Dr. Phillip R. Ash

Dr. Phillip R. Ash is the founding Partner of Change 360 e-Books & Consulting. He has more than 20 years of consulting experience working in China with companies like Dawncom and Compaq, in Korea with LG Electronics, in Taiwan with China American Petroleum Company, in Hong Kong with Ramada, in the Philippines with the Coca-Cola Company, and in the United States with Burger King, Quaker Oats, Tenneco, PepsiCo, Frito-Lay, Pizza Hut, Georgia-Pacific, Allied-Signal, Liberty Glass Company, Telex Computer Products, Home Shopping Network, Sperry Marine, and others.

Prior to founding Change 360 in 1998, Dr. Ash was the Managing Director of Change Management, Greater China, for Andersen Consulting (now called Accenture Consulting).  He managed more than 50 consultants based in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taipei, generating more than $4 million in annual revenues.  The picture above is from a seminar and retreat he hosted for his staff in Hong Kong.  He joined Andersen Consulting in 1994 and was initially assigned to the Atlanta office. In 1995, Dr. Ash was promoted and transferred to Andersen's consulting office in Seoul, Korea. A year later, he moved to Taiwan and assumed responsibility for the Greater China Change Management Consulting Practice.

From 1992 to 1994, Dr. Ash worked for Alexander & Alexander Consulting, initially to establish an Organizational Effectiveness consulting practice in Atlanta.  Later, he was appointed Acting National Practice Leader for Organizational Effectiveness consulting in Canada.

From 1988 to 1992, he was a Principal with the Watson-Wyatt Company.  Dr. Ash orchestrated the start-up of an organizational effectiveness consulting practice in Phoenix, Arizona.  He conducted a variety of human resource consulting assignments in the Mountain States Region, specializing in performance management, organizational development, and compensation.

From 1982 to 1987, Phillip founded and managed his own consulting firm in Dallas, Texas - Phillip Ash & Associates.  Through his firm, Dr. Ash participated in several corporate turnaround projects in Tulsa, OK - most notably Telex Computer Products and Liberty Glass Company.  In addition, he partnered with Sun Venture Capital Partners to conduct due diligence studies and turnaround proposals.

Dr. Ash began his consulting career with Ernst & Young as a Senior Consultant in 1977.  Later he became a Manager in the Dallas Office and served as Practice Leader until 1982.

Prior to consulting, Dr. Ash was a member of the faculty at Columbia College and the University of Missouri.  He taught numerous conducts of Personnel Finance and Principles of Management at MU from 1974 through 1975.  From 1976 to 1977, he taught several conducts of Strategic Planning, Human Resources Management, Marketing Management, and Principles of Management at Columbia College.

Employment

Andersen (Accenture) Consulting

Alexander & Alexander Consulting

Watson-Wyatt Consulting

Phillip Ash & Associates

Ernst & Young

Education

University of Missouri
Ph.D. 
Organizational Development
Full Academic Fellowship
Special Stipend as a Business School Lecturer

Drake University
M.B.A.
Management Emphasis
Class President
Full Academic Scholarship

William Jewell College
B.S.
Business Administration
Partial Academic Scholarship
Finalist, Wall Street Journal Award for Outstanding Business Graduate