Our Professionals
Joe Lewis — Principal
Joe has spent over 20 years transforming organizations of all sizes and in a variety of industries. Joe developed a proprietary tool (Management Maturity Model M3™) because of the needs he has repeatedly seen while working with business owners and leaders as they experience difficulty preparing their organization for growth. As an Industrial Engineer by education and Management Consultant by profession, Joe has devoted his entire career to understanding operational issues surrounding business organizations.
As a Business Consulting Practice Leader and Big Five Partner his experiences are broad and extensive, they include program management, strategic management, technical business integration, business development, P&L management, and solution development. He has a proven ability to develop business practices from infancy to multi-million dollar enterprises.
Below is a professional summary of his experiences:
- Experienced leader and successful growth record as Chief Operating Officer of an IT and Management Consulting start-up company.
- Experienced hands-on practice leader with a strong track record in developing project scope for large complex projects, determining staffing requirements, managing costs, increasing sales, and meeting deadlines while managing a profitable practice.
- Extensive business start-up experience developing innovative solutions that address specific industry issues.
- Experience developing a National Business Development network as part of a practice expansion strategy
- Significant experience in sustaining long-term client relationships with C-level executives.
- Experience developing risk management and legal protocols to grow an aggressive practice while managing financial and legal risks. Significant experience negotiating and establishing third-party alliance agreements with product and service vendors.
Debrah Little — Technical Analyst
Debrah is our technical analyst lead and is responsible for managing the BTG consulting infrastructure. Debrah has demonstrated experience in business process improvement analysis and problem solving techniques, working with Systems Development Lifecycle Methodology, and has extensive knowledge with relational databases. As a technical analyst her proven skills have been implemented in a variety of organizations. Her experiences include: usability testing, end-user manuals, developing test scripts, developing training plans, functional requirements analysis, data migration, SharePoint, on-line survey and assessment tools and developing certification and accreditation packages for e-Government systems.
Steve Arnett — Management Advisor
Steve has twenty-seven (27) years of information technology experience in managing, developing and implementing information technology solutions for both the public and private sectors. Diverse consulting background includes extensive experience in the design, development and delivery of advanced technologies and performance improvements to meet business, financial, competitive and customer demands. Motivational manager and mentor with outstanding record of achievement implementing new business concepts, delivering innovative business solutions, and facilitating transitioning operations with a high level of ethics and risk management alternatives.
Geoff Gilpin — Management Advisor
Geoff has over 20 years of experience in market strategy and advertising techniques. He has managed fast growing professional services firms specializing in brand marketing and the development, management and execution of strategic communication campaigns targeting technology, consumer goods, political action and professional services organizations. He also works with a select group of clients overseeing their business strategy evolution, planning, account management, operations, marketing and the development of business and financial analytics. Geoff has managed, developed and implemented global marketing activities for large government and private sector organizations Geoff also has experience at providing critical thinking and analysis in support of brand strategy, advertising efforts and community relations, including the planning, budgeting, tracking and measurement of broadcast, print and direct response media.
