Marcy Wahlquist
Marcy embeds with small and mid-sized businesses, especially hands-on trades, manufacturers, and creative production teams, where people work closely enough that everyone knows everyone by name. The CEO who brings her in usually has fifty competing people tasks on their desk and no time to figure out which one to tackle first. Marcy's superpower is stepping into a vague, overwhelming problem, breaking it down into clear, manageable steps, and getting it done. On any given Monday, her favorite thing to do is take a lingering HR headache off a leader's plate and hand it back finished.
What Marcy Does Best
- Breathing new life into outgrown HR processes: When an organization's HR practices have gone stale or only exist in dusty folders, she rebuilds them into compliant, practical workflows that managers and employees actually use every day.
- Supporting employees from first day to last: She keeps the entire employee lifecycle running smoothly, bridging the gap between clean back-office administration and making sure people genuinely feel supported on the job.
- Benefits and HR research that leads to clear decisions: When leadership has an open question, especially around benefits options or policy benchmarks, she digs into the research, distills the trade-offs into plain language, and brings back clear options instead of a pile of open browser tabs.
Experience
- HR Manager and Administrative Assistant • Full-Service Marketing and Creative Agency: Stepped in to rebuild and run HR and C-suite operations after the prior HR department was dissolved, managing payroll, open enrollment, executive coordination, light accounting, and day-to-day employee support.
- Event Operations Coordinator • Fine Arts Museum and Cultural Institution: Kept public and private events running smoothly by translating event contracts into clear operational setup plans, welcoming guests, and managing facility security and administrative records.
- Production and Safety Supervisor • Fine Art Foundry and Manufacturing Studio: Led shop-floor production quality and workplace safety, fine-tuning ceramic slurry formulas, streamlining kiln operations, and managing inventory and safety compliance for a hands-on manufacturing team.
Credentials
- aPHR, HR Certification Institute • 2024
Outside Work
Marcy loves drawing portraits (digitally, in paint, or with whatever medium is nearby) and has a knack for taking salvaged materials and turning them into something brand new. She also powerlifts in her free time; nothing extreme, she says, though she is pretty proud of her numbers.
Meet the rest of the team
Ryan Clower
Ryan Clower, CPA
Finance Partner | Ampleo
Ryan Clower is a former CPA firm partner with a decade of experience building and operating businesses through ForgeCap. He works alongside owners and investors in field-service and operationally complex businesses to improve cash flow, profitability, and how work gets done. At Ampleo, he connects financial understanding with practical execution, supported by financial, HR, and marketing specialists.
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Beau Graves
Ryan Hutchins
Ryan founded Peak Business Valuation, a national firm that delivers 1,100+ business valuations and 150+ equipment appraisals a year. He works with business owners who are buying, selling, or growing — and need to know what they actually have. His focus is quality, accuracy, and making sure the number means something.
You've Got the Vision.
We've Got the Fractional
Team to Build It.
A fractional CFO who knows your numbers. A fractional CMO driving your pipeline. An HR leader building your people systems. Sales tax specialists keeping you compliant. Valuation experts ready when you need them. All embedded. All executing. All backed by Ampleo Intelligence, our AI platform.
You've Got the Vision.
We've Got the Fractional
Team to Build It.
A fractional CFO who knows your numbers. A fractional CMO driving your pipeline. An HR leader building your people systems. Sales tax specialists keeping you compliant. Valuation experts ready when you need them. All embedded. All executing. All backed by Ampleo Intelligence, our AI platform.
You've Got the Vision.
We've Got the Fractional
Team to Build It.
A fractional CFO who knows your numbers. A fractional CMO driving your pipeline. An HR leader building your people systems. Sales tax specialists keeping you compliant. Valuation experts ready when you need them. All embedded. All executing. All backed by Ampleo Intelligence, our AI platform.
You've Got the Vision.
We've Got the Fractional
Team to Build It.
A fractional CFO who knows your numbers. A fractional CMO driving your pipeline. An HR leader building your people systems. Sales tax specialists keeping you compliant. Valuation experts ready when you need them. All embedded. All executing. All backed by Ampleo Intelligence, our AI platform.