MWI
David Sobel is an experienced IT professional and educator with a comprehensive background in higher education and mediation. Since 2000, David has served as the Associate Director of IT Planning and Outreach at Harvard University, acting as the principal business relationship manager for multiple faculties and overseeing significant governance processes. Previous roles included Senior Manager positions in project planning, communications, and client services, where David developed strategic initiatives and built client support frameworks. Additionally, David volunteers as a mediator in the MWI Court Mediation Program and has instructed graduate-level courses on negotiation at Northeastern University College of Professional Studies. David holds a Mid-Career Master in Public Administration with a focus on negotiation from Harvard Kennedy School and a Bachelor of Arts in Psycholinguistics from Swarthmore College, where David graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
MWI
MWI achieves success for our clients by maximizing their capacity to collaborate, find solutions to difficult disputes and communicate effectively. Since 1994, MWI has provided thousands of individual and corporate clients with outsourced ombuds and mediation services, negotiation consulting and training, and mediation training. MWI has provided negotiation and dispute resolution and services and training to thousands of clients including Analog Devices, BMW North America, Bose Corporation, Citizens Financial Group/Royal Bank of Scotland, CVS Caremark, General Motors Corporation, KPMG, Saab USA, Sallie Mae, The Rockefeller Foundation, the United States Postal Service, and Visa International. Since 2002, MWI has worked with Coca-Cola to rollout their comprehensive employment dispute resolution program for 45,000 employees and managers nationally. A majority of MWI trainers have served as lecturers and instructors at the Harvard Negotiation Project at Harvard Law School and have practical “real world” experience negotiating with Fortune 500 clients and vendors. Beyond training, For more information about MWI, please visit www.mwi.org.