After leaving the Army as a Foreign Threat Interrogator, Alan found his way as a civilian in large retail companies. While there, he was tasked with trying to figure out why his store was losing more revenue than similar stores. After a short while, he was successful in determining the cause and creating a plan to ensure it is caught quicker in the future. He swiftly moved up to the corporate level, by creating an audit program that would help determine why other stores were not making their potential revenue numbers. After doing this for eight years, he decided to branch out so that he could help small to medium size companies. He decided the impact for a small business owner was much more rewarding than continuing the growth of a large corporation.
Coming back home and creating his own company, Alan was able to see the impact of his help firsthand from the business owners he worked with side-by-side. During this time, he also opened multiple small businesses and sold them for a profit once he built them up. For the last nine years, Alan has gone across the nation helping companies with their operational efficiency, management training, acquisitions/green-fielding, and other areas that lead to more profitability for these companies. With his MBA, master’s in accounting, Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma, and other certificates, he is no stranger to learning anything he can to help his clients succeed and reach their next level. Once when a client was curious about search engine optimization, Alan locked himself in a room for a week and learned all he could about SEO and how to achieve his client’s needs which resulted in the client being on the first page of Google for 36 different keywords searches in their targeted area.
While working for himself felt very rewarding, Alan was still missing that team dynamic that only a well calibrated company could provide. Wanting the backing of like-minded individuals, Alan found his way to Cogent Analytics where he is a Project Director, more determined than ever to help business owners achieve their dreams. “It just feels good when you can take some of the stress off a business owner, that you know they deal with every day, and help them actualize a better return on their time they are spending on their business. When you see their face light up and their shoulders relax because they see the results, is beyond priceless for me.”
