• Our consultants have IT implementation experience and understand how to value its business impact, in order to help our clients succeed.

    Whether we are helping technology companies tailor business value messaging or working with corporate IT organizations to value the impact of technology on business users, we strive to help you create value-based  programs that help your business thrive.

     
    Our management team has over 60 years of combined experience in IT and management consulting.
  • Mark Bruening
    Mark Bruening
    Mark Bruening focuses on assessing the value of software solutions. Mark combines his expertise in IT implementations, business strategy and financial analysis to create business value messaging for use by software sales and marketing.
     
    Mark assists software marketing organizations with developing value frameworks – how products help achieve cost savings, enhance revenue, or improve productivity. Mark has produced over 50 case studies that document the results achieved by customers. Mark assists software sales teams with developing business cases that include a full financial analysis of costs and benefits. 
       
    Mark has been a consultant for 15 years. With Hewitt Associates and BearingPoint, Mark helped implementing both packaged (PeopleSoft, SAP) and custom software solutions.   Mark holds an MBA from Emory University and a BA in Economics from University of Virginia.
  • Daryl Schaal
    Daryl Schaal

    Daryl previously worked at Navigant Consulting as co-lead of the Value Impact Analysis practice, which was spun off as Piedmont Consultants.

    Prior to joining Navigant, Daryl worked on business development projects with Mirant Corporation. He was responsible for the analysis of acquisitions and new development projects. Daryl used various financial modeling techniques at Mirant to estimate returns on both short-term and long-term capital projects. He has also worked for General Electric in the power generation industry.
     
    Daryl has an MBA from Georgia State University and received a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Duke University.
  • Patrick Sloan
    Patrick Sloan
    Patrick has fifteen years of software consulting and management experience.  
     
    Prior to joining Piedmont, Patrick managed professional services teams at ADERANT, marchFirst (formerly USWEB/CKS), SCT and Accenture.  During his tenure at these companies, Patrick led consultative engagements with business decision makers focused on redefining business processes to meet key performance indicators and ROI metrics.  Patrick’s experience spans multiple industries and covers a diverse customer base including some of the largest companies in manufacturing, technology, professional services and financial services.

    Patrick has a BA in Business Management from the University of Texas at Austin.
  • Faique Sayeed
    Faique Sayeed
    Faique has over ten years experience in IT and management consulting.
     
    Prior to joining Piedmont, Faique was CEO of nextFrequency, a healthcare software technology solutions company that specialized in driving ROI with innovative software solutions in patient flow and equipment tracking.  Faique has worked as a Manager for Capgemini and also Andersen's Business Consulting Practice, where he led multiple ERP implementations. Faique has consulted in a broad range of industries, including telecommunications, consumer products, healthcare, hospitality, transportation and professional services.
     
    Faique holds a BBA and an MBA from Emory University.
  • Priscilla Walter
    Priscilla Walter
    Priscilla has over 15 years experience creating and managing content for a variety of technology products and services.
     
    As a project manager, she managed projects for teams developing diverse technologies, from virtual worlds and social networking sites to network security products and services. Before becoming a project manager, Priscilla was a senior technical writer at several companies, including IBM and Sybase iAnywhere, producing and managing technical documentation and online help for products ranging from network security appliances and security management software to mobile-systems-management software.
     
    Priscilla has a BA in English and an MA in Rhetoric from the University of North Texas.