Michael Akbar

EXECUTIVE BIOGRAPHY

Michael V. Akbar

Blue Chip Experience / Operations / P&L; / Business Growth Strategies, Business Development / Financing / Sales / Marketing

Mr. Michael V. Akbar is a senior executive with extensive experience working in startup, maturity and growth business environments. He has a unique blend of sales, marketing and operations experience in Manufacturing, Technology and Services sectors. Throughout his 29 years in business, including 10 years with IBM and GE, Mr. Akbar has demonstrated strong people, process, and leadership skills offering strategic and tactical leadership during significant transition and growth business cycles. During each cycle he has been instrumental in:

􀀹 Driving revenue and profit growth to unprecedented levels. 􀀹 Designing performance-driven corporate cultures.

􀀹 Building highly motivated teams.

􀀹 Selecting and retaining loyal supplier networks.

􀀹 Controlling costs without adversely impacting growth objectives.

􀀹 Implementing state-of-the-art operations technologies.

􀀹 Spearheading multi-channel sales and marketing strategies to capture new market segments and high-value customers.

Examples of his achievements include, assisting business owners in thriving in harsh economic conditions, devising a flexible marketing mix including highly effective incentive models for distribution channels, crafting an organizational structure flexible in addressing the resultant rapid growth in sales volumes while maintaining and improving the quality of service by extending systemized and integrated operational support systems to clients and suppliers, continuous improvement in productivity rates through introduction of internal measurement and compensation programs, improving revenue projection systems, and further enhancement of profit margins by building an aggressive and loyal supplier chain.

In addition to leading Syntony Business Advisors Mr. Akbar is an

Accredited Executive Associate - The Institute for Independent Business (IIB), Co-Founder Small Business University, Active member of Toastmasters International, Candidate member of National Speakers Association, and Board Member at large – IIB Mid-Atlantic Region Mr. Akbar holds a Masters degree from the City University of London, UK and, Bachelor’s degree from McGill University in Canada