Delivering Turnarounds and Profit Improvements for 30+ years!

I'm a Turnaround Strategist and my mission is to serve as a positive catalyst to realign and transform privately-held organizations.  Results-oriented Turnaround Consultant and Interim CEO/COO/CFO with Fortune 50, Inc 100 and hands-on experience with Start-ups, Early Stage, High Growth, Mezzanine, Private Equity, Pre-IPOs and Privately-held Companies specializing in leading the transition from Entrepreneurial to Professional Management.

Our Turnaround team develops strategies and action plans for your Privately-held Business.
We'll provide consulting services to management or assume Interim Manager roles.
Our turnaround strategies will increase website visitors, leads, prospects, customers, and sales.
Or we'll design Profit Improvement Programs (PIP) for you lowering costs and break even points!

TURNAROUNDS INCLUDE:

Small Business Turnarounds as Consultant or Interim Manager:

• CEO that drove New Business Development and Expansion for a Social Media Consulting Firm taking them global and doubling their business in 2009
• COO/CFO that led the turnaround of a large U.S. Social Media Training company by increasing website traffic from 25K to 100K visitors per month in 2008, reducing costs by 25% and increasing top line revenues by 4X
• Led Internet Product Launch Team doubling 2009 Annual Sales in 14 days
• Led rebranding of a Regional Automotive Repair Corporation and implemented Internet Marketing changes that increased website traffic in 2008 and 2009 by 8X, Customers by 50% and Sales by over 20%.
• CEO/CFO that launched a global High-Tech Telecommunications Company that developed a patented IVR to SMS cell phone text messaging service for the Real Estate industry

RE/MAX International Relocation and Asset Management Services:  

• Directed a multi-million dollar turnaround increasing market share/revenue by 200%.
• Reduced break-even point, headcount and fixed costs by 33%
• Significantly increasing Pre-IPO market value of the Company.

RE/MAX International, Inc.- Real Estate Franchisor                                  

• Developed teams, systems and implemented processes to control 40% per year growth.
• Installed Accounting, Budget, Inventory, Purchase Order and Information Systems (IS).
• Reduced Membership System data errors from 33% to less than 1/10 of 1%.
• Turned around the Finance, Systems, Communications and Conventions Departments
• Billed and collected over $1 million in previously unbilled accounts receivable
• Led the transition from Entrepreneurial to Professional Management-hiring 9 Vice Presidents

VideoConcepts- American Home Video Corporation-Consumer Electronics Retailer

• Designed systems to control $200 million retail inventory and re-buyer function
• Reduced inventory shrink by $4 million in 208 stores and 11 warehouses in 40 states.
• Designed and implemented Distribution, Transfer, Purchase Order, POS and Payroll systems
• Managed $40 million Open-To-Buy, three-buyer team, in Computers and Software.
• Developed profit model reducing sales break-even point by $40 million.
• Led two Merger management transition teams for Eckerd Drug and Tandy Radio Shack acquisitions.
• Directed the transition from Entrepreneurial to Professional Management.

Ford's Finance & Insurance Operations (Management Information Systems-MIS)

• Designed, and implemented MIS system that changed field management paradigm from volume to profits.
• Identified "break-through" design changes reducing MIS database size by 45%.
• Increased annual Divisional steady-state profits by over $30 million.