Firm Position
Mr. Kaempf is a founding Director of NewPoint Group, established in 1995. He specializes in business process improvement, information technology feasibility and requirements analyses, and program evaluation; and financial, economic, and statistical analyses. Mr. Kaempf has managed and participated in over 250 public sector consulting projects. His projects include comprehensive business process reengineering efforts, nearly twenty information technology feasibility study reports for State of California, and multiple operations and rate setting evaluations, and statewide financial analyses. Prior to founding NewPoint Group, Mr. Kaempf was with Ernst & Young LLP’s Public Sector Management Consulting Practice in Sacramento for sixteen years in Sacramento, where he provided consulting services to a broad range of public sector entities.

Education

• University of Oregon, M.B.A. in Operations Research
• University of Oregon, B.S. in Computer Science
• University of Oregon, B.S. in General Science

Firm Position
Dr. Gibson is a founding Director of NewPoint Group, established in 1995.  Dr. Gibson was formerly the Director of Ernst & Young LLP’s Public Sector Management Consulting Practice in Sacramento, where he had 18 years of management consulting experience.  Dr. Gibson specializes in applied financial, economic, accounting, statistical, and market analyses; and in strategic planning, staffing analyses, business process improvement, information technology, and organization change management.  He has successfully directed, managed, and participated in over 600 individual client-commissioned engagements during the course of his consulting career, many focusing on important California financial and economic issues; environmental resource management areas; and state-of-the-art special projects.

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University, Advanced Training in Economics,
  Graduate School of Industrial Administration
• Iowa State University, Ph.D. in Resource Economics
• Iowa State University, Full Research and Teaching Scholarship
  (one of the top Resource Economic Programs in the country)
• University of California, Davis, B.S. in Applied Economics, with High Honors
• University of California, Davis, Nominated for a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship

Firm Position
Mr. Nylund is a Principal with NewPoint Group, and has been with the firm since 1996.  He specializes in public sector performance measurement, program review and evaluation, business process improvement, and financial/economic analyses.  He has managed and/or participated on nearly 100 engagements for various State of California and local government entities.  Many of these projects have been in the areas of environmental resource management.  Prior to joining NewPoint Group, Mr. Nylund spent several years with Ernst & Young LLP and Deloitte & Touche LLP as a public sector management consultant, specializing in environmental consulting.

Education

• University of California, Davis, M.B.A. in Finance
• University of California, Davis, B.S. in Civil Engineering

Firm Position
Ms. Pratt is a Senior Associate with NewPoint Group, and has been with the firm since 1999.  She specializes in environmental policy and programs, business process improvement, regulatory improvement, performance metrics, and economic analyses.  Prior to joining NewPoint Group, Ms. Pratt spent eight years with Global Futures, an environmental and economic research organization.  She also worked at the University of California, Davis, as a researcher for five years.  Ms. Pratt has the ability to research, analyze, and present complex issues with a balanced and clear approach.

Education

• University of California, Davis, M.S. in Ecology
• University of California, Davis, B.S. in Animal Physiology

Firm Position
Mr. Andersen is an Associate with NewPoint Group, and has been with the firm since 2006.  His specialties include business process re-engineering, project management, quality management, and general operational improvement.  Mr. Andersen worked at Hewlett-Packard for nineteen years in various senior engineering, project management, supply chain development, and program management positions.  Mr. Andersen enjoys distilling complex issues into balanced and thorough analyses and clear project deliverables.

Education

• J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, M.B.A. in Operations and Marketing
• University of California, Davis, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, Project Management Institute

Firm Position
Ms. Liu is an Associate with NewPoint Group, and has been with the firm since 2007. She assists our more senior consulting staff in conducting data collection and performing primary data surveys. Ms. Liu also assists with project research data analyses and drafting reports. Prior to joining NewPoint Group, Ms. Liu worked at the State of California in higher education policy research.

Education

• California State University, Sacramento, M.A. in Economics
• Shanghai University of Engineering Science, B.S. in Finance

Firm Position
Ms. Julien is an Associate with NewPoint Group, and has been with the firm since 2008. She assists our more senior consulting staff in project research, data analyses, and drafting reports. Prior to joining NewPoint Group, Ms. Julien worked at a manufacturing facility as a production manager.

Education

• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, B.S. in Industrial Engineering

Firm Position
Mr. Montas is a Media Specialist for NewPoint Group, and has been with the firm since 2006.  He oversees and participates in the design and production of all NewPoint Group media, including reports, proposals, and presentations.  He has been a graphic designer and involved in the creative field since 1998.

Education

• William Paterson University, B.F.A. in Computer Animation

iFly in Union City, CA
The NewPoint Group team had a fun day of indoor sky diving at iFly in Union City, CA. After viewing a short 10-minute film, everyone got their chance to experience simulated sky diving in the iFly wind tunnel.