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Know About Pinnacle Performance Improvement Worldwide and Chris DeVany

Christopher DeVany is founder and president of Pinnacle Performance Improvement Worldwide, a firm which focuses on management and organization development. DeVany has published numerous articles in the fields of management, sales, teambuilding, leadership, ethics, and diversity.

Founder and Lead Facilitator Profile - Chris DeVany

Know more about Pinnacle Performance Improvement Worldwide, a firm which focuses on management and organization development and it’s Founder & President, Chris DeVany.

Pinnacle’s clients include such organizations as Visa International, Cadence, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Sprint, American Counseling Association, Aviva Insurance, Microsoft, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Hospital Corporation of America, Schlumberger, Morgan Stanley, Boston Scientific, US HealthCare and over 500 other organizations in 22 countries.

He has published numerous articles in the fields of management, leadership, team-building, project management, sales, customer service, ethics, diversity and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance In Practice to Customer Service Management. His book, “90 Days to a High-Performance Team”, has been published by McGraw Hill, and is helping thousands of team leaders and managers improve performance.

He has appeared hundreds of times on radio and television interview programs to discuss project management, sales, customer service, effective workplace communication, management, handling rapid personal and organizational change and other topical business issues.

Chris has served or is currently serving as a board member of Sales and Marketing Executives International, American Society of Training and Development, Institute of Management Consultants, American Society of Association Executives, Meeting Professionals International and National Speakers Association. Chris is an award-winning Toastmaster’s International Competition speaker. He recently participated in the Fortune 500 Annual Management Forum as a speaker, panelist and seminar leader.

Chris has distinguished himself professionally by serving Corporate America as manager and trainer of project management, IT, sales, customer service and marketing professionals. Included among those business leaders are Prudential Insurance, Sprint, BayBank (now part of Bank of America), US Health Care and Marriott Corporation. He has assisted these organizations in developing project management, sales, customer service and marketing strategies, organizing inbound and outbound call center programs, training and development of management and new hires, and fostering corporate growth through creative change and innovation initiatives.

Chris holds degrees in management studies and organizational behavior from Boston University. He has traveled to 14 countries and 47 states in the course of his career.

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