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I have a passion for helping new startups just getting going as well as established companies looking to change directions. I can help you spark creative ideas and develop an attack plan to get a business off the ground or turn the ship towards better opportunities. I encourage out-of-the-box thinking while always being practical at what's possible to accomplish.

I have over 25 years of experience in the medical device industry, including bootstrapping a protein bar company and starting a successful franchise; my expertise offers invaluable guidance to start-up, small, medium, and large-scale businesses. I specialize in strategic planning, marketing, market expansion, and product innovation. I'm adept at steering businesses through growth and industry challenges.

I can help SCORE clients by listening to their needs and helping them define their goals. Specifically, I can assist with defining sales and marketing strategies, and creating tactical plans.

As a fellow small business owner and coach, I can bring a practical understanding to the day to day challenges and help you find the right tools and systems to create structure around your goals for weekly progress, marketing, social media and accomplishing tasks to move forward and take action.

I am passionate about building and growing businesses and love to help others achieve success in business and life.

I have been a management consultant for over 30 years, helping both start up companies and corporate clients start new business, build them and then exit when appropriate

I can help SCORE clients take an idea, ensure it aligns with their natural niche, and crystallize it into a business plan. I'm passionate about helping mentees find their circle of competence, and problem solve to help them scale the growth of their small business so that it is a sustainable model. My industry experience includes Finance, Business Planning, Project Management, and leadership.

I'm a marketer, business developer, and salesperson. I've also managed and led marketing teams, developed and implemented business plans, and coached small businesses and individuals on being more effective marketers and business developers. I am also an independent marketing strategy consultant (see matjammarketing.com) My industry experience has been in the service sector.

I can help you in a very important area, optimizing Product-Market fit - will there be a strong demand for your product or services, if not what can we do to improve the attractiveness of the product to your target customers. Success happens when we use this effective process to differentiate your product or services from the rest of the crowd, and making it very attractive to your customers. I can help in product positioning (strategic marketing) and in creating barriers to entry for others.

I am an experienced, results focused sales & marketing pharmaceutical executive with extensive experience in start-ups (Eisai, Zogenix, Collegium and Lexicon), mid-size, and large organizations including Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer.