Company Executives

Blue Heron Consulting is dedicated to meeting the dynamic needs of today's businesses. Value based consulting and software integration services are the centerpieces of Blue Heron's service offerings. Blue Heron's executive team is committed to ensuring that the company can deliver products, services, and world-class consultants with the utmost focus on quality, objectivity, and affordability.

Stephen Northrup

Chief Executive Officer

Stephen Northrup has been a leader in the information technology field for more than twenty-five years. His strategic vision of providing objective, high-quality consulting and value-based software integration services was the basis for forming Blue Heron Consulting (BHC) in 1999. As a project and software applications manager for a multi-million dollar CIS replacement project in the mid- to late- 90s, Mr. Northrup realized that he was at a great disadvantage with the limited resource options available to him for deployment on large software- or business-related projects. Options at his disposal such as high-end package vendors, high-priced accounting/consulting firms, and low-cost, unspecialized local contract agencies all came with major drawbacks. Hence, Mr. Northrup built Blue Heron to offer the marketplace value-based resource options and consulting services with one goal in mind — to provide project managers and company executives the means to implement high-quality, cost-effective business and enterprise software solutions that are in line with budget thresholds.

Consumers who travel by air have significantly benefited from the emergence of value-based airlines since the mid-1990s. Mr. Northrup's vision for Blue Heron is to change the landscape in the technology and software implementation world so that consumers can also save millions of dollars by having a company like Blue Heron that offers value-based services.

Since its inception and under his direction, Blue Heron has maintained a 100% track record of successful information system implementations. These projects have saved Blue Heron's clients millions of dollars and better positioned them to consistently meet mission-critical project deadlines. Mr. Northrup earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Management from Roberts Wesleyan College in New York.

Lee Faull

Vice President of Operations

Lee Faull joined Blue Heron in 2000, possessing more than twenty years of experience from the Utilities Industry. Mr. Faull's extensive background included working at an upstate New York investor-owned utility for over sixteen years. He held a number of roles including the manager of Materials Management and was the business owner of the Meter Management subsystem for SPL WorldGroup's CIS PLUS deployment. In 2007, Mr. Faull was appointed Blue Heron Consulting's vice president of operations. Present responsibilities include contract management, business development support, proposal development, and the management of Rochester Headquarters support staff.

Mr. Faull received his Bachelors of Science in Industrial Management and his Master of Science in Computer Science Management from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Kyle Rainey

Vice President of Sales

Kyle Rainey joined Blue Heron in 2007 and is responsible for Blue Heron Consulting's sales and business development. Mr. Rainey has more than two decades of software and services sales experience in the utilities industry. Before joining Blue Heron, he worked with enterprise application giants SAP and Oracle Corporation. He's led a consistent record of over-achievement, including leading multiple National teams and exceeding his sales goals, year over year. Mr. Rainey earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Southern Oregon State University.

Ernest W. Lehmann

Chief Information Officer

Ernest Lehmann serves as the CIO for Blue Heron. Mr. Lehmann has over 19 years of management experience in the health care, staffing and higher education industries. He has extensive experience building and aligning IT organizations with key business objectives to achieve dramatic bottom-line results. Mr. Lehmann is a strong leader who can manage change, mitigate risk, infuse new ideas and take enterprise system performance and productivity to the next level.

As the CIO, his current responsibilities include providing technology vision and leadership in the development and implementation of the Blue Heron long-term strategy. Mr. Lehmann facilitates the technological communications between staff, management, and vendors within the organization. He also oversees the technology infrastructure and security policy for the staff at Blue Heron offices, as well as the technology and policy which supports consultants on client engagements.

Mr. Lehmann holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Roberts Wesleyan College.