Partners & Affiliates

SBS Group Denver is a Gold Certified Microsoft Partner selling, implementing and supporting Microsoft Dynamics™ business solutions for project-oriented companies.

Since 2004, SBS Group Denver has been helping clients improve business processes and deploy Microsoft solutions to enable them. We focus on the A/E/C industry but also effectively serve companies in professional services and manufacturing.

SBS Group Denver delivers and supports solutions to meet many business needs, including:

• Financial Management
• Project Accounting/Job Costing
• Field Service Management
• Purchasing & Inventory Management
• Document Management & Workflow
• Portals & Collaboration with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
• Financial & Management Reporting
• Payroll
• Union & Certified Payroll
• Business Intelligence & Analytics
• Project Management

Carolyn Chasteen, CPA, CITP

Ms. Chasteen has over twenty-five years experience in Public Accounting and Computer Consulting. She has a twenty years proven track record selling and consulting on Microsoft Dynamics SL and GP.  Ms. Chasteen is also the President and Founder of Cardamel Consulting, Inc., providing superior consulting and customer service to a diverse customer base specializing in providing capabilities to help customers create or maintain a competitive advantage especially with an industry focus and expertise in residential homebuilding. She graduated from the University of Denver with a bachelor's degree in accounting, June 1984.

Melissa Douez, CPA (ND, Inactive)

Ms. Douez has twelve years experience in software consulting and ten years experience in accounting and management. She has extensive experience with implementing Microsoft Dynamics SL and GP for homebuilders, as well as assisting with design and testing of integration to the homebuilding software package. Ms. Douez is technically oriented and a great troubleshooter with proven customer relationship building skills.  She is able to relate with customers due to experience with day to day accounting procedures.

She has spent time collaborating with ERP Provider for Homebuilding Solutions, assisted in the creation of a real-time integration between Homebuilding software Microsoft Dynamics SL and GP. This includes the design, creation, and testing of a customization suite for both Microsoft Dynamics products to make standard financial accounting modules functional and user friendly for the homebuilding community. She graduated from Metropolitan State College of Denver with a bachelor's degree in accounting, 1990.

Simpad is a software and service provider to the production builder and manufactured housing industries. Simpad's software products provide a solution for some of the complex challenges of these industries.

Shinn Consulting is a widely recognized and well-respected leader providing support to homebuilders, and is dedicated to improving the professionalism of the home building industry.

Builder Partnerships is a unique organization focused on providing education and improving communication and collaboration within the home building industry.   We represent about 500 builders across the United States and Canada who project they will build approximately 25,000 homes collectively this year.  
 
We utilize our volume to negotiate competitive rebates, model home and design center allowances as well as co-op advertising programs directly with national building material manufacturers.  We have over 75 manufacturer and service associates offering competitive incentive/rebates on every unit built. Members can earn as much as $3,000 per unit closed.

Through our secured website, we manage the entire rebate process for our builders including reporting, tracking and the collection and disbursement of the rebate and allowances.  This saves our builder members time, money and resources which are definitely scarce in our current environment.

Building Better Home Builders was established for the sole purpose of providing professional, confidential consulting services for the homebuilding industry.

Homebuilders know the challenges: cutting costs, improving margins, increasing sales, marketing product, managing customer experience, accessing skilled trades, eliminating waste, acquiring land, planning business for the short- and long-term, organizing to streamline processes, making better use of technology, realizing profits, improving commincations, and
the list goes on….

Building Better Home Builders has the solutions: We are experienced (110 years of combined experience amongst our principals alone!) and focused on listening to, and understanding your business needs so that we can implement timely, cost effective solutions.

NAHB is a Washington, DC-based trade association representing more than 215,000 residential home building and remodeling industry members. Known as "the voice of the housing industry," NAHB is affiliated with more than 800 state and local home builders associations around the country.

MHI is the national trade organization representing all segments of the factory-built housing industry. MHI serves its membership by providing industry research, promotion, education and government relations programs, and by building and facilitating consensus within the industry.

HMS Cornerstone Solutions has chosen Kova Solutions—a premiere software provider—as a business partner. HMS Cornerstone Solutions specializes in optimizing software solutions and business processes within the home building and real estate industries.  Its mission is to optimize home builder’s business processes and improve the bottom line.

Kova Solutions has partnered with HMS Cornerstone Solutions to help ensure home builders implementing its software do so efficiently and effectively so they can optimize their operations from sales to product and to accounting. With Kova Solutions, builders can see reduced cycle times, improved bottom lines, and greater customer satisfaction.