"Managing growth in a world of constant change"
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Interim Management Solutions is an organization of talented and experienced C-level managers with proven success, in creating, developing and managing technology companies worldwide. IMS provides the interim, but requisite, functional support and knowledge to entrepreneurs of early stage companies needing assistance in evolving to the next phase of significant growth.
The group’s highly competent functional experts have extensive background building and developing companies through multiple phases and growth cycles, from very early stages in a company’s life to successful and profitable international corporate organizations.
IMS consultant’s experience spans all levels of development and organizational complexity, and posses the knowledge of processes and management systems required to help organizations seamlessly evolve through successive levels, as they mature to form a new structure. Recognizing change as a constant, IMS assists in managing the effects of change while in process, prior to issues developing into crises requiring major intervention.
Ed Jaferian
Partner
Ed Jaferian is an executive level Human Resource and Organizational Consultant with vast experience and expertise in the area of organizational structuring and development. During his 25-year career at Digital Equipment Corporation, his activities focused on starting up business units, building infrastructures and resolving complex employee relation’s issues. As European Personnel Manager, he established DEC’s European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and developed and implemented the infrastructure on which many of the new European subsidiaries were built. As International Personnel Manager, his efforts were directed toward starting up new subsidiaries, designing, staffing and developing companies in Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific Rim.
Ed’s expertise is in identifying and dealing with organizational issues created by rapid change in the business environment; implementing a process to assist managers in dealing with employee issues affecting performance; and the subsequent necessity of transitioning segments of the population whose skill sets had not kept pace with changes in technology and a maturing business environment. He is a very successful outplacement consultant having provided services to several Fortune 500 companies in the Chicago area. He is particularly effective in resolving separation issues with senior level managers by providing counseling and longer term individualized support while working through their transition process.
For the past ten years Ed has been consulting with principals of early-stage and start-up technology companies managing change related issues associated with growth. He has been providing organizational development support to entrepreneurs in building strong teams while implementing programs and management systems in preparation for successful evolution to the next planned business level.
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Christopher L. Leisner, CPA, CMC
Partner
Throughout his 30 year accounting and consulting career, both in industry and in public accounting (formerly the Midwest Partner in Charge of Specialty Consulting, at BDO Seidman, LLP) Chris has had the pleasure of working with inventors, R&D scientists and entrepreneurial business owners. With a focus on IP valuations, financial reporting and IP transaction support, Chris uses his accounting finance, expert testimony and information technology expertise to help clients address three fundamental IP Management questions: What IP do you possess? What is that IP worth to your Company? What is the value to other Companies?
To expand his IP consulting practice after leaving BDO, Chris founded Creative IP Solutions, LLC in 2001. Creative specializes in helping both domestic and international clients manage and monetize intellectual property. In transactional retentions, cross-discipline IP valuation approaches that combine guidance from court opinions, FASB pronouncements, USPAP guidelines and technology-transfer practices are used. Creative established an approach that worked equally well in the Boardroom for business decisions, as well as the Courtroom for jury awards, known as the Technology Applied to Problems Solved Analysis. This approach analyzes the specific innovative technologies associated with the associated patent claims, as well as the technical and business problems addressed by these technologies and the economic benefits these legally protected innovations create.
As part of his IP Consulting practice, Chris has been an active participant in the National Knowledge and Intellectual Property Taskforce. He has presented at Taskforce seminars and Executive Briefings on IP Value Recognition and IP Value Extraction techniques. Additionally, on behalf of the Taskforce, he has worked with representatives of the office of the Secretary of Commerce, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Treasury on IP issues. He served as the Taskforce’s Finance Chair, has authored several white papers and is a contributor to the IP management book titled “Business Power-Creating New Wealth from IP Assets”. Chris also maintains his CPA skills and has authored CFO desk reference accounting manuals on Intangible Assets, published by Wiley & Sons in 2006 and 2008.
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Edward L. Savage
Partner
Mr. Savage, a Partner with Interim Management Solutions has had a distinguished financial career in the field of Technology. Ed was co-Founder Senior VP of Finance and Administration, and a Director of Telematics International (NASDAQ), a multinational Florida-based telecommunications components manufacturer. In this role he co-authored the business plan, raised $17 million in private funding, and helped led a successful public offering. Ed also played a key operational role in Telematics International from start-up to $100 million in sales. Previous positions also included VP of Finance of Modular Computer Systems (NYSE) and Senior Group Controller of Product Manufacturing at Digital Equipment Corporation, Director of the Community National Bank and Founder and Director of the Gateway American Bank of Florida as well as having served on the Boards of several Domestic and International organizations.
As interim CFO, Ed specializes in responding to the urgent needs of clients requiring immediate operational expertise to fill a vacant CFO position and provide the knowledge and expertise to seamlessly maintain and discharge the financial obligations of the company.
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Tom Wilkinson
Partner
Tom is a "hands on" professional who has more than 25 years of deep financial, operations, marketing, and technology experience working with hundreds of companies ranging from sole proprietors to Fortune 100 Brands.
He has audited hundreds of companies over the course of his career, has served as General Manager of a National Marketing and Promotions company, and co-founded
a digital interactive place based advertising network.
Tom has found that Small Business owners often times lose sight of their plan and struggle to view their business objectively. Having worked with hundreds of companies in a variety of industries has equipped Tom with a unique ability to identify best practices for small businesses who are not properly integrating current technology solutions to optimize their business operations.
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Lynda Covello, LL.M.
Partner
Lynda Covello, LL.M. is an international lawyer, business consultant, IP strategist and coach with over 23 years experience in the strategic use of intellectual property assets in business, particularly healthcare, IT, biotech and high tech. With a background in International Relations and Game Theory, she helps decision-makers develop IP-related business strategies and achieve their objectives in IP-related transactions, collaborations and strategic alliances globally. She is experienced in conflict resolution, relationship management and negotiation, as well as team-building, education, training and facilitation. She is a deal-closer, a trouble-shooter and a creative problem-solver, integrating legal and commercial skills to support corporate activities and objectives.
Ms. Covello has served as both an external advisor to business (with both general and boutique law and consulting firms) and a member of the executive management team (General Counsel, Labopharm, Inc., and EVP, Special Projects, TAEUS International), giving her a practical and realistic perspective on the key issues and concerns facing business decision-makers. She has built and managed cross-border as well as cross-disciplinary teams of professional advisors to achieve optimal business results. She is proficient in facilitating international and cross-cultural transactions and relationships, as well as in advising SME’s on issues of proper structure and management of intellectual property assets and transactions to streamline business development, exit and financing strategies.
Ms. Covello is CEO of LPC Consulting International, providing consulting services to knowledge-based business, and a founding member of Ross Mongeon Covello & Co., a Canadian-based law firm focusing on business and intellectual property law and strategy.
Partner
Ed Jaferian is an executive level Human Resource and Organizational Consultant with vast experience and expertise in the area of organizational structuring and development. During his 25-year career at Digital Equipment Corporation, his activities focused on starting up business units, building infrastructures and resolving complex employee relation’s issues. As European Personnel Manager, he established DEC’s European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and developed and implemented the infrastructure on which many of the new European subsidiaries were built. As International Personnel Manager, his efforts were directed toward starting up new subsidiaries, designing, staffing and developing companies in Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific Rim.
Ed’s expertise is in identifying and dealing with organizational issues created by rapid change in the business environment; implementing a process to assist managers in dealing with employee issues affecting performance; and the subsequent necessity of transitioning segments of the population whose skill sets had not kept pace with changes in technology and a maturing business environment. He is a very successful outplacement consultant having provided services to several Fortune 500 companies in the Chicago area. He is particularly effective in resolving separation issues with senior level managers by providing counseling and longer term individualized support while working through their transition process.
For the past ten years Ed has been consulting with principals of early-stage and start-up technology companies managing change related issues associated with growth. He has been providing organizational development support to entrepreneurs in building strong teams while implementing programs and management systems in preparation for successful evolution to the next planned business level.
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Christopher L. Leisner, CPA, CMC
Partner
Throughout his 30 year accounting and consulting career, both in industry and in public accounting (formerly the Midwest Partner in Charge of Specialty Consulting, at BDO Seidman, LLP) Chris has had the pleasure of working with inventors, R&D scientists and entrepreneurial business owners. With a focus on IP valuations, financial reporting and IP transaction support, Chris uses his accounting finance, expert testimony and information technology expertise to help clients address three fundamental IP Management questions: What IP do you possess? What is that IP worth to your Company? What is the value to other Companies?
To expand his IP consulting practice after leaving BDO, Chris founded Creative IP Solutions, LLC in 2001. Creative specializes in helping both domestic and international clients manage and monetize intellectual property. In transactional retentions, cross-discipline IP valuation approaches that combine guidance from court opinions, FASB pronouncements, USPAP guidelines and technology-transfer practices are used. Creative established an approach that worked equally well in the Boardroom for business decisions, as well as the Courtroom for jury awards, known as the Technology Applied to Problems Solved Analysis. This approach analyzes the specific innovative technologies associated with the associated patent claims, as well as the technical and business problems addressed by these technologies and the economic benefits these legally protected innovations create.
As part of his IP Consulting practice, Chris has been an active participant in the National Knowledge and Intellectual Property Taskforce. He has presented at Taskforce seminars and Executive Briefings on IP Value Recognition and IP Value Extraction techniques. Additionally, on behalf of the Taskforce, he has worked with representatives of the office of the Secretary of Commerce, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Treasury on IP issues. He served as the Taskforce’s Finance Chair, has authored several white papers and is a contributor to the IP management book titled “Business Power-Creating New Wealth from IP Assets”. Chris also maintains his CPA skills and has authored CFO desk reference accounting manuals on Intangible Assets, published by Wiley & Sons in 2006 and 2008.
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Edward L. Savage
Partner
Mr. Savage, a Partner with Interim Management Solutions has had a distinguished financial career in the field of Technology. Ed was co-Founder Senior VP of Finance and Administration, and a Director of Telematics International (NASDAQ), a multinational Florida-based telecommunications components manufacturer. In this role he co-authored the business plan, raised $17 million in private funding, and helped led a successful public offering. Ed also played a key operational role in Telematics International from start-up to $100 million in sales. Previous positions also included VP of Finance of Modular Computer Systems (NYSE) and Senior Group Controller of Product Manufacturing at Digital Equipment Corporation, Director of the Community National Bank and Founder and Director of the Gateway American Bank of Florida as well as having served on the Boards of several Domestic and International organizations.
As interim CFO, Ed specializes in responding to the urgent needs of clients requiring immediate operational expertise to fill a vacant CFO position and provide the knowledge and expertise to seamlessly maintain and discharge the financial obligations of the company.
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Tom Wilkinson
Partner
Tom is a "hands on" professional who has more than 25 years of deep financial, operations, marketing, and technology experience working with hundreds of companies ranging from sole proprietors to Fortune 100 Brands.
He has audited hundreds of companies over the course of his career, has served as General Manager of a National Marketing and Promotions company, and co-founded
a digital interactive place based advertising network.
Tom has found that Small Business owners often times lose sight of their plan and struggle to view their business objectively. Having worked with hundreds of companies in a variety of industries has equipped Tom with a unique ability to identify best practices for small businesses who are not properly integrating current technology solutions to optimize their business operations.
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Lynda Covello, LL.M.
Partner
Lynda Covello, LL.M. is an international lawyer, business consultant, IP strategist and coach with over 23 years experience in the strategic use of intellectual property assets in business, particularly healthcare, IT, biotech and high tech. With a background in International Relations and Game Theory, she helps decision-makers develop IP-related business strategies and achieve their objectives in IP-related transactions, collaborations and strategic alliances globally. She is experienced in conflict resolution, relationship management and negotiation, as well as team-building, education, training and facilitation. She is a deal-closer, a trouble-shooter and a creative problem-solver, integrating legal and commercial skills to support corporate activities and objectives.
Ms. Covello has served as both an external advisor to business (with both general and boutique law and consulting firms) and a member of the executive management team (General Counsel, Labopharm, Inc., and EVP, Special Projects, TAEUS International), giving her a practical and realistic perspective on the key issues and concerns facing business decision-makers. She has built and managed cross-border as well as cross-disciplinary teams of professional advisors to achieve optimal business results. She is proficient in facilitating international and cross-cultural transactions and relationships, as well as in advising SME’s on issues of proper structure and management of intellectual property assets and transactions to streamline business development, exit and financing strategies.
Ms. Covello is CEO of LPC Consulting International, providing consulting services to knowledge-based business, and a founding member of Ross Mongeon Covello & Co., a Canadian-based law firm focusing on business and intellectual property law and strategy.
MISSION
To reduce the failure rate of early stage companies during the first five years in business; protect share holder interests; become advisor, mentor, coach and personal trainer to management; provide knowledge, experience and wisdom to companies at critical points in their business cycle; and assist in the realignment of corporate organizational structures for successful achievement of growth objectives.
VISION
To become recognized as an organization of highly experienced, respected senior executives with knowledge, wisdom and wide industry background where entrepreneurs in emerging companies can turn to obtain expertise and perspective, unavailable internal to their organizations.