Dr. Fredrick Gilbert is the founder of FGA and a major developer of PowerSpeaking®. He is both a keynote speaker and trainer. His background includes consulting, university teaching, and management positions with Hewlett-Packard and Amdahl corporations. Dr. Gilbert is a past-president of the Northern California Chapter of the National Speakers Association, NSA's largest chapter. His keynote speeches have won praises and awards from a wide variety of audiences, and his articles on communication have appeared in dozens of publications over the past 20 years.