CREDENS LLC

Business Consulting  ♦  Analytics  ♦  Facilitation  ♦  Project Management  ♦  Training
 


Tel: 608.576.0442

OUR TEAM

Raj Kamal, MS, MBA - Principal Consultant

With 20 years of leadership and hands-on experience in industry and blue-chip consulting firms (Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton), Mr. Kamal helps clients improve their competitiveness and productivity through business planning and execution, performance measurement and quality improvements.  He has managed significant organizational changes caused by, e.g., process redesign, restructuring and software implementation.  He specializes in health care and insurance, higher education, financial services, government and not-for-profit sectors, and has also served clients in consumer packaged goods, and retail and B2B distribution.

He is a published author, a Senior Lecturer at Edgewood College's School of Business in Madison, and received its Outstanding Faculty award in 2012.  He has served on the Board of Examiners for the Wisconsin Forward Award, and as past President of the American Marketing Association (Madison chapter).  

He holds an MS in Quantitative Methods and Marketing and completed Doctoral course work from Purdue University, an MBA in Strategic Management from the Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad, and a BA (Honors) in Economics. LinkedIn Profile

Bruce Harville, CPA, MBA - Senior Advisor - Strategic & Financial Analysis

Mr. Harville has 20 years of experience consulting with organizations of all sizes and in all industries, from Fortune 500 corporations to small, local not-for-profits.  He also has significant experience working in higher education and with state government agencies.  His projects have been principally in the areas of strategic planning, business process improvement, project management and financial modeling.

Mr. Harville is a Certified Public Accountant and has an MBA degree, with specializations in finance and accounting.  He has worked for two international accounting and consulting firms, and headed the IT services organization for the largest division of a major manufacturing company.

Christopher Dakes, PhD, LEED  -  Senior Advisor - Organizational Development

Dr. Dakes is the Director of Educational Innovations and Learning Design at the Wisconsin School of Business and a Faculty Associate in the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  His formal technical education and his personal passion for the human aspects of technical organizations have helped him blend highly technical perspectives with social, political, environmental, and emotional issues in the workplace.  Through his combined experiences in industry, academia and international teaching and consulting, he brings a strong blend of diverse real world perspectives.  He also worked as Director of Organizational Development for Affiliated Engineers, Inc., where he directed a broad range of initiatives.  He has also consulted with several organizations re: management effectiveness and organizational culture.



Dr. Katherine Templeton, MD - Chief Medical Advisor

 

Dr. Templeton has practiced medicine in Wisconsin since 1986.  She is board-certified in Internal Medicine and has been a faculty member of the University of Wisconsin Medical School for over 20 years.  She is a practicing internist and Program Director of the hospitalist program at St. Marys Hospital in Janesville, WI.  She has served as the Medical Director of two commercial health insurance companies and the Medicare Part B program for the State of Wisconsin.  She has extensive experience in health care delivery amd reimbursement methodologies and strategies.  She co-founded a software company that developed decision support software for identifying and managing high-risk patients. 

Our Network of Professionals

 

In addition to our team above, Credens has a network of other senior and mid-level seasoned professionals with diverse skills, including data analytics and business intelligence, finance, operations, IT and deep health care industry experience.  We engage them as needed by our clients.