Consulting Team

Creating an environment where new ideas can percolate to the top is a rare achievement in business today where companies are more likely to manage by "silo" than by "teams". Even when cross-functional teams exist to share critical information, a consensus style of management can hamper personal accountability and individual excellence.

Our Red Hawk Ranch Consulting Team understands these obstacles and is here to assist you in getting past them. Through active listening and facilitated team participation, we will get your team to a point where at the end of the day you can say you have truly accomplished something.

Lynn Randle

For over 25 years, Lynn’s experience has focused on strategic marketing and communications counsel based on sophisticated research methodologies, in-depth executive interviewing and focus group moderation.

During her 11 year tenure in government public affairs she provided strategic communications counsel for the Secretary of the Air Force. Before founding ADR Associates, Lynn served as Vice President for the firm that provided strategic counsel to President Reagan. Her leadership efforts focused on industries facing dramatic change: telecommunications, public utilities, healthcare, & high tech. Lynn holds a Masters Degree in Communication Research from Stanford University as well as an MS in International Relations.

Bob DeGour

Bob brings a practical perspective to our consultancy with over thirty years in leadership positions within military service, international corporations, corporate turn-arounds, and mergers. He has a reputation for creative observation, candor and integrity helping companies look at their business strategies in new, inventive ways of doing business. He is especially known for coaching clients through strategic marketing and sales decision processes. Bob completed his B.S. in Annapolis at the U.S. Naval Academy and has completed graduate studies in International Business while embarking on his military and private sector careers.

Dave Wisnom

As our Brand Strategist, Dave brings a unique perspective to our team from years of assisting companies around the globe create, refine and manage their brand strategies. More than creating a logo, his work at the highest corporate levels helps clients focus on creating comprehensive brand strategies that align and support long term business strategies. Co-author of the book, “Before the Brand: Creating the Unique DNA of an Enduring Brand Identity” (Published by McGraw-Hill), Dave likes to remind us that success springs from experience, not luck, and with over 20 years experience collaborating with clients and over 100 branding projects, he describes is education as an MBE – Masters of Business Experience.

Phyllisann Maguire, PhD

Phyllisann, former Director of Analytical Services at J.D. Power & Associates, specializes in organizational behavior and business practices within a broad range of industries. She is especially known for strategic research designs and statistical models that yield results that are biased for action. Phyllisann completed her graduate work at The University of Southern California in 1987 and has worked with ADR since 1998. A sharp mind that quickly focuses in on core issues, Phyllisann is often our dissenting voice who keeps us focused on solving the issue at hand.

Julie Kiotas, PhD

Based on her background in clinical and social psychology, Julie brings a unique mindset from years of qualitative and quantitative behavioral testing. She is considered a specialist in research and gender issues.

Joachim Gläser, PhD

During the German “Unification” Joachim was dispatched to Eastern Germany to assist businesses transition to capitalism. In addition to his current duties as an Associate Dean in Heidelberg, his international consulting projects take him to European Union countries, Russia and USA.

Karen Garza

Karen lends the ADR Team a strong background in strategic planning, business development and collaboration. She has built a reputation in the medical technology industry where her leadership in cross-functional, multi-level teams has been a vital component to success. Karen brings us a pragmatic approach based on years of experience growing new business opportunities and helps our clients to focus on reality and to avoid common mistakes.

Thorsten Bagschik, PhD

Thorsten brings practical entrepreneurial experience to the ADR Consulting Team. A strong strategic mind is the foundation of his reputation as a consultant, as well as his success in key executive positions at start up technology companies in the EU. Based in Heidelberg Germany, Thorsten provides a necessary interface for our Western European needs, as well as his unique view of business situations.

Project Management Team

Sue Fox

Sue has been managing the Customer Account Review process at ADR for the past six years and offers a particularly unique listening ear having come to us from a career in sales. As a past sales manager, her insights from the Customer Voice are particularly insightful and actionable.

Bren Chasse

Bren is a UCLA graduate with significant experience managing large longitudinal behavior studies. A magical go-getter, Bren is assigned to a variety of consumer and B-2-B studies.

Kay Lavish

With many years experience in qualitative research, Kay has found a particular niche with ADR as the person reading thru the mountains of verbatim comments for the nuggets of actionable information. “Research by the Pound” gets whittled down to management “sound bites” that mold new understanding and direction from research.

Lynn Stallone

With over 25 years experience, Lynn leads I.H.R Research Group which provides our quantitative telephone data collection for our projects across the globe.

Team Experience


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