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Our strategic guidance is grounded in years of experience, and we’re here to help you navigate your unique business challenges with confidence.

Meet Our Expert Business Advisors

You have the skills and vision to lead your business to success. We’re here to provide the strategies and support that will help you achieve your goals.

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Doug Thorpe
President & CEO

From the military to the Boardroom, Doug has served in numerous leadership positions, guiding teams large and small. Doug spent 20 years in banking with JPM Chase then 15 more as a consultant and serial entrepreneur leading 5 startups. Since 2008 he has been coaching and advising business leaders. 

Doug believes: "The right word from the right person at the right time can change a person's life."

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877.634.3360
Gregory Parkman
VP Operations

Gregory is well-versed in Financial Service Operations and Credit/Compliance matters, uniquely familiar with bank lending, underwriting and operations. As a former senior officer of multiple regional banks, Gregory has a proven record of building teams delivering high levels of customer service and satisfaction.

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877.634.3360
Bill Weber
US Army BG (ret)

After soldiering for 32 years as a U.S. Army Armor officer, Bill retired at the end of 2007.  He has extensive experience in leadership, training, organizational management, budget management, and operations.  

Associated Advisors

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Jonathan Bennett
Trusted Advisor

Jonathan spent a decade building a management consulting company that served over 200 organizations nationwide, achieving B Corp certification and awards. In 2021, he sold the company and embarked on his next venture.

Now, his focus is on supporting other Founders. Jonathan is an entrepreneur, longtime board director, and proud business generalist—his work spans multiple sectors and professions every day. He deeply believes that business can be a force for good, and that work should be ethical and dignified for all involved. 

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Dave Bookbinder
Valuation Services

Dave and his team prepare valuations of business enterprises, intellectual property, capital stock and stock options for purposes such as mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and S-Corporation conversions.

Dave has also provided financial advisory services to client Company for strategic planning purposes including buy-side and sell-side mergers and acquisitions, private placements of senior debt, securitization of lease and loan receivables and pre-acquisition purchase price allocation analysis.

 

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Danny Creed
PhD in GSD

Danny Creed is in his 17th year as a certified Master business and executive coach. He is a noted sales and leadership trainer, best-selling author, international keynote, and workshop speaker who is an acclaimed business start-up and turnaround expert with over 15,000 logged coaching hours.

Danny's coach and mentor is the legendary Brian Tracy. He's an entrepreneur with 15 successful start-ups to his credit and over 400 business turnarounds

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Richard Hendee
Business Finance

Richard Hendee is the owner and President of Horizon Associates, Inc., a small and mid-size business advisory and consulting entity. Richard has over 45 years of experience in the financial services industry and has successful owned and operated business ventures.

In his early career, Dick was a banker and led various due diligence and underwriting efforts.

Bill Herman
Bill Herman
Healthcare

Bill has over 45 years of business experience with the last thirty-five, as a healthcare executive with GE Healthcare, US Oncology/McKesson, and CEO of two start-up companies. He recently was the CEO of an oncology practice management company that was acquired by a national company.

Bill has held Global General Manager roles for hardware and software products and consulting business units, as well as senior level financial and marketing positions.  Currently, Bill is a business advisor for several private businesses.

Mike Haney
713-385-2588
Mike Haney
Executive Coach

Mike Haney is an experienced executive coach specializing in helping high-achieving men find balance between their professional success and personal fulfillment. Mike provides the tools and support men need to excel in their careers while building stronger connections with family, friends, and loved ones.

Mike’s coaching empowers men to develop leadership skills, enhance their decision-making, and navigate complex family dynamics, all while maintaining emotional well-being.

Melissa Ortiz
Melissa Yerxa Ortiz
Employee Engagement

Melissa’s expertise is making the “intangibles” in business TANGIBLE. Elements like talent, fit-to-role, employee engagement; all these factors offer a direct path to building trust, employee retention, and profitability. Melissa launched her Human Capital career with Gallup, the world’s leader in behavioral economics. While at Gallup she worked primarily with Fortune 500 businesses like Waste Management and American Airlines but left Gallup to pursue work with smaller, more nimble organizations using the same world-class approach.

Roy Osing
Roy Osing
A $Billion in Sales

He is the ONLY author, entrepreneur and executive leader who delivers practical and proven ‘Audacious Unheard-of Ways’ to produce high performing businesses and successful careers.

Roy is a former president, CMO and entrepreneur with over 40 years of successful and unmatched executive leadership experience in every aspect of business. 

As President of a major data and internet company, his leadership and audacious ‘unheard-of ways’ took the company from its early stage to A BILLION IN ANNUAL SALES!

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Paul Maskill
Fractional CFO

In 2011, after less than four years working in Corporate Finance, Paul knew there was more to life than working for someone else. So, he quit! Since 2011, Paul has scaled and sold his last four companies. His most recent company was an electrical service company that grew by over 500% in three years. He is now the founder of Blue Collar Business Advisors where his #1 focus is to help the owners of blue collar companies create consistent, positive cash flow. In doing so, the owner has a financially healthy business that provides clarity, confidence and peace of mind.

Clif Savage
Clif Savage
Service Leader Systems

My name is Clifton Savage, I’m the CEO of Service Leader Systems and focus on client acquisition, client success, and operational improvements within our organization.

My team and I strive to set you up with the right systems and strategies to attract, train and retain top talent. We want you to know the answer to "what happens tomorrow if my best employee quits today?". Let us help you attract, screen, onboard and train more ideal team members in your company today!

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