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Roger E. Flax, Ph.D.
Roger E. Flax, Ph.D.
President & Founder
Horizon Talent Developer™

Dr. Roger Flax, Leadership Advisor, Executive Coach, Speaker founded one of America's most successful consulting firms...
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Allan L. Weisberg
Allan L. Weisberg
Senior Managing Director
Consulting & Coaching Services

Allan Weisberg performed as the Chief Learning Officer and Human Resources Vice President of the world’s leading healthcare company...
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Propeller Communications
Propeller Communications
Technology and Communications Partner
 

Propeller Communications is a premier digital marketing...
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Dr. Roger Flax, Leadership Advisor, Executive Coach, Speaker…

founded one of America’s most successful leadership development consulting firms in 1970, conducting thousands of programs in 5 continents, for over 400 companies, and creating the web-based Horizon Talent Developer™.

As an executive coach, speaker and corporate consultant, he’s impacted millions through leadership training, radio and TV interviews, and published articles. He’s appeared on CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox TV, and in USA Today, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, Business Week, Barron’s, Bottom Line, Inc Magazine, Entrepreneur and Boardroom Reports and many other publications.

He has coached numerous company presidents, high potentials and a USA presidential candidate, and is currently writing 5 self improvement books. His acclaimed “High Impact Presentations” has been conducted worldwide, and he’s now licensing his web-based, feedback/mentoring program, Horizon Talent Developer™ to global organizations. This digital program presents feedback to people on 21 critical skills and behaviors, and provides over 400 tools and techniques and 5 mentor-mentee videos, geared to improve on these leadership and interpersonal skill and behavior areas.

Entertainment and sports, a major part of his career, included hundreds of conferences for J&J, Novartis, USA Today, among others. He created, produced/directed for Johnson & Johnson the J&J “Executive Law Forum,” conducted corporate wide and in Europe and Asia, and “Renewing the Promise: Quality is the Foundation.” He also created and directed Novartis’ “Winning Ethically & Legally, CPC’s “Passing the Baton,” and “Building Character for Life” for children. He’s conducted leadership seminars in virtually every industry, written 4 screenplays and several hundred songs,and his films, “Last Home Run” and “30 Days” ran on HBO, ShowTime, Starz and Netflix. Currently working on a soccer/coaching abuse film, “Tortured,” and “Pryde of the World,” a 3D computer animated cartoon.

Competing in tennis tournaments since age 10, he was nationally-ranked in senior platform tennis in 2013, undefeated in 4 years of HS regular season competition, helped lead Maryland achieve an ACC championship and top 10 NCAA ranking, and recently inducted into the Columbia HS Sports Hall of Fame and elected to NJ All 20th Century Tennis team.

His clients have included: Johnson & Johnson, USA Today, Kraft, AT&T, Pepsico, ABC, Nabisco, Dun & Bradstreet, Novartis, Medtronic, Codman, CBS, Prudential, Charles Schwab, Bristol-Myers Squibb, General Re, Atlantic Health, Guardian, Equitable, NY Stock Exchange, UPS, Alcon, CitiCorp, Bank of America, TIAA, Rutgers Univ, Merrill Lynch, Ethicon, Catalina, IBM, Boston Scientific, United Airlines, Canon, Pathmark, Mennon, DuPont Merck, Mattel, Inventiv, FMC, Kimberly Clark, Pfizer Howmedica, Aventis, Depository Trust, Federal Home Loan Bank, Lipton, Pitney Bowes, Amdahl, MCI, L’Oreal, Hollister, GlaxoSmithKline, DePuy, Kodak, PNC, NEC, AIG, Avon, Duracell, Kinney, JP Morgan Chase, Colgate, Clairol, Young Presidents Organization, Volvo, Allergan, Readers Digest, Unilever, Booz Allen, Maersk, Haagen Daaz, M&M Mars, Becton Dickinson, Levi Strauss, HBO, American Architect Association, Reebok, Morgan Stanley.

He’s the owner of Horizon Productions Enterprise, an executive coaching/leadership consulting firm; Peebs Horizon, a film & event-mgmt firm; Horizon Talent Developer™; Building Character For Life™; Next Chapter Coaching; & recently sold Calif-based United Products. Acquired in 1987 by NYSE company. Received BA & MA degrees from University of Maryland & Catholic University respectively, & PhD (at age 24) from CU. Resides in Summit, NJ. Married to Dr. Judy Flax and has 3 sons.

 

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Propeller Communications is a premier digital marketing agency

that combines passion, expertise, and creative strategic vision to design best-in-class content.

Propeller Communications’ capabilities and experience in digital development, design, video production, animation, account/project services and instructional design allow them to create the highest quality marketing communications.

They are a digital partner to their clients, and technology designer and developer of the Horizon Talent Developer™.

Propeller Communications was founded in 2006 by Charlie Flax to fill a gap in digital content development. What he saw was that traditional agencies lacked core digital capabilities necessary to keep up with the evolving technological field, while digital agencies functioned as production houses instead of truly partnering with their clients. They believed that a true Digital Agency could blend production and partnership, and they set out to do just that.

Propeller creates rich content blended with digital expertise and strategic vision. From the beginning, they knew that it was vital that they be seen as a Partner that helps accomplish the goals of their clients, and not just an agency that executes.

 

Propeller Communications provides premium digital marketing and communications services specializing in:

 

Web and Mobile Development
Writing and Instructional Design
Branded Campaign Creation and Creative Conceptualization

• iPhone/Android application development
• ROI application design and development
• LAMP based website development and integration
• Responsive UI/UX design
• SCORM compliant LMS course creation and management (Moodle)

• Full copy writing and editorial capabilities
• Expertise in adult learning principles and curriculum development
• Certified instructional designers
• Expertise in live and virtual exercise development
• Positioning workshops
• Message development
• Creative execution for a fully integrated campaign
• Visual concept creation and essence boards
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Allan Weisberg performed as the Chief Learning Officer and Human Resources Vice President of the world’s leading healthcare company…

a nationally-acclaimed HR professional and executive coach, his outstanding career spans over 42 years of senior management, leadership development, coaching, counseling & advisory work, and serving on Corporate Boards.

Allan quickly rose from talent development specialist at a Baby Products company… to manager and senior director positions in HR… to Vice President and management board committee of Ethicon, Inc., the world’s largest suture company… to Chief Learning Officer of Johnson & Johnson… to Board Vice Chairman of Atlantic Health System, rated #49 in 2013 as Fortune Magazine’s top 100 companies in the USA to work for.

Considered as one of America’s most distinguished and experienced HR leaders and Executive Coaches, Allan heads up Horizon Productions Enterprise’s Talent Development Coaching & Consulting team, specifically focusing on the Horizon Talent Developer™.

Prior to becoming Johnson & Johnson’s CLO, his excellent 31-year J&J career included managerial positions at Critikon, J&J Hospital Services, Surgikos. and Ethicon. He also worked closely with J&J’s Worldwide VP of Human Resources, overseeing HR policies, practices, and employee services.

From 2005 thru 2009, Allan served on the American Society of Training & Development board (ASTD), and was also a Senior VP for the National Center of Healthcare Leadership. In 2010, he was selected for the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) delegation to China, and his many J&J HR accomplishments were featured on the front page of CLO Magazine.

Allan is credited with creating and overseeing The Johnson & Johnson E-University and the executive leadership curriculum for the corporation. He led the Human Resources integration of the Pfizer Consumer Healthcare business in 52 countries into Johnson & Johnson, directing career transitional and retirement counseling programs for employees.

He headed up HR for Bracco Diagnostics in Princeton, prior to he and his colleague of over four decades, Dr. Flax, founding “Next Chapter Coaching & Consulting Services.” “Next Chapter” coaches, advises, and trains near-retiree corporate leaders to “refire, not retire” their careers into their next chapter of career and life challenges.

Allan, a Temple University Communications graduate, has also been very active in Community affairs, on both local and national fronts. He was President, New Jersey Prevent Blindness from 1998 through 2003, and active in the Somerset County United Way and Chamber of Commerce. He was also a graduate of the prestigious Leadership New Jersey Class of 1992, served on Overlook Medical Center’s Advisory Board, and was Chairman of Atlantic Health Systems’ Patient Safety and HR committees.

Allan will personally coach/advise Horizon Talent Developer™ users, and conduct training programs for HTD client organizations. He will also oversee the tailoring and customization of HTD follow-up materials, coaching services, and future programs.

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