Martin O'Neill, Founding Principal

"As a business operator, I have been in the shoes of most of my clients. Concerns over the direction of the company, sleepless nights worrying about debt and cash flow, high anxiety regarding our ability to close a deal or a transaction. The challenges seem endless. But I've also experienced the highs of leadership. The real joy of meeting client needs, the great fullfillment of shaping a team and the satisfaction of watching your vision become reality. Through the valley's and peaks, I developed a leadership process for building value. Value that in itself can meet the needs of all your stakeholders. Value that can endure and if the market conditions are just right, value that can build wealth."

Martin O’Neill has been an operator and consultant in the technology services and software industries for 25 years. He has started technology based services companies, led two IT Services firms through successful acquisitions and ran a business unit for a Fortune 50 company. 

He was the Director of Maryland Operations for the Boeing Company’s Space and Intelligence Systems business unit. Marty joined Boeing while the COO for the acquisition target, Conquest, Inc.

Prior to this, he was CEO of Canal Bridge Consulting, a management consulting firm. Marty was also the President and CEO of CTX Corporation, an IT Service company in the Federal Intel market. He founded and was COO and Director of Rapid Systems Solutions, an IT services company. Marty started his career as a consultant with Booz, Allen and Hamilton and later moved to Oracle in a sales role.

Martin is now Principal with Corsum Consulting, a firm focused on building enterprise value for mid market companies. He has also served as the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Entrepreneur-in-Residence and currently teaches classes on Entrepreneurship.

Marty has been leading change his entire career. He is well known in the Washington/Baltimore market and has a proven record of building dynamic, growth oriented organizations. Marty's co-authored book, Act Like an Owner: Building an Ownership Culture, was lauded by Ken Blanchard as "a must read for the 21st century."

Marty O'Neill's new book, The Power of an Internal Franchise: How Your Business Will Prosper When Your Employees Act Like Owners, will be available in May 2011.

Marty lives on the Magothy River in Maryland with his wife, their three children, and their yellow lab Sunny.

  Luke Garwood, Principal

Luke Garwood has owned and operated technology-based businesses for the past 21 years.  He has professional experience in leading Information Technology (IT), Systems Integration, and Construction companies.  His specialization is in operational excellence.  He has been heavily involved in start-up and high-growth companies for most of his career.  He has extensive experience in the overall development and delivery of technology-based solutions, services, and products to the commercial, federal, state, and non-profit sectors.  Luke has performed many functions across the companies he has been involved with to include general operations, service delivery, product management, sales, marketing, strategic planning, leadership development and vendor management.

Luke is currently an Operations Executive with Corsum Consulting.  He leads the Operational Excellence competency and is responsible for enabling customer organizations to achieve intended business results including profitability, growth, and client success.

Prior to this, he was the COO of a Baltimore-based systems integration specializing in the transportation arena.  He managed six business verticals that comprised their market presence:  Telecommunications, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Video Surveillance and Security, Electrical, Cellular, and Information Technology (IT).  He was responsible for leading the organization from a small company to a mid-sized company. 

Previously, Luke was a co-founder of 2 IT Services companies.  One was acquired by a large, publicly traded company, and the other by a regional web design and development company.

Luke Garwood has a reputation for understanding key issues in businesses that span many different industries, and aligning processes, systems and accountabilities to create significant value.

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