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FountainBlue-Certified Consultants

FountainBlue’s primary focus is to ensure our clients and partners receive the right support at the right time. We consistently acknowledge our consulting strengths in leadership coaching and strategy and marketing consultation, and refer business to our directory of FountainBlue-Certified Consultants for projects beyond our consulting scope.

FountainBlue proudly works with a host of high-caliber consultants, who work with entrepreneurs and executives to meet the strategic and business challenges facing their organizations. All FountainBlue-certified consultants:

  • operate under the highest standards of professional demeanor and personal integrity;
  • have a track record of producing measurable results, the business skills to ensure measurable progress for their clients, and the focus on client needs necessary for sustainable growth and success;
  • have more than ten years of cumulative successes in both corporate and entrepreneurial environments in a variety of roles, ranging from marketing to engineering to executive management;
  • display a passion for lending their business expertise and connections in support of entrepreneurs and executives; and
  • work in collaboration with other professionals to optimally serve our customers.

FountainBlue requests that clients give specific feedback on each consulting engagement to ensure that our FountainBlue-certified consultants meet the highest expectations for quality, results-focused, customer-oriented service.

Articles and Tools of Interest to Senior Executives,

written by FountainBlue-Certified Consultants

Below are articles and tools of interest to senior executives and other decision makers submitted by FountainBlue-certified consultants. We encourage you to contact them for more information about the articles and about their services.

Business Consultants

Tom Buckholtz, http://www.Human-Landscaping.com/

  • Achieving Business Outcomes and Value http://www.human-landscaping.com/buckholtz/achieving.html
  • Optimize Employees’ Support For Your Business Performance Management Initiative http://www.human-landscaping.com/buckholtz/optimize.html

Engineering Consultants

Jane Divinski, JAD Consulting

  • Technical Egotism: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly http://joyofsoftware.blogspot.com/2006/07/technical-egotism-good-bad-ugly.html
  • Architecture http://joyofsoftware.blogspot.com/2006/08/architecture.html
Matt Perez, Nearsoft http://www.NearSoft.com <http://www.nearsoft.com/>
  • Outsourcing Risks http://www.nearsoft.com/outsourcingrisks.php
  • Which Shore? http://www.nearsoft.com/whichshore.php
  • Case Story: Outsourcing QA http://www.nearsoft.com/casestudy/index.php
  • Managing Outsourcing Risks http://www.nearsoft.com/managingrisks/index.php
  • Total Cost of Engagement http://www.nearsoft.com/tce/index.php
  • A Tale of Two Shores http://www.nearsoft.com/tce/scenario.php
  • Nearshoring... The Movie
Marketing Consultants

Ron Snyder, Breakthrough Consulting http://www.Breakthrough-inc.com <http://www.breakthrough-inc.com/>

  • Design to Buy Overview http://www.breakthrough-inc.com/media/Design%20to%20Buy%20Overview.pdf
  • SaaS Survey Results http://www.breakthrough-inc.com/media/Breakthrough%20SaaS%20Survey.pdf
  • Aligning for Results http://www.breakthrough-inc.com/media/Aligning%20for%20Results%20article3.pdf
  • Successfully Managing Strategic Change http://www.breakthrough-inc.com/media/Strategic%20Initiative%20article.pdf

Linda Popky, L2M Associates, Inc. Articles/Quotes

  • Today's Big Issues Drive Tomorrow's Consulting Business
  • Consider the Customer: Differentiate your Venture by Focusing on Your Customers
  • Marketing Strategy: Setting the Foundation for Startup Success
  • Playing to the Audience: Position Your Venture Appropriately for Each Key Audience
  • Marketing Strategy is the Foundation for Business Success
  • Face the Customers or Face the Music
  • Mentors Provide for Productivity in Corporate Settings with Greater Return than Most Training Alternatives
  • Communications Errors Undermining Business More than Competition or Economy
  • How to Romance and Retain Your Best Customers
  • Marketing Product YOU: Creating a Marketing Campaign from Your Client's Point of View
  • How NOT to Work With Clients: Three Silicon Valley Executives Offer Advice
  • Small, Medium and Large: Silicon Valley Companies Rely on Consultants to Fill Needs
  • Project Proposals: Get Results, Not Surprises

Project Leadership Consultants

Kimberly Wiefling, Wiefling Consulting, http://www.wiefling.com <http://www.wiefling.com/>
  • Leading from Any Chair http://www.wiefling.com/chair.html
  • Why Common Sense Isn't Common Practice http://wiefling.com/common.html
  • How to Get Out of Your Own Way http://wiefling.com/way.html
  • Ants Marching Around the Rim of a Glass http://wiefling.com/glass.html
  • Endurance, Persistence and Triumph http://wiefling.com/endure.html
  • Negotiation: Practical Magic http://wiefling.com/magic.html
  • The Silicon Valley Mood Disorder http://wiefling.com/magic.html
  • How to Get What You REALLY Want http://wiefling.com/want.html
  • Optimism as a Strategy http://wiefling.com/optimism.html
  • Waiting for the Return to Normal http://wiefling.com/waiting.html

Executive Coaches

Pat Obuchowski, inVisionaria http://www.inVisionaria.com <http://www.invisionaria.com/>

  • Developing the Courage to Lead http://www.invisionaria.com/news/08_April_2006_-_Developing_the_Courage_to_Lead.htm#2 <http://www.invisionaria.com/news/08_April_2006_-_Developing_the_Courage_to_Lead.htm>
  • Leaders Put Good Intentions into Action http://www.invisionaria.com/news/08_April_2006_-_Developing_the_Courage_to_Lead.htm#3 <http://www.invisionaria.com/news/08_April_2006_-_Developing_the_Courage_to_Lead.htm>
  • Allies http://www.invisionaria.com/news/08_April_2006_-_Developing_the_Courage_to_Lead.htm#5 <http://www.invisionaria.com/news/08_April_2006_-_Developing_the_Courage_to_Lead.htm>

To become a FountainBlue-certified consultant, you must be referred to us by a current consultant, an executive or a partner. We strongly encourage you to attend an event and meet our CEO Linda Holroyd.

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