Wade Thomas

Wade Thomas

Turnaround and Restructuring Consultant

Wade D. Thomas, CRCP, CIPP-US is a Consultant at Amplēo, where he partners with executive teams, founders, and boards to help organizations navigate complex legal, regulatory, and governance challenges while supporting growth. Wade brings deep experience advising on corporate governance, regulatory compliance, risk management, capital formation, and strategic transactions, with particular strength in highly regulated and fast-scaling environments. He has worked across financial services, energy, real estate, and emerging growth companies, and is known for translating complex legal requirements into practical, business-forward solutions.

Before joining Amplēo, Wade spent more than 25 years as a senior corporate attorney and executive, serving as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Corporate Secretary and Clerk, and senior in-house counsel for public and private companies. His experience includes advising boards and executive leadership, building governance and compliance frameworks, supporting capital markets and M&A transactions, leading regulatory engagements, and operating as a trusted legal partner inside growth-oriented businesses. He has worked extensively with Boards of Directors and regularly served as Corporate Secretary and Clerk, supporting board and committee processes, fiduciary matters, and enterprise risk oversight.

Fun Facts/Hobbies

  • Boating and snow skiing with his kids in the Idaho mountains
  • Traveling with his family and exploring new places together
  • Die hard Georgia Bulldog Fan. Go Dawgs!

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.

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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.

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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.