A consulting practice can only be taken to a certain level by a
sole-practitioner consultant, even one with star power. A sole
practitioner can only have so much experience, and there are just so
many consulting hours per year. And many of the more lucrative
consulting assignments are simply out of reach for individual
consultants. In consulting, bigger is often better.
At our May 6 IMC Orange County breakfast
meeting, explore two possible growth models that could take your
consulting practice to the next level:
- Nick Testa, CEO of Acuity Consulting,
will share how he built his consulting practice from inception
in mid-2001 to a team of up to 17 people. Learn why he took on
the challenge of having employees as well as associates, and
what steps he took to build his organization and survive.
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Jim Ayers, Principal, CGR Management Consultants, will
present the CGR model. CGR is a collaborative group of
consultants with related practices. It consists of seven individual consultants
who pool their resources as needed to present the image of a larger firm with
a wide range of services and in-depth functional expertise.
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About
Nick Testa |
Nick Testa is
CEO of Acuity Consulting,
specializing in business process management, operations planning
and scheduling, supply chain management, total quality
management (TQM), and business software selection and
implementation. Prior to founding Acuity, Nick worked as an
independent consultant and as Principal of Business System
Specialties, where he built the organization from 5 to 50
people. He also served for 9 years as VP of Operations of
Newport Electronics, Inc. He holds an MBA in Industrial
Management from USC and a BS degree in Physics from the
University of Santa Clara. |
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About Jim Ayers |
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Jim Ayers is Principal of CGR Management Consultants, specializing
in supply chain management, operations improvement, and
technology management. He has been in consulting most of
his business life and is the author of numerous
publications. Please see
http://www.ayers-consulting.com.
He
holds a BS degree in
Engineering with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy,
plus an MS in Industrial Engineering and an MBA
from Stanford University. Prior to becoming a consultant,
he served aboard nuclear submarines. |
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Time & Place
This one of our monthly Orange County
IMC Breakfast meetings -- a great low-cost learning and networking opportunity
for your consulting business. These meetings are held at Hof's Hut
Restaurant near OC Airport on the first Thursday of every month.
- Place:
Hof's Hut Restaurant, 18850 Douglas, Irvine 92612.
Map
When driving south on MacArthur from I-405, turn left on Douglas
just before your reach Campus Drive, then turn left into the
restaurant parking lot.
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Date: Thursday, May 6, 2004.
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Time: 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
- Price: $10 for IMC
members, $15 for non-members, exact change appreciated. This
includes any choice from the IMC hot breakfast menu, tax and tip
included.
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RSVP:
to
Harald Weiss
Upcoming IMC Events
.
Held at Hof's Hut near OC Airport on the first Thursday of every
month.
Other Southern
California IMC Breakfast Events.
Held near LAX, in the San Fernando Valley, and in San Diego.
IMC Chapter
Dinner Meetings .
Held on the third Tuesday of every month at the Renaissance
Hotel near LAX.
About IMC SoCal
I MC SoCal
is the Southern California Chapter of the
Institute of
Management Consultants (IMC USA), the national accrediting organization
for management consultants. In addition to providing a wide range of
benefits to management consultants, IMC awards the prestigious
CMC (Certified
Management Consultant) certification mark.
For further information, please contact
Harald Weiss
at (949)
786-1403.
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