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Mark J. Faust Sr.

Since Echelon Management’s
inception in 1990, Faust has conducted hundreds of sessions for
clients from companies such as Apple, IBM, GE, Cable & Wireless,
Novell, P&G, government agencies, non profits and a host of
small to midsized companies. As principal of Echelon Management,
Faust focuses on increasing executive team effectiveness, sales
and productivity.
Faust's consulting career began with Executech
Consultants Inc., a nationally recognized human resource-consulting
firm, where he focused on minority, diversity and organizational
development issues. He brought on top clients and completed some
of the firm’s largest projects.
Faust is an adjunct professor at the University
of Cincinnati and he has the roles of Board Member and Adjunct Vice
President for a few clients. He has been a member of Society of
Professional Consultants, and was recently awarded the Certified
Professional Consultant to Management designation.
John Heeney

John has over 20
years of sales experience and has
implemented sales, leadership and
business development programs for
professional organizations through North
America and Europe.
John worked
directly with Jack Carew of Carew
International and best selling author of
"You'll Never Get No For An Answer" and
"The Mentor." Carew coached Heeney on
how to take selling to a higher echelon.
In his last 3 years with Carew, John's
customers represented 23% of revenues.
Today John leads our sales team and he
is a Strategic Facilitator, Speaker,
Trainer and Coach. Some of John's best
customers include Fortune 500 companies
like Sprint, John Deere Credit, John
Deere Construction Equipment Division,
Bayer, Quintiles Transnational, Merial
and many others.
John received a
Bachelor's degree from the School of
Journalism at the University of Kansas.
He was also a starting pitcher for four
years on the KU baseball team and was
noted for his one hitter in one of his
first games on the team. When KU won the
National Championship in April of 2008,
John was finally vindicated for all the
KU propaganda he throws out at corporate
functions.
Rob Vickery

Rob Vickery is an entrepreneurial executive with a proven track
record in marketing, sales, product development and operations.
He is an experienced strategist for developing and penetrating markets
for technology-based products and services. In 1999, Vickery co-founded
Change.com with eCompanies, Inc., where he served as Vice President
of Business Development. In 1997, Vickery was a member of the management
team of Pandesic, a joint venture of Intel and SAP. In 1992, Vickery
was a member of the management team of Industry.Net Corporation,
a pioneering electronic marketing and commerce company that merged
with AT&T Business Network in 1996 to form Nets, Inc. Vickery
holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Wright State University.
Advisors & Associates
Sandy Costa

As COO of a S&P 500 Company, Sandy led a growth
initiative from $90 million to $1.6 billion in six years. While
there were many acquisitions in those five years, over 60% of that
growth was organic. This was just one of many teams he led through
high sales growth improvements using strategies any company can
implement to accelerate growth.
Sandy is a dynamic speaker and author of
"Humanity At Work" an inspiring compilation of letters he wrote as
COO of Quintiles Transnational. These were part of his effort to set
the tone, culture and values of a fast growing billion dollar
company that was still able to keep its primary focus on the people
and not just the profits.
Ralph O'Dell

Ralph O’Dell spent his early career
with the US Military, The Lockheed Aircraft Company and the US Government.
He joined The Caterpillar Tractor Company in 1966 with whom he spent
ten years in senior international sales and marketing roles.
Over the next 17 years he held three senior executive
appointments with both Saudi and International Corporations, notably
Al Bayda, Harris Corporation and BDM International. Mr O’Dell
has served more than thirty years as an international businessman
and has acquired a spectrum of specialist and general management
skills. He has advised corporations, financial institutions, governments
and business leaders on a wide variety of commercial and financial
matters.
In 1999 Mr O’Dell raise several hundred
million dollars and assembled the founding team that ramped up City
Reach International, a company positioned to become a leading global
provider of Telecom and Internet co-location services.
His industry experience embraces Construction,
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Internet
and Information Technology. His key skills include New Business
Start-up, Corporate Planning, Sales and Marketing, Civil Engineering
and General Management.
Dr. Alex Higdon

Alex specializes in the areas of executive
coaching and selection, team
development, and performance management training. His 12 years of
service as an organizational consultant in the public and private
sectors has extended to various industries including high tech,
manufacturing, healthcare, higher education, entertainment, food
service, and retail. The breadth of these consulting experiences
have equipped Alex with the knowledge and skills necessary to be
responsive to the specific needs of diverse organizational environments.
Alex’s expertise is in partnering with senior
level executives and teams in order to gain competitive advantage
in the marketplace. While “raising the bar” of leadership
effectiveness within organizations is one of Alex’s primary
concerns, he also assists leaders in the redeployment of existing
talent and resources to more effectively attain business goals.
His expertise extends to the design and delivery of leadership development
programs, team building programs, and organizational climate and
customer satisfaction surveys. He also has significant experience
in the areas of 360 assessment, strategic planning, and employee
retention.
Alex spent 9 years in the healthcare, entertainment,
and consulting service industries. He began his career as a professional
athlete and peak performance consultant to elite collegiate athletes.
Following an injury which ended his athletic career with the Atlanta
Falcons, Alex began consulting with executives and teams in the
development of high performance organizations.
More recently, Alex has served as a leadership
consultant for companies including Corning Fiberoptics, Turner Broadcasting,
Shaw Industries, Gate Gourmet, and Meade among others.
Alex earned his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology
from the Ohio State University, with a dissertation focusing on
leadership and change effectiveness. He holds a Master’s degree
in Human Development from Vanderbilt University, a Master’s
degree in Psychology from the Ohio State University, and a Bachelor’s
degree in Political Science from the Ohio State University.
Jerry R. Reiner

Jerry has over 19
years of consistent success in Sales,
Management, and Personnel Development
serving a variety of industries
including distribution, manufacturing
and healthcare.
His assets and
accomplishments are in the area of new
business start-up, turn-arounds and
total team "transformations". He is
highly effective in Sales and Marketing,
Recruiting, Personnel Development (at
all levels) and Customer Relations.
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