Denis Sullivan

OMHR 5001 - Overview of the Human Resource Field
OMHR 5030 - HR Metrics

Denis Sullivan has been an adjunct faculty member in the OMHR program since its inception.  While a senior HR executive at both GTE and Verizon, with nearly twenty-five years of proven leadership and broad functional expertise, Mr. Sullivan established a track record for delivering award-winning programs and business solutions with specific, quantifiable outcomes.  His leadership roles included:  leadership development and executive staffing; organization and workforce development; technical call center, sales and IT training; management education and employee development; HR communications and employee research; e-learning solutions; performance management and coaching, educational partnerships and university programs, budgets, HR planning and measurements; and HR business partner.

Mr. Sullivan holds an A.B. degree in psychology from Boston College and an M.Ed. in counselor education from Boston University.  He has also completed extensive doctoral coursework in counseling and human resource management at both BU and the University of South Carolina.  He is currently president of IdeaStudio, LLC, an HR consulting firm, where he advises global clients on learning and leadership development issues.  He serves on the Corporate Educational Advisory Board at Manhattanville.  A documentary filmmaker as well, Mr. Sullivan often uses elements from modern film as metaphors for contemporary HR and workplace issues.  Denis, his wife and two daughters live in Fairfield, CT.