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Joe Lewis — Principal

Joe has spent over 20 years transforming organizations of all sizes and in a variety of industries.  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.

He has led several practices in the IBM Supply Chain practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers performance improvement and e-business practice, and most recently served on the leadership team at Watson Wyatt Worldwide in the Government Consulting Services practice. He has been a leader in Business Process Redesign (BPR) with over two decades of experience in BPR and Customer Relations Management (CRM) related engagements. Joe also led a State and Local Client Service practice, providing BPR, E-Business and CRM related consulting services to state and local governments in industries such as transportation, public schools, city-owned hospitals, publicly owned utilities, and others.

Joe developed a proprietary method (Management Maturity Model M3™) because of the needs he has seen repeatedly 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.

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.
• A 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.

Christopher Sonnesyn — Management Advisor

Christopher Sonnesyn has 30 years of experience in providing organizational and human resource development services.  His expertise includes assisting senior executives to manage large scale organizational change, to design and facilitate strategic planning and team-building processes, and to lead quality management and business process reengineering (BPR) initiatives.  Mr. Sonnesyn has also conducted work culture surveys and other organizational assessments, managed career development programs, provided executive coaching, and designed and taught leadership and other skill building workshops. He has worked extensively with both private and public sector clients, including various state and federal agencies including the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT); the US Department of Homeland Security; the US Patent and Trademark Office; the Naval Sea, Engineering and Weapons Commands, and the Hamilton Securities Group.  His professional activities include chairing conferences and making presentations on strategic planning with the American Society for Training and Development, the International Quality and Productivity Center and the Advanced Learning Institute.

Nalin Jain — Management Advisor

Nalin has over twenty (20) years of International business and financial management experience in various trade industries and has worked for a diverse clientele in countries such as India, Africa and the United States.  Nalin has served in a business finance advisory capacity for several start-up technology companies.  He also assisted companies with market strategies to create marketable business plans for venture financing.  He has been instrumental and invaluable in assisting clients in critical areas such as cash flow projections, financial and business analysis, as well as business proposals.  

Previously, Nalin was the Director of a small business development center that is recognized by the Small Business Administration and he has developed extensive experience in small business development operations.  In the past eleven years, he has been credited for countless business transformations by providing strategic business consulting and technical assistance to entrepreneurs while operating a multi-cultured center for small businesses. He simultaneously coordinated these efforts with the Federal and State level agencies, local governments, private corporations and other trade business organizations in an effort to help small businesses to grow and build value. Under his leadership, new initiatives were developed and implemented to better provide practical business counseling to entrepreneurs. Nalin initiated a website project as a one stop tool for start up businesses in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Korean languages. He also organized and conducted extensive training seminars and presentations for diverse populations in business analysis, venture financing, business planning and financing.

Nalin has extensive experience working with business owners, bankers, lawyers  and government agencies in the following areas:

• Developing financial management practices, conducting audits and financial process re-engineering.
• Reviewing financial systems, identifying weaknesses in those systems and implementing procedures to safeguard corporate resources.
• Implementing business growth strategy while utilizing earnings based valuation, asset valuation, divestiture methods and financing options.
• Evaluating businesses using Internal Rate of Return and Net Present Value techniques.

Carla Lawrence — Management Advisor

Carla is a results driven consultant with over nine (9) years of professional experience in improving employee performance and increasing organizational efficiency.  Her professional competencies include change management, communications, curriculum development, and training delivery in support of business and system transformation projects.  

Carla has managed and created key deliverables and work products for private and state agency clients involved in customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations.  She has also successfully partnered with cross functional teams for business process improvement, vendor management, strategic development, project management, succession / transition planning, and diversity initiatives.

Highlights of Carla’s previous client engagements and accomplishments include:

• Managing change readiness and communication activities to support transformation and implementation projects.
• Identifying gaps and providing strategies to help mitigate risks which can negatively impact the change management and training strategies.
• Developing customized training solutions to ensure a holistic approach to training while leveraging the ADDIE model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation) and adult learning strategies.
• Documenting lessons learned and best practices to assist clients with future initiatives.
• Identifying key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure performance and gauge end user adoption.

Angela Gray — Management Advisor

Angela is a training professional with over 15 years of training experience and a proven track record in the areas of analysis, design, development and delivery.  She has partnered on initiatives to create management development training programs that focused on building high performing work teams. Angela has managed projects and initiatives related to compliance training, preventing workplace harassment and helped to create competency based standards for employees.  In her role as Training Manager for a Fortune 200 company, she consistently focused on the importance of providing outstanding service to customers by bringing real world scenarios into the classroom.  Angela has worked with executive leaders as a strategic partner in human resources to communicate issues and challenges that impact future planning.  Angela has led efforts to provide training to managers helping them become better leaders.

Highlights of Angela’s accomplishments include:

• Experienced motivator and producer of highly effective performers using creative design and facilitation methods.
• Innovative producer of training programs to improve managerial skills through management training sessions and online toolkits.
• Leader of Quality Assurance team focused on providing outstanding service to customers.  
  'Designed, developed, delivered and measured training programs for customer service agents and managers.
• Served as Project Manager for the rollout of online compliance based training for attorneys and staff at a national law firm.
• Implemented quality action planning meetings with business areas to identify gaps and create proven solutions that produced positive bottom line results.

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.

John Ruiz— Information Technology Manager

John is an experienced professional with a diverse background in Information Technology. He has provided solutions for support, networking, IT consulting and cost analysis for both small and large organizations within the public and private sectors. John also commands a proficiency in website development, graphic design and network security, as well as experience in installing and maintaining network infrastructure hardware. As a project leader, John has created various instruction manuals and end user troubleshooting guides that consistently ease the gap between IT and everyday usage. He is an excellent problem solver with the ability to multi-task and thrive in any environment.

Judi Williams — Management Advisor

Judi has over 15 of years of experience as a leader in managing small business programs. Her experience in civil rights compliance and organizational development in the transportation industry, economic development, and local government, has enabled businesses to align their processes to improve opportunities and build capacity to support the customer and financial objectives of small, minority and woman-owned businesses. Under Judi’s leadership various internal and external programs were monitored to address complaints, ensure equal opportunity, and manage best practices in business processes for employees and businesses. She also has expertise in providing training on Title VI compliance, business planning, human resource management, contract compliance, contract negotiation and interpretation, record keeping and reporting for small business on government contracts.

David Janifer

David has over 25 years of experience in the construction industry encompassing service in positions that have entailed code enforcement, plan review, construction management and construction administration. His ability to foster positive alliances has led to the improved and efficient performance of several key construction related programs in a number of organizations. David has worked with state and local government agencies, economic development corporations, large construction corporations, as well as local, small, and disadvantaged construction related business entities. Over the years, he has developed and maintained very positive working relationships with Washington, DC local government officials such as agency managers, directors, city council members and their staff, and appointees in Executive Office of the Mayor. His intimate involvement and leadership role in an aggressive capital improvement program launched by the DC Department of Parks and Recreation over the past 9 years has helped fuel the city’s recent success in providing opportunities for local Certified Business Enterprises (CBE).

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