The Persimmon Group

Kelly Brummel

Consultant

Kelly is a consultant with AMark specializing in project management, business, finance, and human resources consulting services. She has developed a variety of project management best practice materials facilitating job analyses, competency development, skill acquisition, performance appraisal, interviewing, on-boarding, and mentoring. Her previous academic research experience has been in leadership success and failure, leader member exchange, employee training and development, and employee engagement and retention. She has facilitated the management of projects in variety of industries including investment financial services, customer service, and the energy sector.   Kelly has a Bachelor’s in Communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is currently working on a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems at the University of Tulsa. Kelly lives with her husband in Tulsa, OK.  She is an active member of the Junior League of Tulsa and also volunteers with Tulsa Global Alliance and St. Francis Children’s Hospital.

Josh Miller

Business Development Director

Josh Miller is the Business Development Director for The Persimmon Group. With ten years of sales, advertising, and account management experience, Josh oversees The Persimmon Group’s business development efforts. From marketing to sales and everything in between, he works to ensure that all needs of The Persimmon Group’s customers are met. Since joining The Persimmon Group in 2006, Josh has worked launching a number of initiatives including open enrollment classes, TPG Speakers, trade show exhibits, The Persimmon Group Newsletter, a branding campaign and implementation of a new CRM system. Josh also works closely with The Persimmon Group’s clients and its business development team to ensure the best possible service is provided to The Persimmon Group’s customers.

Prior to joining Persimmon, Josh served as a Senior Media Consultant for an independent advertising agency where he managed a portfolio of the company’s largest and most prestigious clients. Josh negotiated deals with both local cable companies and nationwide affiliates generating over $3 million in sales. Josh also managed the national television advertising campaign for the launch of the independent film, Taliesin Jones.

Josh earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Oral Roberts University. He currently lives in Tulsa with his wife Elizabeth and son Colin.

David Petty

Consultant

David Petty is a TPG Consultant specializing in project management, business change and operations management initiatives. David has over 15 years experience working with industry leading organizations to implement IT solutions in high performance operations environments. David has a proven track record using a consultative process to develop solutions that drive results.

Formerly, David served in several capacities with BI Worldwide, a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winner and ISO9000 registered organization delivering consulting and outsourced operations services to large national customers. His assignments included Director, Client Services Operations, leading a development and operations staff of over 75 IT professionals.

David earned a master’s degree from Madonna University in Detroit, Michigan. He currently resides in Kansas City with his wife and kids.

Kris Reynolds

Project Management Practice Leader

Kris Reynolds is the Project Management (PM) Practice Leader for The Persimmon Group (TPG) and is a Project Management Institute-certified Project Management Professional (PMP). As part of the leadership team for TPG, he is responsible for the project and program management, business architecture and analysis services. His areas of client focus include leading large, strategic programs for companies, consulting on project management best practices, developing custom methodologies, providing hands-on coaching to project managers, performing project audits and conducting tailored learning events in a variety of industries. Kris has been recognized for his work in setting up Project Management Offices and was listed among the top 25 Outstanding Organizations for his work on TV Guide's PMO in 2008.  He earned two Bachelors degrees (Economics and Business Administration) from Centenary College of Louisiana, and a Master’s degree in Marketing from Oklahoma City University.  Kris is an active member of PMI Tulsa's board, having served as President the past two years. He is also a Six Sigma Black belt.
 
Prior to joining TPG, Kris spent the past 6 years at Rovi Corporation (TV Guide) where he led the project management team around the deployment of the company’s Interactive Program Guide.
Before his stint with TV Guide, Kris spent 7 years at NDC Health where he served in a myriad of roles for the healthcare company.  He is a graduate of the 40th class of Leadership Tulsa and enjoys giving back to the community, most recently through the teaching of the Project Management for Youth Curriculum he created, to Tulsa middle and high school students.  Kris holds a National “C” license coaching certification and coached competitive soccer for many years before spending the last 6 coaching his daughter and son’s recreational teams. 

Sarah Stephens

Consultant

Sarah is a Consultant with The Persimmon Group specializing in business consulting services and leadership development. Sarah’s background is in Organizational Leadership and Development and Human Resource Management. Her expertise includes leadership development, talent management, employee relations, training development and communication. Prior to joining TPG, Sarah worked as a Senior HR Business Partner with a global engineering firm where she worked with employees and executives alike, ensuring that people, strategies, and solutions were successfully developed and implemented.

 Backed with a Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR) certification and MS in Organizational Leadership, Sarah’s solutions are theoretically sound yet practical and realistic for fast-paced and complex organizations. She is guided by overarching strategy to implement people-centered processes, developmental activities, and change initiatives.

Sarah is certified in Hogan Assessment Systems, an international personality and leadership assessment tool. She interprets this tool for the identification of personal strengths, values, and development opportunities in team building, leadership development, and executive coaching efforts.

Sarah currently lives in Owasso with her husband and two young sons.

Jeff Wilcox

Consultant

Jeff Wilcox is a Consultant with The Persimmon Group specializing in business consulting, strategic planning and process improvement. He has 14+ years of experience developing and implementing programs, strategies and solutions. As an experienced manager, he has held diverse positions across functional areas such as product management, database marketing, and call center management.

Jeff has built a successful track record at H&R Block, UnitedHealth Group, and AT&T. In his various roles, he combined his strategic thinking with his practical implementation approach to take visions from concept to reality. Jeff has managed a wide array of products ranging from new product lines to mature products. In his most recent positions, he developed and executed strategic plans for multi-million dollar product portfolios.

Jeff is a graduate of Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He received his Master of Business Administration from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts. Jeff lives in Overland Park, Kansas with his wife Allison and their two daughters.