WINNING BUSINESS Jerry Houston CEO with HPI Solutions
Jerry Houston is the founder and CEO of HPISolutions, formerly known as Houston Partners International. Jerry has held key management positions in industry for over thirty years. Jerry has dedicated his career to the development of human potential and process excellence through a variety of certifications. As a long-time community activist, he has served as president of various associations for developmentally disabled individuals, a homeless family program, a church leader, heavy involvement in local and regional chambers of commerce, Chair of Business Advancement Services for ASBA, and has served on multiple task forces and committees in the educational sector. He has been awarded Target Training International’s (TTI) President’s Award. Jerry was also an adjunct faculty member at Purdue University-Calumet, concentrating in the area of continuous quality improvement. He has been named to the prestigious National Directory of Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals in America. Jerry was named the Volunteer of the Year in 2009 at the Arizona Small Business Association.
HPISolutions is a performance improvement company, with an emphasis on developing the human potential in your organization and the processes to support their efforts. We do this with our threefold approach, focused on Professional Development, creating a Productive Workforce and Profitable Growth. Our goal is to help you maximize the potential of your team, as individuals and as a group.
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Lisa Rehurek, the #1 leading authority on winning RFP responses, is CEO and founder of Win The Business™, a Consultancy and RFP Support Services Firm that helps businesses increase their success rate in responding to government and corporate Requests for Proposal (RFP’s). Our multi-touch point system provides RFP support services, strategy, consulting, training and team development to companies who wish to improve their response process and outcomes. The thoroughness our team provides coupled with our direct and fun approach is what separates us from our competitors. We are also home of RFP University™, an online virtual training and resource platform designed to support a business’s RFP efforts for maximum success.
After 20 years in the corporate arena responding to hundreds of public sector RFPs, Lisa started her own business and now transfers that knowledge to her clients to help improve their win rates. Lisa keeps herself very busy with life as a business owner, speaker, trainer, author, and radio show host. As a seasoned speaker, Lisa loves to inspire audiences large and small with her engaging and practical speaking topics. She is the author of 7 books including her ebook, 101 Ways to Win More Proposals Now! and her upcoming book, Win the {Damn} Business!. She is also the creator of the STARR Proposal System™ which brings simplicity and efficiency to the overall response process.
Lisa is a member APMP (Association of Proposal Management Professionals) and is Membership and Program Chair for the Valley of the Sun chapter. She is also a WBENC-certified Women Business Enterprise (WBE). She holds certifications in numerous talent assessment tools including Certified Professional Behavior Analyst (CPBA), Certified Professional Driving Forces Analyst (CPDFA), Certified Professional Emotional Quotient Analyst (CPEQA), and Certified Professional TTI TriMetrix HD Analyst (CPHDA).
