The David Zatz FAQ, part 1 of 1

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The David Zatz FAQ
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http://www.facebook.com/david.zatz

http://www.toolpack.com/cv.html

David Zatz, allpar webmaster

http://www.allpar.com/i/bios/david-zatz.html

Background - Dr. David Zatz

David Zatz currently works with Toolpack Consulting in Teaneck, New
Jersey.

Before launching Toolpack Consulting,David was a consultant at the
Metrus Group of Somerville, New Jersey, where he worked on strategic
measurement and change projects.

David has worked with nonprofits and government organizations including
Broadway Community, the City of New York, and the College of
Aeronautics, as well as companies such as American Girl, Arthrocare,
Automated Logic, Bausch & Lomb, Mattel, and Santen. Dr. Zatz has also
been a consultant with Metrus Group and WLH Consulting, and Director of
Market Research for Pace University.

Dr. Zatz has written numerous articles for journals (such as HRMagazine,
Quality Digest, and Administrator), trade publications, and books
(Dynamics of Change Management, the Encyclopedia of Management, and the
Business Strategy Book of Readings). He has also given presentations
for the Conference Board, Association for Quality and Participation,
Quality New Jersey, and other organizations. David holds a Ph.D. from
Columbia University and a B.A. from Rutgers University.

Organizational development and survey expert David Zatz focuses on human
issues to target and speed change efforts. While much of his work is
centered around surveys, focus groups, and balanced scorecards, he is
also an expert process consultant and facilitator. For example, a
two-day session at a corporate travel agency led to a reduction in
errors to one third of their previous level, without financial
investments.

Dr. Zatz has spoken at conferences arranged by the Conference Board,
Quality New Jersey, and the Association for Quality and Participation,
and has published articles in journals (such as HRMagazine, Quality
Digest, and Effective Executive), trade publications, and books (the
Encyclopedia of Management and Business Strategy Book of Readings). His
work has helped many organizations to cut costs while increasing
service.

Before joining Toolpack Consulting, David was a consultant with Metrus
Group, WLH Consulting, and Pace University. David has worked with
clients such as the American Management Association, Arthrocare, BTI
Americas, the Coast Guard, Enhanced Vision, General Fire & Casualty,
Mattel, the City of New York, Pfizer, and Wakefern Foods. He has also
done a great deal of work indirectly, through other firms, via
Toolpack's backroom consulting service.

David holds a B.A. in psychology from Rutgers University, and a Ph.D. in
organizational psychology from Columbia University.

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Dr. David Zatz - Vehicle Review Columnist

David Zatz is an organizational development and survey consultant, who
started Allpar.com to avoid working on his dissertation. His
professional bio is at www.toolpack.com . David has written for
magazines (such as Quality Digest, HRMagazine, and Administrator), trade
publications (such as Health Foods Business and Print & Graphics), and
books (such as the Encyclopedia of Management and the Business Strategy
Book of Readings), and has appeared at conferences sponsored by the
Performance Institute, Quality New Jersey, and the Association for
Quality and Participation.

David has two kids and no living cats. His past cars include a 1991
Dodge Spirit R/T (a turbocar which could carry five passengers from 0-60
in under six seconds), a 1976 Valiant (318), 1977 Fury, 1973 Satellite,
1973 Dart, (no more 1973s!), 1976 Camaro, 1979 Rabbit, 1991 and 1993
Sundances, and, currently, a 1995 Neon. He also has a doctorage in
organizational psychology from Columbia University in storage.

Dr. David Zatz has written numerous, quality vehicle and truck reviews
for 4X4REVIEW.COM.
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David Zatz was trained as an organizational development and survey
consultant; he started Allpar (under a different domain name) in 1994 to
avoid working on his dissertation, and has been working on the site ever
since.

Allpar was started in 1994 at www.mordor.com/valiant, later moving to
cyberwar.com/~valiant/, first seeing life as "Valiant's car pages."
(There are still many traces of the mordor.com site across the Internet,
including an article on “What’s New With NSCA Mosaic: September 1995”
and a January 1995 e-mail message recorded for posterity for no apparent
reason.)

The Sundance was soon added, since David owned a Sundance. Other models
joined in, other people started to write, and, as David continued to
evade writing on my dissertation, he founded the
rec.autos.makers.chrysler newsgroup, including the Chrysler FAQ which
continues to be served by MIT.

David grew up in Highland Park, New Jersey. Starting as soon as it was
legal, David began working at a variety of jobs, starting out hauling
bags at the golf course, moving on to hauling trays at the steakhouse,
then selling shoes at A.S. Beck. He moved on to a clerical job at
Supermarkets General Corporation (Pathmark), moved up somewhat, and was
fired because his job was re-evaluated and an associates’ degree was
seen as being needed by H.R. (At the time, he was three credits short of
a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers.) From there, he temped at Margaretten
Mortgage, Baxter Pharmaceutical, Revlon, Mobil Chemical, and other
companies.

While pursuing an advanced degree in organizational psychology, David
worked at temporary jobs in Ogilvy & Mather, Donaldson Lufken Jenrette,
and the gentlemen of investment banking, Lazard Fréres. He also did
dissertation editing and research consultations on an informal basis.

Finally escaping from school, David worked with WLH Consulting. While
the future Allpar took a back seat to work and family, it continued to
slowly grow. While David was Director of Market Research for Pace
University, he moved the mordor.com site (peak: 5,000 visitors/month),
to another local ISP (cyberwar.com/~valiant/), of which no traces seem
to remain, then to z.simplenet.com.

After spinning off the Valiant pages (valiant.org), largely as an
experiment in using our own domain name and a new service provider, he
started a search for good web site names. The primary criterion was
starting with the letter "A" for good directory listings. Hence, allpar
(he cleared it verbally with a member of their legal department first).

In 1997, David became a consultant for Metrus Group. In 1999, Allpar
grew out of the $8 per month hosting environment; it later caught the
last bits of the Internet bubble, bringing in enough advertising for
David to take two days a week off from Metrus, then to leave Metrus
Group entirely in 2001, when he started full-time at his own consulting
firm, Toolpack Consulting, and on Allpar.

Then the advertising market fell to pieces, the $7.50 per thousand
impressions delivered for a few months by the Luna Network dropped down
to around ten cents per thousand - and they had to be popups, not banner
ads! Toolpack had to support Allpar. Then, suddenly, Google rode in to
the rescue, offering an attractive revenue split, and Allpar was saved.
Years of joyous expansion followed, with more and more people becoming
involved in building and running the site. Allpar has evolved from a
single personal site to a large cooperative venture, too big and
wide-ranging for any one person to manage.

Professionally, David has written for magazines (such as Quality Digest,
HRMagazine, and Administrator), trade publications (such as Health Foods
Business and Print & Graphics), and books (including the Encyclopedia of
Management and the Business Strategy Book of Readings), and has appeared
at conferences sponsored by the Performance Institute, Quality New
Jersey, The Conference Board, and the Association for Quality and
Participation.

David has two kids. His past cars include a 1976 Valiant (318), 1977
Plymouth Fury, 1973 Plymouth Satellite, 1973 Dart Swinger, 1976
Chevrolet Camaro Type LT (made in the to-be-NUMMI plant), 1979
Volkswagen Rabbit (made in Pittsburgh), co-owned Toyota Corolla, 1991
and 1993 Plymouth Sundances, a 1989 Dodge Caravan turbo, 1991 Dodge
Spirit R/T, 1995 Dodge Neon, 2003 PT Cruiser GT, and, currently, a
shared 2000 Chrysler 300M, 1974 Plymouth Valiant, and 2006 Chrysler Town
& Country.