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ASSOCIATE BIOS
Dr. Neil Clark
Executive Director
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
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 Strategic Planning Consultant
Senior Strategic Planning 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
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.
