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Government & Municipal, Senior Partner USA.
Jim Bennett brings more than three decades of executive and managerial experience in communications, political campaigns, and governmental relations.
Prior to launching BridgeLantic, Jim was the Owner and President of The Bennett Group LLC, a management consulting firm that provided governmental relations for clients such as TimeWarner, the Utah Hospital Association, Utah League of Credit Unions, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, Utah Transit Authority and the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics, as well as the Franklin-Covey Institute and Deseret News. He has also managed dozens of local, Statewide and Nation-wide political campaigns.
Jim has appeared on MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell and Lawrence O’Donnell as a political contributor. He received his Master of Business Administration from Brigham Young University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California in 1993. With decades of experience in the public arena, Jim stands ready to help you and your company succeed.
PGA Golf Professional, Investor, Inventor, Entrepreneur, Author and Speaker. Senior Partner USA.
Byron Casper is an International PGA golf professional, ranked as a top 25 instructor in the USA. He has over twenty five years’ experience investing, launching, and operating various enterprises in the Golf, Sports Technology and Customer Service sectors.
He is the author of two books (Connoisseurs Guide to Scotland & Billy Casper’s Golf tips available on Amazon) and has more than fifteen published articles.
Byron is the son of the Golfing legend, Multi PGA Award winner Billy Casper. Billy Casper is one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA tour.
Billy Casper is considered to be one of the big four, alongside Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player. These four men are widely credited with popularizing and bringing enormous commercial success to the sport worldwide.
Byron received his degree in Travel and Tourism, a second degree in Golf Course Management from the Golf Academy of America. Fresh out of college, Byron began working for the International Golf Tour and the International PGA organizations as their PGA tour liaison, and later as a senior executive for both the PGA tour and Senior PGA tour.
In 1996, Byron re-located to Scotland with his family at the invitation of the St Andrews Golf Company, as their club fitter and golf instructor. This new venture unlocked new opportunities in the UK and Europe, including Byron’s first win at the PCA Championship at Hanbory Manor. It was during this time that Byron published his first book chronicling the relationship between golf and business. Following the successful launch of several new ventures in the UK, Byron returned to the USA in 2007 to launch the Utah franchise of GolfTEC; a business combining Byron’s love of technology and golf.
For as long as they could remember, Byron and Billy Casper had a dream of creating the first Billy Casper Golf Academy to educate, support and help those with a love for the game of golf.
In 2012, the Byron and his dads dream came true with the launch of the first Billy Casper Golf academy. Byron brings unparalleled business development, research and investment experience on both sides of the Atlantic, including:
Billy Casper School of Golf, Utah USA
Byron Casper can be reached via our contact page. Contact – BridgeLantic
BEng MBA CIMAPQ
Tom brings over five decades of civil construction project management experience in engineering and design, construction management, mining operations, and infrastructure.
He is particularly skilled at maximizing the returns on investment and minimizing financial risk in civil engineering projects. His mentor and former partner is Jack Nieporte, the inventor of the FASTRACK project management methodology. The FASTRACK method has been deployed across hundreds of engineering projects in the UK and USA, enabling project owner clients to construct projects in half the time or less, without cutting corners in quality.
He has worked on a range of civil engineering sectors and capabilities, including heavy construction, mining, land reclamation, infrastructure, roads, nuclear, mains water networks, piling, energy, many building sectors including custodial, residential, hotels, hospital, commercial, retail parks, high rise and low-rise building projects.
He began his civil engineering career in 1976 when he joined the Broderick Group founded by his father Patrick. Primarily involved in heavy earth moving, open cast coal mining and servicing National Coal Board mines across England. Becoming a Director of the business upon his father’s passing in 1977, he helped steer the business through a very challenging restructuring period during the UK NUM coal miners strike of 1984.
Tom has worked freelance as a civil engineer and project manager for many years on multiple repeat projects with firms including, BAM, the Buckingham Group and Bowmer and Kirkland.
He receive his civil engineering degree in 1983, and an MBA in 1992 from Brigham Young University, Utah. Tom is also a part qualified chartered accountant having passed CIMA exams in 2007, in Organizational Management and IT Systems, and Investment Risk Management.
His project clients and partners include: BAM, Bowmer and Kirkland, National Coal Board, Atomic Weapons Establishment, Alfred McAlpine, McAleer and Rushe, Amey, GMI, Buckingham Group, Balfour Beatty, Vinci, Galiford Try, Winvic, BAM Nuttall, Careys and more.
Tom is based out of the UK and can be reached via our contacts link: Contact – BridgeLantic
Senior Partner USA
Rich has extensive experience building human resource processes, practices, and capabilities in high growth environments and guiding leaders through mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, and other business transformations. Working with Fortune 1000 companies enabled him to serve a wide range of organizational functions and leadership levels worldwide. Rich is recognized by his clients for saving millions of dollars in operational costs, and his contributions have introduced efficiencies across supply chains. He draws on this experience to plan, develop and implement scaled systems, processes, and tools across each function of the business, and to support senior decision makers.
Rich’s full-cycle talent management experience is a key differentiator. He held corporate HR leadership roles in addition to working for multiple consulting firms and is adept as an insider/outsider. He coached hundreds of leaders at all levels and developed, implemented, and facilitated self-funding leadership development programs. Rich trained hundreds of leaders on talent acquisition processes and filled hundreds of positions from front-line to C-suite. Additionally, he trained thousands of employees and leaders in continuous improvement, culture change, personal development, software tools, and other job skills. And he managed and redesigned organizational performance management processes.
Rich has extensive facilitation experience with a wide variety of executive-level meetings. He is highly proficient with project management, strategic planning, succession planning, team development, new leader startup, and employee engagement. In addition, Rich has been invited to join multiple panel discussions and has been a speaker at professional association meetings.
Rich’s broad industry experience includes professional services, private equity, manufacturing, consumer goods and services, energy, healthcare, insurance, banking, and financial services.
Rich has a dual MBA/MOD from Bowling Green State University and completed post-graduate level training (ICF Accredited Coach Training Program) to achieve executive coaching certification. He has training and project experience with lean six sigma, Baldrige, and other continuous improvement methodologies. Rich is also a Prosci Certified Change Practitioner and has utilized many different change management models, tools, and techniques.
Rich is based in Phoenix, AZ. He can be reached via Contact – BridgeLantic
Sales and Admin Assistant SA
Kamohelo is a graduate from the St Andrews College, Grahamstown, South Africa. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Law, Politics and Leadership from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, SA. Kamohelo is undergoing extensive skills training in International Energy equipment sales and marketing, as well as Project planning and development.
Kamohelo can be reached via our contact page. Contact – BridgeLantic
Business Development SA
Tshiya brings over a decade of Sales and Operations management experience from the Waste management industry. He graduated in Business Management from Varsity College, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa in 2022, prior to joining Bokamoso Fuels. Tshiya is responsible for leading the business development efforts of Bokamoso Fuels as well as expanding its operations globally.
Tshiya can be reached via our contact page. Contact – BridgeLantic
Founder of Go Kanada. Senior Partner Canada
Gottfried Glass, (CICC) a professional, accredited and fully licenced immigration professional in good standing with the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants of Canada. (CICC)
The CICC licenses and regulates the practice of Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants (RCICs) and Regulated International Student Immigration Advisors (RISIAs) in the public interest.
GO KANADA offers World-wide consulting services on immigration, business immigration, student and work visa related applications. The GO KANADA team comprises experts, professionals and partners experienced in all business and personal immigration matters. The firm holds exclusive associate partnerships with licensed and bonded professionals.
Gottfried draws on his own experience as an immigrant to Western Canada in the 90s. Gottfried graduated in immigration law and is a certified licensed immigration consultant. GO KANADA provides a range of services to assist individuals and businesses, investors and entrepreneurs interested in living and working permanently or temporarily in Canada.
Gottfried can also be reached via our contact page. Contact – BridgeLantic
Sales Director SA
Nikita graduated with a law degree before entering the Petrochemical industry. He joined Luke Oil, with a focus on the importation and sale of Gazprom products in South Africa. Nikita is responsible for sales, business development, and building the resources to support Bokamaso Energy.
Nikita can be reached via our contact page. Contact – BridgeLantic
General Manager and Partner SA.
Vince Cockbain is the General Manager of the Bokamoso Energy, a level two BBBEE that was established in 2021 with the aim of exploiting opportunities in the Petrochemicals wholesale energy space in South Africa. In 2022 the company entered a strategic alliance with Rus Energy group who already had an established distribution network, import and export expertise of petrochemicals products, blending plant in Vereeniging as well as relations with Total Energises.
The broader Rus Energy Group owns 49% of Bokamoso. The company is now the trading arm of the broader group and is a stand-alone profit centre. This alliance enables Bokamoso to access the blending and Distribution capabilities of the broader group. Rus Energy brings to Bokamoso 35 years of experience, its existing clients, blending and distribution expertise.
Vince completed as CA(SA) in 1996 and an HDIP tax in 1999. He has solid financial and logistical experience working for listed companies before leaving corporate for personal business in interests in 2006. His businesses including importing, property development and businesses in the petrochemical industry.
Vince can be reached via our contact page. Contact – BridgeLantic
CEO & Chief Legal Counsel SA
Thabiso has over a decade of experience in the Petroleum industry, including Retail and associated downstream businesses. He brings a knowledge of Human Resources management and Learning and Development in his role as Chief Executive Officer and General Manager.
His experience includes Mining operations, Logistics and Business Administration. He has a Masters Degree in Business Leadership (MBL) from UNISA graduate School of Leadership, SA. He is a graduate from the Wits Business School, UNISA and a degree in Administration and Industrial Psychology from the University of Western Cape, SA.
Thabiso can be reached via our contact page. Contact – BridgeLantic
Senior Account Executive USA
Marc has worked in the information security compliance space over the last several years. He has been part of several fast-growing companies that have become market leaders in this space. He’s worked hand in hand with over a hundred executives to help them bolster their security posture and build more trust with customers and partners.
He is an account executive for San Francisco based Sprinto, a cutting edge technology firm which automates information security compliances & privacy laws for fast-growing companies. Clients utilize Sprinto technology to achieve information security compliance and ensure their effectively positioned to close enterprise deals faster.
Investment Partner Canada and USA
Ian has been creating, building, and investing in Award winning global enterprises for over twenty-five years, and has over $500 million in project procurement sales across every continent, including Antarctica. Jacobs Engineering, Golder, Stantec, Shell Petrochemicals, Social Enterprise & Training, Go-Industry, Polyflex.
He brings a breadth and depth of experience in Strategic planning, Investor readiness, Finance, Marketing, International Business development, Project procurement, Project delivery, Operations and Mergers and Acquisitions.
Ian’s collaborations include a diverse group of Public & Private sector clients and project partners in the Energy, Natural and built Infrastructure, Industrial, Commercial & Manufacturing, Mining & Minerals, Waste Management, Plastics & Chemicals, and the Transportation Infrastructure sectors.
Project partners includes, London and Vancouver Olympics, British Chamber of Commerce, BC Hydro, Coca-Cola (Ulster) British Polythene Industries, British General Electric, Shell Chemicals, Trans-Mountain Pipeline, Enbridge Power, Spectra Energy, Government of Malaysia, University of York, and the University of British Columbia.
Major mining project partners include, Suncor Voyager South, CNRL Muskeg River, CNRL Jackpine, Suncor Fort Hills, Athabaska Energy Hangingstone, Suncor Firebag, and CNRL Peace River.
He graduated in Environmental Science and Technology from the University College of Wakefield, England. He received his Master’s degree in Business Administration from Huddersfield University, England. Ian is proud to be one of the earliest graduating student of Beale Medal Award winner, Peter Checkland, inventor of Soft systems methodology (SSM) from the University of Lancaster, UK. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Checkland
He is also a graduate from the Schulich School of Engineering, Calgary, Alberta and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
In 2002, his firm received a Business Excellence Award (BEA) from his Royal Highness, King Tuanku Ja’far of Malaysia. The event was sponsored and organized by the British-Malaysian Chamber of Commerce, with support from Byron Casper, co-founder of the Billy Casper International Golf Academy.
From left to right:
His Excellency, the High Commissioner of Malaysia, Salim Hashim. His Royal Highness, King of Malaysia, Tuanku Ja’fa. His Excellency, Abdul Kader Jaffer, High Commissioner of Pakistan and Ian Wilks at the British-Malaysia Business Excellence Awards ceremony, London, England.
For his services to the British-Malaysia Trading partnership, His Excellency, the High Commissioner for Malaysia, Dato’ Salim bin Hashim, was recognized by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London, United Kingdom.
Vin Balok has spent the last 35 years in the development, research, and execution of Lean Operating System Design and Strategy. Prior to joining Bridgelantic, Vin worked in operations leadership and continuous improvement roles in several industries.
OE Automotive, Aerospace – Aluminum Forging
Designed and implemented a lean manufacturing supply chain, transforming from a traditional push environment to pull resulting in a $28.35 million increase in revenue, $6.4 million reduction in working capital and a 26% improvement in customer delivery performance.
OE Automotive, Aerospace – Investment Casting, Aluminum Die Casting
Achieved $26.4 million in improvements to bottom-line performance through Lean Manufacturing activities consisting of a redesign to the current product and information flow path.
Building and construction – Aluminum Extrusion
Developed the division strategy for the Front-end, Product Estimation through Engineering, to increase the estimating closing rate by 100%. Revenue impact $36.2 million.
Industrial Ceramics & Refractory – Mining & refining
Lead the financial, operational and cultural integration of a newly acquired operation. Restore the business from negative to profitable margins of 10% ROS, Improve the customer performance from 75% to 95%, and develop a safe working environment with no recordable injuries or environmental incidents.
Aluminum Ingot – Smelting
Designed the system architecture to develop the Senior Leadership and Operating Plant Management to lead and support the competencies needed to capture additional market share through the application of fundamental lean manufacturing principles tied to an overarching improvement strategy.
Most recently as Chief Operating Officer for a Tier 1 Automotive Manufacturer, he was responsible for the transfer and design of a multi-national operation to a new global manufacturing footprint. Along with his extensive operations experience, Vin is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt, with a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology.
Vin can be reached via our contact page. Contact – BridgeLantic
Farid Ahmed is an accomplished Technology Partner at BridgeLantic, a leading software development company. With expertise in full-stack web development, Farid is known for his exceptional skills and innovative solutions. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and has continuously updated his knowledge to keep up with the dynamic tech landscape.
As a full-stack web developer, Farid possesses a deep understanding of front-end and back-end development, excelling in programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, and Django. He is also proficient in database management, API integration, and version control systems, ensuring efficient development processes.
Farid has successfully led various web development projects, ranging from small-scale applications to enterprise solutions. His ability to grasp complex requirements, architect robust systems, and deliver scalable web applications has earned him a stellar reputation among peers and clients.
Apart from his technical prowess, Farid excels in collaboration and communication, effectively translating clients’ visions into reality. He maintains a strong commitment to delivering projects on time and within budget, demonstrating meticulous attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
With a constant drive for personal growth, Farid actively stays updated with the latest industry trends and emerging technologies. His dedication to excellence and passion for full-stack web development make him an invaluable asset as a Technology Partner at BridgeLantic, ensuring the delivery of innovative and high-quality solutions to clients worldwide.
Steve Smith is a dynamic and forward-thinking Business Executive and Global HR Leader with a proven track record of driving organizational success for a diverse range of companies, including small start-ups, private and PE-owned firms, and large publicly traded organizations. With an unwavering commitment to understanding organizational needs, Steve develops tailored HR strategies that address internal challenges and drive long-term corporate goals. His wide range of expertise spans strategic alignment, talent management, organizational design, leadership development, HR optimization/turnaround, and Lean HR initiatives. With a strong background in operations, Steve brings rare cross-functional HR capabilities to the table.
Throughout his career, Steve has consistently delivered significant business outcomes. By aligning human capital needs with strategic business plans, he has supported impressive organic growth rates of 15-40% year-over-year. Steve’s expertise in talent management has resulted in substantial increases in talent funnels, integrating best-practice programs aligned with annual business planning and budgeting processes. He has played a pivotal role in leading M&A HR due diligence and integration functions for multiple acquisitions, driving remarkable growth of 50-200% in acquiring business unit target markets. Steve excels in optimizing talent recruitment and onboarding processes, streamlining workflows to reduce time-to-fill positions, improve onboarding, and decrease short-term turnover.
With over two decades of experience in driving HR productivity and process improvement, Steve has consistently optimized his clients’ HR departments, standard work processes, HRM systems, and HR functions, resulting in HR productivity increases of 30% to 75%. These sustainable improvements have positioned HR as true strategic business partners, moving beyond traditional transactional support functions and driving overall growth.
Steve holds a Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Management with a specialization in Human Resources. He is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) by HRCI and as a Senior Certified Professional HR (SHRM-SCP) by SHRM.
With his exceptional HR expertise, strategic mindset, and a proven track record of delivering tangible results, Steve Smith is poised to make a significant, positive impact on your organization. Whether you are a start-up, an established organization seeking to break into new markets, or somewhere in between, partner with Steve and experience the Bridgelantic difference. Contact us today to explore how Steve can help transform your HR functions and drive your organization’s growth.
Senior Engineer, Canada
With over 26 years of invaluable experience in the oil and gas industry within Canada and the United States, Tim McMullen has established a distinguished reputation as a seasoned professional in project development, engineering, project execution, supply chain management, construction management, commissioning/start-up, and operations. Demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of the intricacies of the field, he has successfully delivered numerous projects across a diverse range of oil and gas applications, from salt cavern and depleted reservoir hydrocarbon storage to oilfield cryogenics, LNG, CNG oilfield waste disposal, gas processing, oil terminals, and pipelines.
Tim has been an instrumental leader in a wide variety of projects, spanning from greenfield developments to maintaining the integrity of existing assets. This depth of experience has given him a keen ability to approach challenges from multiple angles, ensuring that innovative and pragmatic solutions are always brought to the table. Throughout his career, he has consistently proven his commitment to excellence, always seeking to improve the reliability, operability, and performance of designs to enhance overall project success.
One of Tim’s most remarkable strengths lies in his superior communication skills. This asset enables him to build solid and productive working relationships with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and clients. As a result, he has cultivated a reputation for being a reliable and valuable team player, capable of fostering a collaborative work environment that facilitates successful project delivery.
Recognized for his efficient and effective approach, Tim is well-versed in delivering projects within tight deadlines and financial constraints without compromising quality or safety. His ability to navigate complex project landscapes has consistently contributed to his exemplary track record of successfully meeting project initiatives, deadlines, and financial parameters.
As a senior engineer, Tim has proven his aptitude for both independent work and team collaboration, adapting seamlessly to any project context. His leadership qualities have allowed them to guide multidisciplinary teams to achieve shared objectives while mentoring and developing junior professionals, passing on his wealth of knowledge to the next generation of industry leaders.
With a visionary approach and an unwavering commitment to the oil and gas sector, Tim continues to drive innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence across every project they undertake. His extensive expertise, combined with a passion for the industry’s advancement, ensures that he remains at the forefront of shaping the future of oil and gas.
Senior Partner, Author UK
Keith is a Company Chairman and Financial Management Professional with a successful track record in the Financial Services Industry. He is highly respected in the financial sector for innovative product development, facilitated by demonstrable business acumen.
Born in the heart of Yorkshire England, Keith was brought up and educated in Bradford. At the tender age of 16 he joined British Rail in Bradford and on gaining a promotion went to work in the Southeast and became Britain’s youngest Station Master at the age of 21, an achievement which Keith is still immensely proud of today.
Returning to Yorkshire from the Southeast, Keith formed an independent financial services business and quickly established a reputation for his innovative approach and creativity in providing products that were relevant, not only to the everyday man, but also to high-worth individuals and companies. The business grew substantially both in the UK and abroad, and Keith finally sold his company in 2004 to Yorkshire Investment Group when his business partner retired.
As Chairman of the Yorkshire Society for the past seven years, Keith has presided over a period of significant growth in corporate and individual members, with membership increasing five and ten-fold respectively.
Keith is also an active participant in a wide range of community activities where his public speaking skills and long-standing links with national, regional and local media are used to great effect.
Keith is a natural communicator who excels in new challenges and influences key opinion to support a range of community issues and activities. For example, Keith has joined forces with a leading Financial Services Lawyer to launch the People’s Regeneration Fund, which will enable individuals to invest ethically alongside major financial institutions in rural and urban regeneration.
Keith’s vision is to bring the financial services sector and regeneration together for the benefit of the integrated community. Because of his considerable financial services expertise and background, his desire is to attain achievement in regeneration in the widest possible sense. He is deeply committed to assisting the disadvantaged, facilitating improvements in schools, local schemes and contributing to community affairs in general.
Entrepreneur
Ken is a highly respected and extremely well-connected entrepreneur with knowledge and experience gained over 40 years in business from being the third generation of a well-known mid-tier Construction group. He was recognized throughout the industry for delivering excellence and attention to detail on award-winning projects completed under his tenure.
Key achievements
Ken acquired a well-known Audi/VW dealership from insolvency which, during his 35 years ownership, became hugely profitable, quadrupling in size and winning prestigious industry awards, inc. UK Dealer of the Year.
Ken co-founded one of Scotland’s premier fine-dining restaurants. It was internationally renowned, winning many awards and accolades. The New York Times called it, ‘the best restaurant in Edinburgh’.
Ken as a trusted advisor and Non-Executive Director is synonymous with the success of several businesses, both start-up and established, inc. a haulage and logistics firm, a luxury motorhome distributor, care homes, and a commercial furniture/fit-out business. He has coached and mentored several successful business owners over the years – challenging, supporting and inspiring them to drive their business forward.
He now seeks further advisory opportunities where his valuable skills, knowledge and experience can help businesses to grow and thrive.
About Ken
Ken was born, raised and educated in Edinburgh. He furthered his education at a High School in Chicago, and spent 4 years as a construction management trainee with a national company before joining the family business. Sadly, his father passed away shortly after, leaving Ken (then aged 25) to assume responsibility for 200 employees.
Ken is an accomplished public speaker. He was the youngest elected Fellow of the IoD, past President of the Federation of Master Builders (Scottish Region), and past President of St Andrews Business Club. He is a member of The Royal Company of Merchants of Edinburgh, and is a fully qualified Master Business Coach,
Ken is a family man and is a keen hill walker and cyclist.
Founder, West Advantage HR Solutions
Carmen West is a servant leader with 25 years of progressive human
resources experience in human capital management, change
management & cultural transformation, project management, M&A/Integrations, and building high-performing teams.
With the mission of enabling organizations and individuals to be the best they can be, Carmen founded West Advantage HR Solutions, LLC, in 2019. Carmen and her team create solutions and provide services that bring together the three critical elements of People, Processes and
Technology to implement lasting change, build cohesive teams, and grow your business!
Carmen honed her leadership skills at United Aviate Academy, a subsidiary of United Airlines, McGraw Hill (formerly McGraw-Hill Education), NiSource, Time Warner Cable, and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company.
In her career she has formulated and built strategic, global HR operations centers of excellence. She has also led and executed large scale HR transformational initiatives and projects, infrastructure & process design, and system integrations. With extensive vendor management and contract negotiation expertise; she has identified and implemented saving opportunities and efficiencies. Regarded as a knowledgeable business leader and a respected leader, she works in partnership with all levels of an organization to raise the tough questions and talk about what needs to be talked about to achieve breakthrough performance results. She is a former Officer of Diversity & Inclusion; career transition coach, talent/career development and leadership coach, and OPEX speaker on culture, engagement, and change management/transformation.
For a detailed list of her accomplishments, work history, awards, and organizations, please see her LinkedIn profile: www.linkedin.com/in/carmenwest/.
