Chris Hartung is the senior partner with WCG and is a principle consultant. He has over thirty years of experience in managing and consulting in both the private and public sector. He has served as Director of Finance, Assistant City Manager, and City Manager in full service municipalities such as Garland, Denton, and White Settlement, Texas with populations ranging from 15,000 to 160,000.

Mr. Hartung has conducted training sessions and given keynote speeches for hundreds of clients in the areas of total quality management, strategic business planning, management and supervisory skills, employee performance appraisal, and customer service. He has conducted lectures and seminars for Texas A&M University, the University of North Texas, the University of Texas at Arlington, and the University of Texas at Austin. He has also served as an adjunct faculty member of the University of North Texas.

Mr. Hartung received his Bachelor's Degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and his Master's Degree from the University of North Texas in Denton.

In addition to his management experience, Mr. Hartung has thirteen years of experience as a management consultant. Consulting assignments have included executive recruitment for a broad range of public managment positions, including city manager, director of finance, director of personnel/human resources, director of utilities, fire chief, police chief, and other senior management positions. Other consulting assignments have included City Council planning sessions and retreats, facilitation of City Charter review committees, classification and compensation studies, training and organization analysis. Organization and management analysis assignments have included total city operations as well as individual departments.