Business Partners

Business Partners are executives, managers, and subject matter experts who have a proven track record of excelling in their areas of expertise. They also share the same passion for helping others to succeed as the Leadership Team. Each engagement team is carefully chosen based on the type and objectives of the engagement.

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Jane Hunter, Ph.D., PMP

Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and professor of practice at the University of Arizona.

Ray Owen
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Ray Owen
Ray Owen

Ray is an experienced technology expert in mobile and fixed line broadband technologies and implementation.

Jim Peterson
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Jim Peterson
Jim Peterson

Jim Peterson is interested in developing and maturing systems-level thinking about complex products.

Tom Soldini
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Tom Soldini
Tom Soldini

Former Global Head of Maintenance Services at Alcatel-Lucent who specializes in Operational Excellence and Leadership Development and is a lead on our Assessment and Executive Consulting teams.

Paul Steinberg
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Paul Steinberg
Paul Steinberg

Paul Steinberg has over 40 years of industry experience in telecommunications and computer system technologies.

Mike Bergeron
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Mike Bergeron
Mike Bergeron

A former senior manager with Bell Laboratories experience in several Agile methods, including Scrum and Kanban and he has served as a Scum Master and Product Owner.

Cheryl Blum
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Cheryl Blum
Cheryl Blum

A former Vice President with the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) who is expert in telecom systems engineering and standards development.

Michael Carey
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Michael Carey
Michael Carey

An Australian national and telecom veteran with firms including Cisco with global experience in extreme-scale, non-stop/high-reliability networking.

Susan Cheney
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Susan Cheney
Susan Cheney

Former VP at Sprint and SBC who leads our Org Culture assessments, 360 degree feedback, Presentation Skills Workshops and other OD deliveries.

Noca Ervin, PMP, CSM, LSSGB

A decisive, action-oriented, and results-focused professional senior project manager well versed in leading strategic planning of complex programs.

Mike Fuller
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Mike Fuller
Mike Fuller

Mike is a highly experienced global business executive that has built, led, and transformed telecom and technology operational organizations, including wireless, optical, and wireline network deployments, product development, manufacturing, and software solutions.

Mark Gauldin
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Mark Gauldin
Mark Gauldin

Former VP of Engineering at Tekelec, an expert in E2E complex project definition and execution who has led numerous SkeensMcDonell assessments across the world.

Mark Hinch
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Mark Hinch
Mark Hinch

Mark is a highly experienced technical executive that has developed, deployed and supported complex hardware / software products worldwise starting from concept and following through to development and support.

Anil Jha
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Anil Jha
Anil Jha

Former VP with Harris Corp, expert in complex program management and Data Analytics, who leads SkeensMcDonell’s Data Analytics projects.

Christine Molinare

Former Executive Director at Motorola & Johnson Controls with broad deep expertise in Data Analytics, Agile Software Development, Quality Systems and in leading related transformational projects.

Russ Norman
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Russ Norman
Russ Norman

Former co-owner and CIO with Equian where he built a very strong team and highly customized systems needed to support the health insurance cost containment niche.

Antonio Ransom
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Antonio Ransom
Antonio Ransom

A former consulting member of technical staff (top 2%) with Bell Laboratories who specializes in complex real-time system engineering, design, and software architecture.

Mark Rusin
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Mark Rusin
Mark Rusin

A former Senior Product Management and Sales Director with Bell Laboratories and faculty member at North Central College. Delivers "Financial Concepts for Non-Financial Professionals" workshop.

Diane Russell, PMP

A PMP and former Distinguished member of technical staff (top 10%) with Bell Laboratories who has extensive expertise in software development, project management, and quality/process management.

Jim Sappington
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Jim Sappington
Jim Sappington

A former EVP - Global Operations, Digital & Technology with McDonald’s corporation who drove an overarching strategy that transformed the company into a Technology and Digital leader.

Randy Wilson
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Randy Wilson
Randy Wilson

A former Technical Sales Director with Allot Communications who, when with Lucent Technologies, he led several process reengineering efforts, achieving breakthroughs in project interval reduction and on-time delivery.

Kee Yau
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Kee Yau
Kee Yau

A former Director with Bell Laboratories adept at helping companies with the challenges of process improvement, globalization, new product introduction and best practices for customer support.

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