Consultanting to small business for marketing, strategic planning and business planning.

Hunger comes in many forms. Our Neighbors’ Table is committed to establishing a community that provides for the whole person with nourishing food, kindness and dignity.

A "window" into Holy Family Parish's community of faith.

GrowSmart's work is focused on bringing disparate groups together to find common ground solutions for growing Maine’s economy and preserving its ‘quality of place’.

Teaching as called upon both graduate and undergraduate students in the disciplines of Corporate Strategy, Retailing, Marketing, Consulting Practice, Business Practice, Entrepreneurship and the like.

John Massaua served for six and a half years as the State Director for the Maine Small Business Development Centers (Maine SBDC) and its tech-focus group, Maine Small Business & Technology Development Centers (Maine SBTDC), headquartered at the University of Southern Maine (USM); his tenure has been heralded as the most productive period in the organization's 30 year history. Prior to becoming State Director, Massaua first served the Maine SBDC as a Business Management Assistance Counselor… Show more John Massaua served for six and a half years as the State Director for the Maine Small Business Development Centers (Maine SBDC) and its tech-focus group, Maine Small Business & Technology Development Centers (Maine SBTDC), headquartered at the University of Southern Maine (USM); his tenure has been heralded as the most productive period in the organization's 30 year history. Prior to becoming State Director, Massaua first served the Maine SBDC as a Business Management Assistance Counselor with Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), Wiscasset, ME, after spending thirty years in the retail/wholesale industry, where he acquired a broad range of business knowledge within small and medium size companies. After his state directorship, he continued to serve the Maine SBDC/SBTDC as an Executive-in-Residence and Program Mentor/Advisor. Massaua is Chair Emeritus of the Board of the Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC), which represents the more than 1000 SBDC service centers across America. Massaua’s generalist background includes sales, merchandising, marketing, purchasing, operations, logistics, and wide-ranging management experience. Massaua’s latest corporate position was that of Senior Vice-president: Purchasing, Merchandising and Communications for Millbrook Distribution Services Incorporated, Leicester, MA, a leading national distributor of consumer products and value added services to the retail industry. While at Millbrook, he was part of a management-led LBO which purchased the Company from Fortune 100 drug wholesaler, McKesson Corp. (MCK), San Francisco, CA. He served concurrently on the Board of Directors for the General Merchandise Distributors Council (GMDC), Colorado Springs, CO. Show less

Among his various career positions, Massaua was responsible for the introduction of the first food and drug combo retail units to New England when he was employed with Mott’s Shop-Rite Supermarkets (MSM), East Hartford, CT, as Executive Vice-president. He was a Founding Officer and subsequently Group Vice-president: Operations for Staples, The Office Superstore (SPLS), Framingham, MA, where he developed the Company’s original cookie-cutter store look, its initial distribution strategy and small… Show more Among his various career positions, Massaua was responsible for the introduction of the first food and drug combo retail units to New England when he was employed with Mott’s Shop-Rite Supermarkets (MSM), East Hartford, CT, as Executive Vice-president. He was a Founding Officer and subsequently Group Vice-president: Operations for Staples, The Office Superstore (SPLS), Framingham, MA, where he developed the Company’s original cookie-cutter store look, its initial distribution strategy and small business service offerings. He brought Staples retail outlets out of the Company’s home base in Boston into the metro New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC markets. Additionally, Massaua successfully worked as a turn-around manager for a fledgling specialty retail chain as President of WindowRama Inc., Deer Park, NY.Early in his career, Massaua as Senior Vice-president quadrupled the sales of a sleepy fifty-year old, consumer products distribution company, Imperial Distributors Inc. (IDI), Auburn MA. And, during his career, Massaua experienced the agony of defeat through the course of bankruptcy as Executive Vice-president: Marketing/ Merchandising/Logistics for ALP/Freddy’s L.P., a Rochester, NY based, deep-discount retail drug chain. He also experienced a competitive corporate take over by General Nutrition Centers (GNCI), Pittsburgh, PA while at Nature Food Centres (NAFD), Wilmington, MA, where he was Vice-president: Merchandising/Marketing. As his most favorite labor of love, Massaua cites the micro business he and his spouse owned and operated in Rochester, NY: Compkidz, which provided computer facilitated learning fun for preschoolers. Show less