C. Michael Ferraro, CEO and President

Michael founded TRAINING SOLUTIONS, Inc. in 1995. With almost 50 years of business management and HR/training experience, Michael offers a variety of skills and expertise to clients.

Michael is the main contact for clients who are purchasing Catalyst-based programs or EPIC-based credits. Michael is an expert on both platforms that offer high-quality training opportunities using online assessments and other online resources.

Michael also facilitates many people skills training programs throughout the country for a wide variety of clients, from large corporations to small-midsize companies to nonprofits to universities. Many of his sessions focus on behaviors/attitudes, customer service, sales, leadership, supervisory development and team building.

Michael has earned the Everything DiSC certification as well as the Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team accreditation.

Michael also provides in-depth executive coaching services to management and executive level staff. His confidential and skills-based coaching program includes a 360-degree feedback process.

Michael has served on many business, community and governmental boards and commissions and currently is:

Chairman, Board of Directors, Bite Me Cancer® Foundation
Class Trainer for Leadership Fairfax
Member, 2027 ATD International Conference (ICE) Program Advisory Committee

Formerly, he was:

Board Member, Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Board Member, TechPAC for the Northern Virginia Technology Council
Member of the Executive Circle of Northern Virginia Technology Council
Past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce
Leadership Fairfax Inc., Board of Directors
Northern Virginia Business Roundtable, Member
Northern Virginia Regional Partnership, Board of Directors
Board Member, Northern Virginia Technology Council
Board of Trustees Member, Northern Virginia Technology Council Foundation
Board Member and Executive Committee Member, Virginia State Workforce Council
Vice Chairman, Workforce Investment Board of Northern Virginia
Co-Founding Chairman and Board Member, Human Resources Leadership Awards of Greater Washington
Board Member, Board of Visitors of Marymount University
Public Policy Council of the Association for Talent Development (ATD)
Member of 2009/2010 ATD International Conference (ICE) Program Advisory Committee (PAC)
Advisor, Public Policy, Association for Talent Development (ATD)
Board Member, Celebrate Fairfax, Inc.
Board Member, Community Business Advisory Board of the Superintendent for Fairfax County Public Schools
Chairman and Board Member, DC Metro Tech Job Training Project
Board Member, Goodwill of Greater Washington
Member, Leadership Fairfax Class of 1998.

He also was:

The recipient of an ACE (Achieving Chamber Excellence) Award in July 2010, given by the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce for his work as Co-Chair of the Chamber's Membership Committee
Awarded, with a team of winners, the American Society for Training and Development's Staff-Volunteer Partnership Award in 2010.
The Founding Co-Chairman of the Human Resources Leadership Awards of Greater Washington (www.hrleadership.org)
Awarded "Committee Co-Chair of the Year" for the Reston Chamber of Commerce, 2001
Awarded the "Torchbearer" award from Leadership Fairfax, Inc. as member of the year, 2000
Awarded outstanding Small Business by the Fairfax County Small and Minority Business Advisory Council, 2000
Awarded Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce "Member of the Year", 1998
Awarded Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce "Committee Co-Chair of the Year",1998
Awarded Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce "Small Business of the Year", 1997