Consultants – No Longer with the SBDC

Marketing Consultant

Rich began his career in sales for large corporations transitioning to business development for multiple high tech startups before eventually building his own businesses. Most recently, he helped his business partners grow their aviation manufacturing business from $1M to over $5M in annual sales becoming the industry leader in their space.

After raising their three children, Rich and his wife moved to Estes Park where they now own and operate a very successful lodging business.

Rich holds a BBA in Marketing from the University of Texas and loves helping fellow business owners create, stimulate and grow opportunities for their businesses.

Human Resources

Tami Parker, CEO of UNIcycle Business Consulting, brings 26 years of big business experience to help small businesses grow. Tami offers full spectrum Human Resources Services, from recruiting, to creating job descriptions, to management training, to policy writing and enforcement, to performance management, she does it all.

One of her specialties in recruiting is interviewing for the intangibles. She volunteers to help small business owners through Fort Collins StartUp Week, Longmont Start Up Week and East Colorado SBDC and Larimer SBDC.

Business Valuation Specialist

Pavel Verbsky was born abroad in the Czech Republic. In 2002, he graduated from the University of Economics in Prague with a master in finance and accounting. He has worked in accounting since 2003 when he moved to the USA. In 2005, he joined Rickards, Long & Rulon, LLP in Fort Collins. 

He enjoys working with business owners, helping them understand how to use accounting information efficiently. Pavel began volunteering for the Larimer SBDC in 2009. His focus is business valuations – helping potential buyers or sellers assess the value of a business.

Business Consultant

Jason has been working as an entrepreneur and with entrepreneurs for over 15 years. First, he was a business coach in the early 2000’s, and later became an internal coach at a Fortune 500 financial services company. It was this assignment where Jason became quite passionate about new entrepreneurs.

Owens received a BS degree in electrical engineering from Ohio University, and he holds an MBA from Thomas More College. Jason has worked on a doctoral degree where researched ways to improve the success rate of new business start-ups.

Jason is a published author and has delivered 40+ workshops throughout the Southeast.

Jason and his wife of 23 years, Karen, recently relocated to Estes Park, Colorado.

Retail Business Consultant

Dave Hudson began his business career at age 15 buying, repairing, and selling bicycles in his parents’ garage. While working towards his BA at Colorado State University, he studied with great personal interest all aspects of retailing, financial management, accounting, marketing, and developing, training, and compensating individuals in business. He grew his business to eight locations in two states, embarked on a franchise program, and experienced firsthand the challenges of bankruptcy in 1992. After restarting his business, he expanded his portfolio by acquiring and managing residential and commercial rental properties. Now, as a Top Retailer in his industry, he is well respected in Northern Colorado as a savvy businessman and contributor to his community.