VaDon Pace

VaDon Pace

VP of HR

VaDon Pace is a VP of People & Human Resources Consultant at Ampleo. She provides 18 years of leadership, strategy, and foundational oversight of various HR, Talent, and People functions while implementing successful organizational initiatives in public, private, and start-up companies. VaDon excels in guiding leaders, individuals, and teams through growth phases, manager & leadership training, commercialization, M&A, and IPO transitions. She is dedicated to fostering a strong, inclusive company culture marked by trust, productivity, and fun. Her expertise in coaching difficult conversations and using Birkman personality assessments is key to her dedication to enhancing and transforming other’s personal and professional growth.

Before joining Ampelo, VaDon was pivotal in establishing foundational people operations as a member of their leadership and executive teams for multiple industry start-ups. She has successfully enhanced employer branding, driven growth, and cultivated strong organizational cultures. Key contributions include; Developing the company mission, vision, and values, saving millions in benefits costs, implementing people strategy, streamlining processes, building international immigration partnerships, finding pivotal talent, lowering turnover rates, improving time to hire, and customizing manager and leadership training programs to build trust and support company and career development for exceptional employee experiences.

Fun Facts/Hobbies

  • Enjoys boating and Lake Powell trips with family
  • Passionate about coaching, teaching, and motivational speaking
  • Enthusiastic about watching her sons compete in sports and motorcycling

Education/Certificates

  • Bachelor of Science Professional Studies, Brigham Young University Idaho
  • Business Leadership Certification, Brigham Young University Idaho
  • Human Resources Management Certification, Brigham Young University Idaho
  • Birkman Certified Coach, Birkman Method from Birkman International
  • Additional Certifications – ATD Training, SHRM Leadership, SHRM Compensation, Strategic HR

Meet the rest of the team

Kyle Shurtz

Fractional CMO

Kyle is a marketing strategist with more than 10 years driving revenue-focused campaigns. He has overseen substantial marketing budgets and translated them into billions in client revenue, with a particular focus on video-based content strategy.

Mike Riley

Fractional CMO.

Mike has more than 14 years in digital marketing and has held fractional CMO roles across multiple companies, bringing proven leadership and the strategic judgment to align marketing efforts behind a single growth plan.

Julia Olson

Fractional CMO

Julia has 18 years across digital marketing, event management, public relations, and marketing leadership, and has driven results for dozens of brands. She is at her best building campaigns from a blank page.

Beau Graves

Fractional CMO

Beau brings two decades of marketing expertise and leads integrated campaigns for top brands, driving results through organic search, creative content, and demand generation. Known around here as the SEO Cowboy, for reasons involving both search algorithms and Western heritage.

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Ryan Hutchins

President, Valuation

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.

Jason Parr

President, Sales Tax

Jason has spent 30 years going deeper into one discipline while most firms go broader. He joined Peisner Johnson in 1996 and built his career there learning every service line, working through every kind of situation, and eventually becoming President and CEO. The Sales Tax People has completed 35,000+ projects for companies ranging from regional mid-market businesses to large multinationals. His clients are CFOs, controllers, and the accountants who serve them, usually calling when the exposure has already been building quietly for months. He'd rather you call before that point.

 Let's Build It

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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.

 Let's Build It

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.

 Let's Build It

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.

 Let's Build It

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.