Strategic Management Partners, Inc. Celebrates 25 Years Turning Around Troubled Companies

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Nov. 18, 2013 - PRLog -- Strategic Management Partners, Inc.: turnaround managers ready to run troubled companies, recover assets from investments gone bad, advise boards of directors and investors on company viability in distressed situations.  We provide strong interim and operational leadership, strategic planning, financial, defense conversion, sales and marketing acumen developed building organizations in large and small companies, including President of public & private middle-market companies providing solutions to Commercial, Federal, International markets.

When we enter an interim CEO engagement we have three goals to accomplish: 1) Gain control of a dire situation, stabilize work environment, establish breakeven, and jump-start the company;  2) Establish a viable plan, rebuild an enduring management team to implement that plan; and  3) Hire our replacement.  We believe true company value comes from a stable competent cohesive team of people resources committed to company growth, profitability and prosperity.  We do not build-up the number of consultants on engagements because when they leave all of the value leaves with them.  Instead, we utilize the client’s employees and take them to the next level.  We build value into the company for the investors and all stakeholders.

John M. Collard, Chairman, Strategic Management Partners, Inc., Past Chairman, Turnaround Management Association, and Chairman, Association of Interim Executives, said “We are proud of the work that we have done and our many success stories. Turnarounds are like re-beginnings – they must build teams, differentiate and sell products and services, raise capital, and grow.” Collard continued. “I have witnessed many changes in the business of turning around troubled companies in 25 years. Today, while Interim CEO engagements are important, there is a trend toward adding advisors in the role of outside directors at the company, or recovery fund experts in private equity fund management. The key is to recognize that there is trouble and bring is leadership who can make a difference.”

Our Principal:

John M. Collard is a Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP), and a Certified International Turnaround Manager (CITM), who brings 35 years senior operating leadership, $85M asset and investment recovery, 45+ transactions worth $780M+, and $80M fund management expertise to run troubled companies, serve on boards, advise company boards, litigators, institutional and private equity investors, and raise capital. John has parachuted in as the Interim CEO or senior executive to turn around a troubled entity, and serves as an outside director. John is Chairman of Strategic Management Partners, Inc. (410-263-9100, www.StrategicMgtPartners.com in Annapolis, Maryland, USA.  John is inducted into the Turnaround Management, Restructuring, and Distressed Investing Industry Hall Of Fame, Past Chairman of Turnaround Management Association (TMA), Chairman of Association of Interim Executives (AIE), and Senior Fellow of Turnaround Management Society (TMS). John is a Prince Georges Business Leader of the Year.

The Firm:

Strategic Management Partners, Inc. (www.StrategicMgtPartners.com 410-263-9100) is a turnaround management firm specializing in interim management and executive CEO leadership, asset and investment recovery, corporate renewal governance, board and private equity advisory, raising money, and investing in distressed underperforming troubled companies. The firm has been advisor to Presidents Bush (41 & 43), Clinton, Reagan, and Yeltsin, World Bank, EBRD, Company Boards, and Equity Capital Investors on leadership, governance, turnaround management and equity investing. SMP is celebrating 25 years of service to its clients. SMP was named Maryland's Small Business of the Year, and received the Governor's Citation, Governor Martin J. O'Malley, The State of Maryland as a special tribute to honor work in the areas of turning around troubled companies and saving jobs in Maryland.  Turnarounds & Workouts Magazine has twice named SMP among the 'Top Outstanding Turnaround Management Firms'.  American Business Journals named SMP among the Most Active Turnaround Management and Consulting Firms in Baltimore, Washington, and the Mid-Atlantic Region.  Global M&A Network Turnaround Atlas Awards named SMP as Boutique Turnaround Consulting Firm of the Year.  SMP is 2012 winner of Corporate Intl Magazine Global Awards for Interim Management Specialist Firm of the Year in Maryland  and  Management Consulting Advisory Firm of the Year in Maryland. SMP is 2013 winner of Acquisition Intl Magazine ‘Turnaround Management Firm of the Year’ Award.

Primary Areas of Expertise:

Turnaround and Crisis Management

Interim Executive CEO Leadership in Turnaround or Unexpected Situations

Leadership and Management in Troubled Investments

Investing in Underperforming Distressed Troubled Companies

Recovery Fund Management and Advisory

Private Equity Advisory

Asset Recovery for Investors

Recovery Assessments Before Investing that Next Tranche

Company Viability

Building Companies to Create Value

Mergers & Acquisitions

Corporate Renewal Governance

Revenue Driven Turnarounds

Defense Conversion

White Collar Fraud and Misrepresentation

Litigation Support

Raising Money

Industry Expertise:

Commercial, Federal, International New Market Penetration

Middle Market and Small Business

Manufacturing

Job Shop Manufacturing

Engineering and Professional Services

Computer Processing/Services

Software Development

Systems Integration

Integration Solutions

Communications

Defense Electronics

Aerospace

Federal Government Contracting

High-Tech

Finance

Fabrication

Printing.

Marine Services

Real Estate Development and Construction

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