right angle helps businesses take their organizations to the next level by boosting profits through effective planning, high performing marketing and sales, operational efficiencies and effective employees.  Our many years of experience and hundreds of proven strategies and systems provide you with a fresh perspective on results.  Let us help you create a customized solution to meet your strategic objectives. 

Our Mission…
right angle maximizes client results through integrity, innovation and improvement, metrics and long-term relationships.

Founding Partners:

 
Rachel F. Butler

Over 18 years of broad corporate, consulting and coaching experience.  Rachel has a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of business, where she has held leadership/management roles with several Fortune 100 companies as well as an international organization.   Rachel has consulted with many Fortune 500 companies as well as leading universities and applies her broad business experience and coaching skills to help business owners, executives and key managers, achieve maximum results. 

Experienced in:

• Strategic & Operational Planning
• Change Management & Organizational Development
• Team & Leadership Development (executive, management and high-performance work teams)
• Professional Facilitation
• Process Reengineering & Problem Solving – Six Sigma & Lean Mfg
• Business Coaching – 1:1 mentoring of owner & key leaders
• Training and Development (all types, including OJT, train-the-trainer and low/high ropes/experiential) 

Rachel received her B.S. with majors in Finance and Operations Management from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and her M.B.A. from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA.  Ms. Butler is certified as a Chief Training Officer from American Society of Training & Development.  Additional certifications include: Certified Business Coach, Certified Facilitator, Dale Carnegie, Win/Win Negotiating, Train-the-Trainer, Statistical Methods for Improving Performance (Concourse), Process Mapping, and DDI.  On a personal note Rachel has been married 19 years, has two daughters, coaches Quick Recall, and is an active school volunteer.

 
Thomas A. Butler

More than 23 years sales, marketing and business management experience.  Positions have included Process Engineering at Kroy, Inc., Sales Engineer at FSI Corp, Honeywell, Inc, and GE.  Leadership and executive responsibilities in Product Management for GE, Sales and Marketing Management for Makino, Inc. and VP Sales & Marketing for Mann+Hummel Advanced Filtration Concepts have provided Tom with a well-rounded perspective and knowledge of sales & marketing as well as general management.  Significant experience selling to all levels within companies provides him with insight into being successful in very competitive markets.  He is also adept at developing new or neglected markets and territories.

• Developed multiple channels to market: direct sales engineers, account managers, regional managers, distributors and sales representatives
• Created and implemented annual and long-term business plans including forecasts to projected P & L, capital budgets and headcount.
• Served on multiple business advisory boards within the manufacturing sector:  Marketing, Economics, Forecasting, and Economics & Statistics
• Well versed in managing cross-functional teams to drive sales, reduce costs and re-engineer product and processes

Tom received his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and his M.B.A. from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA.  Mr. Butler is certified in multiple sales training techniques including Xerox, Wilson Learning and The Paradigm Group.  On a personal note he has been married for 19 years and has two daughters ages 14 and 11.  Tom enjoys activities with his family, plays competitive tennis and is an avid Green Bay Packer fan.