We have worked with many different kinds of businesses in a variety of industries and settings. See a select list below.

• One Georgia Bank
• Technical College System of Georgia 
• Vendormate
• Forest Group USA
• LTC Engineering Associates
• Noro-Moseley Partners
• Bosgoed Holding B.V.
• DirecTV Latin America
• ATDC 
• Rollins/Orkin Inc. 
• Premier DeKalb County School System
• Jackson/Spalding
• Deutsche Bank 
• The Weather Channel
• Georgia Chamber of Commerce 
• Best Buy 
• Universal Instruments
• Hexcel 
• Harnishchfeger Industries, Inc.
• TVA
• Joy Mining Machinery Worldwide
• BellSouth
• Entergy
• Advanced Control Systems
• Paragon Trade Brands
• PRG-Schultz
• Coldwell Banker
• WorldSpan
• fTRANS
• Enterprise Innovations Institute (Georgia Institute of Technology) 
• Imerys
• Magbee Builders
• CheckFree Corporation
• Department of Defense
• AGL Resources
• FirstData Corporation
• Louisiana-Pacific Corporation 
• Microsoft
• Board of Regents/University System of Georgia 
• Lennox
• Anteo Group 
• Steelcase
• ESSROC
• TechData Corporation 
• Amdahl Corporation
• Leader Publishing Group
• Georgia Transmission Corporation
• iKobo 
• CNL Restaurant Properties
• McCormick Flavor Group
• McKinney's, Inc.
• Aramark
• City of Atlanta
• Georgia Lottery Corporation
• Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates, Inc.
• MicroBilt
• Twelve Hotels and Residences
• Presidential Financial Corporation
• TimBar
• AmeriCold
• Citizens Trust Bank 
• Renaissance Cruises, Inc.
• York International
• UCB Pharma
• Interra International
• Jewish Federation of Georgia 
• Builders Insurance Group
• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
• PlantersFirst Bank 
• Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
• Holiday Inn Worldwide
• Georgia Bank and Trust 
• Quest Education Corporation
• American Cancer Society Southeast Division
• Western Union
• Safeguard Scientifics

What Our Customers Are Saying:

"I have known and worked with Luis for ten years.  We
orginally met when I was working at Mantech Real-Time Laboratory (MRSL).  He as brought in  to assess myself and a co-worker to determine our management potetial and suitability.  At the time he was employed as a corporate psychologist with a firm in Atlanta, GA.  I was very impressed with Luis the first time I met him.  I liked his openness to new ideas and concepts and his ability to quickly adapt those concepts to a new environment.  The people I was managing were highly skilled and highly motivated engineers.  I wanted to create a culture that would allow them to be the best they could be without the artificial restrictions that traditional anagement can imply.  Luis had a strong background in conventional Executive
Management and Leadership but also a flair for non-traditional applications of management concepts that focused on peak performance and motivations of world-class athletes.  We were able to leverage his concepts and blend these with my own "off the wall" ideas to create a unique and successful culture that encourages teamwork and self-empowerment without the traditional management structure. 

"A year or so later I left MRSL to start my own company:  LTC Engineering Associates, Inc.  I continued to engage Luis and was able to not only duplicate the MRSL culture but improve upon it.  Luis was instrumental in creating and extending an on-line soft skills personality assessment profile that we use consistently in our recruiting and hiring decision process. This process is a key driver to creating the culture and team dynamics that makes LTC so successful today.  He has also conducted numerous training session with my associates.  Nine years later Luis is still engaged in applying new and continuing concepts for structuring the organization to prepare it for continuity once I retire.  More recently his involvement with my company extends past just interfacing with me but he now advises and works with my advisory board."

--Linda Jellison, owner, LTC Engineering Associates, Inc., Sarasota, Florida.  

“Luis’ broad knowledge and experience is invaluable in assessing possible investments.  In one situation, not only was he able to give us a summary of strengths and limitations of the product set, his assessment included the company’s competitive strength in the marketplace, the management team’s capabilities, the potential customer base, and other strategic considerations.   His business acumen, incisive questions and curiosity provided much needed insight to us.  His consultation and feedback is also useful to young companies as they grow. “

-- Mike Elliott , Noro-Moseley Partners, Atlanta, Geogia

“Luis is an excellent service provider for my company. I have known and trusted Luis for many years. I highly recommend him to any company or person that is seeking peak performance."

--Chuck Lewis, President and CEO, One Georgia Bank 

“Luis did an outstanding job helping me work through some very complex interpersonal and organizational issues and enabled the management team to "step up" their performance.”

--Jeffrey McConnell

"My relationship with Luis started on a business basis, but has developed into him becoming a mentor and skilled professional to learn from. He is a creative thinker with a real life understanding of people and business."

--Tim Zimmerman, Region Manager, Rollins/Orkin, Inc. 

“Luis was hired on an ongoing basis for our company from 2002 - 2007. His ability to do one on one coaching with our top executives and help develop them as managers, coaches and leaders helped us make great strides in employee communication and team building. Luis also was able to work with our entire staff (30 people) during the past five years teaching communications techniques and peak performance outcomes.”

--Jeff Esola, Executive Vice President, Georgia Chamber of Commerce

"I first met Luis when I was hired at One Georgia Bank. The bank contracts his services to assist in the hiring process. I found Luis to be professional yet approachable. He genuinely cares about his work and the people and organizations he represents. I highly recomend Luis should your organization be interested in creating the best team possible for your future success."

--Ginger Roth, Vice President, Real Estate Finance, One Georgia Bank

"Luis provided a great service to our office. He understood our needs and delivered the perfect two day training agenda. Luis is very professional, extremely personable and I would recommend him to any other business needing his expertise. By the way, yes, we will be using Luis' services again."

--Maria Angarita-Washington, Facilities Manager, Dekalb County School System

"Dr. Valdes is a consummate professional and a trusted business business partner.  He is very personable and knowledgeable.  We have utlized his services for a variety of assessment for our top level executives.  I highly recommend Dr. Valdes and his services."

--Chris McGill, HR Manager, Rollins, Inc.

"Luis and I have worked together for many years in different ways and capacities. Luis provided professional services to a 3500 person company of which I was General Counsel and head of Human Resources. We also worked together on the Board of Directors of an Atlanta based non-profit. Luis always performs with the utmost degree of professionalism, skill, and expertise. Most importantly, the results of his efforts were always top-notch, tangibly improving the organizations' efficiency and effectiveness. I highly recommend Luis as a leading light and an innovator."

--Doug Abramson 

Contact Us

PerformanceVertical Consulting, LLC

1180 Peachtree Street, NE

Suite 2610

Atlanta, Georgia  30309

404-357-7335

E-mail:  luisfvaldes@yahoo.com

We encourage you to to contact us you if you have questions or would like more information about our services.