Momentum Leadership consultation will contribute to a significant and enduring improvement for you and your team. We deliver results because we listen well and learn about your unique situation, business plan and company culture.

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Kerry Anne Ridley President

Kerry Anne Ridley has served as president of Momentum Leadership for 17 years. Under her leadership, Momentum Leadership has delivered strategic, organizational and leadership improvements for start-ups and global corporations. Kerry Anne has directed a variety of consultation projects, such as a strategic planning process with quarterly recalibration for a Fortune 50 emerging markets finance organization. This project increased alignment of the finance support function with sales and marketing efforts in 128 countries.

She has created a strategic talent development and high-potential coaching model in partnership with utility company executives, and for the past ten years she has consulted with the CEO of a U.S. high-tech firm on organizational and leadership improvements, including stressful post-acquisition integration with a Taiwanese company. She has experience in strategy generation, process improvement, leadership development, competency modeling, culture definition and project management with companies such as Dell, LCRA, Dell Financial Services, Johnson and Johnson, BMC Software, Mercedes Benz, National Public Radio and Austin-based start-ups.

Prior to founding Momentum Leadership, Kerry Anne served as Director of Sales and Marketing at Lutheran General Healthcare. She was responsible for growing healthcare sales through service diversification, customer experience and community services. Kerry Anne holds a Bachelor's degree from Western Washington University and is certified in multiple human resources and organizational programs.

E-mail Kerry Anne at ka@momentumleadership.com.

Erin O'Toole Murphy Senior Consultant

Erin O'Toole Murphy helps organizations build high-performance work cultures. A skilled training facilitator, curriculum designer, and coach, Erin fosters collaborative learning with an action focus. She designs and delivers training curriculum on leadership, management, and technical development. For over 14 years, she's acted as a consultant to company leaders on talent competency and change management programs for clients such as Dell, Inc., Whole Foods Market, Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife, Dell Financial Services, IBM, Seton Healthcare Network, SpeakWrite, University of Texas, Condea Vista, Landmark Graphics, Concero, and KUT Radio.

Erin co-authored “Teamwork Is An Individual Skill: Getting Your Work Done When Sharing Responsibility” (Berrett-Koehler, 2001) which describes how to achieve outstanding business results through building responsible, effective, and productive relationships at work.

Erin completed her undergraduate degree at Northwestern University as a recognized Scholar-Athlete. She holds a Masters in Whole Systems Design with a concentration in Organization Development from Antioch University. She is certified as Senior Professional in Human Resources and is certified in a variety of tools and assessments.

E-mail Erin at inquiries@momentumleadership.com.

Derek Leighton Senior Consultant

Derek Leighton knows all too well the challenges that come with leading technical teams in high growth organizations. For two decades, Derek did precisely that – progressing from software QA and programming positions in his early career to directing large software engineering and quality assurance teams at companies like BMC Software, Vignette and CyberTrader. While at BMC, he had the opportunity to work with Kerry Anne Ridley, where he saw first-hand how working with Momentum Leadership helped leaders improve their skills.

Derek brings an ideal combination of skills to the Momentum Leadership team, where he provides technical leadership training and coaching. His Finance degree from the University of Texas provides the foundation for a keen understanding of management and business operations. Derek holds a Master's degree in Professional Counseling from Texas State University.

E-mail Derek at inquiries@momentumleadership.com.

Constance Mullen Senior Consultant

Constance Mullen combines more than 20 years of consulting and corporate experience with highly effective interpersonal, technical and project management skills to provide strategic compensation solutions. In addition to Momentum Leadership consultations, Constance offers consultation through Compensation and Organization Solutions, Inc. Constance founded the company in 1987 to help organizations develop compensation programs that motivate employees and favorably impact bottom-line results.

She has worked with companies in industries such as high-tech, biotech, manufacturing and insurance. Constance and her team have also assisted many Austin technology companies in various phases of growth, from start-up to profitable and, in some cases, toward acquisition/merger/sale.

Constance is a graduate of Boston University with an MBA from Pepperdine University. She has served on the Boards of the Central Texas Compensation and Benefits Association (CTCBA), the San Antonio Manufacturers Association and the conference committee of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME).

E-mail Constance at inquiries@momentumleadership.com.

Paula Zamarra Senior Consultant

Paula Zamarra brings over 18 years of corporate and consulting experience in the high technology, healthcare and education industries to her Adult and Organizational Learning consulting. Based in Austin, Texas, Paula has led and participated in many organization-wide consulting, and learning and development interventions successfully impacting staffs of up to 1,600 and budgets in excess of $30M. Paula's signature strengths lie in delivering real and positive change; streamlining and clarifying organizational complexity into effective action and successful results.

Specializing in management and team development, Paula helps managers and teams adopt effective and efficient work practices that exceed business goals and foster individual and team development. Drawing on her experience as an internal corporate change consultant, she also helps organizations manage change in ways that maximize learning and minimize interruptions to productivity.

With over 15 years of instructional design experience, Paula's consulting skills include the design and delivery of training that favorably impacts the bottom line. In one such example, her first-of-its-kind patient orientation (for 65% of a ~4000 client base), and accompanying train-the-trainer training increased patient consulting staff productivity by 18% and physician client referrals by 9%.

Organizations Paula has worked with include 3M, Advanced Micro Devices, Schlumberger, Ltd., Harcourt Education, The Seton Healthcare Network, The Breast Cancer Resource Center, Lymphodema and Wound Care Clinics, Austin Community College, and The City of Austin. Paula received her B.S. in Biology from the University of Florida and her M.A. in Adult and Organizational Learning from the University of Texas at Austin.

E-mail Paula at inquiries@momentumleadership.com.

Sunni Brown, M.P.A. Associate

Sunni Brown works with Momentum Leadership on projects requiring graphic recording or graphic information design for strategic planning and change-management initiatives. Sunni owns BrightSpot Information Design, a company offering Meeting Design and Support, Publication Design and Development, and Data Design and Production. Sunni has worked with a wide range of clients and has a collaborative and interactive style. She holds Bachelor's degrees in Journalism and Linguistics and a Master's degree in Public Affairs from the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs in Austin, Texas. Sunni currently lives in Austin, partnering with non-profits, state and local government, and business to generate info-design projects that support organizational and group success.

E-mail Sunni at inquiries@momentumleadership.com.

Linda Haines Senior Consultant

Linda Haines has accumulated over 30 years of executive coaching and human resource management experience, 25 years at the executive level. She built and managed People Solutions of Austin, a consulting business that reached $1.5 million in annual revenue by its fourth year in business. She has worked (as an employee and/or consultant) for premier companies including Tokyo Electron, Apple Computer, Emerson Process Management, Motion Computing, Stanford University, Harris Corporation, Pharmaco International, and Dell Computer Corporation.

As an executive coach since 1998, she has helped company executives develop and implement personal, professional and organizational strategies to address business challenges and opportunities. Linda's business orientation, problem-solving skills, and direct approach enable her to coach/consult successfully on a wide range of issues with a wide range of executives.

Providing real-world guidance and “hands on” assistance to executives and firms, she is a valuable resource for organizations seeking to strengthen their bottom lines by focusing on their core competencies and human capital assets.

Linda has a BA and an MA from Stanford University, an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and the SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources) certification. She is certified to use Talent Smart's Emotional Intelligence Appraisal™, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)™, Center for Creative Leadership's Benchmarks™ and Executive Dimension™ assessments, and the Hogan Executive Personality Inventory and Hogan Development Survey.

E-mail Linda at inquiries@momentumleadership.com.

With over 15 years of experience in consulting and human resources, Nancy Clifton has the passion and expertise to help organizations and individuals excel. She has served as a trusted coach for individuals at all levels of an organization as well as a leader of complex organizational change.

Nancy led the development of an award-winning management-training program for a Fortune 50 company. This management curriculum resulted in measurable impact on manager effectiveness and has been maintained for the past 3 years. She is a seasoned and highly effective facilitator.

Nancy's current consulting practice translates best practices from industry leaders in high-tech and consulting into human resource and organizational solutions. Today, Nancy is building leaders, developing effective organizations and facilitating learning events for Austin companies. Nancy holds a Bachelor's degree in English from Wake Forest University.

E-mail Nancy at inquiries@momentumleadership.com.