Meet Our ERP Consultants

Panorama’s Team of Consultants (More Photos Coming Soon)

Brett Beaubouef – Senior Consultant

Brett Beaubouef is a senior consultant on the Panorama’s software selection team. For the past seventeen years Brett has helped customers select and implement ERP solutions across five industries (manufacturing, professional services, staffing, retail, and telecommunications). Business process knowledge and experience includes human resources, benefits, compensation, recruiting, time and attendance, finance, resource scheduling, contract administration, services procurement, sales, billings, project accounting, project and portfolio management. Software selection experience includes evaluation of both ERP software and proposed implementation services. Brett has recently authored a book on leading ERP/COTS implementation strategies.

Larry Bell – Senior Consultant

Larry Bell is a senior consultant on the Panorama’s software selection team. Having previously served as an inventory control manager, warehouse manager, buyer, planner, and purchasing manager, Larry brings extensive experience in the areas of supply chain management, distribution, and manufacturing. In addition to his real-world experience, his background also includes more than fifteen years experience working as a trainer and consultant with a variety of high-profile ERP software vendors.

Kevin Cahill – ERP Consultant

Kevin is a consultant on the Panorama Consulting Group software selection team. He brings with him industry experience in supply chain management, distribution, manufacturing, and business intelligence with expertise in inventory and warehouse management, transportation, and CRM applications. Kevin has served as a senior customer support representative, senior software engineer, and technical consultant for software applications, and IT and ERP implementation management positions in the transportation industry.

Tiffany Chen – ERP Consultant

Tiffany graduated from the University of Denver in 2008 with a degree in Finance.  Tiffany worked as a Business Analyst for Panorama Consulting Group before switching to software selection as a consultant.   During the time she was an analyst, she completed several benchmark studies for white paper publication.

Lori Emory – Senior Manager

Lori brings Panorama over 25 years of real-world information technology experience. Having served in a variety of industries, Lori has held positions from system engineer and software consultant to project manager. She is a Six Sigma Green Belt who possesses a strong background in regulatory compliance such as SOX and HIPPA requirements. Her finance, accounting, operations, and customer relationship management knowledge is backed by significant experience with ERP implementations, business intelligence and reporting software, organizational change management, and workflow management and documentation.

Jacqueline Gardner – Senior ERP Consultant

Jacqueline Gardner is a Senior Consultant on Panorama’s organizational change management team. Before joining the change management team, she was a member of the software selection team for over two years. She has experience with a variety of ERP software packages and extensive business process and operational subject matter expertise in customer service, sales, and human resources.

Ruth Hagen - Senior Manager of Organizational Change Management

Ruth joined Panorama’s OCM practice after 13+ years of consulting at CSC where she was a Principal. At CSC, Ruth focused on OCM, working with manufacturing and Department of Defense clients.  In addition to becoming a Principal at CSC, Ruth also worked for 5 years at EDS, where she focused on ERP implementations as a Finance Core team leader.  Her extensive background has primarily centered on organizational change management and business process engineering.  Her industry experience includes manufacturing, distribution, retail, and DoD agencies.  Ruth’s areas of specialization include helping clients plan and manage the organizational changes related to ERP and other enterprise software initiatives via business process re-engineering, organizational design, communications, and training.  Ruth holds an MBA from Central Michigan University.

Jeanne Hedman – ERP Consultant

Jeanne is a consultant on the Panorama Consulting Group implementation team.  She has a wealth of experience in the Consumer Durables industry, within numerous functional areas.  That experience includes management of Order Fulfillment, Forecasting, EDI, Credit and Accounts Receivable, Supply Chain, Transportation, Warehousing, Parts and Service Repairs.  She has been responsible for Customer, Material, and Pricing Databases.  Jeanne has led major global ERP implementations and special projects focusing on process improvement and cost reduction.   Jeanne has a full complement of end-to-end business processes with an eye for analysis  and implementation of best practices.

John Hutchison – Senior Consultant

John Hutchison is a Senior Consultant with Panorama Consulting Group.  He has 20 years of business analysis experience in a broad range of industries including Financial Services, Telecommunications, Mortgage and Consumer Credit, Employee Benefits and Construction.  His ERP system experience includes Oracle, JD Edwards, SalesForce.Com and MS Dynamics.  John is also an experienced corporate trainer.  His primary focus as a Senior Consultant is in business process definition,  process gap analysis and requirements definition.

Sandy Kaufman – ERP Consultant

Sandy Kaufman is a consultant on the Panorama Software Selection team. She brings with her over 15 years of manufacturing and software implementation experience with several software packages. Complementing her consulting and business analysis background, she has held positions in manufacturing, supply chain management and information technology. Implementation experience includes multiple ERP software implementation projects at international and domestic locations. Areas of emphasis include user training and materials development, process standardization and integration, and application and end-user support in multi-site and global organizations.

Michael Kalkman – Senior ERP Project Manager

Michael Kalkman is an ERP implementation project manager with over 20 years experience of driving and supporting organizations with project management, engineering, manufacturing, and distribution, logistics, and operations management. He has led and delivered enterprise level ERP projects across financial, distribution, construction, printing, mining, and manufacturing companies and not for profit organizations. He has proven success in leading small to large implementation teams on highly visible small to large budget implementation projects ($50k to $10mm plus) for companies with revenue of start-ups to over $10 billion.

Lena Laakso – Manager of Organizational Change Management

Lena graduated with a B.A. in Psychology, and spent four years as a vocational rehabilitation professional and supervisor. She then joined a global mining company, for twelve years in a progression of human resource, communications, and change management roles. During this time, she has worked assignments in over ten states and internationally, in environments ranging from corporate headquarters, shared services, and industrial operations. She delivered change management and human resource communication services as an independent consultant before joining Panorama as a manager in the area of organizational change management.

Gary Sieverin – Senior Consultant

Gary is a senior consultant on the Panorama software selection team. He brings with him over 20 years experience in ERP implementations and consulting practice. Having previously served as a consulting services manager, director of logistics, warehousing manager, Gary’s varied background has focused on helping numerous companies define and implement value driven supply chain, manufacturing and distribution solutions.

Haoyan Sun – Business Analyst

Haoyan obtained her Master’s Degree from the University of Denver in 2009 and is currently a business analyst at Panorama Consulting Group.  She has extensive experience in market research and statistical consulting across numerous industries.  Part of Haoyan’s focus at Panorama entails compiling ERP industry research and the company’s benchmark study.

Brian Potts – Manager of Business Development

Brian graduated with honors from the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business.  He has sales and business development experience in industries ranging from telecommunications to insurance, and has worked both domestically and  internationally.  He is excited to be assisting Panorama with business development and marketing efforts.