Every business is a candidate for improved operations and profits through resolving
entrenched inefficiencies whether in programs, systems or people. Often the abundant
opportunities to accomplish more with less are overlooked in the frantic pace to meet
immediate demands. Mistakes, missed deadlines, poor quality work and cost overruns are
common symptoms. Employee morale, teamwork, and profits suffer. Work is a grind with
unsatisfactory rewards.
My name is Byron Callas, an executive business consultant with over 30 years
experience. I consistently help my clients eliminate inefficiencies and improve
operations to enable staffs to reliably achieve their project, operations and profit
goals.
My mission is to make the lives of you and your employees easier, to make work simpler,
to measurably increase productivity, and to achieve greater returns on your investment in
money and human energy.
My focus is solving business-enterprise problems that impede progress and productivity.
My results are improved operations, increased returns on investment, a better work
environment and a more effective workforce.
My experience: Over 30 years executive and management engagement with business
owners to stabilize their operations and improve the performance of their operations,
systems and people across disparate business units.
entrenched inefficiencies whether in programs, systems or people. Often the abundant
opportunities to accomplish more with less are overlooked in the frantic pace to meet
immediate demands. Mistakes, missed deadlines, poor quality work and cost overruns are
common symptoms. Employee morale, teamwork, and profits suffer. Work is a grind with
unsatisfactory rewards.
My name is Byron Callas, an executive business consultant with over 30 years
experience. I consistently help my clients eliminate inefficiencies and improve
operations to enable staffs to reliably achieve their project, operations and profit
goals.
My mission is to make the lives of you and your employees easier, to make work simpler,
to measurably increase productivity, and to achieve greater returns on your investment in
money and human energy.
My focus is solving business-enterprise problems that impede progress and productivity.
My results are improved operations, increased returns on investment, a better work
environment and a more effective workforce.
My experience: Over 30 years executive and management engagement with business
owners to stabilize their operations and improve the performance of their operations,
systems and people across disparate business units.
"Byron is one of the most savvy business leaders I have ever worked with. He has the uncanny
ability to dive deep into problem areas, analyze and vet opportunities while offering concrete
solutions that deliver efficiency and process to the most chaotic situations. He has been
instrumental on various projects, bringing clarity to both the macro and micro view, making him
an invaluable resource time and time again." Monika Rose, Director, Creative Services,
LeapFrog Enterprises
“Byron worked for me when I was Senior Vice President of Marketing at both Showtime/The
Movie Channel and MasterCard International. He is the most accomplished person I have ever
worked with. There was never an assignment that he didn't complete on time and on budget
above and beyond the call of duty. He is the most competent and accountable executive I
know” Joanne Black, Senior Vice President, Marketing Services, MasterCard International
"I have known Byron for about three decades and he is one of the most creative thinkers I have
ever known. When we have worked together, Byron has been a constant source of innovation.
When a problem has no possible solution, Byron is the one to step back into a broader context
within which the needed solutions exist." Earl Babbie, Professor, Chapman University
“Byron is just the best person to work with. He is creative, insightful and gives excellent advice.
His guidance on a cost accounting project I developed and managed as an outside contractor for
LeapFrog Toys was invaluable. He combines professional expertise with a warm, down to earth
friendliness and accessibility. His advice and support allowed me to do my very best work.”
Iona Frajman, Owner, Iona Frajman Bookkeeping, Inc.
“Byron Callas is a multi-talented professional with a great background in business and process
management. I had the opportunity to hire him for a two-week consulting assignment that turned
into a two-year stay because of the usefulness of his many skills and abilities. His overall
contribution was enormous.” Cliff West, Former Director Creative Services, LeapFrog
Enterprises
“Byron came aboard at MasterCard and swiftly identified sources of disconnected brand building
efforts worldwide. I watched him interact with senior executives and secretaries with equal ease
and respect and saw firsthand that he is a professional, action-oriented person who gets tangible
results where others have failed. Byron is smart, insightful, positive, endearing, a leader & true
team player.” Patrick Ohlin, Director Brand Management, MasterCard International
“Byron's clarity, intelligence and tremendous passion are extraordinary assets. Our team greatly
benefited from Byron's help. I have learned something new that benefited my business in every
single meeting we had with Byron.” Bennett Johnston, President, Gingko Games
“Byron always manages to see through the thicket of detail to the important things, and is an
extremely creative, knowledgeable, strategic thinker. He's helped me think through many difficult
problems, and has consistently recommended approaches that actually worked, without ever
straying from his high standards of integrity.” Chris Dworin, VP Bis-Dev, Golightly.com
“Working with Byron was a pleasure. He has a rare skill set that incorporates the ability to
quickly understand issues, opportunities, and projects at hand, and then quickly (but not hastily)
approach a solution with pinpoint accuracy and efficiency. Byron is able to partner effectively at
all levels of an organization, from the Executive level on down. He is an eloquent communicator
and can speak in granular detail as well as conceptually about any project he is involved in.”
Erik Tomita, Production & Creative Director, The GAP, Inc.
“I echo the endorsements here for Byron. Additionally, Byron is a great coach and personal
trainer. I’ve observed that he especially delights in working with younger people learning the
ropes. Through his wealth of experience, and caring and engaged demeanor, he effectively
instills the leadership qualities as well as practical day-to-day operations skills that help them
fulfill their dreams to be successful business people. I wish more of today’s leaders were as
enthused as Byron to mentor the younger generations inheriting both the problems they face in
today's complex business environment, and the opportunities open to them.” Bonnie Simpson,
Business Manager & Development Coach
ability to dive deep into problem areas, analyze and vet opportunities while offering concrete
solutions that deliver efficiency and process to the most chaotic situations. He has been
instrumental on various projects, bringing clarity to both the macro and micro view, making him
an invaluable resource time and time again." Monika Rose, Director, Creative Services,
LeapFrog Enterprises
“Byron worked for me when I was Senior Vice President of Marketing at both Showtime/The
Movie Channel and MasterCard International. He is the most accomplished person I have ever
worked with. There was never an assignment that he didn't complete on time and on budget
above and beyond the call of duty. He is the most competent and accountable executive I
know” Joanne Black, Senior Vice President, Marketing Services, MasterCard International
"I have known Byron for about three decades and he is one of the most creative thinkers I have
ever known. When we have worked together, Byron has been a constant source of innovation.
When a problem has no possible solution, Byron is the one to step back into a broader context
within which the needed solutions exist." Earl Babbie, Professor, Chapman University
“Byron is just the best person to work with. He is creative, insightful and gives excellent advice.
His guidance on a cost accounting project I developed and managed as an outside contractor for
LeapFrog Toys was invaluable. He combines professional expertise with a warm, down to earth
friendliness and accessibility. His advice and support allowed me to do my very best work.”
Iona Frajman, Owner, Iona Frajman Bookkeeping, Inc.
“Byron Callas is a multi-talented professional with a great background in business and process
management. I had the opportunity to hire him for a two-week consulting assignment that turned
into a two-year stay because of the usefulness of his many skills and abilities. His overall
contribution was enormous.” Cliff West, Former Director Creative Services, LeapFrog
Enterprises
“Byron came aboard at MasterCard and swiftly identified sources of disconnected brand building
efforts worldwide. I watched him interact with senior executives and secretaries with equal ease
and respect and saw firsthand that he is a professional, action-oriented person who gets tangible
results where others have failed. Byron is smart, insightful, positive, endearing, a leader & true
team player.” Patrick Ohlin, Director Brand Management, MasterCard International
“Byron's clarity, intelligence and tremendous passion are extraordinary assets. Our team greatly
benefited from Byron's help. I have learned something new that benefited my business in every
single meeting we had with Byron.” Bennett Johnston, President, Gingko Games
“Byron always manages to see through the thicket of detail to the important things, and is an
extremely creative, knowledgeable, strategic thinker. He's helped me think through many difficult
problems, and has consistently recommended approaches that actually worked, without ever
straying from his high standards of integrity.” Chris Dworin, VP Bis-Dev, Golightly.com
“Working with Byron was a pleasure. He has a rare skill set that incorporates the ability to
quickly understand issues, opportunities, and projects at hand, and then quickly (but not hastily)
approach a solution with pinpoint accuracy and efficiency. Byron is able to partner effectively at
all levels of an organization, from the Executive level on down. He is an eloquent communicator
and can speak in granular detail as well as conceptually about any project he is involved in.”
Erik Tomita, Production & Creative Director, The GAP, Inc.
“I echo the endorsements here for Byron. Additionally, Byron is a great coach and personal
trainer. I’ve observed that he especially delights in working with younger people learning the
ropes. Through his wealth of experience, and caring and engaged demeanor, he effectively
instills the leadership qualities as well as practical day-to-day operations skills that help them
fulfill their dreams to be successful business people. I wish more of today’s leaders were as
enthused as Byron to mentor the younger generations inheriting both the problems they face in
today's complex business environment, and the opportunities open to them.” Bonnie Simpson,
Business Manager & Development Coach
Endorsements
Callas Consulting
Helping Businesses Perform Better
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Phone USA: 415-235-7698
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email byron@byroncallas.com
Phone USA: 415-235-7698
755 Old Quarry Rd. S., Larkspur, CA 94939
Examples Include
- MasterCard International: For the Year-2000 anomaly, developed and implemented a
successful bank-auditing program to ensure that when the clock strikes twelve, the credit
cards of hundreds of millions of customers will work when swiped at any of 20,000,000
merchants in any one of 144 countries around the world.
- LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc: Instrumental collaboration to improve cross-departmental
packaging-development operations to reduce costs and schedules, and improve retail-
packaging print quality for several hundred SKU annually.
- ShowTime/The Movie Channel: Analysed systems leading to improvements reducing
costs and production schedules for time-sensitive, direct-mail promotions distributed
monthly to millions of customers.
- United States Treasury Department: Conducted comprehensive study and
documentation for facilities requirements and operations costs for building and operating
plastic-card production facilities independent of commercial plants.
Since 1989 Callas Consulting has helped its clients save money, manage complex
projects, solve problems, and improve business operations, productivity and
profits. Services include:
projects, solve problems, and improve business operations, productivity and
profits. Services include:
- Problem Solving
- Research, analysis & findings
- Solutions vetting
- Consensus building & recommendations
- Implementation facilitation
- Project Management
- Planning: Stakeholder alignments for
mission, goals, scope, approach, activity
phasing, resource requirements, task-
holder roles & responsibilities, budgets,
milestones, schedules, tasks &
dependences, reporting protocols, risk
assessments - Execution: Task-holder integration and
management, risks & dependencies
management, budgets & schedules, phase
& milestone achievement, status
reporting, documentation, postmortem
- Consulting, Coaching, Training
- Executive, Management & Staff
- Personal, group and team building
- Process Management Solutions
- Research & interviews
- Analysis & assessments
- Human resources/systems
breakdown & redundancies
assessments - Cross-functional integrations
- Implementation facilitation
- Documentation
- Employee training & coaching
- Operations & Project Outsourcing
- Requirements identification &
documentation - Goals & benefits analysis
- RFP development
- Provider vetting
- Contract negotiations
- Implementation facilitation
Collaboration and Services
