TAB Tulsa

John Bethel has been a TAB-Certifed Facilitator since 1995 and has over thirty-five years of combined corporate and consulting experience.  John specializes in strategic and tactical planning, organizational effectiveness and performance improvement programs.  He began his career with Bank of Oklahoma, served for 7 years as a management consultant with Ernst & Young (EY) and held chief operating and chief executive positions in industry before returning to management consulting with the Corporate Performance Group in 1994.

John holds a BSBA in Finance and Economics and an MBA in Management from the University of Tulsa where he also served as an Associate Professor of Economics.  John is a Certified Behavioral Analyst, a Certified Management Consultant and a member of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC).

David has over 29 years of experience running businesses of diverse industries and sizes. He has specialized experience in strategic organization planning, executive transition planning, executive coaching, sales force and channel development, and executive compensation and search. David’s career began in Human Resources including positions as Director Personnel for Gulf Oil Corporation and Vice President Human Resources for Hilti Inc. He spent his last 12 years at Hilti as President of Hilti’s Latin American subsidiary growing their business from $3 million to $70 million. Since leaving Hilti in 2000 he has served as the President of United States Mutual Association, a background screening company, and Communication Graphics Inc., a nationally recognized graphics and print provider.

In addition he has as significant background in providing board leadership to Not for Profits. Many of these experiences included merger, organization startup, and organization turn around as the Board Chair.
David has a degree in Management and an MBA from the University of Tulsa where he was the founding Chair of the College of Business Advisory Board. David is currently a member and board chair of Junior Achievement Oklahoma, a member of the board and Treasurer of Delta Dental of Oklahoma, and is on the boards of Morningcrest Healthcare Foundation and A New Leaf.

Scott has over 27 years of experience working with and for small businesses, business owners, and others to grow and develop their companies. His expertise is in financial planning and analysis, operations, strategic planning and profitability improvement.

Scott began his career with American Airlines and held Finance positions with United Video, Sprint, and Gardner Denver, prior to moving to San Antonio, TX in 2007 to become President of a privately-held medical education company.  After 6 years he moved back to Tulsa to become the Chief Financial Officer for another privately-held company, and after guiding them through a private equity transaction, decided to work in consulting.

Scott has provided advisory services to companies in industries ranging from manufacturing and medical devices to telecommunications and financial services.  His clients have included large, publicly traded companies, private-equity backed organizations, Native-American tribes, and family-owned small businesses.

Scott has a BS degree in Finance and Accounting from Oklahoma State University and an MBA from the University of Tulsa.  He serves on the Finance committee for Domestic Violence and Intervention Services of Tulsa and is a member of the board of A&M Engineering and Environmental Services.