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Bill Shepard, Founder & Executive Director
Phone(408) 292-1593 office (408) 206-7953 cell
Email bshepard@COOForum.org
Websitewww.COOForum.org

Bill Shepard brings to the COO Forum a wealth of senior level expertise, knowledge, and successes in a wide variety of industries and business situations. He founded the COO Forum in 2004 expressly to enable COOs and Second-in-Comm... (Full Bio)

Laura Weikle, Director of Chapter Development
Phone(408) 206-2994
Emaillweikle@COOForum.org
Websitewww.COOForum.org

Laura brings extensive organizational and administrative expertise to the COO Forum. She manages Chapter development nationally, oversees member services, and works closely with Executive Director Bill Shepard to grow the COO Forum... (Full Bio)

Skyler Shepard, Chief Technology Officer
Phone(917) 284-8022
Emailsshepard@COOForum.org
Websitewww.COOForum.org

Skyler brings 15+ years in technology, with an emphasis on media, to his role as CTO at COO Forum. His background is in technical management, strategy and digital media expertise, working on business, product, and technical teams.&... (Full Bio)

Jeanette Myers, Membership & eForum Coordinator
Phone(770) 253-1799
Emailjmyers@COOForum.org
Websitewww.COOForum.org

Jeanette contributes to the COO Forum an accomplished career of administrative assistance and senior secretarial experience from a varied spectrum of industries.  Her conscientious financial management and dependable coord... (Full Bio)



Chapter Directors

WESTERN REGION

    Arizona

Phoenix, Jim Jones
Phone (408) 390-6456
Email Jim@TheExecutivePartners.Com
Website www.TheExecutivePartners.Com    

Jim has extensive C-level experience as COO and President of multi-divisional, international manufacturing companies in a number of disciplines. Significant Supply Chain, Outsourcing and NPI (New Product Introduction) experience with sta... (Full Bio)


    California

Los Angeles, Randy Lewis
Phone (818) 426-3134
Email rlewis@thegslgroupllc.com
Website www.thegslgroupllc.com    

Founder of The GSL Group, LLC, Randy has more than 15 years consulting experience in valuation/appraisal, CFO services, financial, security and portfolio analysis, as well as corporate finance, business plan development, capital mar... (Full Bio)


Marin, Paul K. Herrerias
Phone (415) 721-7001 office (415) 302-5300 cell
Email p.herrerias@stantonchase.com
Website www.stantonchase.com    

Paul Herrerias is Managing Director and Founder of the Northern California office of Stanton Chase, a global retained executive search firm. His team specializes in recruiting at the chief, vice president, and director levels, and also f... (Full Bio)


Monterey, San Carlos & San Francisco, Bill Shepard
Phone (408) 292-1593 office (408) 206-7953 cell
Email bshepard@COOForum.org
Website www.COOForum.org    

Bill Shepard brings to the COO Forum a wealth of senior level expertise, knowledge, and successes in a wide variety of industries and business situations. He founded the COO Forum in 2004 expressly to enable COOs and Second-in-Command Ex... (Full Bio)


San Diego, Tony Espinoza
Phone (858) 337-6329
Email sdbetterresults@gmail.com

A global P&L executive with 21 years of experience leading turn-arounds in electronics manufacturing, information technology, software (electronic medical records), healthcare (home-health &hospice) , licensing (sports marketing)... (Full Bio)


San Jose, Dr. Juan Montermoso
Phone (408) 390-6475
Email jp.montermoso@comcast.net
Website www.montermoso.com    

As the President of Montermoso Associates, a marketing and training consultancy, Dr. Juan P. Montermoso enables high tech organizations to reach and retain the right customers by integrating channel management strategies with effective s... (Full Bio)


San Ramon, Joe Heaney
Phone (510) 333-8009
Email joe.heaney@oneaccordpartners.com
Website www.oneaccordpartners.com    

Joe Heaney is a highly accomplished C level executive with diversified experience primarily with mid-market and emerging businesses. He has developed innovative sales and marketing strategies and processes in a variety of industries. He ... (Full Bio)


    Colorado

Colorado Springs, John Erickson
Phone (719) 495-3820
Email jerickson@cooforum.org

John Erickson is founder and president of iStrat Systems, LLC. He is a seasoned leader, business advisor, technologist, and entrepreneur with a passion for strategic management, innovation, business development, techno... (Full Bio)


Denver, Bryan Garver
Phone (303) 554-2000 x110 Office
Email bgarver@innovargroup.com

Bryan Garver is Vice President and head of the Search Division for a leading provider of Recruitment and Information Technology services for the commercial and private sector, and one of the fastest growing private companies in the Unite... (Full Bio)


    Hawaii

Honolulu, Charlene Lo Chan
Phone (808) 275-3007 direct (808) 524-6441 main
Email charlene@brightlightmarketing.com

Charlene Chan oversees Bright Light Marketing’s strategic business development and is responsible for the implementation of its business plan. The 20-year-old firm provides customized services ranging from publicity, promotions, st... (Full Bio)


    Nevada

Northern Nevada, Diana Hoffman
Phone (775) 682-1777
Email hoffman.diana@gmail.com

Diana Hoffman is principal and founder of Hoffman Management Consulting Enterprises. Previously, she was CMO/Senior Vice President of PortalSoft, Inc., a Silicon Valley software startup and she was CEO of CREATE Tech Village Corporation ... (Full Bio)


    New Mexico

Albuquerque, Joe Swinger
Phone (801) 865-7849
Email joe@wishnm.org
Website joeswinger.com    

Joe is President of Joe Swinger Media and Author of Leave Your Nose Ring at Home - Get the Job You Want by Creating a Powerful First Impression.  He is the leading authority on the process of InnerViewing or interviewing fr... (Full Bio)


    Oregon

Portland, Scottie Johnson
Phone (337) 852-4389
Email sjiw08@gmail.com
Website www.lexseva.com    

Lexseva is one of America’s premier legal process outsourcing companies. They provide legal process solutions to law firms, in house counsel, and companies ranging all the way from document conversion, document coding, contract ana... (Full Bio)


    Washington

Seattle, Robert A. (Bob) King
Phone (425) 985-2019
Email bob.king@cooservices.com
Website www.COOServices.com    

Bob King is a strong executive leader with over 25 years of experience leading and managing manufacturing and distribution companies. The breadth of his experience ranges from Fortune 100 companies to $10M privately held concerns. <... (Full Bio)


Seattle, Scott Smith
Phone (206) 920-6566 Cell
Email scott.smith@oneaccordpartners.com
Website www.oneaccordpartners.com    

Scott Smith is a partner at OneAccord Partners.  Scott has an extensive experience in both operations and in creating revenue.  Scott’s experience covers two decades of implementing operating, sales and marketing strategi... (Full Bio)


MIDWESTERN REGION

    Illinois

Chicago, Kevin R. Callahan
Phone (847) 749-1430
Email krcallahan@alumni.nd.edu

Kevin R. Callahan is an Executive Management Consultant, Turnaround Specialist and Problem Fixer. He excels at improving service companies' productivity and profitability. Kevin’s experience includes Fortunes, mid-cap and small com... (Full Bio)


Chicago-North Shore, Cathy Lieberman
Phone (312) 951-8199 Office (312) 259-8199 Cell
Email cathy_lieberman@yahoo.com
Website www.acnconsult.org/members-only/profile?consultant=153    

Cathy Lieberman is the Principal at CDL Business Consulting. Her engagements focus on financial and strategic planning, business plan development, organizational analysis and structure, fund raising, community relations, board developmen... (Full Bio)


    Indiana

Indianapolis, Joseph M. Krall
Phone (765) 606-6702
Email joseph@krallPS.com
Website www.krallPS.com    

Joseph has had decades of extensive and diverse executive and managerial experience in industry.  His responsibilities have included manufacturing, human resources, engineering, quality, process improvement, six sigma and lean to me... (Full Bio)


    Kansas

Kansas City, Daniel W. Carter
Phone (913) 485-2533 Office (913) 422-4610 Fax
Email dcarter@cooforum.org

Daniel W. Carter is responsible for the consulting practice of Policy Solutions. Daniel has directed the management and technology consulting practice with a business-oriented, delivery-focused perspective that helps C-level leadership t... (Full Bio)


    Michigan

Detroit, Craig Lamiman
Phone (248) 721-1769
Email clamiman@comcast.net

Craig L. Lamiman offers clients 25 years of global business experience with Consumer Products, Aerospace, Technology, Automotive Supply, Energy and entrepreneurial companies.

Mr. Lamiman has extensive business strategy & huma... (Full Bio)


    Nebraska

Omaha & Lincoln, Tom Malone
Phone (402) 330-3147 Office (402) 871-6345 Cell
Email tommalo@gmail.com

Tom Malone has been active in the business world over the last 30 years as a Public Accountant, Corporate Accountant, Auditor, IT Business Owner, Business Consultant, College Instructor and Project Manager.  Given his unique backgro... (Full Bio)


    Ohio

Cincinnati, Paul Cashen
Phone (513) 518-7400
Email pcashen@focalpointcoaching.com
Website www.focalpointcoaching.com    

Paul J. Cashen is President of Business Clarity Inc. d/b/a FocalPoint Coaching. Paul brings more than 30 years of professional management and leadership experience to the company, the majority of that experience invested in developing ne... (Full Bio)


Columbus, Roger S. Antolik
Phone (614) 562-0439
Email Roger@ReachingSuperiorAchievements.com
Website www.ReachingSuperiorAchievements.com    

Roger S Antolik, founder of Reaching Superior Achievements, partners with clients to design and implement programs to develop executives, managers, supervisors and key personal to use more of their potential and reach higher levels of su... (Full Bio)


Dayton, Robert Forschner
Phone (937) 572-2368
Email rforschner@focalpointcoaching.com
Website http://www.robertforschner@focalpointcoaching.com    

Bob is owner of Excellence in Business Coaching which combines Bob’s 30+ years of business leadership and experience with the powerful and practical results based content and expertise of one of the world’s best known busines... (Full Bio)


EASTERN REGION

    Connecticut

Stamford, Jennifer McKeon
Phone (203) 328-2715 Office (203) 461-4662 Cell
Email jennifer.mckeon@LHH.com
Website www.LHH.com    

Jennifer Tobola McKeon is a Vice President of Business Development with Lee Hecht Harrison, a global human capital consulting firm.  She is a talent management executive with proven success in leading teams in corporate environments... (Full Bio)


    Massachusetts

Boston, Gary J. Comeau
Phone (781) 620-1006 office (781) 929-1148 cell
Email gjcomeau@necs-ma.com
Website www.necs-ma.com    

Gary Comeau, President and founder of New England Collaboration Solutions has over 20 years of industry and consulting experience.  He specializes in organizational improvement and working with businesses to increase revenue and dec... (Full Bio)


    New Jersey

Eddison, Clive Crooks
Phone (732) 397-8722 Cell
Email ccrooks@cooforum.org

Clive Crooks is founder and president of LeadersInVision, a consultancy and advisory practice offering business, channel and operational development solutions to entrepreneurial start-ups and transformational organizations.  As a st... (Full Bio)


Princeton, Sajid A. Khan
Phone (609) 716-9020
Email sajid@microagility.com
Website www.microagility.com    

As president of MicroAgility, Sajid is responsible for MicroAgility’s strategy and vision, major client relationships, and leading key engagements.

Sajid brings two decades of Management and consulting experience and has be... (Full Bio)


    New York

New York, Joseph B. Quinn
Phone (212) 455-8589
Email joseph.quinn@lhh.com
Website www.lhh.com    

Joseph B. Quinn is a Senior Vice President with Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH), the global human capital consulting firm.  In his role, he helps corporate clients strategically lead employees through the employee lifecycle.  Mr. Quin... (Full Bio)


    Virginia/Washington DC

Washington D.C., Raj Leyl
Phone (301) 537-4034 cell
Email rleyl@cooforum.org
Website www.sevatec.com    

Raj Leyl is currently an Executive Director at SevaTec, a rapidly growing professional services firm specializing in business transformation, human capital management, and IT consulting services.  In this role, he provides executive... (Full Bio)


SOUTHERN REGION

    Florida

Fort Lauderdale, L. Ashley Coke
Phone (954) 439-5304
Email lacoke@cooforum.org

L. Ashley Coke has been involved extensively in business and information technology for more than 25- years, working at all levels.  He is currently involved in melding Social Media Technology/Marketing Strategies and Emergenetics i... (Full Bio)


Orlando, Ron Wilkiinson
Phone (407) 489-0088
Email Ronald.G.Wilkinson@gmail.com

Ron Wilkinson is the Principal and Founder of exCXOs, LLC, a central Florida-based company.  exCXOs provides seasoned CFOs, COOs, CMOs and other CXOs to businesses that need the experience, skills-sets and creative thinking of six-f... (Full Bio)


Tampa, Ron Curci
Phone (813) 758-0074 office (813) 758-0043 cell
Email ron@eaglebusinessconsulting.com
Website www.eaglebusinessconsulting.com    

Ron Curci has been involved extensively in business and information technology for more than 25-years, working at all levels from Operations through Management. Ron currently is involved in the daily operations of Eagle Business Consulti... (Full Bio)


    Georgia

Atlanta, Jim Harvey
Phone (404) 252-3677
Email j.harvey@stantonchase.com
Website www.stantonchase.com    

James Harvey, a Director in the Atlanta office, has more than 20 years of experience as a retained executive search consultant in a wide range of industries and functional areas. At Stanton Chase he functions as a generalist, with a conc... (Full Bio)


Atlanta, Tony Palmer
Phone (678) 467-3707
Email t.palmer@stantonchase.com
Website www.stantonchase.com    

Tony Palmer is a Principal with StantonChase International, a global retained executive search firm with 68 offices in 40 countries.

Tony received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of North C... (Full Bio)


    Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, Edwina Trout, PhD
Phone (405) 834-8948
Email edwinat@partnersinpeakperformance.com
Website www.partnersinpeakperformance.com    

Edwina Trout, Ph.D. is a co-founder and principal partner in Partners in Peak Performance.  She is an organizational development professional and has assisted many different companies in growing customer loyalty through developing t... (Full Bio)


    Tennessee

Nashville, Bob Chaput
Phone (615) 496-4891
Email bchaput@COOForum.org
Website www.DataMountain.com    

Bob Chaput has served in a number of key general management roles and C-suite operational assignments throughout his 30-year career leading global organizations at GE, Johnson & Johnson executive positions, the COO Forum’s serv... (Full Bio)


    Texas

Austin, Venkata Vadlamani
Phone (913) 871-1341 Office (573) 268-7227 Cell
Email venky@aepigroup.com
Website www.aepigroup.com    

Venkata S. Vadlamani, is the CEO and Founder of Applied Enterprise Practices International.  Venkata is a growth strategist and advisor to technology centric businesses, leveraging several years of knowledge and experience in b... (Full Bio)


Dallas, Aaron Butler
Phone (214) 542-0405
Email aaron.butler@powerobjects.com
Website www.tectura.com    

Aaron is a result oriented IT executive and has spent the majority of his 15 year career focused on helping organizations utilize technology to help them become efficient and effective.  His experience ranges from implementation, pr... (Full Bio)


Houston, Robert E. (Bob) Tompkins
Phone (917) 733-6025
Email Rtompkins3@verizon.net

Bob Tompkins has been building companies and growing great teams for over 30 years.  He has truly become an Executive Operations Specialist after founding and growing two scientifically-driven organizations nationwide in the unrelat... (Full Bio)





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