Summary: Through fascinating concise stories about character and high-performing people, Mr. McPherson addresses how character is developed and why character is foundational to producing breakthrough results. He then describes valuable, specific results in the real- world of business, government, and education from his distinctive professional experience ranging from corporate executive, innovative entrepreneur and Presidential appointee. Nationally known for achieving valuable results, Ted McPherson serves as a leader and strategic advisor to Fortune 100 companies, Forbes 400 entrepreneurs, and major investors. He is CEO of InterSolve Group, which he founded in 1991, creating innovative high-performing project teams and alliances of JUST-IN-TIME TALENTTM in American business. Ted McPherson has participated in 25 business acquisitions, issued debt and equity in the domestic and international capital markets, and received an award for excellence from the Financial Analysts Federation on Wall Street. In 2010, McPherson received the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Exceptional Public Service Medal as a result of his service on the NASA Advisory Council from 2005 to 2009, and he currently serves on the Development Board of the University of Texas at Dallas, a growing research institution with 19,000 students. From 2001 to 2005, he achieved valuable results appointed twice by President George Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate for two national assignments in Washington, D.C. As the Under Secretary of Education, Ted is credited for creating significant value on behalf of children and taxpayers by assuring the effectiveness of $140 billion invested annually by the Federal government in education. Ted also served as CFO of the Department of Agriculture where his leadership resulted in 2002 in the first “clean” financial audit ever achieved in the history of the Department of Agriculture, one of the largest, most complex enterprises in America. Ted distinguished himself as a United States Navy officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency, receiving the Joint Service Commendation Medal. He is a graduate of Williams College, has a master’s degree from George Washington University and completed an executive program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business. Ted and his wife Sally, a foundation consultant, reside in Dallas, Texas, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
