Our Consultants

Bob Bestvina, Principal Consultant

Bob Bestvina began consulting with The Thomas Group in early 2000. After learning the consulting trade, he left The Thomas Group to launch what has become Execution Catalysts. Prior to consulting, Bob spent over 20 years in banking, transportation and healthcare. His experience includes significant leadership roles at Federal Express, Caremark, and Merck. As a consultant, Bob has helped numerous executives with challenges ranging from improving a business unit’s profitability to managing the implementation of software solutions.

Rick Ford, Consultant

Rick Ford brings over 25 years of diversified revenue cycle, finance and customer support experience to Execution Catalysts. Rick’s background includes leadership roles at Transamerica Insurance, Caremark and Maxim Pharmaceuticals. Rick’s marquee accomplishment as a consultant was the design and start-up of a reimbursement operation to support a new division of a leading insurance company. Rick’s extensive background allows him to address just about any revenue cycle challenge.

Tom Rocheleau, Consultant

Tom Rocheleau has over 25 years experience in designing, building and implementing automated systems for the automotive and pharmaceutical industries. Tom’s background includes significant engineering roles at General Motors, Baxter and Caremark. For most of the past ten years, Tom has been the primary automation consultant for Caremark’s high volume pharmacy operations. Tom’s extensive experience allows him to manage just about any facility or automation challenge that an executive may have.

Mike Lanier, Consultant

Mike Lanier is a highly skilled consultant with over 25 years experience in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems. Prior to becoming a consultant, Mike held significant leadership positions at The Red Cross, Deere and Company, and Verbatim. Mike has led numerous multi-million dollar custom ERP, SCM and CRM solutions that have helped clients to achieve state-of-the-art status in their manufacturing, distribution and customer service operations.

Tom Lemanski, Consultant

Tom Lemanski has over 25 years diversified sales and marketing experience. After honing his skills as an owner and officer in manufacturing, Tom led a successful turnaround of a consumer product marketing company where, as President, he doubled revenues by rebuilding the product lines and sales force. As a consultant, Tom has assisted executives with numerous challenges in sales, marketing, strategic planning, change leadership and talent assessment. Tom also provides executive coaching having worked with executives in over 30 different industries.