Meet The Experts
Mark Queen
Navigator
Mark Queen, mark@corescore.net , is the founder of Core Score ( https://www.corescore.net/ ), an entrepreneurial navigation program that helps closely held business owners navigate success in their business and their life. “Just because you’re an entrepreneur, doesn’t mean you have to do it by yourself.”
Mark found his opportunity to join Keating & Associates in 1989. At the time he was an expert in the disability insurance field and he was able to assist in the beginnings of that department for Keating. Over the years, Mark discovered and honed his unique ability to coach entrepreneurs and grew a sincere appreciation for the individual talents and abilities the other firm advisors possess.
The first thing that Mark learns about his new clients is their destination. He has found that many times, many people don’t actually have a clear vision of where they want to go and without that clear vision, there is no way to measure towards success. Mark loves helping people through that visioning process both personally and professionally.
Mark’s favorite thing to do is to meet new people and learn from them. He is heavily involved in his church and a number of small groups. He is a lay speaker as well as an avid outdoorsman. Mark travels the world going on hunting excursions, his most recent trip was to New Zealand.
A longtime resident of Manhattan Mark shares life with his wife of 32 years, Kayla. They raised three children together and Mark is currently in the process of hand-transcribing a copy of the New International Version of the Bible for each of them.
Stephanie Carlin, ASA
Mrs. Stephanie Klingzell Carlin, scarlin@c5advisors.com , of C5 Business Advisors, LLC provides closely-held business owners with an understanding of their business value and the best options available to them in considering ownership transition. She is passionate about helping owners achieve their overall business objectives. Ms. Carlin has performed hundreds of valuations for a variety of clients in a very diverse range of industries including manufacturing, retail, wholesale, service, real estate, and oil and gas. She has experience in providing valuation analysis for Federal gift and estate tax matters, buy/sell agreements, marital dissolution, succession planning, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) purposes, specializing in Family Limited Partnerships and Exit Planning. Ms. Carlin has been a speaker for the Saline/Ottawa County Bar Association, the National Center for Employee Ownership, and the ESOP Association and has given several presentations on business valuations. She has also testified as an expert in Weld County, Colorado District Court and Reno, Saline, and Shawnee Counties, Kansas Court. Ms. Carlin was recognized as a Top 40 Under Forty honoree by the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Prior to launching C5 Business Advisors, Ms. Stephanie Klingzell Carlin was a co-founder of KC&G Business Appraisal Associates, Inc. She and a partner launched a company that was later sold to Prairie Capital Advisors Ms. Carlin began her career as a business appraiser with Kennedy and Coe, LLC where she helped to establish the business valuation department.
EDUCATION
Ms. Carlin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Kansas State University.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) of the American Society of Appraisers
- The ESOP Assoc
- Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) of the American Society of Appraisers
- The ESOP Association
- National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA)
- National Center of Employee Ownership (NCEO)
- Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) of the American Society of Appraisers
- The ESOP Association
- National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA)
- National Center of Employee Ownership (NCEO)
Eric Anderson
Laura Munsch
Laura Munsch, laura@marketing-angle.com , has been involved with sales and technology for many years, even before the beginning of the Internet. She taught high school mathematics and computer apps and programming. After moving to Manhattan, KS in 1995, she helped launch a Software as a Service company and was responsible for selling its first 400 websites to city and county governments for CivicPlus. Laura moved into a Vice President of Marketing and Sales position with a manufacturing company and engineering company.
Currently, Laura is the owner and CEO of Marketing Angle ( https://www.marketing-angle.com/ ) in Salina, KS with many clients across the U.S. She is also a contractor with the Small Business Development Center.
Laura has provided many presentations on Website Usability and Website Statistics Analysis.
For your company, her experience in sales and inquisitive nature about your sales process, prospects, customers and business goals, will help your company grow beyond your expectations.
Laura and her husband have two grown sons.
EDUCATION
B.S. in Mathematics
CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS
Laura is a member of Noon Network AMBUCS. and President in 2019.
Clark A. Ingram
Clark A. Ingram,
clark.ingram@peopleprofits.com , is the Founder of People Profits ( https://peopleprofits.com/ ) , LLC -a Human Capital management consulting firm which addresses the three greatest Human Capital problems affecting organizations. These problems are:
- Employee Turnover
- Chronically Open Positions
- Skills Gap
He started his career in Finance; however, after proving he was a problem solver he was pressed into HR. At that time, Team Industrial Service was having employee turnover which threatened the viability of the organization. Over the next 32years he was the Chief Human Resources Officer for four companies, in four different industries from publicly to privately held.The four companies were in the Industrial Service, Manufacturing, Healthcare and Apparel Manufacturing industries. Though the companies had widely different missions, cultures and employee demographics they all had the three problems listed above.
People Profits, LLC works with our clients to identify the root causes of the above problems and develops and implements a plan with appropriate strategies, systems and processes. The goal is to dramatically reduce these problems and maintain at the new level. Once the workforce is stable, People Profits then helps our clients to grow based on their corporate goals.
Clark has three children, their spouses, and four grandchildren.
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin
MBA from Texas A&M at Texarkana.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS), Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Associate in Risk Management (ARM).
Matt Martin
Matt Martin,
matt@redisystemsinc.com is a technology consultant at Redi Systems, Inc.
( https://www.redisystemsinc.com/ ) Even though he has called Kansas home for nearly 40 years, Matt’s roots trace back thousands of miles — 6,445 to be exact. And before you take a (likely wrong) guess at where he’s from, we’ll just go ahead and tell you: It’s Seoul, South Korea.
As a CEDIA-certified technician with more than 12 years of experience, Matt enjoys taking on new challenges and interacting with different types of clients. And although he crossed a mightly big pond to plant new roots in Kansas, that doesn’t stop him from navigating local waters to fish and live his best lake life.
If you ask Matt what else he’s reeling in, he’ll likely say family, sports, family, and sports (in that order). The biggest surprise about him is probably the fact that he surprised himself by becoming a family man and raising two great kids. As for how he would like to be remembered? “A person who would do anything to help anybody.”
Suzanne Bernritter
Suzanne Bernritter MA,
suzanneb@corescore.net, provides executive level collaboration and project management as Director of Collaboration with Core Score. She focuses on the opportunities that come through building relationships with like-minded leaders driven to lead with faith-based principles and convictions.
Suzanne holds a BA in Psychology/Personnel Management and an MA in Human Resources/Business Administration. Suzanne’s early career was in non-profit management, in the disability field. Her experiences gave her the opportunity to learn and stretch in the areas of program development, training and development, project management, grant writing, event planning and fundraising, volunteer development and coaching in the areas of independent living, advocacy, empowerment and worksite wellness. An early partnership with a single mom with a little girl with Down’s Syndrome, shifted her paradigm in how to work with people and provide services. The paradigm shift became a catalyst to grow successful collaborations with youth, young adults, parents, business leaders, health care professionals and community leaders.
Growing up a “preacher’s kid” Suzanne learned the importance of having and establishing values in all parts of your life. Integrity, accountability, honesty, keeping a promise, having actions match your words and loving people, have been a constant thread visible in her work and personal life.
When serving people, she starts with asking the right questions and getting to know them based on their “in the now” needs. This initial relationship building is paramount to all levels of collaboration and problem-solving. Suzanne loves to help people, help themselves. Any task, small or large, that paves the way to building people up, is a ministry to Suzanne, allowing her to empower people and solve problems with a servant leadership mindset.
New to Manhattan, Suzanne shares this great life journey with her husband of 26 years, Von. They raised two children together and Suzanne currently volunteers with the Manhattan Afghan Resettlement Team, in developing their volunteer recruitment and training program.
Vince Trotta
Vince, https://salesxceleration.com/, and his company, Innovative Sales Advisors, help business owners, CEOs, and leadership teams take their businesses to the next level through hands-on sales leadership and fixes companies with systemic, highly consequential threats to their revenue.
He helps those struggling with:
1) Declining or stagnant sales, 2) Growing too fast with no sales process or procedures in place, 3) The desire to have someone else handle sales, 4) Not knowing the right strategy or where to start to create one, or 5) A lack of time to effectively manage their sales team.
His early career includes 19 years working for GE at GE Transportation, GE Aircraft Engines and GE Inspection Technologies. While at GE he led international businesses in mining and rail transportation equipment markets including expatriate executive assignments in Indonesia and Brazil. His final role at GE included leading the commercial integration of four international acquisitions; creating GE Inspection Technologies and leading its Chinese subsidiary in Shanghai.
Vince was recruited from GE to lead sales in a private-equity backed automotive accessory wholesaler where he restructured the sales organization while growing revenue. He joined global drilling equipment manufacturer Boart Longyear as Director, Global Sales Operations. After adding marketing and product management to his responsibilities over the next six years, Vince was promoted to Director, North American Sales in his final role with the company; overseeing inside sales, outside sales, and service teams.
After Boart Longyear, he became Director of Americas Sales at Samson Rope Technologies, President of sonic drill equipment manufacturer Terra Sonic International, and, finally, President of mobile water well drill manufacturer GEFCO in Enid. After leading the successful sale of GEFCO during the COVID-19 pandemic, he founded and became President of Innovative Sales Advisors.
Vince holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from West Virginia University. He and his wife, Melanie, a pharmacist (and WVU graduate, as well), can be found passionately supporting their WVU Mountaineers as they compete against the local Big 12 teams. They also enjoy exhibiting their Ford Mustangs in the regional car show scene.
D. Ward Hobson
D. Ward Hobson, https://www.dsda.com/, practices primarily in the areas of intellectual property law, litigation, business and corporate transactions.
Ward is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and regularly counsels clients on the acquisition, protection, maintenance and enforcement of intellectual property rights on both a local and national scale. His experience includes managing patent and trademark portfolios, providing clearance opinions, devising filing strategies, procuring and maintaining of patents, trademark and copyright registrations, negotiating intellectual property agreements, reviewing and analyzing intellectual property due diligence in connection with asset purchases, and defending intellectual property rights through Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings and various state and federal court litigation.
In addition, Ward regularly handles a variety of complex litigation and transactional matters, including asset and equity purchases, real estate transactions, and tort and breach of contract claims. Ward provides strategic counsel to clients in a variety of industries, including but not limited to the financial, healthcare, restaurant and craft beer, oil and gas, plus arts and entertainment industries.
Honors
- AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Oklahoma Super Lawyers®, Rising Star for Patent Litigation, 2010, 2013-2020
- American Society of Legal Advocates, Top 40 Litigation Lawyers Under 40 List in Oklahoma, 2013
- Leadership Oklahoma City, Signature Program – Class 39
Speaking and Writing Engagements
- Guest speaker, University of Oklahoma College of Law, Applied Intellectual Property Law, 2011
- Moot Court Judge, University of Oklahoma College of Law, 2011, 2012, 2016-2018
- Law of Nature or Patent Eligible Invention – The U.S. Supreme Court clarifies whether isolated DNA strands and synthetically created cDNA are patent eligible, July 2013
- IP Update: Recent Changes in U.S. Patent Law Regarding Inducement to Infringe, CorporateLiveWire Expert Guide to Intellectual Property 2012
- D. Ward Hobson, “Reforming the Patent System: A Closer Look at Proposed Legislation,” 3 OKLA. J.L. & Tech. 29 (2006)
Education
J.D., University of Oklahoma College of Law, 2007
B.S., Microbiology, Minor in Chemistry, University of Oklahoma, 2004
Tylan Dyer
Tylan, https://www.growwithpetra.com/, helps lead PETRA and has a passion for helping people, real estate development and a proven track record of success. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, he possesses deep knowledge of the intricacies of real estate development, design, and construction.
Tylan has a strong entrepreneurial mindset and is known for his innovative thinking and ability to get projects put together.
Tylan loves to listen, learn, and build relationships that help investors optimize their wealth through real estate. He has a genuine passion for making a difference and finds fulfillment in facilitating strategic partnerships. With a deep sense of purpose, he actively seeks opportunities to bring organizations and individuals together to create mutually beneficial collaborations. Tylan’s enthusiasm for helping others and his knack for forging strategic partnerships make him an asset in driving impactful initiatives.
- Leads and oversees all aspects of real estate development projects, including land acquisition, feasibility analysis, entitlements, design, construction, and marketing.
- Develop and implement comprehensive strategies to maximize the company's real estate portfolio and generate substantial returns.
- Successfully completed multiple high-profile residential and commercial projects, resulting in significant revenue growth.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including investors, architects, contractors, and government officials.
Tylan is blessed to be part of amazing non-profit organizations such as Shephard’s Way and Love Schools and is also active on multiple business advisory boards.
As committed as Tylan is to his career he cherishes his role as a husband and a dad. He loves spending time with his bride as well as supporting her through her business interest. They are blessed with three growing children, and their two dogs are right in the middle of everything.
Education
Oklahoma State University
B.S. Civil Engineering