I am actively acquiring businesses in a variety of verticals, including e-commerce, consumer goods, health & wellness, agencies, SaaS, and more. If you are thinking about selling your business, let's talk. As a Sell-side Advisor, I assist business owners who wish to sell all or part of their business, helping them get top valuation with the least amount of stress and risk. We advise on selling strategy, marketing your business for sale, deal negotiation, due diligence, and every other step of the way until the deal is done, and the money is in your bank. As a Buy-Side Advisor, I focus on helping companies execute a “Growth through acquisition” strategy.  Acquisition can be the most effective way to increase market share, add exponential profits to the bottom line, onboard talent, and scale enterprise value.  I can help you determine IF a growth-through-acquisition strategy is right for your business, WHEN the best time to execute an acquisition may be, and HOW to make it happen.  One little secret...you don't need a big bucket of cash to acquire that competitor, vendor or partner.  I have over 230 different funding strategies for acquiring businesses without depleting your hard-earned cash reserves.  At Westbound Road, our goal is simple: Save jobs, grow companies, and add enterprise value to our investors and partners. We've completed over $350 million in acquisitions over 25+ transactionsIf you are looking to buy a business, sell a business, or learn how to Scale your current business through Acquisition or Strategic Investment, let's talk!

FawnKey & Associates helps emerging and existing businesses increase revenue, profitability, and customer satisfaction through the use of integrated marketing and sales efforts. By utilizing Direct Response Television, E-commerce, and many other forms of marketing, I have personally developed hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for my clients.

Available for keynotes, workshops, breakout sessions, panel moderating, debates, and emcee. Specialize in topics related to business and marketing, but also present inspirational keynotes and speak on a wide variety of other topics to fit your needs.

As Chief Marketing Officer of Barton Publishing, I was responsible for all aspects of marketing and direct response marketing for a global health information publishing company. Marketing channels under my supervision included email, search, social media, affiliate marketing, direct response radio, direct response television (DRTV) and more. As a member of the executive management team, I also worked with the CEO and other executives to provide strategic direction to the company.

Conference Call University was a directory website created to meet the needs of passionate learners who enjoy learning through teleseminars, webinars, video conferencing, and other types of virtual communication. We provided leading experts in a wide variety of subjects, including business, writing, weight loss, blogging, real estate, and over 85 other topics!Guests on our events included Zig Ziglar, Robert Cialdini, Jim Boughton, John Maxwell, Arthur Middleton Hughes, Peter Shankman, Chris Brogan, Alex Mandossian, Shawn Collins, Jim Kukral, Paul Allen, David Meerman Scott, Rebecca Hagelin, Wendy Weiss, and many, many more. We produced nearly 1,000 virtual events, reaching hundreds of thousands of people around the world with the power to Learn, Earn, and Succeed. After nearly six years in business, I sold Conference Call University in July of 2011 so I could focus on other new and exciting areas of my business.

Executed Internet strategy for all Thane companies, including corporate and e-commerce web sites in the USA and Canada. Under my management, consumer e-commerce site revenues increased from $1.5 million in the year 2000, to over $30 million in sales in 2002. This growth was highly profitable, with an average of 30% gross margin. Managed 25 employees in two locations, with complete bottom line responsibility for all aspects of advertising, marketing, technology, creative development, customer service, human resources, e-commerce, and fulfillment. I was also a member of corporate Mergers & Acquisitions team for the parent company, Thane Inc., completing over $200 million in corporate acquisitions and divestitures from 2001 to 2003.

Responsible for marketing international Direct Response Television distribution services. Negotiated distribution and licensing agreements for several dozen products. Also responsible for applying marketing expertise to create brand building and revenue generating promotions in 70 countries, each with unique cultural, economic and marketing needs. Personally developed over a half dozen products from conception to over $1 million each in retail sales volume.

Core responsibility was the acquisition of clients and revenue generating accounts. I was responsible for cold calling prospective clients, identifying needs, developing proposals to address those needs, contract negotiation, and project implementation. Managed sales training of over 100 Telephone Sales Representatives. During my term serving as Director of Sales, O’Currance was recognized as the second fastest growing teleservices company in the United States by Telemarketing Magazine. My sales contributions resulted in a 954% increase in company revenue my first year.

Responsible for developing and implementing corporate sales strategies aimed at channeling sales to targeted resellers and Fortune 500 accounts. Account base included General Motors, Dow Chemical, Saatchi & Saatchi, and the Federal Government. Other responsibilities included prospecting, cold calling, current account management, attending trade shows, and most importantly, closing sales. As interim Inside Sales Manager, I was also instrumental in the highly successful launch of the ZIP Drive in 1994, which was one of the most well recognized computer peripherals in the world at the time.

Contact point for sales materials and information flowing from Convergys, the worlds largest teleservices company, to Fortune 500 clients and prospects. Responsible for creating written and verbal sales proposals, brochures, and formal presentations.