SPG Strategic Partners Group was founded in 2001 by Thomas Kirkpatrick, an accomplished Business Owner/Chief Executive Officer/Chief Financial Officer and Leader, with over 25 years of diverse industry experience, marketing, sales, operational and financial expertise, specializing in building corporate and shareholder value in companies ranging from $5-10 million to $500 million in revenues.

Skilled in strategic planning, marketing, sales, manufacturing operations, finance, acquisitions, business formation and development, capital raising and private equity placements, financial and management accounting, reporting and forecasting, activity-based management systems, banking and financing relationships, manufacturing technology and methods, competitive advantage-value chain analysis, business process re-engineering to international operations ...Kirkpatrick has become well recognized as a proven business turnaround and growth specialist.

Prior to forming SPG, Kirkpatrick was a Managing Director of one of the top five turnaround management firms in the USA ...Founder and Chief Executive Officer of an international manufacturing company ...Vice President, Finance of a high growth, multi-national manufacturer growing to 6 domestic and 5 international operations ...Senior Manager in KPMG's private business advisory services, manufacturing consulting, mergers and acquisitions and financial audit practices.

Kirkpatrick is a consulting member of the American Institute of CPA's and a past member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA).