Advisors for Hire

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Members of Silver Fox Advisors have experience in diverse business disciplines and provide practical and proven real-world, in-depth strategies for a wide range of business solutions.

The term of the each Client/Advisor engagement varies with the Client’s needs, but the relationship may go on for years. In most cases there is no fee for the introductory meeting. If an engagement is agreed upon the client contracts directly with an Advisor, who sets reasonable fees when compared to other consulting alternatives.

Silver Fox Advisors can help you find a solution to the challenges you are facing with your business. Contact us today and schedule an appointment to have a Silver Fox Advisor meet with you. It may be the most important contact you have ever made.

Gordon Arnold
Don Baird
George Connelly
John Curtiss
Ralph D’Onofrio
Henry Florsheim
Noel Graubart
Geoff Griffith
Jim Griffing
Rich Hall
Richard Hendee
Gary Henderson
Jim Iden
Anthony Ierubino
Herbert Kalman
Mary L. Kole
Clint Kripki
Melvin Maltz
Gerald Merfish
Hank Moore
Philip (Phil)Morabito
Ned Mueller
David Neuberger
Michel Prive’
J. Howard Rambin
Donnie Roberts
Ibrahim Saleh
Rick Schissler
John Sweney
Austin Tenette
Joseph Tung
Ken Wells

Ideal Client:

Not for Profit Experiencing Change
Organizational Evolution
Communication Strategies
Marketing Plans
Project Prioritization
Managerial Coaching

Background and Experience:

Henry has more than three decades of managerial experience and accountability. He thrived in a 24/7 universe overseeing the delivery offer comp accurate real-time news and information in
a changing business environment that involved reordering priorities, workflows, and strategies in a continually more competitive universe. Through the transition, he was continually involved in supporting the Houston community.

Henry Florsheim was President and General Manager at KTRK-TV, the ABC-TV owned station in Houston, for over two decades. His tenure bridged a technological revolution that fundamentally affected every aspect of the broadcast operation. Throughout the transition, Henry led a 200 plus person team that expanded its primary product—local news—changed the technical hardware and workflows in the building, and coached a team to adopt new sales and production skill sets.

Believing that localism was key to the success, Henry embraced community events. He helped forge partnerships with the Houston Marathon, and the City of Houston Freedom Over Texas July 4th celebration. He maintained the Station’s tradition of broadcast the Houston Livestock and Rodeo Parade and helped bring the Houston Symphony and Houston Art Car Parade to viewers. He helped oversee a 24/7 operation that responded to a string of natural disasters that included Tropical Storm Allison and Hurricanes Ike, Rita, and Harvey. He served as the point person in the very public retransmission battle with Time Warner Cable in 2000.

During his tenure, the Station was awarded Lone Star Emmy Awards for both Station and News Excellence. He currently serves on the Boards of Interfaith Ministries of Houston, and the DePelchin Children’s Center. He is a former board member of the Houston Food Bank and Theatre Under the Stars. He served as a Board member of the Texas Association of Broadcasters.

Education and Background:
Henry is a graduate of Brown University with a BA in American Civilization. He started his career in news and spend time at stations in Providence, Rhode Island, Chicago, and three different broadcasters in New York. His 33 years with ABC-TV included a decade in news management in New York, six years as News Director of WABC-TV

While Real Estate Development has been his main area of activity, Noel Graubart has been an entrepreneur/owner of a variety of business ventures for more than 50 years. He has extensive experience in finance, marketing, leasing, construction, management, manufacturing, and long term planning.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

1966 – Present – Formed Graubart & Co., I.M.E. Company, Central Park Associates, J.M. Noel Homes Inc. N.R. Martin Homes Inc.

Most of these firms have been involved in construction, marketing and management of approximately 3,000,000 square feet of commercial property and 1,000 single and multi-family units. Activities have been mostly in Houston, Texas, with a branch office in Austin. Activities included site selection, construction financing, permanent financing, design layout, marketing, interaction with subcontractors, leasing, management etc.

1967 – Mr. Gleem Car Wash Systems Inc. – Built, owned and operated a full-service car wash selling Texaco gasoline and related products.

1990 – Southwest Retirement Ltd. – Formed to operate a retirement home with 183 rooms catering to individuals who lived independently, required Supportive Living help or needed care involving Alzheimer’s disease.

* Participated as an Expert Witness in a variety of matters involving Real Estate issues

1960 -1966 – Divco Wayne Corp. Manufacturers of trucks, school buses, hearses, ambulances, and mobile homes. Vice President of financing division, which handled customer financing and leasing arrangements as well as dealer inventory financing. Experience in turning around a losing manufacturing facility after 22 months of consecutive losses.

1954-1960 – Vice President – Conditional Sales Credit Corp. – Time sales financing and leasing of a variety of income-producing machinery and executive aircraft. Responsible for sales, marketing, credit criteria, internal bank lines of credit. Located in New York but operated nationally.

EDUCATION

1957 – New York University – Graduate School of Business Administration – M.B.A. in Banking and Finance

1953 – Syracuse University – B.S. in Finance and Real Estate.

1967 – Licensed Real Estate Broker State of Texas

PAST & PRESENT AFFILIATIONS

* Instructor of Real Estate at Society of Advanced Real Estate Subjects at Texas A&M University * Vice President Greater Houston Builders Association * International Council of Shopping Centers * Houston Apartment Association * Society of Industrial & Office Realtors * Texas Association of Retirement Communities * Board of Neighborhood Centers Inc./Baker Ripley * Board of Healthcare & Nursing Education Foundation * National Board of Governors American Jewish Committee * President Jewish Federation of Greater Houston * Board Republic Bank Post Oak * Prostate Cancer Committee of American Cancer Society

Small Business Advisor, Family-Business Expert

Ideal Clients

Owners that want to achieve their vision of success for themselves and their business
Leaders desiring to become world-class and need someone to help them get there
Businesses going through transition that want to obtain long-term growth in a fiscally responsible way
Privately held and family-owned businesses with revenues between $2M and $150M

Small Business Advisory Expertise

Rich focuses on rapidly identify the factors impeding growth and collaborating with business owners to develop a successful path forward. He helps develop high-performing teams and elevates each member along the way.
Rich understands the nuances of private and family-owned small businesses and the challenges they present. He provides expertise as needed in the following roles:

Growth strategies
Eliminating employee turnover
Leadership development
Business evaluation and path forward
Strategic planning
Values, Culture, and Employee satisfaction

Business and Career Background

Rich is the Founder for Rich Hall Group, a small business advisory and services firm. He has extensive experience in the corporate world that he leverages for his clients. Representative successes are:

President of a global 68-year family-owned business that he led the transformation from stagnation and financial distress to record profits and revenue in the same year.
Executive leading Client Services at a 25-year family-owned software company in a very mature market. He transitioned the company to a world-class service organization (as measured by Net Promoter Score) that participated in a very successful exit.
Key leader of a small, outsourced service company to participate in an event within first year of hire. Result was a triangular merger that achieved a strong exit for investors.
Leader of team that developed the world’s highest capacity legal discovery processing solution for the largest and most complex bankruptcy in the world (Enron). Savings for the creditors were identified as over $150M in two years.

Rich’s specialty is to leverage his experience to help clients rapidly identify the challenges holding them and their company back from achieving outstanding success. He then helps them develop a plan and guides them along the way. He ensures the leadership team is prepared to continue without him through leadership training, development, and mentorship.

Education, Certifications, and Key Associations

Rich earned his Bachelor of Science in Management Science from Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). He earned his MBA at the University of Houston in the evenings and weekends while working full-time leading Enron’s legal data processing team during the bankruptcy. In addition, Rich is a Birkman Certified Professional (premier personality assessment tool).

Rich is a mentor for military veterans and spouses through Veterati. He is a volunteer with Prison Entrepreneurial Program (PEP) to help prepare felons to achieve lifelong success after parole.

Visit his blog at richhallgroup.com to learn more.

Ideal Clients – (New clients are being accepted)

Businesses seeking conventional financing (including SBA Loans) for working capital, lines of credit, business expansion, fixed asset (equipment and real estate) acquisition and/or refinancing, purchasing a business, or a complete debt restructure.
Small to mid-sized business in any type of business segment with revenues from $1.0 million to $50.0 million which are located in the greater Houston, Texas marketplace.
Business owners seeking financial assistance, directional guidance, general business advice and solutions to business questions, problems, and challenges.

Financial Services Industry Executive with years of experience working with and listening to small business owners’ desires, ideas, plans and concerns and developing well thought-out and researched solutions that meet their individual needs or accomplish their respective goals in a mutually agreed upon manner that can actually become reality.

Proven track record in the following areas:

Business Plan Development	Effective Negotiating	Working with Financial Institutions
Financial Management	Relationship Building	Strong Analytical Skills
Organization Improvement	Strategic Thinking and Planning	Dealing with Difficult Situations
Budget and Forecast Modeling	Setting up Advisory Boards

Business and Career Background

Richard has worked for large national financial institutions as well as regional and local community banks. He has held positions as Regional President, Senior Vice-President, Department and Group Manager, and National Marketing and Sales Director, and Branch Manager. Financial services groups reporting to Richard have included small business banking, international and domestic private banking, executive and professional banking, consumer banking, indirect auto, student lending, central credit, mortgage lending, workout solutions, and community development.

As Director, President, or Officer with over 30 different organizations, Richard has a long history of serving in leadership capacities in the non-profit and community service sectors. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Silver Fox Advisors and President of the Linda Lorelle Scholarship Fund. He was the first non-attorney to Chair a State Bar of Texas Committee and a local Houston State Bar Grievance Committee. He is also a life member of two public service entities. He has received numerous awards including the Independent Bankers Association of Texas’ President’s Award.

Horizon Associates, Inc.
P.O. Box 55
Katy, TX 77492

A seasoned executive with demonstrated results in increasing sales revenue profitably while keeping accounts receivable in control. Able to excel in both large and small company environments.

Ideal Clients

Companies seeking sustained revenue growth or experiencing lagging sales revenue
Clients that can benefit from strategic account planning
Start-ups that struggle with how to convert an idea into a profitable enterprise
Clients having difficulty increasing prices while managing active inflation

Proven track record in the following areas:

International Business
Sales and Marketing Management
Mentoring
Chemical and Refining Industry Support
Profit & Loss Management
Residential Real Estate Management

Experience

Tony has served as a process engineer, Product Manager, General Manager, Director/VP/SVP of Sales and Corporate Account Management over the past 43 years. In addition, he served as the President for both an American and Canadian-based subsidiary of a multi-national corporation while holding a seat on the board of directors for these and subsequently two additional entities.

Many of these roles required developing customer relationships around the world, requiring knowledge of local customs and market conditions in the pursuit and maintenance of new business. Industry best practices were implemented regarding sales metrics, rationalization of payment terms and accounts receivable, managing letters of credit, and contract development/execution, ultimately resulting in enhanced top and bottom lines.

Revenue responsibility levels ranged from $5 million to $1.5 billion per year, primarily with petrochemical, refineries/oilsands, utility, and midstream oil and gas companies. The market position of the products and services managed in these roles ranged from concept introduction to industry leader.

Increasing prices while balancing the desire to maintain and grow the business was a key learning point for the sales organizations under his tutelage. In today’s high inflation environment, this is a particularly important skill set for all organizations.

In 2008, Tony and his wife started a company that acquires, refurbishes, and rents residential real estate property. The company remains in operation today.

Education

Tony earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry degree from LeMoyne College as well as a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Manhattan College.

CPA/Business Owner

During his over 50-year career, Herb has had various roles including Partner with three National Accounting Firms. Twice started a local accounting firm to be the springboard for mergers, acquisitions, and the eventual sale of the accounting business. Experience also includes role of CFO with a start-up publicly traded company and a start-up private company. Currently on the Board of Directors of a distribution company.

Skills and Abilities

Accounting and Auditing – Audited private and public companies. Herb can be valuable as member/chair of the audit committee as well as a resource to the CFO in connection with the impact of changes in accounting principles.
Growth through acquisition– Herb has participated in numerous company acquisitions and business sales both as a principal and as an advisor.
Organic growth – Herb has grown accounting firms through the addition of services and key people.

Professional Organizations

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
Houston Chapter of Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts
The ESOP Association (served on finance committee)
Founder – Houston Chapter, Private Director’s Association
Silver Fox Advisors

Volunteer Organizations

Congregation Beth Yeshurun, Board of Trustees and Budget Chair, 2004-2014, Treasurer, Vice-President and member of Executive Committee 2014-2017. Formed and served on audit committee. Currently Chairman of audit committee and member of the Board of Trustees.

Speeches/Seminars

Speeches at ESOP Association conferences:

A Journey in Re-leveraging.
Corporate Governance – Views from an Appraiser, a Trustee, and a Banker.
Advanced Accounting Issues for ESOP Owned Companies.
How to Get More Value From Your Appraiser.

Speeches to Merger and Acquisition Forum, Houston

Seller Due Diligence.
Employee Stock Ownership Plan as an Exit Strategy.

Seminars to Houston Chapter of Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants

Principals of Business Valuation.
Employee Stock Ownership Plan as an Exit Strategy.
Exit Strategies for Privately Owned Business.
Managing an Accounting Practice.

Speech to National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA)

Valuing ESOP Owned Companies.

Speeches to University of Houston Bauer School of Business Alumni

Employee Stock Ownership Plan as an Exit Strategy.
Exit Strategies for Privately Owned Business.
The Annual Business Check-Up. How Good Corporate Governance Adds Value.

Specialties

Advisory Boards
Leadership Development
Operations Management
Strategic Planning

Background and Experience

After 30 years of working in line and staff positions in multi-national corporations, Mary Kole started a consulting practice focused on assisting leaders of public and private companies with the development and implementation of strategies to achieve company or organization objectives. Her recent clients have included integrated energy, engineering services, power generation, business consulting, software development and service companies as well as non-profit organizations. Mary is a professional Business Leadership Mentor and former Chairman, President and Vice President of the Silver Fox Advisors.

With multi-national energy companies, she held various positions of increasing responsibility including General Manager, Global Operations where she led a global organization responsible for transportation of refined products via ships, barges, pipelines, and railcars, for inventory levels throughout the supply chain, for a recycled-oil processing plant and for ship bunkering operations in the Panama Canal. As Manager of Retail Marketing, she managed an organization with profit & loss responsibility for supplying a network of 2000 retail service stations including service station acquisitions and divestitures, real estate sales, credit exposure, brand presentation, advertising, and retail imaging.

As President of Industry Model Enterprise LLC, an organization she created, she led 140 employees from 14 oil companies to develop a breakthrough vision for streamlining the industry’s mid- and back-office processes through a standardized, web-enabled solution.

Mary also managed a commercial trading business, directing a team of refined products and feedstocks traders engaged in short-term and long-term trading, purchase and sale agreements. She held the position of Accounting and Finance Manager where she supervised a team that provided financial analysis, accounting, and back-office support for crude and refined products physical, futures, and options trading.

Earlier in her career, Mary served as a Market Research Analyst with a major Japanese motor company, designing and conducting market research studies for current and future car models.

Mary holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish, both from the University of Southern California. Having lived in Mexico City as a child, she is fluent in Spanish.

Ideal Clients

Mid to Large businesses with premise square feet of 20,000 or greater that pay their own Energy costs
Large real estate portfolios, manufacturing, multi premise facilities, Schools, Cities and Towns
Companies in deregulated Energy Markets (TX, NJ, NY, OH, IL, PA – Main ones)
Leaders who face disruption in their organization and want to develop a goal setting and accountability model
Leaders who are committed to learning and growing professionally and personally

Management Leader charged with the responsibility to direct the work of multiple sales teams who are responsible for providing solutions and services through both channel partners and directly to clients.

Proven track record in the following areas:

Channel Partner Strategy Sales Accountability/Performance Disruption Management

Energy Risk Management Coach/Leadership Development Collaborative Relationships

Clint is currently utilizing his 25 years of experience as a Senior Director of Sales to make contributions to establishing and exceeding sales goals, developing strategic initiatives with increasing sales and management responsibility in collaboration with executive management. Clint consistently and persistently demonstrates leadership insights to develop and increase market innovations and maximize profitability.

Business and Career Background

Nesbitt Burns/Bank of Montreal where he was responsible for developing a risk management plan for small and medium-sized businesses across Canada.
OM Technology as the Project Lead to develop an Electricity Exchange with a variety of stakeholders including the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Roles in business development and risk management advisory at GFI, Spectron and Choice Environmental
Developed, from the ground up, a large-scale commercial aquaponic farming venture.
Mantis Innovation which enables him to make a significant positive impact for his company, his clients, and his team through his core competencies of teamwork, decision-making, and leadership skills.

Education and Certifications

Clint earned his Bachelor of Arts degree with Double Honours in Economics and Philosophy from the University of Saskatchewan and went on to receive a Master of Science degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also a Certified Ziglar Coach and trained Yoga Teacher.

Ideal clients:

Company at a crossroads, needing to grow, merge or roll up.
Company and industry groups needing the wisdom of a credible second opinion from the Big Picture of Business perspective.
Company planning retreats, with Hank Moore as featured speaker-presentor.

Hank Moore is the highest level of business overview expert and is in that rarified circle of experts such as Peter Drucker, Tom Peters, Steven Covey, Peter Senge and W. Edwards Deming. Drucker termed Hank Moore’s Business Tree™ as the most original business model of the past 50 years. The Business Tree™ is his trademarked approach to growing, strengthening and evolving business, while mastering change.

Hank Moore has advised many of the top CEOs on strategy, leadership and growth, including Disney, Marriott, Hewlett-Packard, AT&T, United Way, Texaco and hundreds more. He advises companies about the Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate. He has presented Think Tanks for five U.S. Presidents and has spoken at six Economic Summits.

Mr. Moore has provided senior level advising services for more than 5,000 client organizations (including 100 of the Fortune 500), companies in transition (startup, re-engineering, mergers, going public), public sector entities, professional associations and non-profit organizations. He has worked with all major industries over a 40-year career. He advises at the Executive Committee and board levels, providing Big Picture ideas.

Hank’s book series “The Big Picture of Business” has been nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize. “The Big Picture of Business” is a trilogy, with Book 4 in production. Two others in the series are “Non-Profit Legends” and “Pop Icons and Business Legends,” both also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. All 12 of Hank’s books have just been named to the Great Books Section of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (where Hank was inducted in 1992).

Proven track record in the following areas:

Visioning & Strategic Planning	Company Reorganizations	Crisis Management Preparedness
Growth Strategies Programs	Reorganizing Board of Directors	Creative Idea Generation
Re-Engineering	Mergers& Acquisitions	Executive Think Tanks
Non-Profit Consultation	Performance Reviews	Board & CEO advising

Categories of Speaking Engagements:

Executive Think Tanks for corporate leadership
Association and corporate leadership development institutes
Economic development symposia and conference Futurism keynoter
Instructing business leaders how to conduct Strategic Planning

What sets this series apart from other business consulting:

Discerning sources of business advice. Collaborations, partnering and joint-venturing. How to create and change corporate cultures. Vision that transcends hype and pretense.
Understanding and dealing with distractions. Avoiding the rabbit holes to stay focused. Getting the success that you deserve. Properly mentoring the next generation of leaders. Results based planning.
Taking the offensive to be strategic. Creating a career body of work. Customer focused management. The business leader as community leader. Keeping it real and sustaining success in the long-term.
Getting, keeping and inspiring stakeholders. Performance based budgeting. Learning from the past to master the future. Branding and marketing under the umbrella of Big Picture strategy.
Mastering the Big Picture. Escaping the partial-niche mentality. Meeting marketplace demands with innovations. Learning from failures in order to succeed. Fine-tuning people’s behaviors into collective strength.
Why businesses go bad and how to avoid the traps. How to succeed beyond previously-held beliefs. Evolving the workforce into professionals who go the distance. Cause related marketing as a definitive success strategy.
How to innovate. Creative business after-markets. Benefiting from change. Discerning true business consultants from vendors. Creating business partnerships that previously did not exist.
How and why to move the future. Understanding trite expressions in order to create real strategies. Why good organizations click. Professional development they are not getting. Communications strategies.
Crisis management and preparedness. Quality control. The path from innovation to success. Businesses in transition. Public company obligations. Charity involvement. How good companies do great things.

Ideal Clients

Public and private companies in energy, healthcare, technology, professional and financial services
Mid-sized to large businesses with revenues of $5 million or more
Industry and executive leaders who are seeking to build their corporate reputation and partner on strategic integrated communications campaigns

Seasoned Executive with a history of demonstrated entrepreneurial leadership and proven results for clients across numerous industries through strategic integrated communications, media relations, community engagement, and thought leadership.

Proven track record in the following areas:

Public Relations	Entrepreneurship	Leadership Development
Investor Relations	Media Relations	Crisis Communications
Strategic Communications	Corporate Communications	Reputation Management

Phil has more than 37 years of experience in public relations and marketing, beginning with a Madison Avenue PR firm in New York City before founding Pierpont Communications in Houston. He has led Pierpont to represent the country’s most influential brands across a diverse range of industries. Phil has grown a company that provides proven results by leveraging Pierpont’s insights, expertise and relationships.

Business and Career Background

Philip Morabito, CEO of Pierpont Communications, founded his company in 1987. A born entrepreneur, Phil hired his first employee in 1992 and now oversees the largest independent integrated marketing and PR firm in the southwest – with offices in Houston, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, and New Jersey – and was named a 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Houston.

Prior to starting Pierpont, Phil was a Senior Account Supervisor at Robert Marston & Associates in New York City. He managed major accounts with large budgets including Spalding Sports Worldwide, Pillsbury, Levi Strauss, Dean Witter, Control Data Corporation, and The Marriott Corporation.

Passionate about education, Phil has been an adjunct professor at the University of Houston since 1988, and today teaches a course in integrated marketing communications in the Graduate School of Business. He recently established the Advisory Board for the Valenti School of Communication at the University of Houston and serves on the Board of Directors.

Education and Certifications

Phil earned a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from the University of Charleston, where he is actively involved with the Board of Trustees, and an MBA from the University of South Florida. Phil was recognized as the Houston Business Journal’s Most Admired CEO in 2018, and under his leadership, Pierpont has been named a Best Place to Work a total of 12 times. The firm is a five-time Houston 100 company, among other prestigious recognitions. Phil was also selected as the 1999 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Greater Houston Partnership CEO Roundtables for small businesses. Locally, he serves as an advocate for charitable organizations through his involvement with the San Jose Clinic, Theater Under the Stars (TUTS), Houston Technology Center and John Paul II Catholic School. Phil also contributes as a member of several professional organizations including the International Association of Business Communicators, American Marketing Association, Public Relations Society of America, Silver Fox Advisors, and Vistage International.

Ned Mueller is a highly effective leadership professional, who rapidly and astutely identifies critical organizational issues, system drivers, and essential dependencies to build and implement effective programs.

Mr. Mueller is Founder and CEO of Mueller Consultants LLC, a Veteran-owned business providing sound and effective Operational Risk Management and Senior Leadership insight and guidance to Business Owners and C-level Management. Mueller Consultants brings in-depth and highly effective operational backgrounds in Aviation, Aerospace, Maritime, Nautical, and Oil & Gas Surface and Subsurface environments. We bring “Technology to Business and Sound Business Fundamentals to Technology.” Ned is also a certified Six Sigma Black Belt Professional and Change Management Specialist.

Upon graduating from the U. S. Naval Academy with a B.S. in Marine Engineering, Ned received his commission as a Marine Corps Second Lieutenant in 1976. Subsequent to completion of The Basic School at Quantico, Virginia and flight training, he was designated a Naval Aviator in 1978. During his career as a Marine fighter pilot, he held a number of leadership positions in operational squadrons. A graduate of the U.S. Navy’s Fighter Weapons School (Topgun) and Test Pilot School and member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, he also completed course requirements toward a Master’s in Aviation Systems from the University of Tennessee. His active service included flight instructor duties during the introduction of the F/A-18 in the early 1980’s and heading F/A-18 flight test at Patuxent River, Maryland from 1990 to 1993. During this tour, Ned served as lead government representative establishing the F/A-18E/F Integrated Test Team. Mr. Mueller served in combat as an augment pilot to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232 in Desert Storm and as Commanding Officer of VMFA 312, deployed aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), during Operation Deliberate Force.

After retiring from the Marine Corps in 1997, Mr. Mueller joined Lockheed Martin and led contractor tasks on NASA’s X-38 International Space Station Crew Return Vehicle Prototype at Johnson Space Center (JSC). Until February 2005, Ned served as Advanced Vehicle Manager for Lockheed Martin Space Operations in Houston, Texas. In addition to the X-38 project, his responsibilities have included tasks associated with: Orbital Space Plane; Crew Escape System; STS-107 Columbia Mishap Investigation and Recovery Efforts; and Space Shuttle Program Return to Flight Activities. Subsequent to the STS-107 tragedy, he performed additional duties as Columbia Task Force (CTF) Johnson Space Center (JSC) Representative, responsible for coordinating JSC’s technical, institutional, and programmatic interfaces with the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB). After completion of his duties with the CTF, Mr. Mueller assumed added responsibility as Management Panel Representative for NASA’s Return to Flight Task Group, which was charged with independently assessing NASA’s compliance with CAIB report recommendations. He subsequently worked for ARINC, headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, to develop opportunities and establish company capabilities in aerospace, transportation, energy, security, and public safety sectors for Houston and the Western Gulf Coast region. During late 2006 Ned joined GB Tech, Incorporated, a high technology, and aerospace firm headquartered in Houston, Texas, region with additional activities in the contiguous United States and overseas. He subsequently assumed responsibility for all operations and business development as Vice President and General Manager, Operations.

Ideal Clients

Business owners struggling with revenue generation and sales management
B2B Small to mid-sized business with revenues from $1MM to $50MM positioned for growth at topline, their profitability, and their leadership team
Leaders who are committed to change

Seasoned Executive

Focused on process and execution, Michel is accomplished dynamic executive with 25+ years of experience successfully leading diverse organizations selling products and services to the aerospace, defense, industrial, marine and energy industries with proven track record establishing compelling visions, effective sales strategies, and building teams to achieve profitable growth.

Through recessions, fast expansions periods, ERPs, and CRM successful implementations Michel learned a lot from colleagues and made a lot of friends in the process.

Proven track record in the following areas:

Technical Product and Service Sales
International Biz development
Channel Management
Sales Management
CRM Implementation
Profitable Editda growth
Organization Development
Marketing differentiation
Change Acceleration
Public Speaking
Recruitment of Salespeople
Process Improvement

Michel is currently using his 25+ years of experience as a VP of international and local sales for small and Fortune 500 companies, to assist owners and leaders of various size businesses to build or fix their sales organization to achieve their expected profitable growth. As a fractional VP of sales imbedded in his clients, Michel performs all expected functions of a VP of sales. His clients become positioned to get to their next level to successful short-term and long-term goals.

Business and Career Background

When Michel left Teledyne Marine, he was Global Vice President of Sales and marketing for the interconnect division – leading his team to double digits year-on-year growth, 4 x Ebitda from the original state when Michel joined five years before. This achievement was executed while implementing new ERP systems, CRM, and sales processes which leads his team to this success and over $100M.

Prior to joining Teledyne, Michel was leading the Aerospace and defense sector sales effort at Matrix Technology located in Markham Ontario a $15M electromechanical distributor managed IASI his engineering firm for 10 years. These businesses were sold in 2011 to new owners, Michel stay on board until Teledyne asked him to join, merge and market diversify several companies and raise their performance.

Prior to Joining Matrix Technology Michel worked at Raychem (Now TE Interconnect) where he successfully built his career internationally in France, India, Canada, UK from engineering to EMEA Aero Def Sales & Marketing director.

Education and Certifications

Michel earned a Mechanical engineering degree (Automation & Robotics) from Lille (France) AFPA. Additionally, Michel completed multiple university courses in Finance, public speaking, management, and multiple professional sales training programs. Michel frequently writes and public presents educational topics on Sales and networking for SMB business owners.

Ideal Clients

People within the Moody Rambin organization
Other business people at all stages of company or career development
Recent college graduates
Addicts
Convicts, both in and out of prison

Background

Howard is a Co-Founder and current CEO of Moody Rambin, one of Houston’s premier, full service commercial real estate firms, serving owners, tenants and investors in the office, industrial, retail and investment sectors, primarily in the Houston SMSA since 1969.

Howard’s experience with the firm has been as a developer and owner of office building, motels, apartments, and condominiums, with the primary focus on the office sector.

Currently, the firm operates as a service provider for third parties. Howard’s specialty in this arena is in leasing representation for owners and tenants. He also offers consulting services, providing his clients with the unique perspective of a developer, owner, and broker/agent.

Throughout his career, Howard has been active in the venture capital space, starting or helping start several firms. In addition, he is active in the venture capital sector in Houston through his membership and participation in organizations such as the Houston Angel Network and entrepreneurial programs at the University of Houston and Rice University.

Currently, Howard devotes considerable time to coaching and mentoring and this stems from his recognition of the statements:

If I only knew then…..
Life is like a bank account, you can’t take out what you don’t put in

Howard’s focus is on helping others in reaching their goals, achieving financial independence, and overall improvement of their quality of life.

His areas of coaching include:

People within Moody Rambin
Other business people at all stages of company or career development
Recent college graduates
Addicts
Convicts, both in and out of prison

His business coaching/mentoring areas of strength are:

Visioning, strategy, tactics
Planning
Marketing
Sales
Accounting
Finance

Howard’s life has taken him back and forth from New Canaan, CT and Houston. He is a graduate of Deerfield Academy, Kinkaid Academy, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and SMU.

Howard is a member of Houston Country Club, The Houston Angel Network and several non profit organizations.

He founded Keep Houston Beautiful in the early 70s’s as an organization to fight litter and beautify the city. For this, he was recognized by the mayor in proclaiming November 3, 2003, as J. Howard Rambin, III Day.

Howard’s family includes his wife, four children and a multitude of dogs.

Ideal Clients

Ibrahim is passionate about helping CEOs/Owners/Leaders of various sized businesses realize their potential and achieve growth. Clients achieve organizational effectiveness and continuously improve their management processes once equipped with the Operational and Financial key performance indicators (KPIs) needed to make informative decisions.

Companies with revenues from $2MM to $100MM positioned to grow their sales, profitability, and leadership capability
Leaders who want to develop full financial infrastructure to support operation and business strategy

Background

Ibrahim is passionate about helping CEOs/Owners/Leaders of various sized businesses realize their potential and achieve growth. Clients achieve organizational effectiveness and continuously improve their management processes once equipped with the right Financial and Operational key performance indicators (KPIs) needed to make informative decisions.

Fractional CFO with a 25-year history of delivering results as a Principal Consultant, Entrepreneur, CFO, Director of Planning and Strategy and Business Owner, who built a career on successfully leading finance and operational teams towards growth goals. This diverse experience in a wide range of locations, roles and companies (from large international corporations to small privately held) enables Ibrahim to deliver unique value to clients.

Proven track record in the following key focus areas:

Financial & Capital Mgmt
Business Planning & Strategy
Risk Management
Mergers & Acquisitions

Business and Career Background

In early 2019, Ibrahim founded TaQtics Consulting Group with the vision to be the #1 trusted advisor for CEOs, Leaders, and Entrepreneurs, optimizing business models and achieving the highest possible growth.

TaQtics Group’s mission is to equip Leaders with practical tools, as well as the right operational and financial data to enable informative decisions, and pursue future growth in a deliberate, strategic way.

Education and Certifications

Earned Bachelor of Commerce and Business Administration degree, with a major in accounting, from Helwan University in Cairo

Completed numerous Organizational, Leadership and Business Strategy courses

Certified Score Mentor and Board Member of several local and national not-for-profit organizations

Ideal Clients

Small businesses with annual revenues from $1MM – $25M
Owner is committed to growing revenues and building a strong organization top to bottom
Owner is willing to establish their personal purpose with the business including their future exit from the business

Experienced entrepreneurial/business owner with over 40 years of quantifiable achievement with start-up as well as established businesses. Business background in the purchase, development and final disposition of multiple businesses; as well as the turn around and leading of strategic business units. BBA with specialty in Real Estate/Finance from University of Texas at Austin and JD from Bates College of Law (UofH)

AREAS OF MENTORING

Company Formation / Start-up Consulting
Business / Enterprise Turnarounds
Strategic / Creative Marketing / Planning
Human Resources Management
Margin Improvement
Contract Review and Negotiation
Relationship and Team Building
Family-Owned Businesses

Business and Career Background

Rick grew up in a family-owned business whose core business became the largest of its kind in North America. The business expanded into other fields which allowed Rick the opportunity to grow into many different positions. He served as director of sales/marketing for over 200 stores, as well as general manager for various business units. When the family business expanded into real estate, he worked his way up from a leasing agent, property and construction manager to become Vice-President of Real Estate operations which oversaw over 100 properties in multiple cities.

The second half of Rick’s career, if you will, started when at the age of 30 he struck out on his own. Rick purchased, started, built and later sold several businesses. Founder and principal of electronics firm that specialized in development and marketing of proprietary chip-based products. First, he led a group of investors who purchased a 70-year-old regional sign business. His next business he started with a partner and a total capital contribution of $1,000.00. The company developed and manufactured automation products for conveyor controls, POS and time and attendance. Rick directed sales/marketing efforts including market planning, distribution network setup and ongoing sales fulfillment.

When he sold his interest in the electronics business to his partner, he started an administrative management company. The company offered outsourcing for insurance, accounting and purchasing management to a number of small business clients. Rick also financed and help a young entrepreneur start a technology service company that provides business technology to small-medium sized professional businesses in the Houston area.

Rick has been a Silver Fox Advisor for 15+ years working as an advisor/mentor with start-ups and small businesses in different fields. He also currently mentors 3 business roundtables sponsored by the Silver Fox Advisors, two of which are made up of area non-profit businesses. His radio show, The Weekly Business Hour, is broadcast every week on Lone Star Community Radio and its video/podcast is distributed world-wide.

ORGANIZATIONS & ACTIVITIES

Active in community affairs – served as President and Vice-President of multiple community associations; Trustee of private foundation; past member of the Board of Trustees Houston Museum of Natural Science and Chairman of Technology Committee; past Chairman of the Board (2013) and Director of Greater Houston YMCA and past Chairman of Facilities and Human Resources Committees, as well as annual Partners of Youth Campaign and Capital Campaign; Deacon, elder and trustee at Windwood Presbyterian Church

Active in business groups – Past Director of State and National Trade Associations; Past President of college business fraternity Houston alumni group; member in good standing of Texas Bar Associations; past member of Business Development Committee and Emerging Business Council of Greater Houston Partnership; currently a director of Conroe/Lake Conroe Chamber of Commerce and head of their business roundtable group.

Austin Tenette is a certified business coach with the FocalPoint Coaching organization and serves as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence to the HCC Northeast campus. In coaching middle-market businesses to success, Austin focuses on the three drivers of profitable, sustainable and exponential growth:

* Strategic Direction and Execution,

* Customer Experience, and

* Team Dynamics

Prior to Focal Point, Austin was a successful business development executive with two of world’s largest professional services firms, KPMG and Ernst and Young, working with global organizations on their business transformation initiatives.
SELECT CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Leadership and Change

Executed the financial, strategic, and operational success of a $40M business unit with over 300 client relationships, 1,700 employees and 15 managerial direct reports in four branch offices.

Earned global recognition for improving unit’s operating profit by 32% in less than 10 months by reducing indirect costs, implementing strict cost controls, and instituting price increases. Improved client retention by 20%, reduced unbilled labor costs by over 40%, while identifying and exploiting market segmentation opportunities.

Organizational Enablement

Created Corporate Strategy function for a $1 billion revenue services firm, collaborating with business-unit leaders and staff to provide an analytic perspective to strategy development sessions and strategic

initiatives. Led all corporate and business-unit strategy development and implementation activities.

Created the Company’s first-ever five-year strategic plan and led the annual update process; acquired eight security systems integrators, which became the core of the “differentiation” and “security solutions” strategy; company was sold via an industry roll-up at a 26% premium.

Created Board-level and C-suite networks to engage key decision-makers in peer-to-peer dialogue and identification of evolving business trends, while accelerating awareness and sales of service offerings.

Business Development

Execute global professional services firm’s account strategy framework in the energy vertical, focusing on clients’ business issues and strategies, to successfully pursue and win several multi-million dollar advisory and assurance engagements.

Top performer among thirteen peers, in developing/managing new business. Grew annual portfolio from $3M to over $7M in less than three years. Adept at growing new business within existing client group by building new buyer relationships and cross-selling of service lines.

Austin is a native of Southern California and holds a BBA in accounting and earned an MBA in Finance from UCLA.

Ideal Clients

Funded start-up and mature growth companies
High net-worth investors seeking development opportunities
Business owners seeking to strategically pivot

Experienced Client-Focused Entrepreneurial Attorney who brings over 20 years of business and legal experience to the table. Joseph’s career began with investment banking and venture capital then advanced through an appellate judicial clerkship, a regional and national law firm, a global oilfield services company, his own firm, and recently joined Grable Martin Fulton to establish a Houston office for innovative law firm specifically designed with the entrepreneurial business client in mind by leveraging technology to eliminate overhead such as expensive office space and support staff while allowing efficient and cost-effective service with top-tier quality.

Practice Areas & Skills Include:

Corporate Structure	Transactions & Contracts	Strategic Planning
Business Litigation	Intellectual Property	Real Estate
Human Resources	Employment Law	Mergers & Acquisition
Risk Management	Leadership Development	Construction
Technology	Securities	Franchises

Business and Career Background

Prior to Gable Martin Fulton and his own practice, Joseph was Senior Legal Counsel for Schlumberger, where he was responsible for the Gulf Coast, Northeast, and Integrated Project Management business units. He started as Legal Counsel for the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Sustaining segment and supported Schlumberger’s intellectual property legal department. Prior to Schlumberger, Joseph was an associate attorney with the Chicago-based law firm of Seyfarth Shaw, LLP and the Houston-based law firm of Porter Hedges, LLP. Upon graduating law school, he was a financial analyst for Founder’s Equity Group and served as a briefing attorney to Justice Tim Taft of the First Court of Appeals.

Education and Awards

Joseph earned his law degree from Southern Methodist University where he won numerous advocacy awards and was named Outstanding Advocate by the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas, where he was a member of the two-time national championship debate team. Joseph has also served on numerous non-profit boards and has coached and mentored hundreds of students over 20 years in speech and advocacy competitions with schools including Bellaire High School, The Kinkaid School, and Thurgood Marshall School of Law. In addition to the Silver Fox Advisors, Joseph is active in the business community as a member of the Houston Business Network™ and Network in Action.

Joseph is passionate about representing his clients. He believes entrepreneurs and businesses should have the best possible representation without having to bet the business on legal fees when faced with opportunities and challenges alike. His experience has molded his approach to the practice of law where solutions are preferable over conflict and listening is more important than arguing.

Ideal Clients

Global Enterprises in Healthcare, life sciences, aviation, and technology verticals
Seeking a unique perspective from a distinguished physician and business executive with medical, business, boardroom, social & community experiences

Seasoned Executive with extensive corporate health experience, spanning clinical medicine, health benefits, public health, and pharmacy. He is an experienced board member with global, strategic, and operational expertise applicable to multiple markets. He has served as chairman of multiple boards and board committees. He is a frequent speaker at global health conferences and universities on healthcare policy, population health, and corporate health/benefit strategies.

Business and Career Background Ken’s business career of 30+ years delivering tailored healthcare services and corporate wellness programs around the world ensures a seasoned, even visionary, perspective on how companies build successful businesses. His advanced clinical skills, and extensive, up-to-date knowledge of contemporary medical practices and healthcare trends, bring subject matter expertise. His ability to integrate the objective with subjective, plus a strategic mindset, commercial orientation, technology interests, and disciplined fiscal approach, contributes to boardroom deliberations and decisions. His acumen gained from oversight roles within international, complex, and extremely dynamic organizations is being leveraged in boardroom guidance to senior leaders. He has earned a boardroom reputation as collaborative, thoughtful, focused, and knowledgeable. He is a diversity candidate embracing diversity.

Dr. Wells is currently on the Board of Directors of Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston; he serves on both the Audit and Quality Committees. He is also on the board of the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio and a member of the Academic Affairs Committee. Throughout the past two decades, he has served on nine other not-for-profit boards and six different advisory boards, gaining experience on many committees, including executive, governance, nominations, HR, and quality.

Ken founded Alken Health Resources as an administrative resource to provide medical direction and health consulting services to Fortune-size companies. He has developed and managed dozens of national and international health management programs for clients, delivering substantial savings and efficiencies. He has advised a global conglomerate, major energy, insurance companies, top U.S. municipality, hospitals, NASA, and the nation’s largest railroad, in their efforts to develop innovative health solutions to improve quality and control costs.

Cash management	Reducing working capital	Financial reporting
System implementation	Efficient internal controls	Audit issue resolution
Acquisitions and divestitures	Cost accounting systems

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