Biography

Dan Guenther was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1944.  He was a captain in the Marine Corps and his Vietnam Trilogy is based on his experiences in Southeast Asia. He received his B.A. from Coe College in 1966, and his MFA from the Iowa Writer's Workshop in 1973. His poems and letters from Vietnam were included in The Stones of Summer, by Dow Mossman, published by Bobbs-Merrill in 1972, and republished by Barnes & Noble in 2003. In 2002, Guenther appeared in the documentary film Stone Reader by Mark Moskowitz. The film chronicled the director's attempt to resuscitate the acclaimed book of seemingly-vanished author, Dow Mossman.

Author

Dan's novel, China Wind, (Ivy, 1990), is based on his experiences as a Marine officer in Vietnam. High Country Solitudes (Grand River, 1997) is a book of poetry. His poems are also included in Turning Up The Leaves, an anthology produced by Coe Review Press, (2000). Dan is a member of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, the Colorado Authors' League, and Western Writers of America. While with Sun Microsystems, Dan co-authored two methodology patent applications for learning tools. He has written articles and conducted presentations for ASTD, ISPI, and the Organization Development Network.

Educator

Dan was high school principal with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He taught rhetoric and communications at the University of Iowa and group and organizational behavior at Colorado Christian University. His international experience includes teaching and test development with the Department of Education, New South Wales, Australia, and education services consulting in Hong Kong. He also taught Organization Development at the Graduate School of Business, University of Colorado at Denver.

Change Agent

Before retiring, Dan was an International Consultant for Sun Microsystems in the area of Education Services. Prior to working for Sun, he was Director of Research and Vice President of Business and Technology Development with International Learning Systems, Inc. As Director of Research, he led projects with Fortune 500 firms in telecommunications, mining, health care, finance, manufacturing, and the commercial food industries. As Vice President of Business and Technology Development, he guided projects in the areas of computer-based training (CBT), knowledge-sharing systems, alternative learning systems, and web-based training systems. Prior to working with International Learning Systems, Inc., Guenther spent ten years as a manager of organization development with two Fortune 500 companies, Rockwell International and EG & G, Inc. During that time he designed and implemented a number of major organizational change efforts including the Rocky Flats Institute, the largest environmental education program of its kind. While Program Manager of Change Management at Rocky Flats, he directed the design and development of the Rocky Flats Supervisory Academy, a leadership training program recognized for its excellence. In the late 1990's Dan created The Learning Line Network, a Front Range change management discussion group.

His website is www.danguenther.com