The thing about plans, though, is that the good ones aren't any better than the bad ones if you don't have the ability or resources to execute them. QB Inc. is about changing the paradigm and moving businesses to the next level. We not only help you devise a plan, but see to it that the plan is put into motion.

QB Inc. is led by Jeff Simpson, an entrepreneur, former CFO and COO of a $70 million green economy firm, and a financial services industry veteran who has advised decision makers of companies sponsored by debt capital of more than $3.5 billion.

In his eight years with his Springfield, Massachusetts-based firm, Jeff led an expansion of an $18 million business with eight employees to a $70 million enterprise with a staff of more than 100. That translates to a compound annual EBITDA growth rate of 29 percent. Prior to joining the environmental services industry, Jeff, who has earned MBA, CFA and CCM credentials in corporate finance, served as senior vice president and managing director of Wachovia's financial services group with an asset portfolio of $3.5 billion, and team leader and vice president of Fleet National Bank ($425 million).

QB Inc. can help you plan and execute:

• Wealth Recovery: Turning your business around.
• Wealth Realization: Positioning your business for sale or succession.
• Wealth Generation: Starting, acquiring and growing your business.

Jeff's goal with each client is to work himself out of a job. In reality, Jeff is as much a coach as he is a quarterback. Even while driving execution of an immediate strategic plan, he trains clients to create and carry out future plans on their own. Jeff also instills systems of accountability into plans, companies and their employees - systems that become part of client firms- internal cultures and that continue to serve companies as they move forward. Jeff's work within a client organization includes coaching and training designed to ensure that clients never need his services again.

In addition to developing business plans, sales growth programs and financial support strategies, QB Inc. professionalizes businesses through services in these areas: family business dynamics; corporate governance structures; business sales, divestitures, succession; conflict resolution and team building; executive and sales coaching; management assessment and training; sales and operations efficiency programs; corporate restructuring and recapitalizations; mergers and acquisitions advisory; customer, supplier, joint venture, investor contract negotiations and presentations; capital sourcing for growth and recapitalization; corporate valuations; financial management, budgets and forecasting.

QB Inc.'s services are performed on an interim or project basis. Whatever your plan requires - whether it's filling a role in your company until your goals are met or working on a defined project - Jeff is ready to jump in, help you devise your game plan, and then put a winning strategy into action on the field.

For more information about QB Inc., call 413-322-9683.

Pamela H. Hannah MBA, Principal
Jeffrey A. Simpson CFA, MBA, CCM

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