ABOUT OUR FOUNDER – KEN TALLMAN
Ken established 6512 Consulting to provide business consulting for nonprofits leveraging the Salesforce.com cloud computing platform. He has worked in a wide range of industries for companies in Silicon Valley and all over the west. He is very active in the local nonprofit community and is a former president of the board for The Liberty School. He has a computer science degree and is a certified Salesforce Administrator.
COLE TALLMAN, P.E.
Cole is a civil engineer who graduated from Colorado State University in 2020 and has since been involved with designing a wide range of land development and transportation projects for the Denver area. While Cole enjoys designing infrastructure for local communities, he also wants to follow in his father’s footsteps by helping nonprofits reach their full potential through streamlining processes and efficient data management.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Ken caught the corporate philanthropy bug while working at Salesforce.com. Salesforce’s 1-1-1 program (where they donate 1% of their employee time, 1% of their product, and 1% of their equity) showed true innovation and has been the model for many companies that followed. Ken introduced that model to Mercury Payment Systems (now WorldPay) and it became the foundation for the MercuryGives program which Ken ran for a number of years. He created a grant application and tracking program in Salesforce to manage details of the MercuryGives program. Ken has also donated hundreds of volunteer hours helping nonprofits deploy Salesforce to track their donors, volunteers, clients and key business metrics.
JUST FOR FUN
In his spare time, Ken teaches yoga and AcroYoga at local studios: AcroYogaDurango.com
Cole loves heading into the mountains all year long: Snowboarding in the winter, motorcycles in the summer, and off-roading in the off seasons.