About Us
Partners in building the business to meet your aspirations
Jacquarden’s consultants bring decades of experience…
in implementing customized approaches for innovative, entrepreneur-led companies.
Melissa Angeli
“When you listen deeply, you learn what is truly important to people, and from that, everything is possible.”
Melissa’s touchstone accomplishments include:
• Creation and sustainment of enduring innovative culture—sustained over 15 years—that was a key differentiator for a fast-growing tech company.
• Series of successful, long term, trusted coaching relationships with senior executives.
• Significant business results in key operational roles across organizations: led and nurtured client relationships; designed and developed facilities, including remote expansions; managed contracting and other business operational areas.
Laura McKinney
“When a team commits—and has the courage—to speak the truth, then it can begin to realize its ultimate potential.”
Laura’s touchstone accomplishments include:
• Collaborating to build a novel, strategically sound, culture resulting in ability to attract critical talent consistently over decades.
• Significant work in facilitating collaborative innovation in applied research, by bridging the divide between higher education and industry.
• Teaching and coaching at all levels, including leadership development, for over two decades.
• Experience on leadership teams and boards in high technology, manufacturing, and higher education.