Shawn Scott - Manager, Enterprise Services Gateway , H&R Block
"It was extremely rewarding to have Anton as a professor in the Executive MBA program at the Bloch School of Management at UMKC. As an IT professional I was very impressed with Anton's ability to take complex and detailed technology specific discussion topics and clearly communicatehow they integrate with operations and strategic initiatives within organizations. Anton did a fantastic job presenting IT topics in a clear and interesting manner to a very wide ranging group of business executives. Given Anton's extensive professional and educational experience combined with strong leadership qualities I recommend Anton for any educational or consulting opportunity."
"Anton Ames is a purpose driven leader. It's not only his business acumen, but also his strong personal values that set him apart. He is genuinely "others-focused". Anton strives to develop his team for the benefit of the entire organization. Anton has a unique ability to take complex business strategies & make them clear, understandable & achievable...one step, one team member at a time. If you want to add an inspirational purpose-driven individual to your team, don't hesitate to reach out to Anton Ames. God bless."
James Rodgers - Sr. Executive Recruiter, Eggers Consulting
"Anton is a person I can truly say believes in his people and the vision he puts forth for a company. I always felt like I could go to Anton with any question and feel that my guidance was going to be on point with him. I look up to Anton in how he managers others and gets them to see the big picture with him. Anton will always be an asset, no matter what company he is with. He is a true winner with business and people."
Barbara Loveless - IT Healthcare Sales Executive, Cerner
"Anton is a well versed IT strategy instructor whose professional experience and leadership skills lend for successful large scale IT project implementation strategies. His enthusiasm and positive energy are contagious and well suited for providing an optimistic collaborative work environment."
Don Black - CEO, Child Health Corporation of America
"Anton understands culture, people and information technology. His personal values and work ethic will serve as a model for any organization. His ability to work with a wide range of medical professionals, technology staff and hospital clients is excellent. He has an in-depth technical knowledge of applications and data services as well as a practical approach to technology problem-solving. Anton helps bridge the gap between IT and business operations."
Gail Williams - Director Business Process Improvement & Training Development, Complete Nutrition
"Anton is one of the most positive professionals I've worked for in my career... He has the ability to inspire groups and motivate individuals to achieve break through results."
Brian Breen, SVP & Chief Financial Officer, RMH Franchise Holdings, Inc.
"Anton is an incredibly talented, intelligent and strategic thinking CIO with tremendous leadership skills. He has the ability to grow, develop and motivate talent throughout an organization. He possesses exceptional organizational skills which allow him to lead several strategic initiatives simultaneously and effectively. He brings great passion to the workplace and proves to be an invaluable asset for any company"
"Anton is a very smart and detail oriented leader that led the Operations Advisory Council that I was a part of at Complete Nutrition. He is a very good communicator and a pleasure to work with."
Paul Rowlett - VP of Finance and Administration, Iris Data Services
"I had the pleasure of working with Anton for three years at the Boilermakers National Funds. I found Anton to be a very talented IT professional with strong planning skills and the ability to offer technology solutions which were both effective and cost efficient. Anton also demonstrated some of the best leadership skills I have ever witnessed."
Scott Lakin - Director, Regional Health Care Initiative at Mid-America Regional Council
"As a former student of Anton and as the current Director of the Regional Health Care Initiative at the Mid America Regional Council I can enthusiastically recommend Anton. His IT knowledge, his practical applications in his teaching and his ability to listen set him apart and serve him, his students and his clients well."
Jim Cook - Vice President Sales and Marketing, Browsersoft
"Anton is adept at seeing the big picture and developing great solutions for the result. His energy is contagious and can deal with all types of people, who usually buy into his vision. Anton has one of the highest work ethics of anyone I've hired and delivers on what he promises. His management style is high energy and performance based. I would hire him again in a heartbeat."
Nader Karimi - Chief Information Officer, Screen Actors Guild - Producers Pension & Health Plans
"I had the benefit of serving with Anton on an Advisory Committee for a national technology summit. He has a keen knowledge of the technology landscape and understands how effective use of technology can benefit an organization. Anton is an intelligent IT executive with the ability to align and execute information technology initiatives with an organization’s strategic direction. It has been my pleasure working with Anton and I highly recommend his IT leadership and capabilities."
Janet Gelsinger - Data Analyst, Hallmark Cards
"Anton Ames and I worked together for many years on IT projects starting with Hallmark Cards. I highly recommend him for his strong IT background and great leadership skills. We were on the same IT project team at Hallmark and I continued to work with Anton on many IT projects for Child Heath and Boilermakers National Funds. His career progress from IT Analyst to IT Director is admirable and his success is based on his experience, intelligence, vision and leadership. Anton was the featured speaker recently at KC DAMA, Kansas City Data Management Association. If I were to choose the next IT Director to work with, it would be Anton Ames."
Paula Cady - Business Analyst, Boilermakers National Funds
"Anton brought much needed innovation to BNF. I had the pleasure of working with him on several projects. Anton was always forward thinking. He never saw implementing a new technology or changing a current one as something to be done for the sake of technology itself. There always had to be a business need which in my opinion made him a great choice for BNF.
Anton is energetic and enthusiastic. He brought professionalism to the IT department at BNF."
Manuel Medina - Professional Development Manager, Hallmark Cards
"Anton provided second level support for a variety of technical solutions for our retail stores. In this capacity Anton displayed excellent customer service skills in handling stressful situations and also excellent communication skills both verbal and written. He provided excellent training of these applications to others on our Helpdesk and maintained our documentation in a very organized manner. Anton also displayed great technical aptitude for new technologies and complete ownership of issues and problems. He was a great asset to the team and has since developed many other talents and abilities."
Allen Abbott - Chief Operating Officer, MacFarlane Group
"It was my great pleasure to have Anton as a professor in the Executive MBA program at the Bloch School of Management - UMKC. His teaching style, attention to detail and personality created an environment where a topic like "IT As A Strategic Tool" actually engaged a classroom of senior executives week in and week out. This is no small feat.
If you are interested in learning how IT can be a strategic advantage for your company do not hesitate to contact Anton Ames."
Jeff Kisling - Vice President, Supply Chain, Pradco Outdoor Brands
"As an adjunct professor, I found Anton to be very knowledgeable about a broad range of IT disciplines. From the foundational IT functional requirements of an organization to the complex leadership that is needed to drive change or create an organization, Anton had a solid working and theoretical knowledge that he was able to apply in the classroom. I would recommend Anton for future classes or for any consulting work."
Linda C. Silva - Research Psychiatric Center, Co-Ethics & Compliance Officer and Quality Coordinator
“I had the pleasure of taking an executive IT Strategy course with Anton. His ability to engage a diverse audience, relate technical IT issues to any profession, and enhance the student's understanding of the material in the course is unlike any professor I have experienced. The manner in which Anton delineates the key elements of IT Strategy to the student enables them to enhance their job performance and strengthen their organization. He makes IT fascinating and his expertise in this field delivers high quality to the executive education program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. I highly recommend Anton for Strategic IT consulting as well as classroom education.”
Anthony Maughan - Network Administrator, BKD CPAs & Advisors
"Anton is one of the most organized people I know. He is driven and passionate about his work, and he understands that technology needs to match business needs. He has a strong sense of integrity and is a self-starter. He changed the way many executives felt about our IT group as he prepared plans and presentations for the board of executives and the Senior management team."
Scott Rosa - Creative Director, Complete Nutrition
"Anton is one of those rare leaders that can change a culture for the better. He knows how to inspire everyone he works with to think bigger and always challenges the status quo. Anton is an amazing teacher while on the job. He can take very complex, detailed ideas and communicate them in a creative, entertaining way so the audience is learning but doesn't even realize it. It's a very useful skill especially when leading large groups of people."
Carol Dobies - President & Owner, Dobies Healthcare Group
"I had the pleasure of working with Anton while he led the IT initiatives for a national alliance of children's hospitals and, later, a multi-billion dollar benefits fund. In both roles, he was a champion for advancing the company's strategic priorities by accelerating technology adoption. He is a smart, articulate, forward-thinking and ethical leader...not to mention an absolute joy to work with."
Lisa Freidel - Process Optimization Leader, AT&T (SBC through Merger)
"Anton is an excellent communicator and instructor! His passion for Information Technology is contagious and his class was voted among the bestby most of the EMBA class of 2014. I really enjoyed every session that we had with him as I learned to think about IT differently along with our corporate strategy. I would recommend Anton as an IT professional for any company seeking a strategist in technology."
Barbara Saathoff - Owner, Loose Mansion, LLC
"My husband and I have had the pleasure of knowing Anton Ames for many years, beginning when he worked for Data Systems International. After we purchased and restored the historic Loose Mansion to function as a special events venue, Anton helped us architect and design the technology infrastructure and website framework for our business. His work for us was always outstanding. We've found him to be professional, capable, highly intelligent, insightful and responsive to our needs. We highly recommend Anton to anyone who needs IT assistance and wants to have someone who will take their best interests to heart, work hard and deliver."
Nelson Soares - Senior Director, CDM Media
"I have had the pleasure to work with CIO's at all levels and listened to many different leaders in the industry. Anton is right up there at the top of my list! His ability to transfer his thought leadership across a room full of Fortune 500 CIO's is just impeccable. His speaking sessions have been excellent to say the least and extremely well taken by his peers. I would have Anton in any of CDM MEDIA's events as a speaker!"
Kim Harter - Marketing & Outreach Coordinator, Nebraska Business Development Center
"As a former colleague of Anton, I found that he was very knowledgeable and insightful about all aspects of the business. He was very professional, always remained calm and cool during potential situations and was ALWAYS very positive. He inspired his team and others and was a great leader."
Peggy Tyson - Director, Human Resources, Research Psychiatric Center
"Anton Ames is one of the top Professorswith the UMKC Bloch Executive MBA program. Anton is engaging with a room of type-A-personality executives and he fosters interactive class discussions. What I thought would be a dry class about IT turned in to one that was fun, energetic, and I learned much. Anton covered current material and relevant points made in class will resonate in my future. Well done and many thanks!"
Tracy Crockett - VP Product Strategy and Implementation, MacFarlane Group
"Anton was a terrific professor and advisor. He provides great insights, new perspectives with a corporately relevant approach. Anton is refreshing to work with developing a collaborative environment."
Heather Beheler - Vice President, Chief Resource Officer, Ascension Health, The Resource Group
"It was a pleasure to have Anton as a professor in the Executive MBA program at the Bloch School of Management - UMKC. His ability to take IT topics and translate them into something meaningful made class time enjoyable. Anton's talent for tailoring the message to the audience is one of his strongest assests along with his vast knowledge on the subject.
If you are looking for someone with Anton's experience and knowledge, as well as an individual that understands the importance of stakeholder engagement, do not hesitate to reach out to him."
Larry Gardner - Vice President, HR, Child Health Corporation of America
"Anton is a visionary and highly focused leader. I worked with Anton during his five-year tenure with CHCA. During this time, I saw a dedicated individual give 110% every day to achieve company goals. He was driven yet never lost sight of the most important thing in his life—his family. He was respected for his expertise and admired for his work ethic. Anton truly represents what the word ‘professional’ was meant to describe."
Ryan Zink - President, Complete Nutrition
"Anton is a visionary with a knack for execution. During Anton's time at Complete Nutrition he took a nonexistent IT department and developed it into a well-oiled machine. His development of a support center allowed us to quickly and effectively respond to our franchisees and his development of the dashboard and on-line learning center empowered our franchisees with the tools they needed to improve their business. Anton is not your typical IT leader. Not only did his staff love working for him, but he has the versatility to understand all departments of our organization and how they should be empowered with information."
