Fred Gladney has spent his career in rooms where the decisions actually mattered — as an operator, a founder, and, for the past two decades, as the person leaders call when they need someone who won't just agree with them.

Fred's path started inside corporate America, not around it. He was a Marketing Representative at IBM, then moved into General Management at Compaq (later acquired by Hewlett-Packard), where he held P&L responsibility for a $110 million technology-services business. He later served as Senior Vice President, North America for Development Dimensions International, leading an $80 million division.

Eventually, Fred went out on his own. He founded and ran Trinity Consulting, a software-development firm whose clients included General Motors, ARCO, and several major Southern California counties. Since then, he's stepped into interim executive and CEO roles across technology, human capital, construction, and healthcare organizations.

Today, through The Gladney Group, Fred works selectively with CEOs, senior executives, entrepreneurs, and emerging leaders — bringing candid counsel, strategic clarity, and practical accountability to people who already know how to work hard, and need someone who can help them see clearly.

He describes his own approach simply: a driver with a heart. He expects results. He doesn't lose sight of the people responsible for producing them.