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Dr. Neil Clark
Executive Director

Neil has been providing talent management services for over 25 years. He provides assessment, development and consulting services to a wide range of business organizations throughout the US and Canada. He has provided sales and management talent screening and selection services for a Fortune 200 company for 15 years to the present. Dr. Clark helps business owners and executives improve their talent management decisions leading to their desired business outcomes. Neil is currently the Executive Director of HireSmart, LLC, a human capital management firm that uses online talent sourcing, screening and selection tools to help companies reduce the high cost of hiring mistakes. Through 25+ years of research and experience, HireSmart has organized a human capital toolbox that includes over 90 online talent management and development solutions. Neil holds a Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate degree in Psychology. His doctoral research was in organizational development. Earlier in his career, Dr. Clark provided pre-employment assessments and fitness for duty evaluations for various security and law enforcement agencies. He also provided consulting services to the North Dakota Board of Nursing where he designed and implemented an organizational research and development study entitled: Nursing Manpower Planning and Delineation of Nursing Practice. This workforce planning study was placed in the Library of Congress and it was considered to be instrumental in raising the educational level required for entry into the state’s nursing practice. Dr. Clark currently works with many small firms and with several Fortune 500 companies to develop and monitor high performance work systems in order to increase performance, productivity and bottom-line profits.

Charles Pope
Executive Search & Placement Consultant Charles 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 Ken 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.

Tania Standring
Talent Management Consultant - Recruiter Tania has over twenty years of professional experience to dedicate to your talent sourcing, recruitment, assessment and placement projects. She is a firm believer that emotional intelligence is just as important in the progressive professional environment today as thoughtful execution and delivery of quality work. She will use her extensive experience to assist you in finding the best talent available for your open positions. Tania is focused on helping business managers solve their most compelling people issues by providing new information that enables them to make better decisions. She helps her clients reach both their individual and business goals. Her areas of special knowledge and expertise include: Medical Office/Clinic Management, Restaurant Management, Fitness Facility Management and Sales, Clinical Trials/IT Professionals, Front-line Supervisors, Mid-Level Managers and Executives. She looks forward to listening to your needs and helping your firm become more successful.

Michelle Shelton
Marketing and Sales Consultant Michelle 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 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.


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Dr. Neil Clark Executive Director	Neil has been providing talent management services for over 25 years. He provides assessment, development and consulting services to a wide range of business organizations throughout the US and Canada. He has provided sales and management talent screening and selection services for a Fortune 200 company for 15 years to the present. Dr. Clark helps business owners and executives improve their talent management decisions leading to their desired business outcomes. Neil is currently the Executive Director of HireSmart, LLC, a human capital management firm that uses online talent sourcing, screening and selection tools to help companies reduce the high cost of hiring mistakes. Through 25+ years of research and experience, HireSmart has organized a human capital toolbox that includes over 90 online talent management and development solutions. Neil holds a Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate degree in Psychology. His doctoral research was in organizational development. Earlier in his career, Dr. Clark provided pre-employment assessments and fitness for duty evaluations for various security and law enforcement agencies. He also provided consulting services to the North Dakota Board of Nursing where he designed and implemented an organizational research and development study entitled: Nursing Manpower Planning and Delineation of Nursing Practice. This workforce planning study was placed in the Library of Congress and it was considered to be instrumental in raising the educational level required for entry into the state’s nursing practice. Dr. Clark currently works with many small firms and with several Fortune 500 companies to develop and monitor high performance work systems in order to increase performance, productivity and bottom-line profits.
Charles Pope Executive Search & Placement Consultant	Charles 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	Ken 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.
Tania Standring Talent Management Consultant - Recruiter	Tania has over twenty years of professional experience to dedicate to your talent sourcing, recruitment, assessment and placement projects. She is a firm believer that emotional intelligence is just as important in the progressive professional environment today as thoughtful execution and delivery of quality work. She will use her extensive experience to assist you in finding the best talent available for your open positions. Tania is focused on helping business managers solve their most compelling people issues by providing new information that enables them to make better decisions. She helps her clients reach both their individual and business goals. Her areas of special knowledge and expertise include: Medical Office/Clinic Management, Restaurant Management, Fitness Facility Management and Sales, Clinical Trials/IT Professionals, Front-line Supervisors, Mid-Level Managers and Executives. She looks forward to listening to your needs and helping your firm become more successful.
Michelle Shelton Marketing and Sales Consultant	Michelle 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 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.