Bill Nash, MBA, has been an executive adviser and management consultant for over 30 years working with both public and private sector organizations in the areas of strategy development and implementation, operational improvement, organizational development and change management. His clients represent a variety of industries and have ranged from small technology start ups to large international corporations.
Randal Breaux, MBA, has over ten years of professional experience as a corporate trainer and training developer,working in a wide variety of organizations and industries. Randal is an advanced practitioner of active training and other adult learning principles and has developed a great many original training exercises which participants have found to be relevant, insightful, and engaging. He has facilitated dozens of strategic planning, executive, and work-group retreats in which business-critical decisions were formulated.Randal has successful and extensive experience working in very small and very large group settings. He is an accomplished keynote speaker, business presenter, and writer.
Bob is an experienced executive and professional consultant with a successful track record of improving organizational performance and implementing complex change in organizations from under 500 employees to Fortune 100 companies through guiding and supporting cross-functional teams from development of strategy to the implementation of information and results-driven, performance improvement projects covering structure, process, technology and team effectiveness, and the change management needed to succeed.
Bob holds his Bachelors degree from UCLA, and both MBA and MS degrees from USC, and has worked for such firms as PricewaterhouseCoopers, J.D. Power and Associates, Sony, Capitol Industries, Blue Cross and Union Bank.
Bob Caruso has more than 20 years of experience in reinventing, redefining and energizing the Fortune 500. Bob's experience includes customer care, brand management, large system sales, and technology implementations with a particular emphasis on integrating the customer's voice within the operating environment. At Endeavor Management he works closely with businesses in multiple industries to leverage the firm's experience and knowledge to create individualized, customer focused strategies to drive business success. Prior to joining Endeavor Management, Mr. Caruso led consulting practices at J.D. Power and Associates, Deloitte Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is a retired U.S. Air Force officer with over 1,000 flying hours in high performance aircraft. Bob received a master's degree in educational leadership from Bradley University and bachelor's degree in Biology from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
Cathy Connors leads our healthcare practice with almost 30 years of experience within the Healthcare and Non-profit industries. She has been working in the areas of strategic planning,organizational transformation, business improvement through process redesign,performance measurement, and complex project management. She also has a strong financial background with extensive experience in the areas of operating and capital budgeting, cost accounting, financial planning, and forecasting.
Steve Ferguson, PhD, has more than 25 years experience in both management and consulting. Steve's expertise is focused on growing companies, strategic organizational design and transformation, improving organization performance, leadership development, and integrating customer intelligence into management decisions and business operations. He is also experienced in opinion/survey research. Steve has held positions as chief executive officer, member of the management committee, and member of the board of directors in publicly held companies. His business perspective is founded on a company achieving both its enterprise goals and the needs of its customers. Steve has led, managed, or participated in significant growth and transformation initiatives for both Fortune 500 and privately held companies. His consulting engagements have been with a broad range of companies in financial services, information technology, and healthcare industries and with governmental agencies including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Forest Service. Steve earned his PhD in organization development from the University of Washington, a master's degree in MIS from Tarleton State University, and a bachelor's degree in history The Citadel.
Mike Forsyth is a multifunctional professional with more than 20 years of business experience focused in the areas of economic development, financial analysis, utilities privatization, marketing, human resources, information systems, and overall program management. He has a consistent track record and proven results in supporting business objectives through leadership, effective communication, organization, and problem solving. His comprehensive appreciation of the key issues and challenges facing client organizations has enabled him to assist clients in solving their problems with creative and beneficial solutions. His clients have included public and private businesses, non-profits, and governmental enterprises. Mike holds a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems from Boston University and a Bachelor of Science in Management from the United States Air Force Academy.
As a proven C-level business leader, Jim is known for transformation of emerging technology-based businesses by building value in turnarounds and by growing market share under intense competition, and has substantial experience in all aspects of mergers and acquisitions from initial planning to integration of businesses. With over fifteen years in President/ CEO/ General Management roles, and over 30 years in positions of increasing responsibilities with Texas Instruments, Baker Hughes, Thermo Electron and VMETRO, Jim has broad functional and operational experience in manufacturing and materials management, worldwide sales and distribution, marketing and business development, engineering and multi-site project management as well as general management in small and large company environments.
Jim's educational background includes a B.S. in General Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, an M.B.A. from St. Edward's University, and a Ph.D in Management Science/ Operations Research from The McCombs Business School at The University of Texas at Austin.
Bob Laza, PhD, has almost 30 years of diverse experience with a wide range of commercial enterprises. Bob's experience includes corporate line management, as well as management consulting and full life cycle systems implementation (planning through implementation) over a broad spectrum of applications including both operations and business systems. He has been directly responsible for the development of several business entities, providing the vision, client/services strategy,marketing leadership, and operations management. He also teaches Organizational Change Management in the Keller Graduate Business School.
Dr. Jerry Lieberman has assisted clients for more than 15 years making major strategic decisions and planning their implementation.Working in diverse industries, including oil and gas, IT, manufacturing, and automotive, he has helped leadership teams develop and implement strategies for cost reduction, new work processes, technology selection, IT services, new product development, and new business models.His focus has been to help clients make and implement major, high-value decisions in spite of uncertainty and ambiguity.This includes managing the project team, maintaining relationships and clear communications with senior level management, strong analytical skills for development of a quantitative understanding of business value creation, development of the story and communication of business value to stakeholders, providing planning and strategic guidance for strategy value realization, and integrating the value story with needed actions for implementation.Jerry was a Principal at Decision Strategies (8 years) and held various Director level marketing and planning positions at General Motors.He has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from The University of Rochester.
Rick Mauro has thirty years of experience in several petroleum industry arenas, Rick has built a comprehensive understanding of technology utilization applied to collaboration, visualization, interpretation, real time operations, and integration of cross-domain data and technology. Rick built his experience while working for and with major IOC's, large and small independents, technology vendors and service companies. From this background, he brings a deep knowledge and a keen eye from the user perspective, combined with management and strategy consulting experience. A geologist by degree, Rick has worked on major projects in North America, Australia, Africa, South America and the Middle East. He is a leader in understanding and managing the change requirements for implementing technology and system integration. He has championed and led major technology based organizational initiatives, addressing operational needs through understanding business-level strategy and drivers for energy and technology corporations.
Beverley draws upon a diverse career of over three decades with the world-renowned customer service champion and Fortune 200 financial services company, USAA. During her tenure there, she progressed from front-line employee to a variety of senior vice president positions in staff and multiple line-of-business operations, geographically dispersed across multi-site domestic and international locations.This unique experience enables her to provide her clients with "real-world" experiences and executable customer and employee-focused strategies designed to produce desired performance and results.Beverley specializes in leadership excellence, operational execution, change leadership, service culture creation, and customer experience and relationship development.
Beverley received her undergraduate degree at Texas State University and completed the Wharton Advanced Executive Education Program. She holds the professional insurance designations of Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Fellow of the Life Management institute (FLMI). She is a certified professional coach through the International Coaching Federation(ICF), and is certified in the Energy Leadership and Lominger Leadership Assessments.
Cynthia Sepety is a strong leader with 30 years experience in operations management, change leadership and performance consulting. She has special expertise in driving leadership alignment, stakeholder engagement, and business readiness for large systems integrations. She is recognized for effective interpersonal skills, development of people, and ability to draw out viable strategic and operational solutions to complex problems in diverse groups. Industry experience includes key management positions with Mobil in the gas liquids, chemicals and plastics divisions as well as manufacturing and quality assurance positions in the steel industry.
Michael Shook is an experienced Executive, Executive Coach, Team Leader, Team Facilitator, Change Management Consultant, and Business Strategy Consultant. Michael worked for 20 years at Shell Oil, in various Exploration and Production assignments, based in developing and implementing business and marketplace strategy and leading new technology commercialization. In Michael's experience, he has worked in leadership and strategy development, coaching and alliance creation with many oil and gas operators and major service companies. Michael holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Houston, where he graduated with Honors and 2nd in class standing. Michael also holds a BBA in Management from Texas Tech University. Michael is a certified Executive Coach, and certified in the Birkman Assessment, 360 performance feedback, change management and team leadership.