Listen before naming the solution
The people doing the work often know where the friction lives, even when they do not use consulting language to describe it.
About Wingspan Labs
Practical experience, careful language, and respect for the people doing the work.
Wingspan Labs is the public studio of Wingspan LLC. Kevin Hintzman brings together nonprofit leadership, healthcare administration, government and funding work, process improvement, accessible web practice, and responsible AI workflow design.
Founder
Kevin Hintzman, MBA
Kevin founded Wingspan LLC after years of leading operations, compliance, funding, and workflow improvement across nonprofit, healthcare, public-university, and government settings.
His work has centered on making complicated systems easier to see and manage: clarifying roles, improving access and flow, strengthening documentation, and building routines teams can actually maintain.
During his first 12 months working on grants and funding agreements, Kevin’s work contributed to successful grants and contracts with a combined full-term value of approximately $1.03 million. That figure reflects the full value of multi-year awards and agreements, not funding received in one year.
- Education
- MBA, Western Governors University; BA in Psychology and Law & Society, Purdue University; minor in Forensic Science
- Experience
- Nonprofit, healthcare, government, and public-university settings
- Methods
- Lean improvement, accessible design, documentation, funding strategy, and human-led AI workflows
How the studio works
The method should reduce confusion, not create a new layer of it.
Explain important boundaries plainly
Risks and limitations belong near the decision, in language a person can use—not buried in technical caveats.
Keep people responsible for judgment
Tools may assist. People remain accountable for context, approval, care, and consequences.
Continuing study and certification
Learning that supports responsible, practical AI work.
These credentials document Kevin’s completed study and certification. They do not certify Wingspan Labs systems or guarantee a client outcome.
Purdue University
Artificial Intelligence Policy and Governance Microcredential
Completed June 2026.
Microsoft Certified
AI Transformation Leader
Exam AB-731 · Earned August 2, 2026.
OpenAI Academy
Course-completion certificates
- AI FoundationsCertificate ID: 0q9o8ydpg2View the AI Foundations certificate (new tab)
- Applied AI FoundationsCertificate ID: vaw4i9tkd0View the Applied AI Foundations certificate (new tab)
- Agents and WorkflowsCertificate ID: gad4b0uuafView the Agents and Workflows certificate (new tab)
In their words
What former colleagues say about Kevin.
These selected excerpts come from LinkedIn recommendations posted about Kevin Hintzman’s prior professional work. They describe prior leadership and operating experience, not Wingspan Labs client engagements, current service results, or guarantees of future outcomes.
“He is an extraordinarily talented leader that thrives in complex environments. Kevin is especially good at working with cross-functional teams due to his collaborative approach.”
“Kevin always shows his professionalism while showing his caring at the same time. He is quick to listen and ask questions and not so interested in thinking of his next response.”
“Kevin is an excellent communicator, and understands that listening is in many cases more important than talking. He will always find a way to work with people to find a resolution to whatever they are discussing.”
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“I have always been impressed with Kevin's drive for improvement, and leadership to engage others in improving their work. His business acumen and operational insight have been key in implementing change in his areas.”
“Kevin is a dedicated purpose driven leader who is passionate about solutions. He is an ideas generator always looking to improve processes for the betterment of the company.”
“Kevin demonstrated both knowledge and resiliency in managing a number of difficult situations. Kevin is fully capable of respectfully asking the hard questions, but does so in a manner that drives both individual and system growth in these times of change.”
“Kevin is empathetic, knowledgeable, and charismatic. He strives to be helpful, kind, and flexible. Kevin is fun to work with and can be direct when necessary.”
“His leadership style promotes growth, support, and a level of transparency that other leaders should learn from. Under Kevin’s management, I felt valued and learned to deal with difficult situations in a professional and productive manner, as he does.”
“Kevin has a great understanding of the intersection of business and clinical practice and is an asset to his organization.”
“He is a researcher by nature, knows his resources and utilizes them appropriately.”
“Kevin was great to work alongside. I’d describe him as easy going, caring towards patients and employees and an innovative thinker.”
“If Kevin was missing any knowledge that would be beneficial to him or his team, he took it upon himself to learn so he could increase the chance of a successful project. He would either take the time himself to figure it out or ask those that had knowledge of it -- either way you could count on him to come back with the answer.”
A simple starting point
Start with the work that needs more clarity.
A short, non-sensitive description is enough for an initial conversation.