Bud Hartley Consulting

K&R Negotiation Associates LLC is an international consulting, negotiating and trainging firm comprised of professional negotiators, sales executives and a business lawyer.

Marquam Group helps clients maximize their return on technology investment by developing the best Information Technology strategy and solutions to meet their specific needs.  They provide I/T expertiese to accelerate achievement of your business goals.

Mprove Sales is a dedicated team of executive sales professionals who help companies build and develop effective sales organizations.  The services include hiring and developing your sales organization.  Their combined experience spans over 150 years of selling in the technology arena with experience in complex solutions including hardware, software and consulting services.

Tim Delaney Consulting offers consulting services for negotiations, project management, process management, and client management.  We are dedicated to actions which lead to measurable business results for our clients while persistently exploring the relationship between those actions and the business results delivered.

Tim Delaney's specialty is the predictability of negotiations outcomes, and how to affect them in your favor.  His experience includes many years with IBM, where his positions included client relationship management, strategy, management and middle management, and technical positions. Tim spent his last 5+ years with IBM negotiating and managing inter-company agreements for everything from hardware systems to software, intellectual property and alliances.  He was Program Director, OEM Premier Accounts, with a worldwide account manager role. In this role, Tim was a lead negotiator and contract manager for transactions with key business partners that exceeded $100 million.

Burdekin Consulting provides a wide spectrum of consulting services for small and early stage companies including: Business & Management Consulting, corporate funding consulting services, sales, marketing and technical recruiting and staffing.

John P. Burdekin has over 25 years of experience in the software and technology industries where he negotiated agreements with clients, suppliers, business partners, and internal organizations.  John has held a variety of positions during his career including: Technical Consultant, Account Manager, and Director of Technical Sales.  John's two most recent positions before joining the K&R Team were as Vice President of Technical Operations at Attensity, and Vice President of Alliances at SumTotal Systems.

Improved Performance Group is an organization of senior sales and management executives, dedicated to helping customers achieve their goals and objectives by developing client specific, or “clientized” sales, leadership, and pre and post sales development programs.

Cynthia Ann Taylor has over 30 years experience as a sales and marketing executive, 100% of which has been in the technology field.  Cindy served as Vice President of Field Sales and Alliances for RightNow Technologies, before which she was a Senior Director of the New Media Division at  Oracle Corporation. She has consistently succeeded in her sales and related activities because of her attention to detail, her leadership abilities and her knowledge of the negotiation process.  Given her vast experience and interpersonal skills, in the last few years, as earlier in her career, Cindy has concentrated on improving the sales and negotiating performance of sales teams.

Mprove Sales is a dedicated team of executive sales professionals who help companies build and develop effective sales organizations.  The services include hiring and developing your sales organization.  Their combined experience spans over 150 years of selling in the technology arena with experience in complex solutions including hardware, software and consulting services.

Mary Taylor Doucet's experience includes 25 years in direct sales, channels sales, and executive management with both Fortune 500 and smaller companies in emerging markets.  Much of Mary's experience has been in reaching new markets through developing and implementing strategic channels programs.  During her 16 years at Digital Equipment Corporation, she was in the top 10% of their 6,000+ person worldwide sales force, and won 18 awards recognizing her for sales excellence and leadership.  Mary's most recent position was Vice President of Sales at Manexa, a Software as a Service (SaaS) company.