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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'm eager to help SCORE clients by assisting and encouraging their growth to overcome obstacles. With 20 years of real world, day to day, experience of owning and operating an independent business I have the awareness and the knowledge to help support, grow and guide other business owners. Starting as a small showroom and, 20 years later, growing to a top destination design center for industry professionals I have the track record and credentials to help mentor others. I’m looking to share my time and help guide others through the process to success.

My background is in healthcare management with specific expertise in strategic planning, business development and corporate real estate. I possess a comprehensive understanding of the healthcare delivery system, strategic market analysis and corporate real estate including site selection, financial analyses, transaction management, facility design, budgeting and construction project management.

As a SCORE volunteer, I can provide small business owners and entrepreneurs guidance on financial management, banking services, and developing effective business strategies. With years of experience in client relations, business development, and financial services, I understand the challenges small businesses face and can offer insights to help them thrive.

I have 20 years of food service experience from the ground up. With my background in culinary arts plus business development, I can help any client obtain the resources necessary to start their own business. Currently, I have 3 companies focusing on school nutrition catering, baking, and real estate for a diversified portfolio. My catering company I took from a $3 million company to a $20 million within 4 years. I'm happy to advise any client on how to understand how to grow their business based on the market need for their product or company resources.

Share insights into running a business.

With 20+ years of business experience, I can help clients gain clarity on their ideas, establish processes to help them grow profitably, innovate better ways of serving customers and build skills to be stronger leaders. I love helping bring calm to chaos and 'untangling' complicated challenges.

I understand how to commercialize technology and bring new products to market. I am competent in business planning and strategy. I am financially literate and can help clients assess company finances, create budgets, and understand risks. I'm skilled in communication, management, conflict resolution, group dialogue facilitation, and negotiation. I am adept at identifying unfounded assumptions, gaps in logic, flaws in business plans, and uncertainties that increase liability and failure potential.

Providing marketing, sales, organization design and general management guidance for developing and growing new and existing businesses. Impart the key factors required to build a sound business plan to help make business decisions.