In 2003 Leahy Consulting started to expand operations by adding a marketing person and new technical support staff, and we became part of a group of Exact Resellers called Esta Group.  ESTA Group was organized to strengthen the customer service and technical capabilities of each member and includes Leahy Consulting, Inc. (Cincinnati, Ohio), Quest IV, Inc. (Toledo, Ohio), Software Solutions, Inc. (Des Moines, Iowa), and Yeo & Yeo Computer Consulting, LLC (Saginaw, Michigan). The ESTA Group is the largest Macola reseller which means that its customers will have a stronger voice in the future direction of the software.

In 2006 we added a new consultant who is skilled in programming and who provides support for the eSynergy line of software. The addition of that consultant allowed us to focus on expanding our Pulse software and to develop a broad range of custom programming utilities.  Later that year we added a full time support person to provide phone support service to our growing family of clients.

Our latest growth has come in an expansion of facilities.  Late in 2007 we moved up to the 41st floor of the Carew Tower in downtown Cincinnati.  This move has provided us with a larger training room, conference room space, and more room for our marketing staff.  In 2008, we added another consultant skilled in programming to take over the re-writing of our Pulse Dashboard software using Visual Basic .Net.

We continue to look for ways to grow and expand our ability to serve our clients.  With our active involvement in the Indiana users group, we are finding many new clients in that region. Our Pulse Dashboard software as well as our customer programming utilities for Macola software customers has expanded our customer base to locations all over the US and Australia.  New products are in the works which will give us the opportunity to find new ways to serve our customers.

Staff

We believe that carefully choosing our staff members based on combined technical, business and people skills allows us to provide better service. Each staff member takes a personal interest in learning the products and business workflow of our customers. This enables us to recommend cost-effective solutions and provide personal and caring service.

Michael J. Leahy, mleahy@leahyconsulting.com
Mike is a graduate of the Krannert School of Industrial Management at Purdue University. He started Leahy Consulting in 1981 after twelve years as a consultant with Price Waterhouse and as a computer systems engineer with two major computer manufacturers.

During his career, he has continually focused on improving the operational capabilities of manufacturers and wholesale distributors. Mike has a very hands on approach and a unique ability to quickly analyze systems problems from both a business and technology viewpoint and is able to effectively work with both people and systems. His business solutions typically result in more accurate and timely information to assist in making better decisions. 

Cathy Leahy, cleahy@leahyconsulting.com

Cathy Leahy joined Leahy Consulting in 1997. Cathy works on a part-time basis to assist with planning and problem solving. She was previously director for Senior Services at Deaconess Hospital and part of their strategic planning team.  Her full-time job is teaching as a full-time faculty member at Xavier University.

Donna Lansing, dlansing@leahyconsulting.com
Donna joined Leahy Consulting in 2002 and came to us with four years of experience as a Macola software consultant. Her strengths in account management and successful Macola implementations are complemented by her team spirit, training methods and commitment to meet client needs.

Donna's background also includes working for a Macola end-user and being an accounting department manager. This enables her to assist our clients to easily perform their month-end closing and prepare their financial statements.  Her success with process standardization and documentation, project organization, and not-for-profit environments adds to her ability to provide exceptional service and support to our clients.

Terry Lanham, tlanham@leahyconsulting.com
Terry joined Leahy Consulting as the Client Services and Sales Manager. He has worked closely with the Exact Macola product line since 1994 servicing over 200 customers. His experience ranges from sales and marketing to client support and services. He previously worked as a product manager for a German Engineering Company where he was responsible for the management of projects for Disney Imagineering, Chicago Transit Authority, and United Technologies/Otis Elevator.

Gary Fredensborg, gfredensborg@leahyconsulting.com
Gary Fredensborg joined Leahy Consulting in 2003. He has over thirty years of computer systems experience, including fifteen years working with Macola software, Crystal Reports, computer networking and remote access software.  He also has experience in technical support.

His formal education is in accounting and business administration.  He migrates Progression users to the Microsoft SQL database, develops and implements custom Crystal reports, provides help with system problems and assists with telephone technical support.

Bonnie Lafollette, blafollette@leahyconsulting.com
Bonnie is our lead telephone support person, joining Leahy Consulting in 2006 after over 20 years of experience in using, implementing, and supporting Macola Software.   Bonnie previously has worked for a manufacturer, a Macola reseller, and corporate offices of Exact.  Her formal education is in accounting.

Ben Kirk, bkirk@leahyconsulting.com

Ben joined Leahy Consulting in 2006 to pursue his technology career with a degree in Computer Science from the University of Cincinnati.  Ben provides Visual Basic Flexibility programming services, Event Manager eSynergy support, Macola ES data conversions, SQL support, and custom Visual Basic programming.  He has created a number of specialized utilities to enable customers to update databases using a simple spreadsheet and to interface Macola with other software systems.  Ben is the original programmer who developed our Pulse Dashboard software.

Adriano Feria, aferia@leahyconsulting.com
Adriano joined Leahy in 2008.  He has two degrees, one in economics and another in computer science.  Adriano, fluent in Portuguese and Spanish, has taken over the re-writing and expansion of our Pulse Dashboard software.  He has also been active to develop several stand-alone custom utilities which have been incorporated into the Pulse software.  Adriano is also a support resource for the Synergy software.