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Chip Evans - 

Specializing in general business consulting, inclusive of restructuring, business development, international and new product development, Chip began The Evans Group LLC over 33 years ago. Hands on, blunt, "in your face" methodology, breaking things down to the means, and the cause and effect, Chip works "out of the box" to create new boxes. Classically educated with a MBA in industrial psychology, and a Ph.D in Transpersonal Psychology, Chip "thinks in spirals, and acts in straight lines". Chip and his wife, Barbara, and dog, Lacey, live in Boca Raton, Fl.

Ron Voelker -

Specializing in sales, marketing, distribution, financial analysis, process and procedure Ron has worked with Chip and TEG for over ten years. As former Regional Vice President of Sales and Market President for National Equipment & Supply and National Broadline Distribution Companies Ron brings a unique perspective of Sales and Management Coaching as well as Productivity and Organizational Profitability Effectiveness. Ron alone and with Chip has been involved with countless wholesale dealer and retail client turnaounds, restructures and improvements. Ron’s trademarked market analysis (Maximize Your Potential Database and Selling System) analyzes marketshare and potential within your custom Marketing and Distribution Footprint for cost effective asset deployments.
Ron and his wife, Carol, have two children and live in Stuart, FL.
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Nancy Thomas-

Nancy brings over 30 years of extensive experience in food service industry design, consultation and contracting. Her career accomplishments include both renovations and new project development, with expertise in fine dining, quick service, catering, resorts, B & I as well as institutional/correctional food service. Dedicated to the success of her clients’ projects, Nancy relentlessly pursues the right product or process to deliver innovative design and operational solutions. Providing knowledgeable assistance in this highly specialized industry, Nancy believes in building flexibility into today’s plan to allow adaptation for future growth. Services available include the review of existing equipment, furniture,
systems and operations, space and budget allocation, energy and labor studies, bid review, analysis and recommendations.

Holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design from the University of Missouri at Columbia, Nancy is engaged in continuing education in current trends and technology. She has also achieved the highest level of certification (Level One) in the NAFEM Certified Food Service Professional program. Nancy and her husband Patrick live in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Suzanne Painter-Supplee -

The Evans Group LLC is well versed in HAACP, NSF import component requirements, foodservice strategies for pursuing credits under LEED 2009 & what's coming for 2012. We provide interactive E-Learning programs specific to commercial kitchens in the following LEED tracks: ID&C, BD&C, Schools, Healthcare, Retail & EBO&M.

Shukri Alfa-

Shukri Alfa is based in Beirut, speaks French, English and Arabic, and regularly travels over 40 countries: all of Europe, Russia, Africa, all of the Middle East (his expertise), India (10 times alone in 2009), and numerous other countries. As a consultant Shukri has worked with hospitals, hotels and commercial foodservice and catering industries. His expertise includes; supply and developing foodservice energy savings and ecology, waste management, specifying equipment plans, supervising turn key installations, and developing maintenance programs. Mr. Alfa is well versed in mergers and acquisitions, and does general consulting with TEG on struggling, bankrupt, or developing companies in all general segments of the marketplace. As a "generalist" consultant Shukri's uncompromising integrity has made him an international expert.
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Frank Kelly-

Definitions of outlier (n)

out·li·er [ ówt li r ]
1. outlying part: a separate part of a system, organization, or body that is at some distance from
the main part
2. outsider: somebody who chooses not to be a part of a group or community

Definitions of entrepreneur (n)

en·tre·pre·neur [ òntr pr núr ]
risk-taking businessperson: somebody who initiates or finances new commercial enterprises

Frank Kelly describes himself as a combined definition of an outlier and an entrepreneur. His spontaneous creativity and risk taking attitude helped Frank found and build to a multimillion name brand foodservice equipment and supply company and sell it to a
conglomerate. Frank has been in every area of the foodservice industry as he developed to create, build and sell a large company. He now works on building programs using effective outsourcing, and building product to a a customers needs,
he’s well known for his industry involvement in what’s new, now working with several HAACP and anti-microbacterial coatings. As a consultant Frank looks clearly from the “outside” and creates solutions with the lowest cost of production.
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Raul Senior P.

Raul Senior P. was born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela in 1955. Grew up in Caracas and in Boston. Obtained his Bsc (Honours) in Production Technology and Production Management at Brunel University in England in 1979 and his MBA from Babson College in Wellesley Massachusetts in 1981. He is fluent in Spanish and English and knowledgeable of different cultures. He has been involved in the foodservice industry for 28 years, from creating and operating food service concepts, to consulting for the owners and operators, to executing complete turnkey projects for his clients. His clients include Hard Rock Café, Tony Romas, Ruth Chris, Pizza Hut, KFC, Full Pizza, Pizza Loka, Gourmet Market, Waoo Crepes, Café Ole and Wyndham Hotels, as well as many more local small chains in Latin America.

He currently holds the position of Independent Consultant in charge of International Markets Development for Trendco Supply Inc., Florida-International Division. Based in Caracas, Venezuela. Mr. Senior also works as a general consultant for the hospitality industry outside of his international market development work, and has worked with hotels, hospitals and many chains in design, analysis of performance, and business restructuring.
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Scott Bye

Scott Bye is a Manufacturing Executive with domestic and global experience in durable/capital goods and CPG products. Scott finds waste in your business and eliminates it. Functional expertise include P/L, manufacturing, engineering, and the supply chain. His strategic planning, organizational and leadership skills integrate business, technical and sales disciplines into functional teams. Improved profits, productivity, quality and customer satisfaction are results he obtains through the execution of tactical plans aligned with strategic objectives.

Scott’s operations experience includes machining, assembly, fabrication, material handling, painting, new product engineering, process engineering and lean processing. Documented success with the integration of purchased businesses into existing organizations to maximize value.
Optimization of the supply chain through the development of an overall strategy has saved client companies millions.

Specialties

Operations, KPI’s, Lean Manufacturing, ISO 9001, Business Development, Strategic Planning, Financial Management, Engineering, R&D, Process Development, Marketing, Sales, Product Development.
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Stortec Systems

Stortec Systems is an importer for storage handling shelving and systems, in a variety of styles. Started by the first importer of foodservice shelving, the former owner of Nexell Industries, TEG represents Stortec worldwide in "jewel quality" imported shelving and product ONLY available to the large volume 20' and 40" container buyer. This line is available private label, customized, privately printed, is NSF approved, and NOT the import junk our industry sees. Yet, it's priced more than competitively. Stock is held only by participating larger re-distributors and retailers. Inquiry welcome.

Missy Redding

Missy Redding has worked in marketing, advertising,and WEB SEO for over six years. Missy has worked with her parent company, Linkworth, and together have developed linking and marketing strategies for thousands of businesses worldwide. Her expertise in finding THE niche way to market a business and then give guidance from start to finish has made her one of the industry's most compassionate, sought after "web linking" thinkers. Linking and SEO are unique ways to develop websites for top visibility, and remain the state of the art method into social network, web, and You Tube ad campaigns. Missy's market product knowledge makes her a force that is known, and extremely well recognized in the internet marketing and development field.

David Blair

David Blair is a strong stock trader that many of our client base want to utilize in conjunction with some of our stock market techniques and news-letters and we feel an honored source of financial counsel to clients, again, thinking out of the box.

David is a popular blogger, stock trading mentor and coach, and frequent speaker on the seminar circuit. His crosshairs trading strategy is popular with both swing and trend traders who seek to capitalize on multi-day, multi- dollar position trades. David shares his strategy via his website, www.thecrosshairstrader.com, in his Trading in the Crosshairs© seminars, and through his live three month Crosshairs Trading University© stock trading course and via his crosshairs trading software available through the TradeStation® platform. David’s passion is to help others thrive in a complicated environment by teaching them how to apply the principles of focus, patience, and discipline to the stock market.

David lives in the beautiful state of North Carolina with his wife Wendy and three children.

Karla Johnson

Karla Johnson, while actively looking for employment, is doing consulting work with general distributors contracted with The Evans Group. Karla has worked in three companies that we've restructured, and a genuine encyclopedia on the industry, with charm.

Lacey
Chairman of the Board

Our Company Creed:

• Never shit in my own space
• ALWAYS PEE on any other dog spot's. They are competitors
• Never trust people that act like assholes
• Love everyone otherwise
• Do no harm. Be good
• If I am going to steal a newspaper, I will do it really early in the morning while the neighbors are still asleep
• Watch carefully before I do anything, so I don’t miss something like a porcupine in the bushes

HERE’S WHAT SOME OF OUR CLIENTS HAVE HAD TO SAY...

“When we hired TEG, the challenges facing us were both internal and external…reputation and perception of poor quality (product).  TEG suggested pre-assembly of product with photos to clients.  Coaching our key staff on communication skills, time management and thinking outside the box and, of course, juggling, helped improve our internal struggles and their suggestions in product packaging and communication with clients, turned our pride around and we now have a reputation for producing a high-quality, problem-free, product.

During the 4 years of working with TEG, they helped us expand from a regional business to national, growing our sales each year as a company and our staff as a team!”

General Manager, Manufacturing Co

“We selected TEG to spearhead an initiative to restructure our company.  I couldn’t be more pleased with their methodology for streamlining the overall structure of the company.  Their painstaking attention to detail and opportunity development has allowed us to create efficiencies in various departments that we would not have dreamed possible. 

Under their direction, we have been able to find new ways to gain profitable business on a regular basis and achieve financial objectives that were previously out of reach.

Chip Evans uses his vast business experiences and 'in your head' psychologist style in tandem to make you think for yourself and, ultimately, to do it for yourself.  The results he gets are extraordinary!”

CEO – Distribution Co.

“We hired TEG to help us with our business direction and growth.  Our company has an excellent customer base, and we engaged them to help us 'keep the main thing, the main thing' as we seek to grow our business and focus our company for continued growth.  TEG has helped us to analyze our business and determine areas of strength and to identify areas where we can grow, and directed us in the logical direction.  They have been a pleasure to work with, proven to be exceptionally insightful in analyzing our needs and focusing our company. 

We are now finding new business that, to us, was not previously possible.  They exhibit the professionalism, integrity and innovativeness that is essential to a consulting firm to be of benefit to any company.”

Owner/ Entrepreneur

“When the owners of our company decided it was time for them to retire and entrust the care and development of the business to the employees, our owners had no defined succession plan.  Taking three active managing owners out of the business left us short of managers and management expertise. 

For far less than the annual salary of a qualified top level executive manager, we engaged TEG who brought us:

• Temporary Executive Management
• New Manager Training, Coaching and Development
• Marketing Planning and Development
• Financial Management & Reporting
• Human Resource Management
• And much more.

A year and a half later, our owners are comfortably retired, we have a solid infrastructure of top and middle level managers, and the company is healthy and growing."

An Evans Group Developed CEO

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