Growth Nation team members listen, continuously learn and are dedicated to your success. We use our experience and skills in marketing, sales and business development to create and deliver sustainable growth results.
Our team works hard to be thoughtful, creative, growth-focused, process-oriented, customer and market-centric, respectful of the environment, professional and collaborative in order to find and execute growth opportunities for your business. We’re ‘big picture’ consultants who also roll-up our sleeves to get the work done, whatever it takes.
Our team consists of hundreds of individuals in the U.S. and around the world who help you grow. Here are some key Growth Nation resources.
Team Members
Doug Bruhnke, CEO & Growth Partner
Doug Bruhnke is CEO and a Growth Partner at Growth Nation. He has 25 years of international marketing, sales, business development and sustainability leadership experience with a hundreds of companies including DuPont, Microsoft, Toyota, Dow, 3M and Siemens. He has worked in 35 countries and lived in Asia for six years.
Doug has 5 patents, an MBA from Michigan State University and a BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Utah. Find more in Doug’s google profile, Linkedin and his company page.
Cricket Bo
Cricket Bo, Growth Partner
Cricket Bo is a Growth Partner with Growth Nation with over 26 years of marketing and graphic design experience and over 12 years of web development experience. Her core business skills and strategies have resulted in significant improvements leveraging resources to grow clients rapidly and profitably. Cricket’s strengths lie in determining what each client needs to do to achieve results, then creating the concepts and producing quality results to satisfy those requirements. Cricket’s passion to get the job done right every time is a welcome addition to every client looking to grow locally and globally. See more about Cricket on her company page.
Ray Hays
Ray Hays, Growth Partner
Ray Hays is a Growth Partner with Growth Nation. He has over 20 years experience creating international business growth and is based in Tucson, Arizona. See more about Ray by clicking on his company page.
Wendy
Wendy Brightwell, Growth Consultant
Wendy Brightwell identifies opportunities to help companies reach their full global growth potential. She has global experience in China and other countries – previously working with the U.S. Commercial Service. Wendy speaks English and Mandarin Chinese.
Stephanie
Stephanie Bruhnke, Healthcare Segment Manager
Stephanie Bruhnke is a registered nurse and is based in Portland, Oregon. Stephanie is a dynamic contributor to all projects she contributes to – including market research and healthcare client growth support. Stephanie has multiple degrees from the University Utah including a BS in Nursing.
Mike
Mike Hebner, Web and IT Consultant
Mike is a long-time contributor to Growth Nation clients with a variety of information technology wizardry that always gets the job done right. Mike is based in Glendale, Arizona.
Christian
Christian Lorentzen, Growth Consultant
What sets Christian apart is his global mindset, quick thinking, and passion for growth within a human context. He strives to work with enthusiastic and positive entrepreneurs to develop and market new products and technologies that improve the quality and harmony in life.
Yvonne
Yvonne Luker, Operations Manager
Yvonne Luker is Operations Manager at Growth Nation, handling project management and administrative processes. She has an extensive operations background in the US and in multiple countries – living and working in multiple countries around the world. She has a B.S. and master degrees from the University of Utah and can be reached at 801-244-9405.
Kelyn
Kelyn Weaver, Growth Consultant
Kelyn Weaver provides customer assistance on growth projects including social media and other web contributions. He is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Additional team members
Growth Nation has developed relationships with highly creative and effective growth consultants in Tucson, San Diego, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and Portland that provide expert growth services for clients of Growth Nation. Contact us to learn more!