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Our Founders

 

Dean M. Becker, MBA

Managing Director and Principal

Dean Becker is a business executive with an MBA and a degree in psychology. He managed companies in the human resources and healthcare arenas prior to assuming leadership of Adaptiv Learning Systems.

He began his career with IBM's mainframe computer division. His top sales performance quickly led to his being named to IBM's Executive Resource Program, a select internal group of high-potential employees earmarked for management advancement. During the PC revolution in the computer industry, Becker shifted his career into search and recruitment for the data processing industry. After joining Source Services Corporation in its Source EDP division, he soon became the company's youngest managing director nationwide.

Becker's experience in both technology and human resources management led to an opportunity to join with several physicians who were creating a new kind of service company for physicians that required his specific combination of skills. His natural entrepreneurial management style led him to accept. He joined Adaptiv after negotiating the sale of this company.

Becker is an Adaptiv Master Trainer and Master Coach and is in demand as a speaker, facilitator, consultant and coach.

 

Andrew J. Shatté, Ph.D.

Co-founder

Dr. Andrew Shatté is one of the original architects of the Adaptiv Training programs. He is a Ph.D. psychologist who received his training at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Shatté and his colleagues have conducted extensive research into the effects of cognitive style on resilience, motivation, and performance.

Dr. Shatté has served as Adjunct Assistant Professor in the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Psychology, and currently serves as a research professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona.

In 2009, Dr. Shatté founded Phoenix Life Academy, LLC, where he continues to speak, write and do research on resilience and connection.