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... deep thinker who can creatively determine a practical approach. Her unique balance of theoretical and experience-based solutions is an asset for any problem-solving activity. With a background in analysis, development, and project management, Catalyst Northwest is a triple threat to the triple constraints of project management. - Michele Smeller
Catalyst Northwest consultants have acute insight, a depth of perspective, and an enormous ability to organize and pull out the critical points and paths in a given project. They sees the order and patterns dwelling in the chaos. I appreciate their forthright manner and recommend them highly, especially where innovation and new projects are being engaged. A delightful plus is their enthusiasm and supportive nature. If you want to get it done, go to Catalyst Northwest. - Lisa Lindahl
Catalyst Northwest demonstrated a level of professionalism, experience and care that is rarely equaled in formulating scope, vision and the business case that were essential to the effort. The consultant's strong ability to collaboratively garner support and leverage existing leadership channels can be attributed to her efforts to highlight the natural bond between Web Accessibility and the organization's mission and culture. Marna's communications, planning and supporting artifacts are top notch allowing for information to flow with ease between Business and Technical stakeholder domains. The icing on the top is that Marna is truly a Champion for the cause of Web Accessibility which made her role of Change Agent that much more effective.
- Paul Edwinson
...highly experienced project & program manager with a keen intellect and exceptional analysis skills....an amazing ability to see the big picture and grasp all of the relevant details - translating these into actionable output ...with a superior modeling ability generating compelling visual representations...and a firm grasp of project and program methodology with particular skills and experience in agile solutions. Catalyst Northwest brings a seasoned approach to requirements, features, planning, estimating and documentation and works well with large efforts and is great at recruiting and forming teams. - Jim Ure
skilled and agile team leader who is able to keep both the technical and people oriented sides of the team running smoothly and on track. - Scott Maxson
While a Catalyst Northwest consultant was managing the timing and logistics of the study itself, she was also coordinating multiple onsite client visits, another project.... The word 'multi-tasking' does not even begin to describe the skill and energy required to pull off such a feat. In addition to all this, Catalyst Northwest continuously formulated insights that ultimately led to the creation of a highly successful final product for our clients. - Andrew Sweeney