Dr. Michael Lorence is an experienced C-level leader with significant hands-on experience in turning around, growing, and selling companies for maximum value. A serial entrepreneur, Dr. Mike has founded, grown, acquired, operated, and/or sold firms in multiple industries. In between startup ventures, he spent four years as a turnaround practitioner running a division of a Fortune 500 remanufacturing conglomerate. Voted one of the Top 40 Under 40 in North America Private Equity and M&A Industry, Dr. Mike’s unique ability is rapid creation and execution of organic growth plans. Thinking strategically while operating at the tactical level has enabled Dr. Mike to have successfully exited from multiple privately held companies. His deepest skill areas are direct response marketing, salesforce leadership, client acquisition, and talent acquisition.Dr. Mike is a professional speaker with 300+ paid speaking engagements. He is also a former US Marine officer with command experience at the platoon and company levels spanning thirteen countries and three continents. The recipient of thirty international, national, and regional awards for leadership, growth, and performance including the American Society of Quality Freund Fellowship, the Genovese Fellowship, and National Society of Professional Engineers Fellowship, and the University of Virginia Business Hall of Fame.
Listed skills include Strategy, Strategic Planning, P&L Management, Business Strategy, and 28 others.