About Us:

Our team believes that success in any endeavor, including the business marketplace, is based upon knowing who we are in Christ, abiding in Him, understanding His purpose for our lives and then aligning our plans and methods with His. This alignment will create a successful covenant relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. Our eventual success in this endeavor is then guaranteed (Deuteronomy 28:1-14, Galatians 3:14, 29).

Jeff Ahern Co-founder

Jeff Ahern is co-founder of Sozo Services, Inc., a Christian management consulting company that helps business leaders succeed and achieve their personal and corporate vision and goals by using Biblical, Spirit-led solutions.  Jeff and his team come alongside Christian CEOs and business leaders and serve in a role that can best be described as a combination of business intercessor, prophetic voice, and business advisor.   The company helps business owners to fulfill their God-given vision and assignment as marketplace ministry leaders through services that include intercessory prayer, strategic planning, mentoring, employee counseling, spiritual deliverance ministry, and business networking.

A born-again, Spirit-filled Christian, Jeff has been walking with the Lord since 1985 and has been involved in providing management consulting and professional services to Fortune 500 and Government clients for over twenty years.  He is a former Naval Officer, and has been involved as an owner and leader of several technology services businesses and is certified as a PMI Project Management Professional.  Jeff has served as both a Trustee and Board member for several non-profit and for-profit organizations.

"Jeff Ahern is a man of wisdom. His leadership skills and wisdom go beyond the ordinary to bring a seasoned approach to bear on the senior decision-making process. His special anointing and insight for identifying and unraveling deep-seated, entangled issues attest to his unique ability to assess and navigate change. His quiet-spoken competence and strength enables his planning, coaching and strategy development talents to become a natural and integral part of team efforts that yield results." Morris Ruddick, Global Initiatives Foundation

Judy Sullivan Director of Intercession

Judy is the Director of Intercession for Sozo Services.  Her passion for prayer began in the 70's in Jackson, Wyoming where she spent 5 years learning about intimacy with God and prophetic intercession from a small but mighty group of prayer warriors.  She co-founded a ministry in eastern Oregon in the early 80's and taught principles of spiritual warfare and pioneered prayer walking efforts in the community.  She and her husband Tim organized and led community-wide concerts of prayer, youth prayer breakfasts and early morning prayer watches which resulted in dramatic changes in their city and many people turning their hearts to Jesus. 

A promotion to Washington DC brought Tim and Judy to the east coast in 2002, but Tim died unexpectedly a year later.  Judy remained in Washington, where she helped lead many prayer efforts in the DC area.  She connected with Jeff Ahern, founder of Sozo Services, who introduced her to the joys of marketplace ministry and her new passion, praying for business leaders. 

Judy currently resides in Charlotte, NC near her son Brian and his family and attends Morning Star Fellowship where she is one of the leaders in the Intercession department.  Judy believes that God is sending His Josephs into the marketplace to interpret dreams and help companies prosper in the middle of this economic drought. 

Brian Sullivan IT Business Strategist

Brian Sullivan is an experienced IT Business Strategist who has spent years pursuing a vision to, "help build global communications networks for God’s people by exploiting technology for the kingdom of God".  His obedience to the Spirit’s call throughout his career has helped develop him into a seasoned businessman with a knack for creative problem solving in the technology field. 

Brian has been a Spirit-filled believer since childhood.  His adult life has been devoted to pursuing a God-given passion that began with the formation of one of the world’s first family friendly ISPs in 1995.  Since that time Brian has been involved in IT business planning and execution as well as business development and strategy for organizations such as 711.net, Accentra, Inc, Promise Keepers, Mission Outfitters International, Assemble Communications and most recently Strang Communications.

As an IT and Internet specialist, Brian has worked with businesses and organizations throughout the United States and abroad.  He has worked on projects ranging from the support of tens of thousands of Internet end-users to the development of two-way satellite communications services to support voice over IP, video and data in a global, mobile environment.  Practically, Brian possesses the skills of a network/system administrator, project manager, quality control specialist, research and development specialist and IT business strategist.  When he isn’t saving the world from technological mishaps, Brian also instructs technology classes at a local Christian school. 

Gerry Hartis Consultant

Gerry Hartis is an experienced consultant to entrepreneurs and managers of commercial and non-profit organizations that require business planning, leadership and staff development, change management, quality assurance, and training design and delivery.  

In addition to consulting with advanced concepts companies bringing new products and services to market in the energy, information technology, and telecommunications industries, Gerry has also provided management consulting services to Fortune 500 companies, national non-profit and ministry organizations, and international humanitarian relief organizations.

Gerry earned a Master of Divinity degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Boston, Massachusetts in 1978, where he served as a lecturer, speaking on leadership, education, and counseling.  Along with his wife Joanna, Gerry founded and led Wilderness Venture, a non-profit discipleship and leadership development organization, before establishing his business activities in Alexandria, Virginia in 1991.

Gerry is a member of Capital City Church in Washington, DC, and serves as Dean of the Citadel School of Equipping (CSOE), where he also teaches biblical leadership courses.

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