About Bright Tree Consulting Group, LLC

Our team and affiliated consultants have robust backgrounds as corporate officers, business owners, technical experts and published authors. We are not career consultants, but former business leaders who have been responsible for delivering consistent results. We have distilled our experiences into unique, pragmatic and actionable approaches to business challenges. We are governed by our guiding values of integrity, service, practicality and results.

Who We Are:

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› Matthew Angello, Principal Consultant and Executive Coach

Matt Angello brings over 25 years of business experience to his practice as a consultant and executive coach, including several years as a Board-Level Executive Officer in Fortune 500 companies. He is an accomplished strategist with expertise in executive and team coaching, organization development, change management, performance and process improvement, and communications. He has experience as both an independent consultant/business owner and global business executive across multiple industries and for companies in various stages of their business cycle.

Matt is the Founder and Principal of Bright Tree Consulting Group, LLC, a boutique firm that offers an array of highly personalized and effective coaching and consulting services for executives and companies seeking to unleash their potential, move their performance to the next level and prepare for future challenges. He has partnered with many CEO’s, Boards of Directors and other “C-Level” executives to improve their effectiveness. His clients include start-ups, privately held companies and Fortune 500 global firms. He is an accomplished coach, strategist, team builder and people developer with a global track record. Matt is a recognized human capital expert, and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Human Resources Executive and other publications. He has been the featured speaker at many seminars and has served on the Board of Directors of national organizations. He received his BA from the University of Pittsburgh and an MS from Rutgers University.

Matt lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with his wife and three children. He is an avid reader, aspiring cabinetmaker and fitness advocate.

› Alan Cyphers, Senior Consultant

Alan Cyphers leads the compensation practice for Bright Tree Consulting Group, LLC. He has over 15 years of business and consulting experience, with expertise in compensation, HRIS, sales compensation, executive compensation, change management, process improvement and benefits.

Alan has experience across multiple industries, including building materials, food and beverage, consumer products, and banking. He is experienced in several HRIS platforms (i.e. SAP, PeopleSoft, MSA). Alan is a Six Sigma black belt and has participated in process improvement initiatives on a worldwide basis. He is a recognized expert in sales incentive design and has led several incentive redesign initiatives.

Alan received his BS in Human Resources from Messiah College and has done his graduate work in Leadership at LBC in Lancaster, PA.

Alan is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) from the World at Work organization and teaches college courses in Human Resources on a part-time basis. Alan has been married to his wife, Kathy, since 1992. They have three children: Joshua, Zachary and Timothy. He lives in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania with his family.

› Bruce Timmcke, Senior Consultant & Executive Coach

Bruce Timmcke is a seasoned executive who brings over 25 years of organization development experience to Bright Tree Consulting Group. He is an astute observer of organizations, with a powerful set of skills that help companies implement pragmatic solutions to improve efficiencies, develop talent and achieve operating objectives. His broad and deep expertise encompasses the shop floor, sales force, staff functions and the executive suite. He interacts equally well at all levels of organizations.

Bruce brings his practical, straight-forward approach to the areas of organizational redesign, leadership development, learning strategy, employee engagement, and performance management. He has implemented organizational redesigns in manufacturing settings, using socio-technical principles, self-directed work teams, lean manufacturing applications and a host of process improvement tools to increase employee engagement and productivity on the shop floor.

He is also a seasoned coach with extensive leadership development experience that was honed as the head of management development and training for a Fortune 500 global company. His easy interpersonal style enables him to establish rapport and chemistry that is the foundation of effective coaching.

Bruce received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, where he also earned master’s degrees in Educational Psychology and in Industrial Engineering. Bruce lives outside Baltimore, Maryland with his wife, Terri, and has two children in college. He enjoys gardening and the great outdoors, and is an aspiring fly fisherman.

› Debbie Angello, Business Manager

Debbie Angello developed her in-depth business management skills in a series of accounting and finance roles over a 25 year career. She is responsible for all elements of financial, legal and general business management for Bright Tree Consulting Group, LLC. She is a thoughtful and pragmatic executive who knows how to get things done.

Debbie has worked in a variety of firms including public accounting, the Fortune 500 and her specialty, start-ups. She established the accounting and finance functions for three different firms over her career, directing them from launch to fully functional. She is a gifted multi-tasker with a solutions-oriented approach to her work.

Debbie earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She resides in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with her husband and three children. She is an avid reader and a gifted gardener.