Melanie Wall is the founder and director of GO Growth Partners LLC, a boutique consulting firm that provides small to middle-market organizations with interim CEO/COO and outsourced Chief Growth Officer services. GO Growth works closely with businesses and their leaders to analyze organizational needs and develop and implement solutions that create value, maximize growth and achieve objectives. GO Growth’s disciplined and collaborative approach ensures alignment of innovation, marketing and sales throughout the process. Clients include: ► Exit Planning Institute (Ongoing): faculty member offering online instructions to obtain professional Certified Exit Planning Advisor designation. Course offering on Value Enhancement Strategies to assist businesses increase their value and ultimately increase sale price. ► Patina Solutions, The Mentor Bank, Mentor/Consultant (Ongoing): Offer external mentoring services to accelerate leadership and sales force development.► MuniLight (Ongoing): Provide lean start-up, go-to-market strategies and implementation for civic engagement application. Raised seed capital, led the technology team and created a prototype. MuniLight was recognized by DigitalC as one of Cleveland’s leading tech innovation companies. ► GetWorkerFit, Interim COO (2018–2019): Recruited to improve operations for this emerging company to meet expedited go-to-market strategy for career assessment firm with 13 employees.Led acquisition and due diligence of technology asset purchase. Developed and implemented a technology integration plan across three platforms within a tight 60-day benchmark.Established overall financial systems. Developed P&L statements, charts of accounts, accounting systems, financial projections, cash flow statements and budgets.Readied new IT products for launch by serving as lead business analyst. Gathered business requirements, developed IT strategy, and recruited and retained IT staff.

Growth strategist with significant experience driving profitability and creating organizational value. Versatile background with strong business acumen, optimizing growth and operational excellence for emerging and small/middle market companies across a variety of industries.Provide structure, integrated systems and team building to scale and grow businesses. Extensive expertise in business development, IT product development, business transformation, and organizational turnaround.

Led turnaround of non-profit K-12 educational publishing company with outdated product line, leadership in transition and downturn in market. Created and implemented strategic plan transforming print publisher into digital publishing company. Developed $5M capital budget, implemented cost reductions and identified new market focus. Created value and led sale process from identification of target buyer through transfer of intellectual property. ► Generated new revenue meeting 18 months benchmark by developing and launching three new technology products. Worked with 40-person cross-disciplinary team consisting of developers, designers, writers and editors. Converted top-selling, paper-based units into digital format. Created cloud-based database of >2K online lessons and online courses for K-12 teacher professional development.► Reengineered workflows to reduce time-to-market and overhauled accounting processes. Integrated job costing with project management and improved financial reporting to meet audit requirements.

Founded Professional services firm offering direct-to-consumer behavioral educational materials and strategic marketing services for global manufacturers, leading hospital systems, and international home health care agencies. Generated $1M in annual revenue and raised capital from accredited investors. Led process of selling customer base.

► As part of Senior Management Team, developed and implemented vision to consolidate Private Bank and Trust Departments comprised of $71B assets under management and 1K employees in 5 states.

Regional Manager – Mellon Bank, Private Asset Management, Private Capital Management … Cleveland, OH∎ Launched new business unit and revenue streams – catering to Northeast Ohio’s high-net worth market.∎ Developed over $500 million in assets within 2 years, receiving recognition for top sales and excellence in client services.