The Craneworks

Are you making the progress you want for your business in revenue growth, profitability and contributing to your community economy? The CraneWorks is a business solutions and growth company, passionate about the journey of business ownership and local economic health. Our seasoned team of consultants from strategic marketing, product development, business building, and funding are passionate about helping owners achieve current goals. We also guide our clients through envisioning long-term goals for stability and end goals in a rapidly changing world. The CraneWorks provides proven programs and personalized business advising and consulting services to highly motivated owners. Our experts address needs for strategic market research, product development, launch, business building, complex problem solving, readiness for funding, growth project coaching and exit planning. Our clients track record for revenue growth exceeds national trends for small and mid-size businesses. Owners are supported through planning, implementation and realizing desired financial as well as important social and economic impact goals. Darlene taught Innovation and Business Value in MBA courses in the San Francisco Bay Area for over a decade. She published an interdisciplinary textbook on organization alignment and decision making for complex technology initiatives titled Executive Accountability: Creating the Environment for Business Value for Technology. Her consulting capabilities are grounded in roles as a Group Product Manager and Senior Program Manager for large corporations with multi-million budgets. She formed and led teams who completed complex, high-risk projects. Major clients included Visa International, utilities, financial services and technology companies. Check out our website.