Rick Amado - VP Business development
Overview of Professional/Career/Industry Experience
Before joining Distinctions, Inc. Rick Amado’s 30+ year career spanned positions as an educator, entrepreneur/business owner, consultant, university faculty member, and corporate executive.
Credentials
- • 25+ years - human services consultant with governments, public schools, community day & residential programs & state institutions
- • 18 years - university faculty in psychological services
- • 15 years - CEO Human services consulting organization
- • 4 years - VP People, Planning & Development
Executive Positions
- • Vice President for People, Planning and Development, Landvest Development Corporation
- • Clinical Director - Minnesota Extended Treatment Options (METO).
- • Psychological and Behavioral Services Director, METO.
- • CEO - Human Services Support Network
Areas of Expertise
- • Organizational Behavior Management
- • Behavior Analysis
- • Behavior Management Specialist
Education and Other Related Training
- • A,B., M.A. Ph.D, Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Professional Affiliations
- • Past Editorial Board Member, Journal of Positive Behavioral Interventions
- • Past Editorial Board Member, INNOVATIONS
Professional Accomplishments
- • Licensed Psychologist - Minnesota Board of Psychological Examiners. Competencies in Applied Behavior Analysis & Organizational Behavior Management
- • Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics
- • Adjunct Professor, Mankato State University, Mankato, MN
- • Adjunct Assistant Professor, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
- • Special Consultant to the United States Department of Justice; for improving the quality of life for persons with special developmental needs.
- • Certified Course Leader and Coach, Mission Control Productivity, LLP