RethinkTank - Our People

Meet Len Marchese...

Len Marchese established RETHINK® to help clients think differently about how they work, solve problems, build relationships, and advance. He applies his diverse information technology and organizational development experience to deliver creative solutions. Len enjoys helping people "Rethink" together and achieve innovative results. He believes greater fulfillment and success awaits anyone willing to release his or her creative potential. Len’s goal is to inspire individuals and organizations to free their imagination and succeed in extraordinary ways. He recognizes the competencies and behaviors that lead to success or failure. Len constantly seeks new thinking and approaches for advancing individual and organizational vitality, learning, and performance.

Len shared his discoveries and techniques at Columbia University’s Management and Organization Seminar, the Cornell Club, the Society for Human Resource Management, the New York Bar Association, and the Asia Pacific Banking Executive Conference. He participated in the Connecticut Business & Industry Association’s externship program for giving educators reality-based learning opportunities, and conducted classroom creativity and web development sessions for high school students. Most recently, Len presented at the American Society of Trainers & Developers.

Len is a rethinker, skilled advisor and coach, education developer, trainer, and facilitator. He is also experienced in business process reengineering, workflow and communication, and quality, process, and project management practices. During his career, Len had the pleasure of learning from thought-leaders, such as Dr. Michael Hammer and Dr. Fernando Flores. Len has an undergraduate degree focusing on business administration and information technology. He appeared in Executive Who's Who, is a Buckley School of Public Speaking graduate, and is a member of the Regional YMCA of Western Connecticut’s Board of Directors. Len is Founder, President and CEO of RETHINK, INC.

Meet John Nelson...

John launched his career with great acclaim. In 1995 John's video and animation and story boards were featured in an SVA gallery art show. This was followed by his animated short movie T-REX featured at the Dusty Film Festival in New York and Prology Show in Prague, in 1996.

As a Cross-Platform Graphic Artist Consultant for the Gartner Group, John designed, translated, and converted graphics and acted as PC advisor for the "Migration" project as Gartner moved to the Windows operating system from Macintosh.

At Path Studios, John produced an interactive CD-ROM for ENCOMP, Inc. This 3D animated software was part of ENCOMP's advertising campaign for their signature product Fibertray®. John also supported FunnyBone Interactive, and animated and programmed CD-ROM games for entertainment and educational use for companies, such as Fisher Price and Davidson Group. Software titles include Fisher Price Castles, Jump Start, and Fisher Price Construction.

In 1997, John created It's Science Time!; interactive educational software. This Path Studios' software features animated characters, interactive games and puzzles, and is geared to help a wide variety of learning abilities including handicapped and inclusion children. In 1998, It's Science Time! won the Fortune Brands grant for the Norwalk School system, and John was named in the Who's Who for Young Entrepreneurs.

John enjoyed considerable success as a web practitioner, however, he became interested the viability of launching a full-service Internet Service Provider (ISP) business, a business that designs front and back end web applications for businesses, and provides Internet consultant services. Clients include IBM, Rethink, Inc., and General Atlantic Partners.

John supported IBM as the Head of Quality Assurance for IBM's ENTERPRISE 98 project. He was responsible for the development, quality assurance, and maintenance of IBM's corporate Extranet sites. The Extranet project allowed IBM to offer customized B2B services and products directly to their biggest corporate consumers/partners within a secure e-commerce web application. At General Atlantic Partners, John developed a complete website, including a secure interactive guide for their portfolio companies.