Meet The Experts Driving Growth

“Businesses don’t know what they don’t know — hidden costs are quietly eroding profits every day. I find them, quantify them, and eliminate them. No risk, no disruption, no charge unless savings are found.”

Dinesh brings something rare to cost consulting: he has sat on the other side of the table. Having spent decades as a key account manager and business development leader at companies like ExxonMobil and Goodyear, he understands exactly how vendors structure contracts, where the margin hides, and where businesses are systematically overpaying — often without realizing it.

Head of Advisory Services

Mark is a seasoned leader with over 30 years of experience in the military, non-profit, and business sectors. An Enrolled Agent with a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership, he has led transformations at accounting firms. He specializes in driving business value growth as a Value Builder Advisor and Accredited Value Guide.

Mark helps businesses scale, improve efficiency, and prepare for seamless transitions. Outside of work, he enjoys time with family, volunteering, and reading with his wife.

Sales Leadership & Coaching

Dr. Tom Tonkin is a creative revenue and growth strategist infusing innovative insights and methods backed by 25+ years of gathering intelligence and roles impacting Oracle’s impressive trajectory. Author to the Progression of Performance™, a four-step process: learn, practice, rehearse, and perform that guides you to achieve your goals.

By effectively marrying a Ph.D. in organizational development with personal experience and skills, Tom offers deep consultative value and a new perspective on the underappreciated aspects of a business. He is enthusiastic and empathetic, helping others understand and embrace the need for change.

Growth Strategist & Investor

Alex Polamero, Founder and President of Ninestone Partners, is a seasoned leader with over 20 years of experience driving revenue growth for accounting, finance, and professional services firms. Through his expert guidance, Alex has implemented strategic CRM and marketing automation initiatives that have transformed organizations ranging from $1M to $1B in revenue. He is highly regarded for his deep expertise in B2B lead generation, CRM optimization, and omnichannel marketing strategies.

Alex has spoken at Marketo conferences, Angel Investor groups, trade organizations, and has been recognized as one of LinkedIn’s top 100 influential leaders for his innovative work with recruiting and sales.

Brad Stave is a strategic consultant, creative leader, and results-driven marketing and sales strategist who blends analytical expertise with compelling storytelling to drive measurable growth. MBA‑trained with a background in international business, Brad has delivered high‑impact results for major global tech brands, as well as transformative campaigns in the nonprofit sector. Based in Tacoma, Washington, he brings the same focus and purpose to real estate development, youth mentorship, and community leadership as he does to his consulting work.

Discover how Brad helps organizations grow—through customer acquisition, audience expansion, brand alignment, and sales enablement. Check out his case studies and hear what others say:

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PPC Advertising

Aaron is a distinguished international marketing leader with over 20 years of experience in the field of performance marketing and business growth. He is renowned for his ability to drive substantial profits for a wide range of brands and is now focused on professional and financial services firms. His track record includes impactful advisory work with small, medium, and fortune 100 firms, including notable names like TD Bank, VW, Microsoft, P&G, GSK, Tourism New Zealand, Flight Network, and many others.

Aaron’s expertise extends to pushing the boundaries of what PPC performance marketing can achieve, particularly through his involvement with Skai, voted as the top omnichannel marketing platform in the world for 9 straight years. He works with clients to maximize brand marketing profitability. His approach has made him a trusted figure in the field of digital marketing. Educated at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, Aaron holds an Honors B.Sc. Specialist Degree in Perceptual and Neurophysiological Psychology. He also possesses a Post-Graduate Certificate in Journalism with a broadcast specialty.

Certified Customer Experience Professional

Ryan Rael helps manufacturing and e-commerce businesses build the systems and customer experiences needed to scale. With deep expertise in customer experience, CRM strategy, and revenue operations, he works with companies to improve lead management, streamline customer communication, strengthen reporting, and reduce the operational friction that slows growth.

Ryan is especially skilled at helping product-based businesses connect sales, service, and operations into a more cohesive engine. From CRM implementations and workflow design to customer support optimization and process improvement, he brings a practical, hands-on approach that turns scattered systems into scalable infrastructure.

With a background spanning customer experience leadership, sales operations, and consulting, Ryan is known for translating complex business challenges into clear, actionable solutions. His work helps clients create better customer journeys, stronger internal accountability, and more predictable revenue performance.

SEO

With over 15 years of experience in search engine optimization (SEO), Alex crafts search strategies that seamlessly align with market trends and client objectives, driving sustainable growth in the digital landscape.

A strategic thinker with a hands-on approach, Alex ensures clients are always in expert hands, ready to navigate the ever-evolving world of SEO. His role goes beyond search rankings—he deeply understands both the search market and each client’s unique business goals, bringing them together to create powerful, results-driven digital marketing strategies.

By focusing on practical, revenue-driven solutions, Alex empowers businesses to scale with confidence. His ability to translate complex SEO strategies into measurable outcomes enables clients to achieve their objectives efficiently and thrive in the digital space.

Growth Strategy & Leadership Development

For more than 25 years, Danielle has served as a Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Growth Officer and President and Chief Experience Officer for high-growth national and international professional services firms. She has created category-leading brands, developed growth and pricing strategies that delivered significant top and bottom-line growth, transformed cultures that became recognized as best places to work, and reimagined talent experiences to attract and retain top talent. Over the past eight years she managed growth strategy, communications and cultural integration for 15+ mergers and acquisitions. Danielle takes her years as a C-Suite executive to advise leaders on how to unleash human potential and ignite company growth.

Passionate about helping leaders thrive professionally and personally, Danielle coaches executive leaders and those getting ready to step into leadership.

Strategic Advisor

Marc Rosenkoetter is a Managing Member at Hashed Alpha Fintech, a blockchain transaction validation services company. Previously, he built and scaled a professional services practice at Stout in the Disputes, Claims & Investigations division. He is known for his transformative leadership at Aprio, where he catalyzed a tenfold growth in Advisory Services over four years by enhancing business development, client management, and operational processes. At North Highland, he excelled as a client lead and specialized in merging marketing and data analytics to address complex challenges. Marc’s strategic acumen was further demonstrated at The Coca-Cola Company, where he steered the Advanced Analytics and Collaboration platforms within the Global Real-Time Marketing // Social Enterprise group.

Before his corporate tenure, Marc was an entrepreneur for 13 years, notably founding Wildchild Nation, a brand development firm that managed merchandise for entities like “The Voice” on NBC and relationships with Viacom, Sony Music, and Warner Bros. He also pioneered an eCommerce platform that streamlined product management and distribution across various online channels for 60 brands.

Brand & Messaging Strategy

“You already have an amazing brand. You just might not know what it is.”

Stephanie Simpson finds what makes a business different and gives them the language to say it. Across 20 years and 300+ clients, she has worked on international brand campaigns at Warner Bros. Television and The WB Television Network, unified a fragmented institutional brand across every division of Claremont Graduate University and helped grow enrollment inquiries 10%, repositioned a professional services practice that then raised its prices 40%, and led brand and messaging for a marketing agency portfolio of $1M to $25M firms across cybersecurity, SaaS, real estate, manufacturing, and professional services.

She is the creator of the 6 Magnets System™ for brand identification and the AI FieldGuide™, a training document that teaches any AI tool to write in a company’s voice. She holds an MFA from ArtCenter College of Design and a BA in Advertising from Hampshire College. Clients describe the process as a mind-meld: she absorbs the hundred half-formed ideas a founder has never been able to organize and hands back something clear, structured, and immediately usable.