Sam Aarons Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado, United States

ZooHouse Media Group is a boutique consulting firm that specializes in the magic behind the scenes. Focusing on the things that keep owners and founders and the C-Suite up at night, we harness the unique principles of Change Management to help address current issues and future-proof business by establishing consistent and repeatable process and ensuring that the right resources are in the right place at the right time. Using a unique blended approach, we custom create a solution for each client that is based upon where they are, right now, in their business, at this point in time, in their industry and where they need to go in order to scale accordingly.Our diligence process is designed to create alignment and build trust so that we can dig in with our clients. This is the only way we are able to really understand their unique business in their industry and how we can best serve them at this point in time. Lasting from 2 to 8 weeks, with the typical duration being 4-6 weeks, our output is often robust enough to fully inform their business and strategic plan and create defined actionable steps to navigate to the next level of success.We build relationships with our clients that endure. If they eventually need full-time resourcing for the COO role, we happily celebrate their growth and assist in identifying the right resource, setting them up for success, and fully transitioning the knowledge to carry the company forward. In addition to the fCOO and project turnaround components of our practice, we have a small course offering designed to make functional operations consulting accessible to smaller businesses that might not be in a position to work with a consultative organization. We do this because we believe that small business is the backbone of all business and choose to serve this community from the heart.

Denver, Colorado, United States

I am thrilled to announce that I am affiliated with an exceptional change management organization. Leader in Change has been an industry expert in change management consulting for multiple decades. The team is exceptional in their change management knowledge and one that I am proud with whom to affiliate.Partnering with Leader in Change, enables me to continue to upskill in the change management discipline, staying on the leading edge of change management principles. Additionally, keeping my change management skills sharp, creates additional value for my operations work. I am very excited to work with the folks within Leader in Change and with their clients.

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• Directed the daily operations of the team responsible for all training, communication, change management and coaching; acted as senior consultant in these areas when appropriate• Reengineered health care organization to better serve intended population and maximize the use of resources, saved $1M+ in FTE expense to redeploy for direct care. Provided both change management and strategic business plans for project.• Prepared an IT services organization for sale by restructuring, realigning personnel, creating a defined strategic plan and narrowing the service offerings to those most likely to be profitable• Jointly managed the organization responsible for project management, implementation, business analysis and knowledge management; built “zipper consulting methodology”• Oversaw back-office functions, including payroll, accounts payable and accounts receivable and partner with corporate counsel• Hired and managed personnel including employees, contractors and flex-staff• Promoted the development of a collaborative partnership between the practice members and the various client groups in order to better execute client agreements• Managed the ongoing business and marketing plan, as well as partner to guide the strategic direction of the company; position the practice to grow, develop and meet the needs of the developing client base

Colorado, United States

Guided the daily operations of a chain of family businesses. Providing in-home animal wellness care, built the largest service of its type in Southern Colorado, regularly servicing hundreds of clients each week. Partnered with organizations to provide flexible employment to persons with a variety of disabilities, disabled veterans, and disenfranchised veterans facing homelessness without immediate assistance. I provided the strategic direction for the company and handled the daily operations requirements, with a team of hand-picked staff. With a belief in abundance, we provided support to other entrepreneurs seeking to break into the industry and mentored more than 50 through the start-up of their own small business. I built a model that allowed us to provide internal support to those businesses, creating trust and building a new revenue stream. Rebuilt the business after 4 separate disasters virtually destroyed the company. Remotely managed operations during key engagements with my other role. Spun off a subsidiary business in the animal wellness and nutrition arena.

• Partnered with senior leadership team at Fortune 100 to determine strategy, direction and approach related to enterprise-wide financial systems initiatives• Directed the team responsible for ensuring consistency and providing the internal governance for program management, inclusive of creating standards in conjunction with CXO staff and BOD input• Acted as the primary liaison across multiple siloed functional and technical organizations to ensure consistency and the ongoing development of Disaster Recovery plans for personnel and systems responsible for moving $10B+ daily, closing the books and providing quarterly investment earnings• Directed the organization responsible for application support, technical training, communication, documentation and change management, $5M budget annually• Acted as the leader responsible for round-the-clock escalation for more than 100 applications used in 200 countries by 2000+daily users and thousands more casual users, both onsite and remote around the world. Lead all change programs for same population. Liaised with media as needed.• Developed the strategy for rapid onboarding of critical personnel during more than 50 acquisitions, inclusive of the necessary change management critical to onboarding and agile integration• Senior leader for the change management cycle as part of Mergers & Acquisitions, divisional restructuring, the redeployment of 5000+ FTE and dozens of system implementations• Created unique change programs and projects for acquisitions and integrations in a variety of verticals, deploying both established and independently developed methodologies.

• Led the effort to provide application support, technical training, communication, documentation and change management• Built application support organization for 105 financial systems from scratch, inclusive of hiring, all client SLA negotiation, process and escalation determination, staff onboarding• Demonstrated thorough understanding of adult learning theory and human performance management in creating cutting-edge training initiatives across the globe• Used distance education models to reduce training time and dollars and to more effectively communicate with and train previously excluded employee populations• Designed documentation to meet internal client, vendor and partner specifications• Created training and communication/change management project plans and met deadlines agreed upon through negotiation with internal and external clients

• Created train-the-trainer courses on teaching software applications; supervised and mentored training staff in multiple training department• Onboarded and supervised ~500 people per quarter, • Designed and developed courses and documentation on Oracle-based applications• Presented technical and soft-skills training courses, seminars and modules to staff in positions ranging from administrative and management to engineering• Designed and implemented a technical training program to instruct non-technical resources in the basics of orbital mechanics• Supported the beta-testing process for billing, manufacturing and sales applications

Master Of Organizational Communication, Organizational Leadership, Training And Development, With Honors

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Government Leadership

Not Complete, General Engineering

Foundational courses in general engineering. Realized as I approached a specialty that the human component was missing for me..

General Studies

Completed the requirements to transfer from a STEM program to a liberal arts program. Took double course load, upon approval of the dean.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology, High Honors

Focused study within the arena of organizational psychology and the industrial applications.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communication, General, High Honors

Activities and Societies: Collaborated with a team to start the on campus Greek organization. Participated in multiple service.