B. Keith Simerson, Ed.D. is a founding Partner of Tradewinds Consulting, LLC. He has two decades of experience working for and consulting to large corporations, privately held companies, professional services firms, and government agencies. B.K.’s areas of interest and expertise are leadership development, change enablement, strategy formulation and execution, strategic HR management, and organization development.

Dr. Simerson’s work with the Manitowoc Company led to Tradewinds Consulting, LLC receiving a prestigious Excellence in Practice Citation from the American Society for Training and Development. B.K. has been a frequent presenter at conferences and seminars, has contributed materials to various journals and periodicals, and was the lead author of the book Evaluating Police Management Development Programs and the book on career transitions, Fired, Laid Off, Out of a Job: A Manual for Understanding, Coping, Surviving. B.K. is also co-author of The Manager as Leader.

B.K. earned his Ed.D. with emphasis in management and organization development from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He earned an MA with emphasis in administration, supervision, and higher education, from Appalachian State University. He also possesses BA and AAS degrees and specialty certifications. BK can be contacted at 630-400-8694 or BKSimerson@TradewindsConsulting.com.