Why Quantum Ascendance?
I chose the name Quantum Ascendance because I help business owners get farther, and I do it faster than most business consultants by using a comprehensive approach that incorporates expert strategies to bullet-proof your business.
These customized systems and processes help business owners create a compelling vision, gain confidence, and develop strategies to grow their business. By developing the right coaching skills, hiring A-Players and learning to work together as a team, you will build a solid infrastructure and your business can basically run itself.
We can help you streamline your work processes, eliminate redundant work, and either train your team to carry out the day-to-day tasks or we can do it for you.
Managing a team can be rewarding, but at the same time it can be incredibly frustrating and cost you a lot of time, effort, and money. We’re your EASY button, so business management issues get handled quickly, professionally, and legally, each and every time.
If you want your business to be known as the “Best Place to Work” you’ve come to the right place.
Contact us today and learn how we can help you create the business you always wanted, make the money you deserve, and live the life you really want to live.
About Our Founder, Katherine Hartvickson
As an HR and leadership consultant for more than a decade, I know what it takes for small business owners to become the leaders others want to follow, and I understand how to help you reach your highest potential and live your life by design, instead of by chance.
Looking back over the past 25 years, I’ve had the pleasure of working in leadership roles in global companies such as American Standard, Campbell Soup, and Blue Diamond Almond Growers.
When I tell people about my experience, I enjoy seeing how surprised they are that I’ve worked extensively on both the production floor and in corporate offices. I’m just as comfortable in a hard hat and steel-toed shoes as I am in a business suit!
Whether it’s plumbers, electricians, physicians, oil and gas suppliers, or people who sell pool supplies, I love being able to help business owners with their HR issues across a wide variety of industries.
I have extensive experience providing HR consulting for the trades, for instance, where businesses deal with a unique set of challenges, such as safety training, skilled trades retention, and team building.
It feels great to put all those years of experience to work for my clients, helping them to stand apart from their competition, and build businesses they’re proud of that will thrive through times of economic uncertainty.
I specialize in helping small business owners because, in many cases, they started as employees, just like I did. Then they decided to work for themselves, and while that’s very rewarding, the learning curve can be long and frustrating, and sometimes they need a little help.
I know that by providing them with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed as business owners and leaders, their businesses will grow, and their teams will enjoy meaningful work while gaining opportunities for advancement and security.
I am committed to coaching business owners and their teams, so they can develop the tactical and strategic knowledge they need to have personal and professional success on their own terms.
HR Specialist, Lynn Ciociola
Lynn Ciociola is a passionate, high-energy human resources professional focused on aligning HR with business strategies to ensure high performance for both businesses and individuals. She is a thought leader and influencer with significant experience in all facets of HR, including integrations, project management, organizational change management, employee relations, legal compliance, employee and leadership development, and more.
She brings a wealth of experience after leading the HR functions of companies in the pharmaceutical, manufacturing, car rental and leasing, payment systems, and retail industries, including Pfizer, RadioShack, Hertz, Bausch & Lomb, Bristol Myers Squibb, and First American Payment Systems.
HR Specialist, Katherine Gelat
Katherine Gelat is an energetic, detail-oriented human resources professional, who is very passionate about compliance & employment law and ensuring all parties have a voice that is heard. Perhaps a sleuth at heart, she likes to get to the bottom of employee conflict, in order to get teams back onto the positive track. We all have to work to live, let’s make it as enjoyable as it can be!
Katherine has been in HR for more years than she likes to admit and has worn many hats in the process. She is a certified HR professional and earned her JD from Perdue University. Her commitment to always “doing the right thing” defines how she approaches all aspects of human resources. Her specialty is employment law and employee relations. When there is a conflict, respect, listening, and finding a resolution is her priority.
HR Specialist, Janice Cama
Janice is a proven HR leader with years of progressive HR experience within the sales & marketing, manufacturing, non-profit and consulting industries. She is a trusted advisor to C level leadership and senior management; achieving strategic alignment of human capital to identify, prioritize, and drive key organizational processes that guarantee exceptional business results.
She earned her MBA in Human Resource Management from the University of Phoenix and she obtained her Senior Professional Human Resource certification with SHRM. She is an active member of several HR management associations nationally as well as in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.
Janice’s experience covers a broad spectrum of HR leadership roles at major corporations including FPC/FPCAF, CBM, Bayview First Funding, Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, Vetoquinol, JV Folsom, ADP TotalSource, Bain and Company, SABRE Holdings, Inc.
Human Resources Representative, Alli Keener
Alli brings years of experience taking care of all of the day-to-day HR administration responsibilities including recruiting, background checking, accounts payables & receivables, tech support, training administration and so many other things that need to get done in our boutique HR consulting small business.
She wears many hats throughout the day and we are all grateful to have an “Alli” on our team!
