Post by Gray Cat Enterprises, Inc.

TESTIMONIAL TUESDAY This happens more often than not. A company hires Gray Cat for an initial six month contract. It gets renewed for another six months. Then a year. Then another six months and so on. Safeguard (a Deluxe company) has done exactly that. Hired for an interim management consulting role for the Philadelphia market initially in 2016, my contract with Safeguard/Deluxe has grown in scope of projects and has been extended time after time. • Deluxe retains me on a monthly retainer and currently I am managing the following for them: • Running the Milwaukee division as the interim GM • Running the Pensacola division as the interim GM • Managing five (5) markets in reducing their aged inventory • Customer-owned inventory • Deluxe-owned inventory • Deluxe has rotated my time throughout my agreements and in the past I have: • Run divisions • Los Angeles • Seattle - Deluxe • Seattle - Safeguard • Billing, Montana • Philadelphia • Projects • Auto channel project • Market evaluations (Iowa) • Sales Forecasting and Optimizing LinkedIn seminars  • My contract has been extended seven times and is at 55-months and counting “What a great ride we've had over the last several years! John Matthews has delivered on many projects, and he has delivered way beyond expectations in revenue and profit quarter after quarter in my current business. He is well-positioned to help folks through this complex time and prepare them for the future.” - Michele Popelka, CFE, Vice President, Safeguard Business System #graycatenterprises #managementconsulting #interimmanagement #projectmanagement #strategicplanning #raleigh #restaurants #cstores #conveniencestores #franchise #franchisees #qsr #retail #keyperformanceindicators #facilities #realestate #capex #vendors #vendorpartnership #operationalexcellence #execution #publicrelations #labormanagement #LSM #localstoremarketing #storeofthefuture #presentations #speeches #publicspeaking #foodservice #B2B #corporatecommunications #productlaunch #training #dealer #modules #fieldmarketing #rfp #requestforproposal