BiG Impact Group

The people behind BiG Impact Group

Judgment
is human.

You need people who understand what is at stake. People who can work through the uncertainty with you, and tell you plainly what is worth doing.

Meet the people you would be calling
John Qualls
John Qualls / Managing Partner
Colin Stauffer
Colin Stauffer / Partner
Shelley Klingerman
Shelley Klingerman / Partner

Seasoned operators.
Still curious.

Experience earns its place.Curiosity keeps it useful.

Our point of view

Capability got cheap.
Judgment didn't.

The tools keep getting better. The difficult questions remain: What comes first? What will your people actually use? What should never have been built?

We bring experience in building companies, delivering systems, and making difficult calls. We stay close to the latest tools because your problem deserves an informed answer.

And if the evidence says stop, we will say so. That is part of the work.

The people you would be calling

Experience.
With names attached.

Different backgrounds. A shared responsibility to understand the problem, deliver the work, and stand behind the result.

Managing Partner

John Qualls

Marine Corps veteran. Founder and former CEO of a fast-growing cloud infrastructure company. Built a nonprofit coding academy recognized among the country’s leading bootcamps. He brings that experience in growth, talent, and operating decisions to practical AI strategy and executive leadership.

Partner

Colin Stauffer

Colin helps leaders turn interest in AI into a practical place to start. He brings innovation thinking, hands-on workshops, and experience guiding engagements from discovery through delivery. He connects the opportunity to the people, decisions, and follow-through that make it useful.

Partner

Shelley Klingerman

Shelley builds businesses and helps other founders build theirs. Her experience spans corporate marketing, a nonprofit business incubator, a venture studio, and a business teaching personal safety and situational awareness. She brings that entrepreneurial perspective to business clarity, market opportunities, and the people an initiative needs behind it.

CTO

Terrence Kunstek

A technology leader recognized in Indiana’s Forty Under 40. Helped build a nonprofit bootcamp known for coding and cybersecurity training, then led multidisciplinary AI delivery teams in banking, transportation, and energy. He connects architecture, engineering, and business reality so the system fits the work.

How we show up

Six values.
One standard.

Our IMPACT values shape how we work together and how we work with you. You should see them in the questions we ask, the decisions we make, and the way we follow through.

Initiative

We take ownership of the next useful step. In your engagement, that means raising a blocker early, bringing an option, and making the next decision clear.

Move with Intention

We agree on the problem and the measure of progress before choosing the tool. Your team can see why the work matters and what would change the plan.

Partner-Centric

We work with the people who know your business. Their constraints, judgment, and ability to use the result shape what we recommend and deliver.

Accountable

We name an owner, make commitments visible, and review what happened. If we miss, you hear it from us with a clear next step.

Curious

We test assumptions and keep learning from the people doing the work. New evidence can improve the answer, even when it changes our first recommendation.

True

We say what we know, what remains uncertain, and when the evidence says to stop. You get a recommendation you can examine and a choice you can own.

These values guide who joins our team, how we review our work, and what clients should expect from every engagement.

Start with a conversation

What would make
this worth doing?

Bring the problem, the constraints, and the questions you have not been able to answer.