Industry - Manufacturing Archives

Scott Cook

Managing Director
Scott partners with organizations to deliver transformative human resources strategies and operational excellence, leveraging over 30 years of leadership experience in private equity, public, and privately held companies. His expertise lies in building high-performing HR functions, leading complex M&A integrations, and fostering winning workplace cultures to drive business growth. Over his career, Scott has successfully led HR due diligence and integration for more than 100 acquisitions, ranging in size from…
Brenna Lampe

Director
With over 20 years of strategic human resources experience across diverse industries, Brenna brings a wealth of expertise in driving organizational growth, enhancing employee engagement, and resolving complex workplace challenges. Her leadership in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, employee relations, compliance, and performance management has allowed her to develop practical, scalable solutions that address key business needs. Brenna’s ability to integrate new practices while preserving organizational culture has been…
Rick Clifton

Director
Rick is a strategic Human Capital Leader with over 25 years of experience collaborating with C-suite and senior executive leadership to align innovative HR strategies with complex business objectives. He has built world-class People teams across industries such as BioPharma, Technology, Utilities, Automotive, Real Estate, and Consumer Goods, leveraging expertise in HR transformation, state and federal compliance, analytics, and continuous improvement methodologies like Six Sigma and Agile. Rick has led…
Elizabeth Derby

Practice Director of Human Capital
Elizabeth empowers organizations, leaders, and talent to thrive in today’s dynamic business environment. As Fahrenheit's Human Capital Practice Director, she partners with clients to solve their most critical human capital challenges. She develops tailored, actionable strategies and interventions that drive business outcomes and serve both present and future needs. Elizabeth has a diverse background as a business executive, entrepreneur, consultant and HR leader. She has advised clients across multiple industries…
Tonya Dinkel

Director
Tonya has extensive experience in leadership development, talent management, recruiting and employee relations and has the unique ability to understand the operational functions of the business and how they are interwoven with the people element to help leaders more effectively run their business. Tonya began her human resources career in recruiting staffing a 300-seat call center. Upon realizing her passion and alignment with human resources, she worked to grow her…
Bob Matkovich

Managing Director
Bob is a seasoned financial executive with a broad range of experience across both corporate and nonprofit sectors. His background spans capital sourcing, banking relations, risk management, financial planning and analysis, domestic and international tax compliance, and mergers and acquisitions. In addition to his leadership roles in manufacturing and health care, Bob has guided nonprofit organizations through the complexities of fund accounting, donor compliance, and financial transparency. His expertise in…
Karen Charielle

Senior Director
Karen is a Senior Human Resources leader with advanced expertise in M&A, including rollups and divestitures, compliance, employment law, health and welfare programs, compensation design, and union activities. She effectively combines tactical skills with strategic foresight as she seamlessly directs talent acquisition, performance management, and organizational development. Karen fosters a culture of learning, resilience, and change. Her service-oriented attitude and proven interpersonal skills make her adept at engaging with internal…
Ryan Whitlock

Practice Director of Human Capital
Ryan is an experienced HR professional with over 20 years of experience in building teams, driving company culture, developing key metrics, and creating an employee experience centered around the company's mission, vision, and values. He is well-versed in thoughtfully scaling startups and establishing best practices and systems for recruiting, benefits, employee development, internal communication, and building culture. His experience building out HR departments gives him the ability to manage and…
Mike Kolar

Director
Drawing upon extensive financial management expertise across professional services, wholesale, manufacturing, retail, and eBusiness industries, Mike excels in collaborating with high-profile executives to support critical decision-making and navigate complex business, data, and system challenges. His proficiency includes financial analysis, strategic planning, system implementation, and process improvement, enabling clients to drive profitability, enhance operational efficiency, and achieve strategic goals. Mike began his career as a CPA with Arthur Andersen’s assurance practice…
Chris Thurston

Managing Director
Chris brings over 25 years of experience as a brand, marketing, and business strategist for national and international consumer and business-to-business companies. Chris currently serves clients as a fractional CMO, a brand and marketing strategist, and as a project lead on marketing initiatives. He focuses on uncovering the best and most appropriate marketing strategies to drive sales, marketing effectiveness, and ROI while optimizing resources, technologies, and teams to drive client…
Charlie Petrolia

Senior Director
Charlie is an HR executive experienced at directing change management initiatives that achieve business goals and drive world-class employee experience. By melding his Corporate HR leadership with operations acumen, he inspires high-performing remote/onsite teams to deliver profitable revenue growth. Charlie has over 18 years of HR leadership experience at multi-billion-dollar companies. More recently, with Fahrenheit Advisors, Charlie has helped middle market companies and non-profit clients in Interim CHRO and Interim People…
Clay Cosby

Senior Director
Clay has over 20 years of experience managing a wide range of financial activities, including planning, analysis, forecasting, and reporting. He specializes in turning raw data into meaningful action to improve processes, fine tune strategies, and boost staff development. With expertise in operations, marketing, sales, and project management, Clay easily helps clients build strong cross-functional teams. His career has included financial oversight of numerous manufacturing, service, and sales operations. Clay…