Max Toy Email & Phone Number

Greenwich, England, Gb

Why is it,• that Senior Executives who are leading companies to places they have never been,• have so little problem spending millions of dollars on R&D, marketing, distribution channels, information systems, et all,• and so much difficulty in investing in themselves?• Are you ready to take your executive team to a new level?Paladin Associates, Inc. was founded over 22 years ago as a “C-level” consulting firm dedicated to helping the leaders of growing companies achieve their vision. Having worked as executives in both large corporate environments and high growth companies, our partners realize that hyper-growth companies have their own unique set of strategic challenges to address as they evolve.Working, exclusively with C-level executives, Paladin Associates, Inc. helps executives think! Think about the new and broader issues that face a growth organization. Assisting in the transition from an idea, to a technology, to a product, to a sustainable business built upon value creation. We see the role of the CEO as one of value creation. Value as perceived in the eyes of the beholders – the customers, the shareholders, the lenders, the employees, the community, and time.Paladin services focus upon:• Merger & Acquisitions• Operating Model Strategy• Sales & Marketing Strategy• Go-To-Market Strategy & Execution• Strategic Planning & Growth• Preparation for Merger and Sale• Restructuring• Startups• Product Vision / Product Management / Product Roadmap

Founded by Max Toy as an outsourced, strategy and go-to-market” organization. Targeted startups, but early customers included DEC, IBM, Microsoft, Pepsi, & Compaq.Launched a $50M new business for Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).Supported & sustained IBM’s launch of a specialty education, PC effort.Managed a $20M marketing fund on behalf of Microsoft.Located & built a turnkey manufacturing facility for PanaPacific Corporation.Built & managed a motorsports marketing program for Wall Data, Microsoft, & Compaq.Built a program for Pepsi vending.Marketing ConsultingBusiness ConsultingContent StrategyBrand ConsultingStrategy ConsultingBrand MarketingInterview CoachExecutive CoachCareer Coach

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Irving, Tx, Us

Led a team of dedicated people to build a profitable, cash positive, software company focused upon the remote management of wired/wireless, devices on the edge of the network.The company was sold in 2004.

o A struggling, industry leading provider of database software for PCs.o Recruited by Chairman to return to growth & profitability.o 18 mo. Later profitable & growing, Sold to Borland @ 3.5Xo Career take-away: First experience with an M&A activity, which included SEC & Federal testimony, and being on the acquired side of the transaction.

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o Recruited as President to lead this industry icon back to respectability & profitability.o This former $1.2B business had slipped to a $600M+, unprofitable, publicly traded company selling for $5.25 per share.o Leading a very dedicated team, the company returned to growth, profitability, & a 3.75 X increase in shareholder value.o Actions taken: eliminate one product line; refocus other lines & channels, focused upon the customer.o Participated in a secondary public-offeringo Career take-away: (1) The key to a change in strategy is middle management. Middle management lives the problems; they will continue to respond in the same old ways, unless you can reach them. (2) Created channel partner communications exchange to solicit & gain support.

Harris County, Texas, Us

Bs, Marketing

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