About Mark

Four Things to know about Mark

Business Coach

  • Expertise and proven success prior to coaching. Leadership roles in a company. Three time founder and operator.

  • Works exclusively with small to midsized business in the Recruiting and Staffing, Wholesale Distribution, Logistics, and B2B focused SMBs.

  • Customized, private coaching, for founders, leadership teams, and sales and marketing teams through fractional leadership.

  • People Development - Skill Development, Accountability, Motivation, and solving challenges and opportunities.

  • A holistic approach that recognizes “work” and “life” overlap.

  • No-BS, unvarnished advice, and feedback – while having fun and always keeping it real.

Recruiting and Staffing Business Owner

Fifteen year veteran - Staffing and Recruiting

Founder,

Diamond Executive Search

  • Executive Search firm serving tier two and three automotive suppliers in the Midwest and South.

  • Focus included plant and corporate leadership roles

  • Co-tainer search model

Co-founder,

Advantage Talent, Inc.

  • Search and staffing firm serving a variety of industries in the greater Atlanta area.

  • Focus included finance and accounting.

  • Contingent direct hire

  • Contract roles

Eighteen Year Veteran - Wholesale Distribution

  • Publicly held international wholesale distributor of wireless IT and consumer electronics with revenues approaching $1B and offices and distribution centers in Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Bogota, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo and Puerto Rico. Helped grow the company from $30M to $1B  .

  • Started as the number thirty sales person. Within three years became the number one. In the fourth year earning $220,000 in commissions representing approximately eighteen percent of the profit.

  • Promoted to VP Sales ad grew the sales team from thirty to one hundred and thirty and saw revenues grow from $30M to $500M.

  • Promoted to Executive Vice President, earned distribution relationships with HP, Acer, Motorola, Epson, AOC, Intel, AMD. Leader in raising $60M in a secondary public offerings.

  • Promoted to CEO and President, lead three acquisitions, secured $50M revolving line of credit, lead Sarbanes-Oxley implementation, lead shareholder meetings, and board of director meetings.

Personal

  • Married for thirty-five years

  • Father of with three adult children and two in-law children

  • Grandfather of two

  • BS, Interdisciplinary Studies - Leadership The University of Alabama

  • Fan of college football and NFL

  • Fan of NHL

  • Fitness enthusiast

  • Gardening enthusiast

  • Resident of Peachtree Corners, GA

Real People Getting Real Results

Added $6M+

Shelly Cruz

Staff Indy

Added $1M+

Jon Jennings

Jennings Executive Search

Added $100k

Hugh and Christine Gallagher

Gallagher Group

Grew from $1M to $3M

Taras Dyakiv

T-Best Staffing

Doubled Revenue

Ann-Marie Vayonis

The West Source

Doubled Revenue

Bob Boullianne

Express Pros of Saint Paul, MN

© Copyright 2024. Executive Coaching Solutions, LLC.. All rights reserved.