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Neil Clark
Executive Director

is an Arizona Licensed Psychologist with over twenty years of professional experience in personnel and organizational psychology. His mission and purpose is to help managers improve their talent management effectiveness. Neil is currently the Executive Director of HireSmart, a human capital management firm that uses online sourcing, screening and selection tools to help companies reduce the high cost of hiring mistakes. His doctoral research was in organizational development. Dr. Clark is a Strategic Business Partner of Profiles International Inc., a leading international human capital assessment company. He is also a Professional Associate of Human Resource Development Press.  He currently works with many small firms and with several Fortune 500 companies to develop and monitor high performance work systems. Neil is a current member of the Arizona Psychological Association, the Personnel Testing Council of Arizona, the Knowledge Management Forum and the Arizona Better Business Bureau.

Charles Pope
Executive Search & Placement Consultant is a specialist in executive search and placement, organizational planning and human resources management. He develops executive compensation plans and performance management programs for both public and private sector clients. He assists Senior Managers with strategic planning, succession planning and evaluation of organizational structure and design.   Prior to entering into private practice in 1991, Mr. Pope was employed by a large regional CPA firm and a national CPA firm as a human resources and general business consultant. He has provided consulting for a national executive search firm and a corporate controllership. He has also provided general management consulting to the business aviation industry. He is a member of the North Dakota and Minnesota Societies of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and World-at-Work (formerly the American Compensation Association). He has a B.A. in Accounting from Minot State University.

Ken Hein
Senior Consultant is widely recognized as a premier business and marketing strategist. He has compiled an impressive record of strategic planning, new product development, market research and analysis, customized sales training and he has advanced the leadership and management skills of senior level business owners and executives. He has served a diverse client base as a financing intermediary for expansion, acquisition, working capital and start-up funding requirements. As an independent business consultant, and while a Senior Marketing Manager/Consultant with a quality management firm, Mr. Hein has worked with many firms ranging from Fortune 10 to basic start-ups in size. His clients have included: Exxon, Del Monte, Price Waterhouse, Kansas City Southern Industries, Kerry Ingredients, Inter-tel and Henry & Horne, PLC. Ken recently retired from the armed services after a 32 year affiliation with Activity Duty, Reserve and National Guard forces. A retired Lieutenant Colonel, he was branch qualified in Military Intelligence, Infantry and Special Operations. During his career he served as a Senior Training Officer at the Kansas Military Academy, Protocol Escort Officer to a state Governor and a non-resident instructor at the Command and General Staff School. Ken holds a BS in Business from Emporia State University and an MBA in Marketing from Rockhurst University. He is a certified MBTI facilitator, ISO 9000 qualified and he is an adjunct professor at Grand Canyon University where he currently teaches International Marketing in the MBA program. He is a member of the Alliance of Mergers and Acquisitions Advisors and the Greater Phoenix Mergers and Acquisitions Roundtable.

Michelle Shelton
Marketing and Sales Consultant has expertise in critical aspects of business management including marketing, branding, customer relations and sales. Michelle is also a Licensed Arizona Real Estate Agent. She has a wide range of experiences in marketing and sales planning, public relations campaigns, market research and positioning. She has developed special skills and knowledge in customer management including value-added communications, service excellence, customer referral networking and appreciation programs. She also builds strong vendor relationships gaining competitive advantages in purchasing and contract negotiations. She is a tireless entrepreneur who brings high levels of enthusiasm, energy and creativity to every business endeavor. Her diversified work experiences give her insight into people and business problems where others may fail. Michelle�s entrepreneurial spirit stems from growing up in a family owned business in the Midwest. Her father was a successful businessman who single handedly branded his company name by becoming an innovator in self-service gasoline. She watched her father take a single bait shop and turn it into a thriving chain of Convenience Stores. She gained a wealth of practical knowledge by working with her father on different aspects of the business, eventually managing several of the stores herself. In 1991, Michelle founded Our Daily Bread, a bakery equipment business. In order to develop greater visibility for her business she taught adult education classes through Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska. She also provided marketing and public relations services for Weather Wise Roofing, and Getko Group, a division of Cendant. Michelle�s creative imagination gives her an edge in developing newsletters, advertising layouts, PowerPoint Marketing Presentations, and sales flyers.

Thomas Silvestri
Senior Business Consultant For the last 15 years Thomas has been a successful business executive and entrepreneur with extensive experience in business development, internet strategy, market intelligence, information technology systems including international business experience. The first company he founded in 1985 was KDC Music Production in Germany, a total music production company producing TV/Radio Commercials and management for Record Industry Artists. The second company he founded in 1999 was Transmedianet Inc., an innovative internet solutions company in Chicago. After a profitable sale of this organization, Thomas moved to Scottsdale, Arizona to work as an Internet Ebusiness Consultant helping start up and intermediate businesses succeed with their key account development and business strategy on the Internet. Thomas graduated from Northwestern University, American Academy and The Musikhochschule with multiple degrees in Music/Arts Production and Business Management.

John Samota
Senior Performance Consultant
John Samota is President of HPI Specialists and works with client organizations to design, develop and implement state-of-the-art performance management programs. His qualifications include an M.Ed. in Instructional Technology from Arizona State University. For over 17 years he has supported quality and management groups at major semiconductor manufacturing, service organizations and federal agencies and has extensive experience in project management. He has designed and developed on average 15 programs a year and managed development of many more.

JoAnne Davis
Senior Recruiter JoAnne Davis is a senior consultant with diverse experience and demonstrated success with individual career coaching as well as serving Senior Human Resource Professionals and their needs. JoAnne worked for Motorola for over 20 years and her areas of expertise include Selection & Hiring, Organization Development, Training & Development, Process Improvements, Performance Management, Behavior & Values Profiling and Assessments. During her years with Motorola, she worked with all levels of the organization to implement cultural change and to deploy Motorola initiatives throughout the organization. As an internal Organization Development Consultant at Motorola, she was responsible for providing a total intervention. This included providing leadership in organizational interventions such as organizational scans, diagnostics, prescriptions for improvements in organizational effectiveness, succession planning and consulting with business units on training solutions for critical business issues. As a facilitator, JoAnne has conducted training programs in the areas of leadership development, team development, conflict resolution, meeting management, cycle time management, performance management, and behavioral interviewing.    She has also facilitated sessions to help organizations meet their business objectives. JoAnne has a strong process improvement background and was certified as an Internal Malcolm Baldrige examiner. In her previous position with Motorola, she was instrumental in implementing process improvements and establishing metrics to document the recruitment process and the significant results obtained.  She believes that the most effective people are those who understand themselves, both their strengths and weakness, so they can develop strategies to meet the demands of their environment. She is presently working with individuals and teams who have great potential, but are struggling to maximize their performance.

James Davis
Staffing Specialist James Davis is Senior Recruiter with a depth of experience in human resources, temp staffing, payroll, accounting and sales. He is skilled in interviewing, screening, and placing employees. He has administered payroll for up to 100 employees. He has worked for Grafton Staffing Companies, Cassia Builders, and Cracker Barrel. He speaks Spanish fluently and he is very computer savvy. He builds computers with component parts. He is competent in the use of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Caldwell Tempware and Metro Temppak. James has developed Sales, Management and Supervision Competencies allowing him to wear a variety of hats in any business settings.

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Neil Clark Executive Director	is an Arizona Licensed Psychologist with over twenty years of professional experience in personnel and organizational psychology. His mission and purpose is to help managers improve their talent management effectiveness. Neil is currently the Executive Director of HireSmart, a human capital management firm that uses online sourcing, screening and selection tools to help companies reduce the high cost of hiring mistakes. His doctoral research was in organizational development. Dr. Clark is a Strategic Business Partner of Profiles International Inc., a leading international human capital assessment company. He is also a Professional Associate of Human Resource Development Press. He currently works with many small firms and with several Fortune 500 companies to develop and monitor high performance work systems. Neil is a current member of the Arizona Psychological Association, the Personnel Testing Council of Arizona, the Knowledge Management Forum and the Arizona Better Business Bureau.
Charles Pope Executive Search & Placement Consultant	is a specialist in executive search and placement, organizational planning and human resources management. He develops executive compensation plans and performance management programs for both public and private sector clients. He assists Senior Managers with strategic planning, succession planning and evaluation of organizational structure and design. Prior to entering into private practice in 1991, Mr. Pope was employed by a large regional CPA firm and a national CPA firm as a human resources and general business consultant. He has provided consulting for a national executive search firm and a corporate controllership. He has also provided general management consulting to the business aviation industry. He is a member of the North Dakota and Minnesota Societies of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and World-at-Work (formerly the American Compensation Association). He has a B.A. in Accounting from Minot State University.
Ken Hein Senior Consultant	is widely recognized as a premier business and marketing strategist. He has compiled an impressive record of strategic planning, new product development, market research and analysis, customized sales training and he has advanced the leadership and management skills of senior level business owners and executives. He has served a diverse client base as a financing intermediary for expansion, acquisition, working capital and start-up funding requirements. As an independent business consultant, and while a Senior Marketing Manager/Consultant with a quality management firm, Mr. Hein has worked with many firms ranging from Fortune 10 to basic start-ups in size. His clients have included: Exxon, Del Monte, Price Waterhouse, Kansas City Southern Industries, Kerry Ingredients, Inter-tel and Henry & Horne, PLC. Ken recently retired from the armed services after a 32 year affiliation with Activity Duty, Reserve and National Guard forces. A retired Lieutenant Colonel, he was branch qualified in Military Intelligence, Infantry and Special Operations. During his career he served as a Senior Training Officer at the Kansas Military Academy, Protocol Escort Officer to a state Governor and a non-resident instructor at the Command and General Staff School. Ken holds a BS in Business from Emporia State University and an MBA in Marketing from Rockhurst University. He is a certified MBTI facilitator, ISO 9000 qualified and he is an adjunct professor at Grand Canyon University where he currently teaches International Marketing in the MBA program. He is a member of the Alliance of Mergers and Acquisitions Advisors and the Greater Phoenix Mergers and Acquisitions Roundtable.
Michelle Shelton Marketing and Sales Consultant	has expertise in critical aspects of business management including marketing, branding, customer relations and sales. Michelle is also a Licensed Arizona Real Estate Agent. She has a wide range of experiences in marketing and sales planning, public relations campaigns, market research and positioning. She has developed special skills and knowledge in customer management including value-added communications, service excellence, customer referral networking and appreciation programs. She also builds strong vendor relationships gaining competitive advantages in purchasing and contract negotiations. She is a tireless entrepreneur who brings high levels of enthusiasm, energy and creativity to every business endeavor. Her diversified work experiences give her insight into people and business problems where others may fail. Michelle�s entrepreneurial spirit stems from growing up in a family owned business in the Midwest. Her father was a successful businessman who single handedly branded his company name by becoming an innovator in self-service gasoline. She watched her father take a single bait shop and turn it into a thriving chain of Convenience Stores. She gained a wealth of practical knowledge by working with her father on different aspects of the business, eventually managing several of the stores herself. In 1991, Michelle founded Our Daily Bread, a bakery equipment business. In order to develop greater visibility for her business she taught adult education classes through Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska. She also provided marketing and public relations services for Weather Wise Roofing, and Getko Group, a division of Cendant. Michelle�s creative imagination gives her an edge in developing newsletters, advertising layouts, PowerPoint Marketing Presentations, and sales flyers.
Thomas Silvestri Senior Business Consultant	For the last 15 years Thomas has been a successful business executive and entrepreneur with extensive experience in business development, internet strategy, market intelligence, information technology systems including international business experience. The first company he founded in 1985 was KDC Music Production in Germany, a total music production company producing TV/Radio Commercials and management for Record Industry Artists. The second company he founded in 1999 was Transmedianet Inc., an innovative internet solutions company in Chicago. After a profitable sale of this organization, Thomas moved to Scottsdale, Arizona to work as an Internet Ebusiness Consultant helping start up and intermediate businesses succeed with their key account development and business strategy on the Internet. Thomas graduated from Northwestern University, American Academy and The Musikhochschule with multiple degrees in Music/Arts Production and Business Management.
John Samota Senior Performance Consultant	John Samota is President of HPI Specialists and works with client organizations to design, develop and implement state-of-the-art performance management programs. His qualifications include an M.Ed. in Instructional Technology from Arizona State University. For over 17 years he has supported quality and management groups at major semiconductor manufacturing, service organizations and federal agencies and has extensive experience in project management. He has designed and developed on average 15 programs a year and managed development of many more.
JoAnne Davis Senior Recruiter	JoAnne Davis is a senior consultant with diverse experience and demonstrated success with individual career coaching as well as serving Senior Human Resource Professionals and their needs. JoAnne worked for Motorola for over 20 years and her areas of expertise include Selection & Hiring, Organization Development, Training & Development, Process Improvements, Performance Management, Behavior & Values Profiling and Assessments. During her years with Motorola, she worked with all levels of the organization to implement cultural change and to deploy Motorola initiatives throughout the organization. As an internal Organization Development Consultant at Motorola, she was responsible for providing a total intervention. This included providing leadership in organizational interventions such as organizational scans, diagnostics, prescriptions for improvements in organizational effectiveness, succession planning and consulting with business units on training solutions for critical business issues. As a facilitator, JoAnne has conducted training programs in the areas of leadership development, team development, conflict resolution, meeting management, cycle time management, performance management, and behavioral interviewing. She has also facilitated sessions to help organizations meet their business objectives. JoAnne has a strong process improvement background and was certified as an Internal Malcolm Baldrige examiner. In her previous position with Motorola, she was instrumental in implementing process improvements and establishing metrics to document the recruitment process and the significant results obtained. She believes that the most effective people are those who understand themselves, both their strengths and weakness, so they can develop strategies to meet the demands of their environment. She is presently working with individuals and teams who have great potential, but are struggling to maximize their performance.
James Davis Staffing Specialist	James Davis is Senior Recruiter with a depth of experience in human resources, temp staffing, payroll, accounting and sales. He is skilled in interviewing, screening, and placing employees. He has administered payroll for up to 100 employees. He has worked for Grafton Staffing Companies, Cassia Builders, and Cracker Barrel. He speaks Spanish fluently and he is very computer savvy. He builds computers with component parts. He is competent in the use of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Caldwell Tempware and Metro Temppak. James has developed Sales, Management and Supervision Competencies allowing him to wear a variety of hats in any business settings.