Our Team
The breadth and depth of Promega's consultant experiences creates a super-charged core of professionals who are innovative, intuitive and uncompromising in their pursuit of client results. Each Promega consultant brings between 18 and 35 years of consulting and corporate management and leadership experience. Senior consultants are directly involved in designing and facilitating all client programs.
Les Louia
Les Louia, President and CEO of Promega, is a Seattle native with 35 years of management and leadership experience. Les has worked in numerous large organizations as well as small, family-run businesses. His interest and expertise is in sales and marketing management, human resource issues and executive coaching. He also works with clients on competency profiling and team development opportunities. Les graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.
Les' BioKaren Holtkamp
Karen Holtkamp, an experienced program developer, trainer and business writer, serves national and international clients from offices in Cincinnati, Ohio. She uses her background in public relations, marketing and personnel development to create client-centered, integrated solutions to an organization's management, leadership and customer service challenges. Karen has served as public affairs director for a Midwest land developer, vice president-creative for a marketing communications agency, and owner of a communications and development business serving diverse industries including telecommunications, insurance, health care, investment management, publishing, manufacturing and not-for-profit. Karen graduated from Xavier University where she has served for a decade as adjunct instructor of business communications and research interviewing.
