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Carl V. Nablo
Managing Partner of Ascendency Global LLC
Carl V. Nablo is the Managing Partner of Ascendency Global and Bison Holdings. The firm is engaged with both Domestic and International Entities in Strategic and Tactical Business Consulting. Mr. Nablo also consults to numerous clients and serves on multiple boards assisting extensively on consulting models, finance, sales, marketing and business development.
Mr. Nablo is a lead mentor at Arizona State University’s EIG Group and additionally Arizona Furnace which is a multiple platform consortium that promotes and develops intellectual property coming out both the University Systems and Industry. In addition, Mr. Nablo is a Thought Leader at MAC6 Incubator in Tempe Arizona and has championed the advocacy of technology and innovation with the recent opening of the MAC6 Manufacturing, Innovation and Technology Center.
Mr. Nablo has extensive senior P & L leadership in both public and privately held corporations and entrepreneurial environments. He has lead as CEO, President and COO numerous global industrial, technology and process organizations through strategic change and rapid growth. He has a long term experience with the acquisition and integration of companies to maximize shareholder value.
Mr. Nablo is the co - founder of the Arizona Industrial Manufacturing Group (AMG) whose members support the development of industrial platforms to the state of Arizona. He was recently asked by the White House Urban Economic Forum to serve on a panel on manufacturing.
Mr. Nablo holds a B.A from the College of Arts & Sciences at Bucknell University. An avid volunteer in the community, Carl works with Canine Assist Dogs, ASU Sky Song in numerous additional mentoring and advisory programs, The United Way Big Brother Program and various civic boards. He enjoys numerous outdoor sporting endeavors and is a resident of Scottsdale.
Tom Bloomquist
Partner
Tom Bloomquist is the Founder and CEO of Bozeman Consulting Group, a management consulting firm which specializes in the development and delivery of service which enhance real and perceived customer value. Mr. Bloomquist has worked in various executive and senior positions at IBM, Intel, Autodesk and Stream International and was a member of Montana State University’s Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship faculty where he taught capstone strategy and international management courses.
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Mr. Bloomquist is a business and technology professional with extensive experience in business development, marketing, strategy, partnership management, and product development. He has a strong track record of building revenue-generating partnerships using fact-based decision making. He has consistently recognized for superior relationship management skills with all levels of clients, management and staff.
Mr. Bloomquist's strengths include strategic alliance development, marketing, strategy, c-level negotiating, business development and product development strategy and implementation.
Mr. Bloomquist has an MBA from Harvard Business School and received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Bucknell University.