About Us

Doug Phelps has executive experience in worldwide Services and Products Management, with an extensive background in domestic and international operations and business development, marketing strategies and sales, and productive relationship building for small to midsize companies and non-profit organizations. He is on the Board of Directors for the South Jeffco chapter of Thrivent Financial, serving community needs for residents in the area, and also serves on a committee for Lutheran Family Services of Colorado, supporting the fund-raising activities for the organization. He has a BBA in Marketing from New Mexico State University and a MA in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix.  

Jim Nöllsch Principal Jim Nöllsch has fifteen years of experience as an operator, investment banker, and management consultant. Jim has helped companies gain strategic insight on the challenges they face throughout his career and has provided leadership on mergers and acquisitions, to product management teams and technical development organizations. Jim has held roles with FMI Capital Advisors, McDATA, The Fuel Team and was a founder of eCollege. He has an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from the University of Colorado and an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.   Mark Shadle Principal Mark Shadle is an experienced enterprise performance management and operational process improvement consultant with a 24-year track record of proven excellence in service, back-office processing, construction, manufacturing, warehouse and distribution environments. Mark is an expert in Balanced Scorecard, Lean Six-Sigma and Corporate Performance Management methodologies with extensive skills in team facilitation, project management, and leadership development and has provided services for business strategic planning and deployment, performance measurement systems development, process design and management, process improvement implementation, systems integration and web systems development. His drive for improving profitability has been demonstrated throughout his career in positions as an Industrial Engineer, Production Manager, Engineering Manager, Strategy Director and Recurring Consultant to numerous companies such as Nationwide Insurance, Wells Fargo, MCI WorldCom, Qwest Communications, Ingersoll-Rand, DataPath Inc., Chef's Catalog, Crocs TM and Deluxe Corp. Mark holds an MBA from Colorado University and a BSIE degree from the Iowa State University in Industrial Engineering. Jim Weidmann Principal, Non-Profit Practice Jim has over 14 years of executive experience serving in non profit leadership whose success is measured in millions of dollars. He focuses on maximizing the existing skills and talents of an organization to drive critical thinking and execution required for revenue growth and world class performance. He has demonstrated abilities in leading start-up, turnaround and new business development initiatives. Most recently, Jim was COO for a national non profit with over 2,500 volunteers helping to lead its turnaround team returning it to profitability within one year. With over 12 years at IBM and four years as an Air Force Pilot and an international speaker and author, he provides leadership, content, operations and strategy expertise. Jim is a former co-captain as well as football coach for the U.S. Air Force Academy. He holds a B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the Academy and an M.B.A. from Hardin Simmons University with a concentration in Marketing. Jim has enjoyed over 30 years of marriage to his wife, Janet. They have four children.