Co-Founders Michael Gansl and Matt Plociak, business partners for 30 years, have a combined 60 years of business experience in all areas of problem-solving including marketing, sales, operations, and cash flow management. Now, Matt is Chairman Emeritus while Michael is offering his assistance to the small and medium-sized business community on how to grow a successful company.
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Known as the Seasoned Voice of Reason, I am a hands-on entrepreneur and trusted senior strategic advisor specializing in working with “accidental” business owners, business partners, leaders, and teams of individual contributors to implement business development, revenue growth, and profitability opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses.
I have built my own successful business and participated in a variety of different ventures throughout the years. I am an expert in growing companies, problem-solving across marketing, sales, and operations, and understanding what business owners need to do to achieve success.
As a Senior Strategic Advisor, I help business owners make decisions. When I collaborate with a client, I put myself in their shoes and treat their business as if it were my own. I ask tough questions, hold myself and my clients accountable, and help them make and – more importantly – implement the tough decisions they need to grow their businesses.
I focus on three critical drivers of success: revenue, expenses, and people. I review everything from a top-down overall business strategy, starting with a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats). I work directly with the CEO, CFO, and the C-Suite Leadership Team to develop key performance indicators that will have the greatest impact on their strategic and transactional business outcomes.
My advantage is an outside point of view, not being limited by what my clients already know, and relentlessly uncovering and understanding the unknowns that stand between them and winning.
You can find me on LinkedIn – just search for Michael Gansl.
Matt Plociak is Chairman Emeritus of Voice of Reason Consulting. As Michael Gansl’s longtime business partner, Matt brings decades of experience in entrepreneurship, leadership, sales, operations, and organizational problem-solving.
He is also co-founder of NETLAN, a technology systems integration and an INC 500 company, which he helped co-lead and manage through 15 years of computer services industry changes, culminating in a successful sale of the firm to a NASDAQ-listed e-commerce B2B company. His skill set includes expertise in sales, marketing, operations and financial management, and he coached over 50 companies via peer groups for business owners dealing with revenue, expenses and staffing issues.
Michael and Matt have been business partners for 30 years, and the firm’s perspective is grounded in real operating experience — starting, growing, leading, buying, selling, and advising businesses through the decisions that matter most.
You can find Matt on LinkedIn – just search for Matt Plociak
“I’ve always been a student of business, and I’m fascinated by how companies grow. It’s been my passion to work with business owners and entrepreneurs and help them become CEOs to grow their businesses successfully and profitably.” – Michael Gansl
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