ABOUT US
We bring a global perspective and large company experience to small and medium-sized businesses. We know how challenging it is to run a company because we have done it. The best laid goals and plans often get put to the side because running your business on a day-to-day basis is all consuming. Our primary focus is to help you take a proactive approach to growing your company.
Whether you need management consulting to help create a strategic plan, or you want to identify potential efficiencies to improve cash flow, our experience and broad suite of services helps companies realize their potential. We are a small and efficient company, which enables us to operate in a way that meets most budgets.
In addition to management consulting, we offer interim executive work. Think of it as fractional ownership of an executive’s time. For companies that need an interim CEO, CRO or COO while they search for a permanent hire, or perhaps only need a CEO two days a week based on budget or business requirements, we can assist with this.
We also provide advisory service for companies thinking of raising capital or selling their business. Our investment banking experience and our understanding of what banks, investors, and potential buyers want to see helps business owners avoid the frustration that often comes with going down this path for the first time.
Lastly, we have business development specialists who help companies extend the reach of their current products and services. Our extensive network of relationships with the top digital marketing, outsourced sales companies and independent sales partners, coupled with our creative, outside the box sales techniques, enable us to drive results for our clients that augment their existing sales and marketing efforts. Our experience can shorten the runway needed to get a sales campaign up and running, which saves valuable time and money.
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FIRM'S FOUNDER
JIM SIEGRIST
Jim Siegrist is an experienced executive and entrepreneur with a very diverse background. His 30+ year career spans multiple industries, ranging from investment banking (mergers & acquisitions and leveraged finance), where he helped to structure and finance more than $5 billion of leveraged buyouts, to the global head of business development for an outsourced sales company with more than 5,000 sales agents, and leading a celebrity-backed global consumer products company as CEO.
Jim's broad experience has enabled him to see many businesses from different seats at the table, providing him with a unique perspective that he employs on each client engagement. Jim intimately understands the perspective of various stakeholders in a company, from investors, lenders, and board members, to key team members within an organization and their customers.
Jim served as CEO of Global Lifestyle, Inc., the owner of the ROC brand of audio products with global superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. Jim oversaw all facets of the company's operations and led the re-launch of the brand and the go-to-market strategy for several new product lines. Jim helped to secure global distribution with key retailers, including Amazon and Alibaba, on three continents.
Prior to forming Contineo, Jim was the Global Head of Business Development for Cydcor, the largest provider of outsourced face-to-face sales services in North America. Jim was responsible for identifying new business opportunities globally, developing marketing initiatives and enhancing the management of Cydcor’s existing client accounts through market research, financial feasibility studies, and capacity utilization. During his time at Cydcor, Jim worked on customer acquisition campaigns with Fortune 500 companies in the telecom, cable, satellite TV and energy industries, in addition to working with a variety of emerging growth companies in technology, marketing, and financial services, among other industries.
Prior to joining Cydcor, Jim spent the majority of his career as an investment banker with GE Capital and Wall Street firms BT Alex. Brown and Deutsche Bank, where he structured and financed leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations for top tier private equity firms with aggregate transaction value of more than $5 billion. Prior to joining Cydcor in 2008, Jim served as its investment banker when he was a principal at a Los Angeles-based, investment banking firm where he was responsible for business development and deal execution for mid-market merger and acquisition transactions.
Jim earned his B.S. in Finance with distinction from Babson College, and his M.B.A. in Finance from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. He is an active fund raiser for Operation Smile and has volunteered on a medical mission for them in Chiapas, Mexico.
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS
Contineo, LLC partners with a group of independent consultants, sales companies, and sales representatives to assist with our clients' business development and consulting engagements. Contineo's partners have extensive experience in a variety of different sales disciplines and industries. This network of sales partners enables us to get more brains in the game for our clients and bring a creative approach to each engagement.
In addition to being able to tap into the latest strategies in social media, as well as old school sales techniques, Contineo's sales partners bring to bear their own extensive network of contacts which includes C-level executives in a cross section of industries. This further enhances our clients' experience and reach with their sales and business development needs. This network covers digital marketing, B2C, B2B and retail sales connections on a global level.