Listen to clients to determine the obvious issues and concerns—and any underlying problems. Coach & Mentor individuals to make the right business decisions to improve performance and meet objectives. Collaborate with clients to develop a practical, common sense plan of action to address the issues that are identified. While doing all of this, we are able to maintain confidentiality and objectivity.
"Before working with Jerry,
I didn't have the time for strategic thinking, since
I was so involved in the day to day operations of the business..."
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Our Clients Come from a Variety of Industries...
Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Property Management, Restaurants, Law Firms, Mobile Phone Devices,Sports Apparel, Event Planning, Retail, Summer Camps, Janitorial, Concierge Services, Surveying, Furniture,
Moving Companies
Highlights
- Currently providing hands-on business advice, coaching and mentoring to help individuals and companies improve performance
- Veteran retail and consumer products executive with extensive leadership and management experience, ranging from a start-up, to a family business, to a private equity-backed company and a $900 million public company
- CEO of 5 companies—Filene's, J. Baker, Buy-Rite Designs, Brandstamp and Fun Designs
Employment
- Department stores, including Lazarus of Columbus, OH; Marshall Field & Co. of Chicago, IL; Rich's of Atlanta, GA; and Filene's of Boston, MA
- J. Baker & Co., a retailer of shoes, big and tall apparel and work clothes
- Fun Designs, a marketer and manufacturer of seasonal products
- Brandstamp, Inc., a start-up company providing online registration for consumer products
- Building 19, a chain of salvage and off-price retail stores
- Buy-Rite Designs, a wholesaler of jewelry and novelty products
Accomplishments
- Coached and trained many executives who later assumed senior management positions
- Increased sales at J. Baker to $900 million from $200 million over an eight-year period, primarily through acquisitions that strengthened the core product of shoes and diversified the company into specialty markets of Men's Big & Tall and Work 'n Gear
- Grew sales at Filene's to more than $500 million from $300 million over four years through growth in same-store sales and by establishing new stores in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire and New York
Community Activities
- Coaching and Mentoring – MIT Venture Mentoring Service and Executive Service Corps
- Speaker – Entrepreneurs Network, CEO Place, Bentley College and Endicott College
- Trustee of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute since 1986
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Genesis Fund since 1986
- Past Chairman of the Greater Boston YMCA