Affiliates

• Be a confidant on important decisions
• Be a sounding board to expand your thinking
• Give you other connections to those in the know within the industry
• Find new ways for you to accomplish and achieve in your business
• Provide an outside view that is unbiased and objective to give you a check on reality
• Help you gain confidence in the decisions that you bring to your staff
• Set goals for sales and other aspects of your business to raise the bar on performance and results
• Act like a Board of Directors to give you a check on actions
• Bring the right measurements to help you measure results and document improvement
• Help an owner get the proper perspective and set the right priorities on problems and opportunities
• Provide optimism, focus, patience and action
• Help you analyze options and think through contingencies of each direction
  
  

John Adams – The A Circle

John is an experienced professional who works with you to help manage change, grow sales, improve cash flow, increase profits and solve problems within your business. John works to build a successful business relationship with clients to help them improve the profitability of the business. “We are creating our own sense of security and warmth, based upon the relationships that exist within our sphere… that small circle that includes family & friends” Says John.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™ and Winning@Turnarounds™

Thierry Bayle – Global Fashion Management

Thierry has set-up his own consultancy in international fashion business development through Winning@Business™ and Winning@Retail™. He is based in London and is available throughout Europe. Previously, he spent 10 years with FDI running the company's UK and US operations which he set up from scratch. He was servicing the medium to top-end fashion industry with consultancy and credit management operations. This gave him a lot of exposure to Fashion retail as well as all major European and American manufacturers, agents and importers. He is also a member of the Fashion Group International. Thierry will represent Management One® to retailers and fashion manufacturers to help them improve their business, profits and life.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Business™ and Winning@Retail™

Kerry Banz – Kerry Banz Retail Marketing & Consultants

Kerry has 10 years retail experience and 4 years consulting experience, catering to a variety of specialties. Her experience includes everything from management of a small, successful independent retailer to managing at Victoria's Secret where her specialty was to turn around under-performing stores. Kerry specializes in maximizing customer potential through strategic forecasting, creative merchandising, inventory management and on-floor sales training.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™

Charles Brown

Charles resides in Southern California and brings years of experience in management of hospitality, restaurant and hotel businesses. He is able to work at any level in the organization to bring improved leadership and management so that staff are more committed, directed and motivated to serve guests and the company as well. He uses these same talents and processes to improve customer service and brand image in any type of business environment.
Management One® expertise: Winning@Business™

Barry Carter –

Barry is located on the east coast and brings a wealth of experience in working with major retailers in the U.S. His background with the likes of Sears, Montgomery Ward, Bon Ton, Target and others combined with the magic of Winning@Retail, brings the best of all worlds to clients. He is able to see opportunities and help clients seize them to bring results to the bottom line.
Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™, Winning@Business™

Errol Chavkin – Retail Strategy

Errol, a retail specialist in Los Angeles, has a business called Retail Strategies. Retail Strategies is designed to help small and mid-size retailers grow their business. Errol claims, "I have found the Management One® tools of Winning@Retail™ and Winning@Business™ to be the most effective methods to put cash in a retailer's pocket." Errol combines over 20 years of retail and apparel manufacturing experience to work hand-in-hand with retailers to manage inventories, buy the right amounts, manage people, motivate and train sales staff and run an effective business.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™

Ed Cloeter – Ajashu, L.L.C.

Ed’s company, Ajashu LLC is a retail management company. Ed has many years of retail experience, the last 19 of which were dedicated to providing inventory planning to specialty retailers. Although centered in Michigan, his client base extends into Iowa and Nebraska. His feedback and analysis has consistently spurred greater sales with less inventory and increased profits.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™

John Costigan – Proactive Business Consulting

John is a highly experienced Senior Sales and Marketing professional with over 20 years experience in both Blue Chip and small to mid-size businesses in Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe. John has been involved in working with senior management teams during much of his career. He successfully launched branding efforts that have led to #1 and #2 positions in European markets He also re-launched failing brands and turned them around.

John has strong analytical skills and has achieved significant success in developing strategic plans and getting them implemented through the Winning@Business™ process. John successfully implements the Management One® processes of Winning@Business™ and Winning@Retail™ in Ireland and the UK.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Business™, Winning@Retail™, Small Business Optimization, Ultimate Retail

Sean Curtis – Curtis Consulting

Sean is the president of Curtis Consulting and the country manager for Management One® in Ireland.

Sean was formerly Group Head of Communications with Irish Life & Permanent plc., one of Ireland's largest financial institutions where he was responsible for the development of the internal communications infrastructure and strategy. He has extensive experience in internal communications strategies during major change programmes having been responsible for this function during a number of mergers and acquisitions. Previously he was Head of Marketing with TSB Bank where in that position he had responsibility for the development, implementation and management of the bank's marketing strategies as well as the Product Development Function, Business Planning and both the internal and external communications functions.

Together with a team of highly experienced associates, Curtis Consulting brings Winning@Business™, Winning@Retail™ and Winning@Sales™ plus a wealth of experience to offer clients a range of skills to help them develop more profitable businesses.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Business™, Winning@Retail™, Small Business Optimization and Ultimate Retail

Donna Desrosiers

Donna hails from Canada and has a long and successful background in working with stores to merchandise, buy and manage profitably. Her most recent project was with Charlotte Rousse and her real strength is how to make money for clients. She is able to quickly get down to bottom line results that count!   She is comfortable in any fashion related business. She now resides in San Diego but works throughout the U.S. and Canada to grow retail operations.
Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™, Winning@Business™

Marcia Dyer – Etcetera

Marcia is located in beautiful Sun Valley in Idaho. She brings a strong merchandising background and a keen eye for store display and presentation. Combined with the Winning@Retail™ process and her buying prowess she brings a great deal of value to her clients.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™

Neal Esserman – Retail Consulting and Planning

Neal has been a retailer as well as a retail consultant for many years. He has a long and consistent record of helping retailers to find success. His expertise in bringing the benefits of Winning@Retail™, Winning@Business™ and Ultimate Retail to the bottom line of a retailer has been remarkable. He brings a retail owner the peace of mind that purchases are in the amounts customers will buy, people are motivated, inventory is fresh and the business will grow. His business is centered in Florida where the seasonal nature of the resort business gives him an additional challenge and opportunity to bring success to his clients.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Business™, Winning@Retail™, Winning@Turnarounds™, Ultimate Retail

Stephen Fingerman – Avalon Consulting

Stephen started Avalon Consulting to help retailers turn data into information and information into results. Stephen has over 15 years of retail, wholesale and corporate experience. His professional background includes buying for a 20-store chain, managing customer service and distribution for an apparel manufacturer and president/owner of a company that provided turn key computer systems for retail businesses. Stephen has a strong retail and general management background that he uses to help his clients maximize profits by managing their two most important assets (people and inventory) more effectively.

According to Fingerman, “Business success comes from a blend of long term strategies and the tactical details and work that will reach them.” Fingerman works closely with clients to implement the processes that will make them successful.

Avalon Consulting is based in New Orleans with clients primarily in the South.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™ and Winning@Business™

Rick Ford – Focused Results

Rick began Focused Results 10 years ago to help businesses overcome the many barriers he was able to overcome while working in industry. During that time he has helped hundreds of clients to work more efficiently and prosper to a greater extent. Rick worked 27 years for a large international company where he used team skills as a manager in operations, technical and R & D, within the company. He now works with other manufacturers and businesses to help people learn to work together to solve problems, manage change and grow the business. Rick believes it is critical in today’s fast changing world that we develop a culture where everyone in the business is empowered to “own” that part of the business in which he/she works. The most important part of the process is effective implementation to take advantage of opportunities in the marketplace.

Rick contends businesses are built to make a profit, and it is critical how companies go about accomplishing that. When Rick works with a client a definite direction for the business is established so that everyone in the business has the same goals. Then everyone learns how to work together to grow in a proactive environment.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Business™, Small Business Optimization, Ultimate Retail

Anne Garner – Business First

Anne has 25 years experience in both management and merchandising with both Multi-unit department stores and small specialty businesses. Her combination of analytical and practical expertise brings the benefits of Winning @Retail and Ultimate Retail directly to the bottom line for the clients. Working together with the plans and information supplied by Management One® strategic and tactical initiatives are developed to help each individual business maximize both sales and profits. Establishing a plan and being proactive are the keys to success and Anne works closely with clients build working solutions. Anne is based in the mid-Atlantic region and accepts clients throughout the Eastern U.S.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™, Ultimate Retail

Susan Gottlieb – Retail Matters

Susan Gottlieb is paired with Jo Zucker in the first ever affiliate team known as Retail Matters. Having worked together in their own retail store for over sixteen years they understand retail from the inside. They have seen first hand how strategic planning and inventory management can help retailers grow their businesses. Susan, also an accountant by training, specializes in the math and science of retail. She is able to interpret these numbers in a way that makes sense to retailers. Jo adds to the team's strength by bringing merchandising and promotional ideas to the retailer. This combination of skills makes for a strong team to increase profits and create success for the independent retailer. They both live in Cleveland, Ohio and their work is centered around the Ohio area.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™, Ultimate Retail

James Hallman – The Hallman Company

In addition to Ultimate Retail™ training and implementation, Hallman and Associates delivers Winning@Retail™ to retail and wholesale clients in the southeastern U.S. James Hallman has years of experience in dealing with business issues and can show any company how to manage change, involve people to solve problems and grow a business to new levels of profit and performance. He works through the innovative Winning@Retail™ process, drawing on his extraordinary marketing acumen to achieve merchant growth. He is very successful at helping retailers learn how to compete profitably with the many changes occurring with customers, vendors, markets, employees and competition.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™, Winning@Turnarounds™

Jill Hart – Direct Effect

Years of sophisticated sales training with a Chicago based Fortune 500 company gave Jill the solid foundation for a career in retail sales. For the next 8 years she created, developed and directed an art gallery and retail home furnishings business. She hired and trained a staff of 10 sales consultants and, with their help, built the business to a multi-million dollar operation. It is this experience that Jill brings with her to her current career in consulting, working as Direct Effect. She works with retailers in the Chicagoland area and enjoys a diverse client base, ranging from children’s clothing to gifts and home furnishings. Jill facilitates the development and maintainence of a successful and profitable business.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™ and Winning@Turnarounds™

Doug Hilficker – Hilficker & Associates

Doug Hilficker has broad experience in retail and has served many retailers as a manufacturers representative all around the Midwest. He has expanded his service to help retailers with more than their merchandise. He is using the Winning@Retail™ and Ultimate Retail processes to help retailers get better returns from their two most important assets, their inventory and their people. Centered in Chicago, Doug travels to clients bringing direction, guidance, support and training in retail techniques that turn passion, buying and selling into greater profits.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™ and Ultimate Retail

Dan Jablons – Standard Internet Marketing

Dan Jablons is an expert in Marketing, specializing in helping retailers grow their business on the internet and through e-commerce. Dan will be representing all Management One processes and implementing both Winning@Retail and Winning@Business in clients that are working with him to grow their e-commerce business. Dan Jablons has been involved in retail since he was 17 years old, and has either worked in or supported retail for his entire career. As one of the country's leading Retail Pro consultants, he has assisted retailers large and small in improving their bottom line and is well versed in the technical as well as the finesse areas of retail.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™, Ultimate Retail™, SBO™

Jerry Kamhi – THINKFAST

Jerry operates THINKFAST, a creative and analytical business solution implementation company. Prior to his present position, he was the Executive Vice President for regional retailer Bigsby & Kruthers and national retailer Knot Shop. His credentials al so include President and founder of Urban American Club, President and founder of American Licensing Company and Co-President and co-founder of Ringolevio. In addition, Mr. Kamhi spent a number of years in sales and marketing in the wholesale trade with Mondo de Marco and Members Only among other companies where he earned numerous sales achievement awards. Jerry brings Winning@Retail™ to clients to help them manage inventory and implement a merchandise strategy to grow the business.

Jerry resides in Winnetka, Illinois.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™, Winning@Business™ and Winning@Sales™

Margo Kopman – xx

Margo Kopman has been in the independent, contemporary womens retail business for years. She owned an operated a contemporary womens store in St. Louis, MO for 7 years. With the knowledge and understanding of the business, she has the ability to provide merchandise planning information to her clients that is proven to work. Winning @ Retail® is the focus of her consulting business. In addition she can also assist clients in buying and marketing advice. She also is a firm believer in the Margin Buying service and the Winning@Business® process for retailers as well as the other M1 offerings.


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David Leib– Retail Edge

David has been in retail for over 15 years as an owner operator of successful women’s accessory stores. His accessory stores use Management One for planning for the past 8 years. After seeing how powerful this tool truly was, he was compelled to join the Management One Family to share his experience, knowledge and insights in using the Management One tools to reach retail success. He has lived the true day to day experience that every retailer struggles with, and thus really understands your concerns. David resides in Los Angeles and is looking for retailers that have a passion for their business and a desire to grow and generate more cash.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™, Successful Retail Openings, Winning@Turnarounds™

Frank Leonard – Leonard-Phelan

Leonard-Phelan business advisors are centered in Galway Ireland. The two principles bring a team to business success that combines the best of financial, strategic and business planning for retailers to manufacturers. They specialise in small to mid-size business success throughout the west of Ireland. Jim Phelan brings a lifetime of experience in managing people and P&L to the team while Frank Leonard has expertise in the financial and strategic aspects of business management as well as in inventory planning and retail management.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Business™, Winning@Retail™, Winning@Turnarounds™, Small Business Optimization, Ultimate Retail

Dennis Levine – Retail Results

Dennis has over 25 years of retail experience including the ownership and operation of his own men’s store. Dennis has over 15 years of consulting experience in planning and helping the retailer reach new levels of success. As a business development specialist, Dennis is able to work with a company to identify the needed strategy and use the Management One® monthly sales forecast and Winning@Retail™ to make that strategy work.

Retail Results has clients throughout Northern Ohio.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™, Ultimate Retail and Winning@Turnarounds™

Tom Licking – Consulting Concepts

Tom serves a variety of clients using his years of experience owning and operating his own men's store. Many years of “hands-on” retailing has given Tom the experience necessary to relate to any situation that arises in the retail arena. This experience, coupled with 18 years in consulting, makes Tom a strong candidate to get results for your business.

Based in Tucson, Tom has clients from the Midwest to the West and has proven that there are ways to work with a client wherever they are. Understanding that working with a client means developing a bond and maintaining strong communication allows Tom to travel to wherever the client needs are.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™, Ultimate Retail, Winning@Turnarounds™

Michael Lofthus – Retail Detail

Retail Detail works throughout Los Angeles to work with retailers to bring the best in merchandise planning, retail guidance and success to retailers. After owning his own store on Montana Ave., he now uses the Management One® products and is backed by the Management One® team to show any retailer how he can improve the profits on the bottom line.

Michael is located in Los Angeles and has a retail background in soft goods and hard goods retailing. He works primarily with Winning@Retail™ and Ultimate Retail to help his retail clients realize their goals.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™ and Ultimate Retail™, Winning@Turnarounds™

Diana Low – VisionQuest

VisionQuest supplies the best in merchandise planning, retail guidance and success to retailers. Armed with the Management One® products and backed by the Management One® team, any retailer can improve the profits on the bottom line when working with VisionQuest.

VisionQuest is located in Kansas City and brings years of retail experience to any retailer.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™

Mark Maloney – Focused Partners, LLC

Mark offers 23 years experience in operations, marketing and sales for small privately owned companies to large international conglomerates. Throughout his career he has successfully lead new business development initiatives and new product launch teams. Experienced with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, ISO and QS 9001 including APQP/PPAP and FMEA processes, Mark believes in the power of leading teams to meet objectives defined by the company vision and values. The greatest assets to any business are the people within. Returns on these human assets are maximized with the right leadership, motivation and team involvement. With Management One, Mark implements a focused management process that builds measurable business efficiency, revenue and profits using a unique approach to training and teamwork. Mark brings to your business measurable results that count.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Business™, Winning@Sales™, Winning@Turnarounds™, Small Business Optimization, Ultimate Retail

Ted McCoy – Retail Breakthrough

Ted has an extensive background in managing people and finances. He has worked in the gift, ski and resort industry for many years. He brings a varied background and a working knowledge of the Winning@Retail™ process to help any business manage their assets more effectively to bring more cash to the bottom line.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™

Jim Meyer – NRG Consulting

Jim brings over 20 years of experience in managing people and over 15 years experience in teaching business and management at the college level. He has excellent presentation skills and an insight into the issues that make people perform in any business. His rare combination of theoretical background combined with years of hands-on experience makes him an excellent affiliate to implement the Winning@Business™ process.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Business™

Rick Natelson – Natelson's Inc

Natelson's, Inc., started in the 1970's as an offshoot of a family owned group of clothing stores in the Metropolitan New York suburbs. Benefiting from proximity to the New York wholesale markets, long term relationships with manufacturers and 100 years of wrestling with the day to day problems of store owners, the business of providing services to other retailers grew rapidly. Natelson's, Inc., works with retailers to provide a whole range of services. Rick is a certified affiliate on the Winning@Retail™ process and can add expert advice on inventory planning as well as a host of other important retail aspects.

Expertise: Winning@retail™

Neil Norton – Direct Results

Neil brings over 30 years of retail expertise to his consulting practice. Neil's background includes both large scale retail as well as experience as a successful independent specialty retail owner for over 22 years. Neil's extensive expertise is in apparel, shoes and gifts( bath products, tabletop, art, pottery, gourmet food and gift baskets).

Neil's practice is centered in Southern Arizona.

Expertise: Winning at Retail™ and Ultimate Retail™

Lee Paulsel

Lee owned and operated his own business that was identified as number 273 in the entire nation of Inc Magazines best businesses in America. He is a master at using innovation to find new ways for businesses to grow and prosper. He works from a base in Tucson find opportunities to grow businesses and help them find profitable routes to success.
Management One® expertise: Winning@Business™

Jay Purkhiser - JB Consulting

Jay has a wealth of experience in helping businesses to develop and grow. He has worked with small retailers to giant companies like Sears Roebuck. By managing inventory as well as marketing, management and cash flow, retailers are able to get control of their business.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™, Winning@Turnarounds™ and Ultimate Retail

Ken Rodriguez – Rodriguez Retail Consulting Group

Ken has 30 years of business management experience. His experience includes 24 years with a major retail apparel company, including 8 years as president of a division that included 3 distinct retail concepts. As a consultant, Ken has worked with a variety of businesses using his background of buying, planning, merchandising, product development and marketing to add to his management skills. His experience has always been based on the belief that business is best built from the bottom up. It is that stable base which allows businesses to effect the change that will insure their future.

Ken is based in Maryland and covers the Mid-Atlantic states including New Jersey and the New York metro area.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Business™, Winning@Retail™ and Ulitmate Retail™

Richard Rose (CPA) – SBCG

Richard has over 18 years of experience in public accounting, private industry and business consulting. He possesses an in-depth industry knowledge in construction, manufacturing, retail, wholesale and service related industries. Rich brings a unique blend of experience to the Management One® consulting team.

Rich offers his clients a wide range of services to help their organization manage change, solve problems and grow the profits to the next level. Rich can guide your business to make work groups into work teams that are proactive, dedicated to the business and ready to meet the challenges of the 21^st century. His background as a CPA makes him adept at managing cash flow and keeping a close eye on how a company gets the most out of the investment in people, equipment, inventory and services.

Richard Rose is based in Arizona.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Business™ and Winning@Turnarounds™

Alan Roseman – Strategic Results

Alan has over 30 years of retail and promotional sales experience. As president of a high profile menswear clothing business in Los Angeles, Alan is especially knowledgeable in all areas of specialty store retailing including: Merchandising, Marketing, Store Layout & Design, Accounting and POS Systems. With Alan’s extensive retail background, he is well versed in the challenges facing specialty retailers in today’s ever changing retail environment.

Alan is based in Manhattan Beach, CA.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™, Winning@Turnarounds™, Ultimate Retail™

Ed Scott – Shaw Group

Ed is Management One®'s representative from the Shaw Group, a company committed to the succees of menswear retailers. He is also a Management One® affiliate.

Ed works with retailers, bringing the Management One® processes to grow their businesses. His affiliation with the Shaw Group allows him to address the inventory needs of menswear retailers with buying assistance and management guidance as well. Ed has an extensive background in retail and his clients are located throughout the U.S.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™ and Winning@Turnarounds™

Ken Seawell – Seawell Business Solutions

Ken has an extensive background in managing resorts hotels and food service. He has also worked extensively with Winning@Retail™ and Winning@Business™ from the customer perspective. Ken brings his clients a no-nonsense approach to achieving results in any business.

Ken is located in the greater Detroit area.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Business™, Winning@Retail™ Winning@Turnarounds™ Ultimate Retail™ and Small Business Optimization™

Joel Stecker – Positive Change

Joel effectively uses his 27 years of retail experience to view the situation from both the client’s perspective as well as the customer’s perspective. This allows him to provide unique ideas and guidance to reach greater levels of success. Having owned high end clothing stores over his extensive career, he has seen firsthand the direct effect that Winning@Retail™ provides to buyers. The ability to project sales and buy the right amounts to keep inventory fresh and under control is what joel can do with Winning@Retail™. Having an accounting as well as business background, Joel combines his analytical talent with his extensive retail knowledge to create positive change for his clients wherever they may need him.
Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™

Ed Thomas

Ed started in retail as Christmas help in a chain bookstore. The manager thought enough of Ed to keep him on after the season. He ultimately became a store manager (including a flagship store location), and from there Ed became a buyer. Ed was one of the first people in the computer software business in the 1980s, and was involved in the video game revival starting with the Nintendo Entertainment System. He has bought for large chains (over 1,000 stores) and major distributors who had some of the major chain retailers as clients. Ed has been a buyer of books, computer software and accessories, magazines, CDs, video game hardware and software, clothing and much more, and has been responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in inventory.

Ed brings a solid background in all aspects of retail, as well as an immense amount of enthusiasm to his clients. With his experience he can understand and help his clients work through any problem they may have. As an experienced trainer, Ed has the ability to break down difficult concepts into simple, easy to understand steps that make them easy to use. Ed is introducing the Management One processes into the New York/New England area and looks forward to bringing area retailers even greater success!

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™

Cathy Wagner – Result One

With over 20 years of experience in retail as both an owner and a consultant, Cathy Wagner has the unique position of having worked on both sides of the counter. She began with one store and grew her retail business to a multi-store operation. As such, she has a working knowledge of what a store needs to be successful.

She has seen firsthand the tremendous benefits that the strategic planning and inventory management processes bring to a business. Implementing these processes, uncovering opportunities and encouraging business growth are her specialties. According to a current client:

"The results surpassed my expectations. She worked in a hands-on manner that successfully impacted many of the day-to-day aspects of my store."

Cathy Wagner works closely with business owners to develop action plans that increase sales, improve cash flow and create success.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™, Winning@Business, Winning@Turnarounds™, Ultimate Retail, Small Business Optimization™

Ed Weiss – Consultant

Ed has a long career as an excellent attorney specializing in turnaround situations as well as bankruptcy proceedings. He has learned the Management One® Winning@Business™ process in order to help companies grow and prosper beyond the turnaround situation. Ed combines his abilities to keep a business in operation while he uses the W@B™ process to implement a management system to grow the business. Ed is located on the west coast and is well qualified to help any company grow.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Business™ and Winning@Turnarounds™

Michael Weiss – MBW Business Advisors

Michael worked in the publishing industry as Vice President of Finance and Accounting where he participated in building a $25 million sales corporation into a company grossing over $150 million. His expertise in financial accounting, computer operations, succession planning and human resources are the bedrock for his consulting practice. Michael began his career as a CPA in San Francisco, CA. He is able to use his financial background to monitor cash flow and assure profit enhancement. He uses his management expertise to uncover the methods to increase cash flow and to find greater profits.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™ and Winning@Turnarounds™

Jesse Westbrook - Westbrook Business Solutions

Jesse takes a career in retail and combines it with the Winning@Retail™ process to bring specialty retailers a path to success. He provides the specialty retail community with the guidance and information that the chains and larger competitors use to compete in the market. Jesse concentrates on the science, letting the retailer concentrate on his customers.

He is located in Arkansas and covers Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri areas.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™ and Winning@Turnarounds™

Jo Zucker – Retail Matters

Jo Zucker is paired with Susan Gottlieb in the first ever affiliate team known as Retail Matters. Having worked together in their own retail store for over sixteen years they understand retail from the inside. They have seen first hand how strategic planning and inventory management can help retailers grow their businesses. Susan, also an accountant by training, specializes in the math and science of retail. She is able to interpret these numbers in a way that makes sense to retailers. Jo adds to the team's strength by bringing merchandising and promotional ideas to the retailer. This combination of skills makes for a strong team to increase profits and create success for the independent retailer. They both live in Cleveland, Ohio and their work is centered around the Ohio area.

Management One® expertise: Winning@Retail™, Ultimate Retail