Fiercely driven and passionate CEO seeking a new leadership opportunity and challenge requiring a rare combination of unique visionary, organizational, strategic planning, listening, and analytical abilities.~ Family man and eternal optimist who exemplifies faith, ethics, honesty, integrity, and empathy. ~ Born leader and tested winner with a proven 30-year track record of consistent results of earning respect from colleagues, building teams, growing revenues, cutting waste, and successfully selling businesses. ~ Seasoned operator who has founded, bought, turned around businesses who thrives under pressure.
Leadership & Sales Consulting
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Chief Executive OfficerLeadership & Sales Consulting Jan 2024 - Present• Author and Public Speaker, Trainer, and Tutor on “Robert Bradley and the Twelve Parables of Pickle” and “The 12 Steps World Class Leaders Learn When Strategizing, Selling and Servicing”.• Seasoned sales consultant with expertise in developing crystal-clear, laser-focused strategies and accountability for sales management to incentivize and motivate salesforces to improve job satisfaction, resulting in dramatic increases.• Expert in helping owners buy, lead, finance, maximize value, improve succession plans, and negotiate an ultimate sale.• Develop and execute strategic plans to assist senior leadership in building, leading, and incentivizing teams to grow profitability. • Implement best-in-class communication, accountability, service & project management strategies for leadership.
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Ceo, SoldArtistic Pavers, Llc May 2017 - Dec 2023• Purchased and transformed the West Coast of Florida’s largest installer of brick and travertine pavers from an antiquated 35-year-old company into a highly efficient 20-crew construction company.• Completed 40 million sf of brick and travertine for 12,000 satisfied customers via word of mouth.• Converted non-producing salaried employees into incentivized commission-based salespeople tied directly to their profitability, implementing a new job costing and highly successful business development neighbor referral program.• Paid off 100% of millions on inherited company debt by collecting 98% of millions of dollars of stale uncollected accounts receivables, slashed overhead by 30%, tripled prices from $3.29 to $10.00/sf, liquidated and replaced 100% of the entire fleet of non-operating, broken work trucks, dump trailers, bobcats, caterpillars.CUSTOMER LIST INCLUDED Bellaire’s historic wooden Belleview Inn, Berkeley Prep, Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Copperhead 18th Hole for Valspar Golf, Dunedin’s historic Fenway Hotel, Epicurean Hotel on Howard Ave, 400 Beach Drive, Grand Palm in Venice, Lakewood Ranch, La Meridian Hotel, MacDill Air Force Base and SoCom, 100 Beach Drive Cassis Restaurant, St. Pete Catholic School, Sun City, Sundial St. Pete, Tampa Riverwalk, Tampa Bay History Center, TV’s Extreme Home Makeover Davis Islands, Treasure Island Yacht & Tennis Club, USF’s main campus, Westshore Yacht Club, Ybor City’s historic Santo Stefano, ZooTampa at Lowry Park.
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Managing General Partner, SoldWelch Properties, Lllp Feb 1987 - Dec 2021• Extensive success in acquiring, financing, developing, renovating, property management & selling income properties.• Complete oversight of multimillion-dollar investment portfolio including office buildings, a hospital, a six-bedroom Anna Maria waterfront income property, two four-bedroom Treasure Island beach houses, a six-bedroom North Carolina Mountain golf resort rental & numerous historic rehabs in Georgetown, Palm Beach & Tampa’s Hyde Park.
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Ceo, SoldWelch Financial, Inc And Separately Welch Financial Management, Inc. Oct 1995 - Apr 2017• • Founded, operated, and sold both a service company and, separately, a Wall Street Registered Investment Advisor. • Quarterbacked a team of high-performance professionals specializing in the unique issues facing 22 ultra-high net worth private business owners and public CEOs focused on monetizing and managing their sale proceeds.• Affiliated with Raymond James Financial Services, Series 7, 8, 63, 65, Licensed Life & Health Agent and ranked in the top 1% in average account size out of over 8,000 Raymond James Financial Services advisors overseeing $1 trillion.
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First Vice PresidentRaymond James & Associates Oct 1991 - Sep 1995St. Petersburg, Florida, Us• Appointed to both the Raymond James President’s Club and Eagle Asset Management’s Man of the Year in 2nd and again in 3rd year based on revenue and gathering assets exclusively via cold calling. • Zero client complaints with an unblemished U4, Series 63, 65, 7, and 8 licenses over a 35-year Wall Street career.• Requested by RJ trainees as a regular guest speaker on “Ten Best Practices for Building a Successful Business.”• Requested by RJ trainees as a regular guest speaker on “Ten Best Practices for Building a Successful Business.”• Previous to Raymond James, youngest Senior Vice President in Washington, DC, with oversight of the 2nd largest of Wheat First’s nearly one hundred branches, and developed a nationwide proprietary system to recruit, train, motivate, and manage top financial advisors, and promoted as Drexel Burnham’s youngest 1st Vice President at age 26 in Washington, DC, ranked #1 in Drexel Training Class.
Brad Welch Education Details
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Duke UniversityEconomics -
Choate Rosemary Hall -
The Wharton SchoolBusiness
Frequently Asked Questions about Brad Welch
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Brad Welch works for Leadership & Sales Consulting
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Brad Welch's current role is CEO @ Leadership & Sales Consulting, LLC.
What schools did Brad Welch attend?
Brad Welch attended Duke University, Choate Rosemary Hall, The Wharton School.
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