The Alternative Board (TAB) in Tulsa is beginning its 30th year of successfully helping business owners improve their businesses and change their lives. TAB Tulsa has cultivated a thriving community of forward-thinking CEOs and business owners who share the collective wisdom and inspiration to radically improve their companies. Our focus throughout has been on profitable growth, solid execution over extended periods, maximizing the valuation of the TAB members’ companies, and balancing their business and personal lives. We have witnessed our members experience substantial growth in revenue, profitability, and business valuations. We have celebrated as our members won many prestigious awards including National Quality Awards (the Malcolm Baldrige Award), recognition in Inc. magazine top company listings, and best place to work awards. And we have assisted several business owners in successfully exiting their businesses and transitioning into the next stage of their life, whether a new business venture or retirement.TAB Tulsa is sponsored by the Corporate Performance Group, a Tulsa-based strategy consulting firm celebrating its 34th anniversary. When we discovered TAB in late 1993, we knew we had the CEO advisory board model we wanted to use in Tulsa with our area business owners. With TAB we are able to combine the seasoning and experience that our facilitators have accumulated during their careers with the passion we have for privately-owned businesses, to make a real difference in the companies and the lives of business leaders.Our local TAB Boards include the full spectrum of industries, including manufacturing, oil and gas, distribution, health care, construction, building service, information technology, and professional services. Our Members bond with each other at a very profound level and derive tremendous value from being part of a TAB Board.

I formed the Corporate Performance Group in 1989 after spending over 19 years in the consulting division of EY's predecessor firm of Arthur Young & Company. Throughout its 30+ year history, CPG has attracted senior-level consultants with training and experience from International Accounting and Consulting firms and national companies and provided mid-market companies access to the same caliber of business advisory and M&A services typically available only to large national and international companies.The CPG Team combines strategic planning, financial management, profitability improvement, organizational development, information technology, and leadership coaching. Building on the CPG Team's extensive experience, we help our clients use the most effective techniques and tools to optimize performance and maximize the value of their companies.Their company is the most significant asset for most business owners and probably represents 75% or more of their wealth. Even if a business owner never plans to sell their company, they need to understand what drives the value of their company. CPG helps business owners understand the factors that drive company value, and we provide specialized support to maximize company value.In 1994, CPG began operating The Alternative Board® of Tulsa ("TAB Tulsa"). TAB Tulsa is a business leader/CEO advisory board focused on maximizing the profitability of privately held and family-owned companies.

Arthur Young, the predecessor firm of Ernst & Young (EY), was one of the largest international accounting and consulting firms; AY’s Tulsa office was the most extensive professional services firm in Oklahoma and the 7th largest office in Arthur Young due to our large, publicly-traded, multinational client companies including Phillips, Conoco, Amerada Hess, Walmart, Williams Companies and Cities Service. AY’s Tulsa office had the most prominent consulting practice in the region and was one of the five largest consulting practices in the firm. I was one of three Consulting Partners in Tulsa responsible for all financial and information systems consulting activities.While with Arthur Young, I held the following positions:• Tulsa Office Director of the Entrepreneurial Services Group• Regional Director of the Strategic Management Consulting Practice• Regional Director of the Health Care Industry Group• National Director of the Petroleum Industry Consulting Practice

Evaluated procurement contracts related to the operations of the AF Eastern Test Range.