STP CONSULTING - Key Persons


Brenda Sterling

Job Titles:
  • CFO / COO Consultant
Brenda Sterling,CPA brings over 30 years of financial, organizational and managerial experience. Clients range from startup to international fortune 500 companies. Areas of Expertise include financial systems, corporate infrastructure design and development, process design and implementation, Sarbanes Oxley compliance, policy & procedures, internal control, operational efficiency & effectiveness, mergers & acquisitions training. Brenda has also held positions including Executive Vice President, Vice President of Operations and Controller, CFO and Chief Admin Officer, along with a Big Four Audit Firm and international Operational auditing. Brenda has conducted numerous seminars in Europe and USA on wide variety of business issues including one that received recognition on USA Today and Vogue.

Esther Phahla - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • CFO / Know More
Esther. Phahla has a bachelor of law degree, an LLB degree from South Africa, an MST degree from Univ. of Golden Gate and she is also a CPA. Prior to STP she has handled tax preparation for several companies through accounting firms like PricewaterhouseCoopers, Swenson Advisors and Nation Smith Hermes Diamond. Mrs. Phahla has 5 years in the field of tax working with companies in the less than $10 million dollar range.

Jim Coleman

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Sales Consultant
Along with being the President and Managing Partner of Success Unlimited New York, a New York based marketing and organizational development consulting firm, Jim is also the owner of The Alternative Board in the Chelsea section of New York City. Jim brings nearly 25 years of experience in senior executive positions in sales, marketing and organizational development to each client engagement. His past employment includes holding positions as Vice President, Sales & Marketing - Consulting Services Group at American Express. Other companies he has worked for in a senior management roles include Oscar Mayer & Co., Pepsi-Cola Company and Altria.

Linda Shepherd

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner With Agilence LLC
  • Talent Strategy and Project Delivery
Linda is a Managing Partner with Agilence LLC, responsible for the delivery of business-focused information solutions to businesses in Alaska. With over 18 years of experience in planning, managing, designing, configuring and installing complex information systems, Linda is uniquely positioned to guide Agilence clients in the successful implementation of a wide variety of business solutions to support Alaskan businesses. Linda has been directly or partially responsible for over 45 successful business information system solution projects in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Those projects have included highly integrated business solutions supporting global operations, including: customer and partner relationship management (marketing, field and inside sales, order management, customer and field service functions); document lifecycle management; financial and management accounting and back-office integration. Linda's business application experience includes SAP, Siebel, PeopleSoft, FileNET, middleware for system integration, reporting solutions and custom application development.