Jerry Hicks is a talented, energetic, and customer focused professional who was instrumental in developing the first strategic plan for Slovak Telecom, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG. He guided the executive team to a common vision of our business direction and provided a clear roadmap for success. He also helped successfully implement the strategy.
Jim is experienced in every aspect of running a business. His expertise combined with his creative approach to problem solving has without a doubt helped make us a stronger business and put us on more solid ground.
In all the years I have been in business I have never found anyone with the understanding of what it really took to run a first class company as I have with Mike Sullivan.
Marina has worked with our team for the past two years and we continue to learn from her through every process. She has facilitated management training, team building and Train the Trainer for our organization. In 2006 we are expanding the subject matter in these areas and building on each of the topics. Through her relationship with our division she also been retained at the corporate level to work directly with the corporate HR team.
Jerry Hicks orchestrated, facilitated and crafted a strategic framework and plan where none had existed. By identifying the organization’s critical issues and related strategic initiatives, this plan continues to be relevant and serves as the guide for leadership and decision-making.
Jerry Hicks is focused on the client’s needs and the needs of the client’s customers. TEG has relied on Jerry’s expertise in Marketing and Sales, as well as his strategic approach to understanding a business’s key success factors.
Jerry Hicks has been an invaluable asset to SCORE – Chicago, “Counselors to America’s Small Business”. His vision is bearing fruit today. I recommend Jerry without reservation.
Jim has a keen understanding of not-for-profits. He has been instrumental in helping us maximize the services we offer and manage the budget, time and people constraints that we face.
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Marina for several years now and seeing her in action! I can wholeheartedly endorse her skills and talents in Organization Development, facilitation, consulting, and coaching. I have learned a lot from her personally, and welcome opportunities to continue working with her in the future.
Jim has definitely been an asset to us and I feel fortunate to have him on board. He masterfully facilitated the involvement of our staff in the development of a 3-Year Strategic Plan for our Chicago FreshTM project and he kept us all on track and focused.
Jerry Hicks is more than a seasoned marketing and sales expert. He also brings a unique mix of financial and business sense which enables him to guide a company through the multitude of business opportunities and challenges. Jerry is adept at quickly isolating the key business drivers and critical issues for action. He is an exceptional team leader that delivers results.
Jim is unique in his ability to accurately assess the big picture and then take it down to the detailed implementation level. It is extremely rare to find someone who can look 5 years ahead in one minute, and then discuss monthly cash flow the next. Jim does this exceptionally well.
Jerry Hicks supported me in the strategic planning of the Matáv Group in Hungary. It was his competence and determination that helped achieve overwhelming approval of the plans by the Board of Directors of Matáv.
Through her wit, wisdom and warmth, Marina Davis has been able to successfully connect with all levels of our staff—whether it be during presentation skills courses, teambuilding sessions, leadership or self-development programs. Her style is one of flexibility and creativity—which sets the participant at ease and creates an unprecedented environment for learning. Marina is first on my list when I need an expert consultant!
Jerry Hicks has contributed tremendously to ChicagoCondosOnline.com, a start-up Web site. He is a brilliant, seasoned professional. Most importantly, Jerry is not shy about telling you not what you would like to hear, but what you need to hear.
I appreciate everything that Jerry Hicks has done for me and my business. Jerry has been a very helpful resource whenever I have any questions about marketing, sales, or anything in general. I would definitely use Jerry as a consultant in the future and think that anyone who wants to take their business to the next level would be smart in doing the same. Thanks again for all of your hard work and assistance with growing my business.
Mike, I just want to thank you for your time, effort and wisdom/ expertise in helping me get the Neckeze business from wanting to get a product patented – to getting the patent with a potential of $3-4 million gross within 1 1/2 years.
I would highly recommend Jim Stoynoff and Synthesis Solutions. Jim has a tremendous base of knowledge and an ability to accurately define value added propositions that meet market and user demands and provide a clear point of differentiation.
Jerry Hicks directed the effort to formulate the strategic plan for SCORE – Chicago, “Counselors to America’s Small Business”. We now have a plan that “hangs together” and is used as a basis for our actions.
Jim Stoynoff has added invaluable contributions to my business in ways that I never imagined possible:
We would not be as dynamic and growing without the unique contributions of Jim Stoynoff
I would highly recommend Jim Stoynoff to anyone running a business or not-for-profit organization. Jim possesses a wealth of knowledge and contacts and he is very enthusiastic about the success of his clients.
I just wanted to send you a few comments about the exceptional job you and your team performed for one of our more difficult clients.
Our clients (partners) were at a cross roads and had no plan to enhance the value of their company after receiving indications of value from buyers where our client’s expectations of value didn’t match their lower values (which was the purpose of our market test).
We introduced you to our skeptical clients and your team did what you promised to perform. Your SWOT analysis was developed from individual meetings with our clients and their key employees along with the information that was provided by our firm beforehand.
I was impressed with the clients and employees positive reactions to your work and how well it was performed. The work was performed in such a manner that both groups were forthcoming with their explanations of the company’s strengths and weaknesses. They were not threatened by your team’s process in the interviews. Your performance of moving from raw data to quickly developing an assessment of our client’s condition to uncovering value enhancing opportunities through operational improvements was very impressive.
We are currently in discussions with a buyer for our client’s company who is using your work as a basis of valuation and moving forward with our client.
Thank you Jim and your team, for the solid job you did for us and our client! We will have more assignments for Synthesis Solutions in the future!!
Jerry Hicks was instrumental in helping our organization become more focused on where we want to go and how to get there, as well as, providing the marketing leadership to expand our reach into our market and better serve our clients.
Jim is one of the most dedicated entrepreneurial advisors with whom we’ve worked. He facilitates candid and illuminating dialogue with diplomacy in order to help business leaders to develop action plans for addressing their core challenges and opportunities
Jerry Hicks developed and initiated programs that expanded our market reach and reinforced our brand. Perhaps most importantly, he got us to think differently about our clients and how we best service their needs. As a result, we are instituting service enhancements that will improve the quality and availability of or our services to our client base.
Marina Davis has a very keen sense when it comes to people. She is able to connect with them and understand and evaluate their needs, and is excellent when working with teams. She has a way of making even the toughest subject matter easy to discuss.
Jim is a great facilitator. He knows how to ask critical questions at the right time. He is also a great listener. He led our team through the process of generating new social enterprise business models and strategic options and managed to bring out the best in each team member.
Jim is extremely knowledgeable and capable. He really cares about my business and my success. It is great working with Jim. He has provided me with many great ideas, resources and opportunities to grow my business.
Mike’s advice has always been immediately practical and eminently useful. His experience, prescient insight and articulate presentation make him, I feel, ideally suited to assist any company achieve their desired level of success. His confident attitude is contagious.
Jerry Hicks has been an invaluable asset to SCORE – Chicago, “Counselors to America’s Small Business”. Jerry developed a data driven marketing plan to help us reach our goals. Our workshop attendance began to improve right after implementation. And, our marketing efforts have been noted by our national organization as best in class.
Thanks for helping me focus on what needed to be done at each step. I had the patience and perseverence, I just needed the guidance. I still do, and will be calling on you, regularly.
Jerry Hicks is a solid, reliable, highly effective consultant and executive in the areas of marketing, sales, planning and strategy. In the 10 years that I have known him, he has successfully developed corporate strategies for several large corporations, led in-depth sales channel reviews and improvement projects, launched new product lines, and developed sophisticated marketing plans and forecasts for business valuation projects. He quickly adapts to new projects, gains command of the facts, figures the overall situation, and efficiently develops an action plan that is embraced by the client and the key management. He has worked effectively in both large-scale, complex organizations and small-scale, entrepreneurial organizations. Jerry knows how to develop effective project teams that deliver results and have morale.
Jim is such a tremendous asset to me and my organization. Building upon his strong base of knowledge and experience, he has provided us with a better understanding of our markets and how to approach them more effectively. In addition, he has exposed us to new opportunities and opened doors for us.