David Mead Email & Phone Number

It's All About Results! Our client engagements are staffed only by senior level associates who have extensive business management and consulting experience. Most of our senior consultants have been CEOs and/or owned and operated successful businesses.Senior consultants with The Mead Group have backgrounds in marketing, strategic planning, manufacturing, distribution, sales, business development, and finance. They have worked with Fortune 500 companies as well as successful mid-size companies. **Strategic Growth**Improving Profitability and Cash Flow**Maximizing Value at Exit**CEO and Senior Leader Coaching __________ We're Not Your Typical Consulting Firm* Mead Consulting Group was developed specifically to meet the needs of mid-size companies. ** We work with CEOs & senior executives. *** We have senior people who have done it before in their businesses. **** We don't just produce reports - we help you GET RESULTS. ***** It is our job to make YOU look good!******But don't just take our word for it....Ask our clients!To see how we have successfully partnered with clients go to our website http://www.meadconsultinggroup.com/successStories.php?submenuheader=2

• Responsible for company turn-around. Business developed "market-ready" proprietary medical devices and instrumentation for companies with existing business in hospital and home care markets by delivering the following services: strategic planning, marketing support, product development, strategic partnering/licensing, and clinical support.• Reorganized business to focus on strategic markets rather than on technology.• Developed partner and alliance relationships with major U.S. medical companies for continuing project relationships to utilize key company technology and expertise

Denver, Colorado, Us

Arrupe Jesuit High School is a Roman Catholic, co-educational, college prep school. Arrupe Jesuit serves economically disadvantaged students from Denver’s inner-city neighborhoods. By enhancing the human, intellectual, and spiritual capacities of our students through a rigorous, innovative, and affordable college preparatory education, we offer hope for a brighter future to some of Denver’s neediest youth. Our goal is to empower graduates who will continue their education and return as leaders in their communities. The unique Corporate Work Study Program allows our students to pursue their educational dreams while learning about the corporate community where they will one day work. Work and study make Arrupe Jesuit students successful.

Mentor Colorado www.comentoring.org was founded to improve collaboration within the mentoring sector and increase the number of quality youth mentoring relationships in Colorado. Mentor Colorado is the backbone organization for the 65+ youth mentoring agencies in Colorado. It facilitates collaboration throughout the state to: * significantly increase the number of young people in quality mentoring relationships * multiply and leverage the human, financial, and in-kind resources dedicated to mentoring programs and initiatives * ensure quality mentoring efforts and best practices * expand the capacity of organizations to sustain, and grow mentoring efforts http://www.comentoring.org

Experts in financial education, committed to developing the financial literacy and fostering entrepreneurship of young people through real-life experiences and hands-on programs and purposefully designed to enable them to prosper in our free enterprise system. Money Smarts for Kids. Money Skills for Life. Started by Bill Daniels 25 years, ago, this effort has reached 500,000 youth in Colorado. Young Americans Bank is the only bank in the world specifically designed for young people ages 21 and younger. Why is that? Because it's important for youth to learn about banking, managing money, and personal financial responsibility at a young age.

The Assist Group’s ClinAssist® claims review process identifies improper hospital costs, providing comprehensive data and significant savings to payers. As a leader in complex claims review and resolution, TAG offers payers a complete solution – from initial screening through final resolution. The comprehensive claims resolution service supports our findings, allowing payers to avoid reimbursing facilities for inappropriate billed charges. Our results have produced an unprecedented uphold rate for identified billing errors, saving payers virtually millions of dollars each year. The Assist Group enjoyed a successful transaction and was sold in January 2015 to strategic buyer, Equian.

As Board member, developed and secured private industry sponsorship program which ensured economic viability and sustainability for program run by state economic development departments. The Colorado Companies to Watch program annually recognizes 50 second-stage companies that are developing valuable products and services, creating quality jobs, enriching communities, and creating new industries throughout the state. Second-stage companies fuel the economic fire of Colorado by accounting for much of the economic growth and economic independence of individuals throughout the state. Approximately 40% of the new job growth in Colorado was generated by companies in this size range, even though these companies comprise only 15% of number of Colorado companies (2008).

Chicago, Il, Us

ACG Denver is among the largest and most active of all organizations focused on M&A and Corporate Growth. ACG Denver grew from 70 members in 2001 to over 500 members and was named International Chapter of the Year in 2007.ACG is an organization that helps Corporate Executives navigate the M&A and corporate growth business community through valuable content, connections and best of class resources. Membership is made up of Corporate Leaders:•Business Owners, C-Level Executives of Operating Companies•Private Equity / Intermediaries•Service Providers•Government & Academic

Chicago, Il, Us

Responsibilities included Manufacturing, Materials, Marketing, Research and Development, Engineering, Customer Service, Field Technical Service, Human Resources. • Redesigned product line and expanded distribution channels through innovative product, service, pricing and leasing programs• Implemented Demand Flow System (Just-in-Time/Lean) which increased manufacturing throughput (shortened market response time by 80%, lowered inventory levels by 70%, reduced manufacturing space requirements by 30%, improved gross profit margins from 20% to 40%) within a 24 month period. • Implemented Supply Chain Management system• Installed quality systems (Total Quality Management - TQM) which improved quality and reliability and reduced warranty cost by 30%.• Obtained the first Japanese Shonin (their FDA Approval and License) ever granted to a U.S. company.• Negotiated distribution agreements with major Japanese partner; manufacturing, technology, distribution agreements in China (PRC); international relationships in 43 countries.