Author

Dan's trilogy of novels, China Wind, (Ivy, 1990), Dodge City Blues, (Redburn Press, 2007), and Townsend's Solitaire, (Redburn Press, 2008), draw from his experiences as a Marine officer in Vietnam. His fourth novel, Glossy Black Cockatoos, (Redburn Press, 2009), grew out of his experiences in Asia and Australia after the Fall of Saigon in 1975. Called a vivid, expressionistic novel of international intrigue, Glossy Black Cockatoos is the story of two American expatriates who are caught up in a series of events that precipitate both murder and the theft of ancient Southeast Asian art treasures. 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), and most recently, Open Range: Poetry of the Reimagined West, Ghost Road Press, (2007). Dan is a member of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, the Colorado Authors' League, and Western Writers of America. While working in the role of a change agent, supporting the environmental clean-up of Rocky Flats Plant, he wrote articles and conducted presentations for ASTD, ISPI, and the Organization Development Network on the subject of facilitating the change process.

Educator

Dan was a 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 Vice President of Business and Technology Development with International Learning Systems, Inc. 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 implemented a number of major organizational change efforts including the Rocky Flats Institute, an extensive environmental education program designed to facilitate closure of Rocky Flats Plant.