Team - Voice of Reason Consulting

THE TEAM

Co-Founders Michael Gansl and Matt Plociak, business partners for 25 years, have a combined 60 years of business experience in all areas of problem-solving including marketing, sales, operations, and cash flow management.

Matt Plociak

Co-Founder

I am a serial entrepreneur and author having started several companies since 1981.

My skill set includes expertise in financial management as well as sales and marketing.

Along with Michael Gansl, I co-founded and managed Netlan through fifteen years of computer services industry changes, culminating in a successful sale of the firm to a NASDAQ listed e-commerce B2B company.

I have over thirty years of experience in managing various small and large businesses, and I am looking to translate my extensive experience into measurable growth for small and medium sized businesses.

I have previously been a Vistage Chair for several years, and facilitated three peer to peer groups of business owners with a total of fifty members in businesses from a solo real estate developer to a $200+ million manufacturer.

I have participated as a stake holder and as C-level leadership in several software application, Solar and LED startups. I hold two provisional patents – one for a Linux software application and one for a solar controller to regulate battery backups.

In my spare time, I love to go biking, skiing, and golfing. And yes, I love wine too!

You can find me on LinkedIn - just search for Matt Plociak.

Michael Gansl

Co-Founder - "The Seasoned Voice of Reason"

I am a hands-on entrepreneur and trusted advisor specializing in working with both leaders and teams of individual contributors to implement business development and revenue growth opportunities.

I believe my unique ability is to objectively analyze a situation or problem, break the pieces down to their lowest common denominators, and then rebuild the components and synthesize a solution.

My experience includes having founded and run Netlan, a leading systems integration company for fifteen years. I have developed sales and marketing plans and operations for both early stage and mature companies. I have also raised debt and equity financing for numerous companies both as an investment and commercial banker.

My specialties include: C-level leadership, marketing, sales, operations and working with companies from the ground up.

I know how to work with small business who find growth and increasing revenue a challenge and are open to an outsider taking an inside look at their business.

In my spare time, I am passionate about wine. I love to drive around the country side searching for and collecting old toy soldiers, painted cast iron objects, and lots of other "stuff".

You can find me on LinkedIn – just search for Michael Gansl.

We are motivated by how the entrepreneurial spirit works for small businesses and how we can help them harness that spirit to grow profitably.

We listen carefully. We identify gaps in our clients businesses and by using our experience, knowledge, and contacts, we help our clients capitalize on market and growth opportunities. We often say that business owners learn more from their mistakes than from their successes. We know that mistakes cost money. We’ve made those mistakes before, which enables us to anticipate them for our clients before they happen. We attempt to turn would-be costly mistakes into revenue producing successes.

We act as trusted advisors to our clients working alongside them on an as needed basis.

WHY HOW WHAT

WE ARE TWO ENTREPRENEURS WHO

Co-founded a computer and network integration business which we successfully ran for 15 years
Achieved INC 500 status, two years in a row
Created a leading computer-based training business
Started and ran multiple businesses in our careers, each of us involved separately in start-ups and mature businesses in diverse industries including solar, LED, technology, software development, web sales
Went our separate ways for 10 years and still best friends
AND, are now BACK together offering our assistance to the small and medium-sized business community on how to grow a successful company.

We are passionate about sharing our success – and mistakes – to help business owners make the tough decisions to get to where they want to be.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE TO SAY

“Working with Michael Gansl is a “profitable pleasure.” An investment in Gansl adds revenue to the bottom line!”

“Under Mike’s guidance, we began fielding leads more conscientiously, and as a result we’ve seen a significant closing ratio improvement.”

“Having worked with Michael for quite some time, I can unequivocally say that he is one of the best business strategists I have ever encountered in my 26 years of practicing business consulting.”

“Matt provided guidance on projects while allowing autonomy to encourage individual ideas. He understood the importance of team dynamics and knew how to get the best out of his coworkers in collaborative efforts.”

“Matt has been instrumental in helping us find our center, get accountable and pay attention to the details.”

“Working with Voice of Reason Consulting was an incredibly empowering process. The results have been immediate.”

“Michael’s and Matt’s vision and experience are a match for any company looking to positively impact revenues and the bottom line.”

“Our business has completely transformed since engaging Voice of Reason Consulting over a year ago.”

“Voice of Reason Consulting has helped us through a variety of difficult circumstances with wisdom, patience and innovative ideas to move us forward.”

“No project is handled without specific, detailed attention to the whole, as well as to each and every individual part”

Our Clients

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THE TEAM

Co-Founders Michael Gansl and Matt Plociak, business partners for 25 years, have a combined 60 years of business experience in all areas of problem-solving including marketing, sales, operations, and cash flow management.

Matt Plociak

Michael Gansl

We are motivated by how the entrepreneurial spirit works for small businesses and how we can help them harness that spirit to grow profitably.

We act as trusted advisors to our clients working alongside them on an as needed basis.

WE ARE TWO ENTREPRENEURS WHO

We are passionate about sharing our success – and mistakes – to help business owners make the tough decisions to get to where they want to be.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE TO SAY

Our Clients

Boucher + Co.

Citizen Race Car

Corporate Relocation Services (CRS)

Evolved Education Co.

Green Card Medical

Home Health Care At Its Best

Hydr8

Margolis Law Firm

network!network!

Noah & Co.

Office Furniture Heaven

Romano & Associates

Valiant Technology

Weinstein + Klein

Wise Public Relations