About the team
Solutions driven Waste, Technology, Process, Finance/Accounting, Training and Operations professionals with achievement in waste management, retail, oil & gas, healthcare and consulting industries. We specialize in creating productivity and revenue improvement initiatives as well as technologies that drive measurable value.
Lance Carlson- Founder and Managing Director
20+ years as experienced consultant, GIS technology leader, data scientist and senior operations professional.
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Talia Lavor- COO & Director of Training
15+ years of sales & marketing, training, operations and business experience.
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Steve Richards
Sr Consultant- Finance/Accounting
Former corporate controller for one of Canada's largest solid waste companies, Steve is an expert at everything finance/accounting and specializes in leading clients through Sage implementations, Trux integrations and Solver deployments.
Matthew Benoit
Sr Consultant
Widely considered the defacto 'TRUX Expert', Matthew has almost 25 years of Trux training and deployment experience and enjoys seeing clients get the most from their systems.
Jon P
Sr GIS Programming Consultant
Expert in Python coding & Power Bi Dashboard development
Testimonials
What our customers have to say about us
Full testimonials available at LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lancecarlson1/details/recommendations/?detailScreenTabIndex=0
Lance and his team efficiently analyze and process data/information with the ability to provide effective solutions. I worked with Lance for four years on very complex and successful projects.
Lance has a keen ability to apply innovation and technology to solve todays problems in ways I could not even imagine. I had the pleasure of partnering with him and his team to equip teams with analysis and GIS information to optimize operations. He manages through complex environments efficiently to focus in on the biggest impacts. He seems to eat challenges for lunch! Lance will always find a way to add real value to both short term objectives and long term strategy.
I have had the pleasure of working with Lance for many years on multiple projects and initiatives. His abilities to connect with individuals during training workshops and problem-solve through routing projects are top notch. He has always done a great job of leading by example and soliciting the feedback and knowledge of his team to generate the best outcomes.
Lance is an excellent example of an "Out-Of-The-Box" thinker. In the GIS industry of Geospatial Intelligence, quite often our clients or customers come to us not exactly knowing what it is we do or what exactly they need. Lance has a great ability to listen, understand and propose ideas that may be complex to solve but he can explain them in a way that helps you gain confidence in him and the solution. I attended the ESRI Spatial Business Leadership Academy with Lance and then we sat on the Business Advisory Council together. When I was new to the commercial side of GIS usage, having always dealt with asset management, Lance was always able to help me understand how his business and the functions he did could relate to mine and even found some common ground where we could help each other where waste and rail came together.
I have had the pleasure of working with Lance for several years. Through this time, I have relied on Lance as a trusted business partner. I routinely engage Lance to assist with problem solving as his creative approach often provides alternative solutions, stretching the group to think beyond their current scope. Further, he has always made himself available when needed. He fully embraces support to the field teams championing the internal customer focus while also reinforcing a matrix culture.
Lance's team always produced actionable results that were impactful to our field operations. When working with Lance directly he was very responsive to our needs, gave excellent recommendations and had great insight to what would bring the best overall returns from the projects we completed.
I had the privilege of securing Lance’s help with multiple projects during the roughly 8 years we both worked at the corporate office of Republic Services. During each interaction, Lance identified clear objectives, the most productive method of execution, what clearly defined tasks his team could execute to go from start to end, and most importantly, the efficient and timely delivery of the work product.
Incredible combination of technical skills and leadership. Lance provided support to my business unit on many occasions. Many times it was his calm, problem solving demeanor that kept the project(s) moving forward. I always appreciated Lance's ability to explain complex technical processes to every level of the organization. As an avid outdoor adventurist, you always felt his guiding leadership in navigating the path forward.
Lance’s vigorous technical skills, supportive approach, and the ability to teach, train and mentor is what defines Lance as a strong leader. Over the past 13 years I have had the luxury to work with Lance on several projects, major roll outs and various training sessions. Lance has always brought a unique drive and passion centered around the GIS platform with the ability to address, explain and define solutions to complex problems to all levels of the organization.
Lance not only delivers results but does so with a genuine passion for his work and an unwavering commitment to the success of the projects he undertakes.