John G. Shulman is an experienced attorney, negotiator and public speaker skilled in the art and science of interest-based negotiation. With an A.B. in English from Harvard College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, Mr. Shulman trained with leaders in the negotiation field. Mr. Shulman has worked with the Harvard Program on Negotiation addressing conflict in the Middle East over Gaza and the West Bank. He has provided negotiation and conflict resolution training to United Nations personnel at the War Crimes Tribunal for Rwanda.

In 1999, Mr. Shulman and colleagues with negotiation expertise founded Alignor to assist organizations implementing an interest-based approach to leadership, strategy development, decision-making and negotiation. Alignor’s methodology has been implemented as a core business process by several large organizations, including Caterpillar and Imation, which awarded Mr. Shulman its prestigious “Chairman’s Business Turning Point Award” in 2002. Alignor’s online games and simulations are utilized by leading organizations to hone and test the skills of their sales professionals, leaders and managers.

Mr. Shulman has negotiated in over 40 countries and has conducted seminars and workshops for thousands of business executives and managers, professionals, government officials and community leaders in interest-based approaches to negotiation, sales, purchasing, leadership, strategy development supply chain management, communication, project management, change management and conflict resolution.