Our People

Our senior leaders offer your business more than deep subject matter expertise. They bring decades of perspective gained as CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, CMOs and CFOs at Fortune 1000 companies, and experience earned from pioneering roles in the field of Business Intelligence.

Our founders’ focus on people, processes and technology sets the tone for the entire organization. The team only hires Business Intelligence experts who share their philosophy and approach. In fact, every Clear Peak consultant brings a minimum of ten years’ professional experience to your engagement.

• Brad Cowdrey, Founder and Managing Partner

  Chief Architect, Best Practices Expert
  Brad Cowdrey is a recognized expert in Business Intelligence and advanced database systems. He draws from nearly two decades of strategic consulting to lead a team that solves complex marketing, finance, operations and technology challenges for Fortune 1000 clients. His expertise includes the delivery of large-scale, complex enterprise Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse and database solutions. Brad possesses rich knowledge of architecture, integration and deployment of sophisticated Business Intelligence systems.His specialized technical expertise spans critical BI domains including relational database systems and applications related to ETL (extract, transform, load) and OLAP (online analytical processing). He complements his technical knowledge of major software and systems with solid vendor relationships. Consequently, Brad is highly sought after for his negotiation skills. His clients find him to be a valuable negotiator who helps save thousands to millions of dollars on multi-year contracts.

  Brad’s success, advisory abilities and technical experience have positioned him as an authority on Business Intelligence practices and implementation. As a result, he writes and speaks regularly on the topics of building, managing, toolset usages and the tactical implementations of BI.

• William Tara, Senior Partner

  Implementation Expert, Fortune 1000 CIO
  William Tara is a respected Big 4 and Fortune 1000 data systems authority with extensive experience delivering Business Intelligence and enterprise solutions. William understands the challenges executives face and consistently delivers on their expectations because of his years of experience in the C-suite.

  William has a long track record of leadership expertise as a Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for several respected $1B publicly traded Fortune 1000 Companies. His background includes CIO roles at Western Metal and Stone, Emergency Medical Services Corp (NYSE: EMS) and Teletech (Nasdaq: TTEC). In addition, William has more than eight years of enterprise consulting experience as a practice leader for Deloitte Consulting. William has an impressive record of achievements in delivering large-scale complex projects, which has earned him a high level of respect from his clients and peers.

• Mark Dreher, VP Business Development

  Business Development
  Mark Dreher is an entrepreneur with broad experience as a senior executive and company builder. After spending six years at Motorola Communications, Mark co-founded CommNet Cellular. He helped guide the company through its formation, initial public offering and ultimate evolution into the dominant rural cellular carrier in the US. CommNet was acquired by Verizon Wireless in 1999 for $1.3 billion.

  He joined start-up Nextel Communications in 1993 as Area President with responsibility for managing all operations throughout the inter-mountain west. He established Nextel as the leading competitive wireless carrier in the region while growing the business from start-up to more than $200 million in annual revenue.

  In 1999, Dreher became Managing Principal of the iVention Group, a venture capital fund focused on early stage investing in telecommunications, technology and the Internet. He developed an innovative business accelerator-based investing model characterized by an operationally focused approach to working with portfolio companies.

  In 2005, he became the President and CEO of Knowledge Factor, a company focused on developing and deploying a unique learning solution delivered through a Software as a Service (SaaS) model. During his tenure, the company successfully raised private equity capital to fund operations and grew from a start-up to more than $4 million in sales.

  Today, Dreher is Vice President of Sales and Marketing with Clear Peak, a management and technology consultancy specializing in Business Intelligence. We harness the power of clients’ data to predict what’s next and drive bottom line improvements that give a competitive edge.

  A native of Colorado, Mark graduated from Colorado State University with a BS in Marketing, and earned his MBA at the University of Denver.

• Hasan Hicsasmaz, Principal Architect, Scientist

  Hands On Business Intelligence Leader, Scientist
  Hasan Hicsasmaz has extensive expertise in predictive analytics, consumer modeling, market modeling, and data exploration. Former Chief Scientist for Fortune 500 Financials and Chief Architect of North Americas’ largest database solutions. Hasan is nationally recognized as an expert in architecting very large database and massive parallel processing solutions worldwide.

• Kristy Danen, Director of Talent

  Talent Management, Client Relations
  Kristy Danen brings a strong background in technical recruiting and project management to her role at Clear Peak. Kristy is widely respected for her successful team leadership and her track record for building quality, non-transactional relationships. She understands the business intelligence space and the market for data talent. Kristy plays a key role in the company to ensure that Clear Peak has the finest professionals in the industry.

• The Clear Peak Delivery Team

  Decades of Direct Experience in the Trenches
  Clear Peak professionals are tenured experts in business intelligence, big data, and data-driven solutions. Every professional on the Clear Peak Team exhibits the best of everything that you look for in a solid, specialized consultancy. Attitude, aptitude, subject matter expertise, business acumen, leadership, and the ability to roll up ones sleeves and get the job done… These are the attributes you can trust from your Clear Peak delivery team. Guaranteed.