Leadership

Christine Lambden graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and then spent ten years sampling various jobs and entrepreneurial pursuits before landing, almost entirely by accident, in consulting. After a few years with Oracle Consulting, she jumped into the pool of boutique consulting firms in the Oracle Applications consulting field.

 After seven years on the road, which included seven different employers and involvement in more than twenty implementations, she came back to Austin to rest. Here, she discovered a talent for coaching and mentoring consultants that proved valuable as a consulting manager, agency owner and, finally, author and speaker.

 As a consultant, this is how Christine was described in proposal documents:

Christine has over ten years of experience in delivering solid project management results, with a total of nineteen years in consulting. Her recent activities include PMO development and Program Management in IT projects including IT Transformation, strategic design, system implementations, and business process improvement. She has a strong leadership and management background in a variety of business environments, coupled with excellent analysis, planning and communication skills. Her emphasis has been on achieving process and procedure efficiencies, establishing best practices and performance metrics for accountability and discipline, and meeting customer needs with effective communication and transparent project management.

Casey Conner was born in Texas City, Texas, and was raised in the small Central Texas town of Georgetown. Casey graduated with both Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Science degrees in Finance from Texas A&M University.

 Initially, he embarked on a career in consulting with Arthur Andersen Business Consulting in Houston, TX. After 4 1/2 successful years and many great experiences, Casey left for the greener pastures of the dot-com revolution happening in Austin, TX as an internal consultant for a fast-growing software company.

 After managing out a group of leechy consultants, rolling out a new financial system to 14 countries in 8 months, surviving over 9 rounds of layoffs, and learning innumerable valuable life lessons, Casey moved on to a 30+ year old company as Director of IT, then returned to the software company to tackle several challenging projects that had failed in the past. After successfully completing those, he did a stint with a 65-person consulting organization as the Vice President of Consulting.

Eventually, Casey found his way home to a job as an independent consultant, consulting skills trainer / coach, entrepreneur and writer. Casey has seen the consulting industry from every angle: "Big Consulting" staff and management, hiring large consulting teams and independent contractors, managing a mid-sized consulting firm, founding and growing a small consulting firm, acting as independent consultant and, of course, teaching consulting skills.

As a consultant, this is how Casey was described in proposal documents:

Casey’s experience combines more than eight years of experience in IT management with fourteen years of consulting in IT environments. His special field of expertise is strategic planning for information technology organizations, and his practical experience ensures that his plans are clear, cohesive and within the capabilities of his clients' organizations. Some of his activities have revolved around centralization and standardization of systems, processes and policies to achieve higher return on investment and reduce operating costs. His emphasis has been on establishing collaborative project oversight and governance teams that include representation from across the organization. His business perspective and technical abilities provide the expertise needed to establish and enforce project performance standards and controls.