Alan Guinn

Alan Guinn has been defined by multiple clients as being "driven." 

Whether writing, developing a new business venture, or Consulting on an existing one,  he offers current Professional clients an entrepreneurially-driven, clear and well-defined vision for both personal and professional success.  As Managing Director of The Guinn Consultancy Group, Inc. Guinn manages multiple business development projects, worldwide.

He presents expert bona fides in HR, PR, Management and Governance, and Business Development.  He has worked with all types of business clients, and has helped to develop various types of business programs on behalf of those clients.

“Client success is paramount,” he says. “It’s what I’m all about.  Whether we’re looking at creating new or expanded business opportunities or building business integrity and strength, client success is the key.”   

Recommendations and references on the quality of his work are available across the Internet, from clients in the USA, as well as European, African, the Middle East, and South American clients.

During his career, Guinn has served as CEO and/or President or Managing Director of multiple ventures. He’s participated in multiple funding PPOs and two separate IPOs, and has facilitated M&A activities in professional services, high tech and retail.  His former and current client list includes domestic and internationally-known businesses, including several Fortune 500 clients.  

“It’s a fact,” he says.  “I’ve been truly blessed to be able to learn, to share, and to work with gifted, bright, committed professionals and entrepreneurs all throughout my career. From them, I've been able to learn and, consequently, to frame actions and reactions to situations they've faced.  So often, what you learn from others is what NOT to do in a given situation.  I think I've learned my lessons well, and my clients seem to agree.”  

He’s the current Dean of Graduate Studies at Rushmore University and a former Adjunct Faculty Member at the Undergraduate level with National College. He has been awarded the title of Guest Professor at European Polytechnic Institute at Kunovice, Czech Republic.  He has guest lectured at multiple Business schools, and he has successfully developed curricula for study in educational projects in Africa, Europe, Asia and South America.  He has recently co-authored books on Online Education, Teaching, Management Principles, and Strategic Management, and has developed white papers on business trends, homeland security, and worldwide growth and development.  

He was recognized in 2001 as a Fortune 500 Business Development Guru and has been named a Fellow in the International Centre for Consulting Excellence. 

He is a current Director with Cost Segregation Analysts, LLC, based in California.

As a quoted contributor to the E-Learning Guild’s 834 Tips for Successful Online Instruction, and identified as an “Obvious Expert” in Elsom Eldridge’s 2004 guide How to Position Yourself as The Obvious Expert™, Guinn has been profiled in five separate Who’s Who guides, and serves on several GLG Management Councils.  He serves as a member of the Board of Visitors for the College of Arts and Sciences, and is on the Executive Alumni Committee at Tennessee Technological University, in Cookeville, TN.   He writes articles regularly which appear across the Internet and in magazines and newspapers, and offers a variety of quotes and links to recent articles on his website at www.theguinnconsultancygroup.com.

Guinn is currently writing his Dissertation for his PhD in International Entrepreneurship and Business Development.

Where I grew up

Bristol, Tennessee

Places I've lived

Cookeville, TN; Waycross, GA; Atlanta, GA; Wichita, KS; Calgary, AB, Canada; Portland, OR; Redding, CA; Aptos, CA, Massapequa, NY.

Companies I've worked for

Pizza Hut, Pepsico Foodservice, Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, The Haagen-Dazs Company, Pudgie's Chicken, 1-800-FLOWERS, Starling Payments Group, The Guinn Consultancy Group,Inc., and about a gazillion consulting clients.