About Us
We are a boutique consulting firm with an extremely effective strategic planning process. It is targeted, efficient, yet comprehensive, and sets clients up for on-going success after the strategic planning "event."
Why We’re Here
To promote focus, accountability, and results orientation.
To lead to better alignment and reduction of siloes.
To provide our easy to build, deploy, review, and adjust model.
Our Team
HARRY KANGIS
Co-Founder, Principal, and General Manager
Harry is the former President of Millstone Coffee and an 18-year Procter & Gamble veteran marketer. Since 2001, Harry has personally handled the majority of OPS’s client work, continuously improves OPS’s planning tools based on client feedback, and provides support for the firm’s Principal Consultants.
STEPHANIE MEEKS
Principal
Stephanie Meeks has been a practitioner of the One Page Solutions approach for 25 years, having been the firm’s first and continuous client as CEO of four national organizations.
TED WOEHRLE
Principal
Ted is the former Chief Marketing Officer of Newell Rubbermaid, and a 24-year veteran of Procter & Gamble. Ted specializes in OGSP work for B2C and B2B product and service providers.
GORDON SIMS
Principal
Gordon is a former One Page Solutions client, and his experience includes leadership roles in varied functional areas in healthcare information technology and other industries.
Our Founders
John Lilly, Mark Schar and Harry Kangis, when they were young circa 2002.
Harry Kangis, John Lilly, and Mark Schar founded One Page Solutions® over 20 years ago.
Prior to founding this business, our team had over 100 years of experience running profitable businesses and leading development of successful strategic plans. By serving on dozens of non-profit Boards, we have also learned about the unique needs and challenges of setting priorities in mission-driven organizations. Since our founding, One Page Solutions’ expert facilitators have helped clients to complete more than 1,000 One Page Strategic Plans for over 150 unique organizations.
JOHN LILLY
Co-founder
John Lilly is currently Managing Member of Lateral Capital, the Early-Stage investing fund he began in 2003. Now in its fourth Fund, Lateral Capital has invested in 111 Early-Stage Companies. He has used the One Page Solutions toolkit with many of them! He initially spent 20 years at Procter & Gamble, managing laundry, paper and food & beverage brands. After P&G, he served as CEO of Pillsbury, which he successfully merged with General Mills. He went on to do 10 years of advisory work for Venture Capital, Private Equity and Investment Banks.
MARK SCHAR
Co-founder
Mark is a senior technology executive with a distinguished 25-year career at Procter & Gamble, where he served as Vice President and General Manager, leading large-scale innovation and operational excellence across a range of global consumer goods businesses. As Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Intuit, he drove digital transformation and growth in the software sector. Mark holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and spent 15 years as a Lecturer at Stanford’s School of Engineering, mentoring future leaders and advancing research in product design. He is recognized for his expertise in product innovation, building high-performing teams and guiding organizations through technological change.
“Like any business, we need to focus on putting first things first if we are going to succeed. Harry has helped us immeasurably in this process through a very dynamic and measurable strategic planning process.
Our one page “dashboard” is of particular value in communicating our progress with everyone from employees and volunteers, to our supporters and Board of Trustees.”
Thane Maynard, Executive Director, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden