Dr. Larry Bienati held senior level positions at Safeway Stores, Longs Drug Stores and The Cooper Companies, Inc. He was a senior leader, principal owner in the Kleinfelder Group of Companies a 3000 person, international geotechnical, environmental and management consulting firm. Larry holds a BS Degree in HR/Labor Relations, MBA in Strategic Management and a Ph.D. in Business Administration. His dissertation offers original research in the rehabilitation of problem employees and organizational turnaround strategies.
For the last 30 years Larry has taught at Saint Mary’s College, U.C. Berkeley’s Worldwide Business Programs, the California Maritime Academy and Sacramento State University serving as faculty lead for many executive leadership development programs and the EMBA program. Larry is a respected professional speaker, consultant, author, and practitioner in the areas of human resource strategy, complex employee relations, executive compensation, strategic planning, succession planning, ownership transitions, merger integrations and Board Governance alignment.
Larry has consulted for over 200 respected domestic and international organizations in addition to significant public sector experience at the Federal, State, County, local agencies in areas of strategy, succession and OD interventions. He is the past Board President for the Sierra State Parks Foundation, Lake Tahoe, and serves on various Boards, Advisory Groups. Larry brings a rich diversity of experience, passion, practicality and inspiring engagement with his seminars, keynotes, clients and MBA students. Larry donates 10% of his practice each year assisting non-profit organizations and public sector clients in promoting their social missions. Larry and Cathy share three wonderful children and grandchildren and make their home in the San Francisco Bay Area and Lake Tahoe, California