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President and Chief Executive Officer

Aricent is a Global Design and Engineering company in Santa Clara, California.

Since founding Michael Stern Associates in 1982, Michael has worked closely with senior executives and the boards/CEOs to whom they report; first as an executive search consultant, then as an executive coach. He has interviewed thousands of executives, knows how to listen and what to listen for. Michael has helped organizations, from a variety of industry sectors, identify and evaluate senior talent and he has been a catalyst in generating more of the behaviours, attitudes and results that companies need from their management teams. Michael has helped numerous executives master new challenges and become better leaders. Executive coaching comes naturally to Michael. After earning a post graduate degree in counselling psychology from the University of Waterloo, Michael worked as a counsellor at Conestoga College and a psychologist at the Brantford General Hospital. He then became a Senior Consultant with the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health. Michael was co-chairman of the joint CAMH/Police Department steering committee which developed the pilot project that became Ontario's R.I.D.E. (“Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere”) program. Michael's writings on leadership have run regularly in the business press. For ten years, he wrote a regular monthly column – first for the Globe & Mail, then for the Toronto Star. For seven years, Michael wrote a biweekly column titled “Corner Office” for The National Post. He has also been a regular contributor to a variety of other business publications. Michael is frequently interviewed and widely quoted by the media on corporate North America’s leadership needs; executive development; employee recruitment, engagement and retention; employment trends; and career planning.