strategy development and organizational assessment work use systems dynamic models or decision support software and Organizational DNA™, the proprietary assessment and strategy development framework he developed. Past clients include school systems, systems engineering firms, universities, trade associations, consulting firms, professional societies, Congress, federal and state agencies, and national research institutions. He has testified as an expert witness and advised national task forces on a range of issues, including technology and markets, R&D policy, and technology education.
Mr. Haas is a Certified Management Consultant, the highest professional designation in management consulting. He served (1997-2003) on the Board of Examiners for the U.S. Senate Productivity Award and Maryland State Quality Award (Baldrige criteria) and was a lead examiner. He has held many professional society leadership positions, including the Institute of Management Consultants USA (Chair of the National Board, past Ethics Committee Chair, and past Washington, DC chapter president), Alumni Council of the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, Society of Petroleum Engineers (past chapter president and national committee chair) and the American Association of Engineering Societies (national committee member). Past affiliations include the American Management Association, The Executive Committee (TEC), the R&D Policy Task Force of the AAES, and the National Commission on Technology Education Standards. He has published more than 25 technical papers, several book chapters and magazine articles, and serves as an invited speaker and panelist. He has received professional, academic, and athletic awards and has been listed in several professional directories, including Who’s Who Among Emerging Leaders and Who’s Who in America.
Mr. Haas received a graduate degree in planning from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and his undergraduate degree in biology from Colgate University. He has completed additional course work in quality management, mathematical economics, engineering, financial evaluation, program evaluation, and systems sciences. |
