Mel Ingalls, Managing Director

Mel is the Managing Director of Newcastle Consulting Group. He assists government agencies and businesses of all sizes in:

• Developing and implementing viable strategies
• Enhancing public value
• Implementing database marketing/CRM programs
• Creating business plans
• Creating marketing plans
• Raising capital
• Creating and executing IT strategies and projects
• Managing growth
• Developing new lines of business
• Implementing professional management practices
• Expanding internationally

Mel works with clients in the functional areas of strategy, marketing, finance, IT, operations and sales in New Zealand and the United States.

He has consulted to government agencies as well as business start-ups, multi-billion-dollar corporations, and everything in between, and has worked in industries as varied as:

Banking	Light manufacturing
Computer software	Publishing
Defence	Real estate
Food supplements	Retail
Internet services	Telecommunications

He has worked for such world-class consulting companies as Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Andersen Consulting, KPMG Peat Marwick, and new products marketing specialist Kuczmarski & Associates, consulting to Fortune 500 companies on topics ranging from business strategy to the strategic deployment of technology.

As an independent consultant and coach, he has assisted government agencies with enhancing public value and project management. He has assisted companies in moving from ideas to cash-flow-positive operations. He has coached and consulted business executives through challenging times and celebrated with them in the great moments of achievement and success. He has encouraged leaders to think outside the square and to fully utilize their resources.

Mel is also a successful serial entrepreneur. He has founded and run a software company that attracted $7.2 million in private & venture capital money, established an independent consulting and business-coaching practice, built an Internet-based holiday home and accommodation listing and property management company, and built a booming real estate investment venture in Utah and Colorado.

Mel holds a BA from Harvard University and an MBA specializing in business strategy, marketing and finance from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

His personal interests include global travel, skiing, mountain biking, sailing, rollerblading and photography. He is a Board Member for Resource World Publications and the non-profit Coaching Kids, Inc. He is also a volunteer with The Business Mentors New Zealand Mentoring Programme and a member of the Stoke Tahuna Rotary Club in Nelson.