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Our Performance Enhancement Team

Terry O. Powell - Founder and CEO
Terry's life has been dedicated to the advancement of entrepreneurship. He started The Entrepreneur's Source in the mid 1980's to provide support and guidance to people seeking to make their business ownership dreams come true. Throughout his career as a senior executive, franchisee and franchisor, Terry developed the business system on which he built The Entrepreneur's Source. Terry's unique understanding and command of the psychology of change is today condensed in the business format system taught to his franchisees. Terry's belief in people's dreams for independence and self-sufficiency has empowered his philosophy of personal and business growth. This philosophy permeates the entire organization. Terry earned his ICFE certification (International Certified Franchise Executive Certification) in November of 2004

Lori Tyll - Vice President of Operations
Lori Tyll is Executive Assistant to Terry O. Powell, the CEO of the Entrepreneur's Source. Lori has an extensive background in accounting, administration as well as office automation. Lori has lead the project team in several companies migrating from a manual to an automated accounting system. Through Lori's leadership, both at TES and in her prior companies, her efforts have helped streamline process efficiencies and establish best practices business models. In her capacity as Vice President of Operations she oversees the financial, administration, compliance and human resources functions of the company. She is also responsible for a multi million dollar budget which includes planning all franchise expos and company functions including the TES annual conference. Lori also assists in the Training effort and recently produced a company history video. Together with Terry, Lori helped grow the company from a handful of franchisees, to a network of over 275 offices and growing. Lori is a connected person in the franchise community and is active in the IFA participating and attending many franchise related functions. Lori received her ICFE certification in November of 2004. Lori received her ICFE certification in November of 2004.

Lori is a dedicated community leader having served in various positions such as President of the local women's club, Vice President of her homeowners association and on her church women's group. Those who know Lori, respect her for her hard work, dedication and enthusiasm for the company.

Brian K. Miller - President
Brian Miller joined The Entrepreneur's Source in October 2003. Brian is involved in all aspects of training and support for TES franchisees. He comes to TES as a seasoned Sr. Executive having spent over 15 years in the Staffing Industry with Snelling Personnel Services. During his tenure with Snelling he held varying responsibilities including leadership capacity for both Franchise and Company-owned training. Brian helped found Snelling University. Brian has over 20 years experience in the Human Resources, Recruitment and Training and Development Fields. In addition, Brian has extensive sales background in Business to Business and Major Account Sales. Brian has designed numerous, creative Human Capital programs to solve the staffing needs of very diverse companies. He has extensive training experience using state of the art technology such as Virtual Classrooms and e-learning. Brian has been a guest speaker on both television and radio. Brian was promoted from Vice President of Operations and Training to Executive Vice President of Operations in May 2004. He assumed the role of President of The Entrepreneur's Source in September 2005

Susan Stilwell - Vice President of Business and Franchise Development
Susan Stilwell became Vice President of Business and Franchise Development for TES and BAI in November 2005. She has over 17 years of experience in sales, business development, training and instructional design. Susan became a business owner in 1998 with the launch of Platinum Professional People, a full time and temporary staffing firm located in Southern California . After selling her business to Snelling Personnel, she continued building the West Coast region working as a Regional Vice President. This included responsibility for managing all company owned offices in the west and selling outsourced staffing solutions to national accounts. Today with BAI and TES, she is responsible for helping new franchisees join the companies. She also provides training and support in business development for existing BAI and TES franchisees.

Jay Capperella - Franchise Director
Jay has 10 years in franchise development and sales coming to TES from RE/MAX of New Jersey, the sub-franchisor of RE.MAX International in Denver Colorado. Jay was the Franchise Marketing Director responsible for marketing, lead generation, sales and consulting, and agent recruiting. He was awarded top franchise sales honors at the RE/MAX International convention in 2000. In three years, he and was involved in doubling the size of the company from 800 associates to 1750 associates, and responsible for doubling the numbers of franchises from 60 to 125. Jay started his career at a sales promotion advertising firm in Princeton, New Jersey, and then moved on to special event promotions and fund-raising at the Leukemia Society of America. He provides to TES a broad-based blend of skills and knowledge to enhance the effectiveness of the TES franchise development program.

Kimberly Ambrosio - Franchise Director
Kimberly is a direct sales and account management veteran of over ten (10) years. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in psychology from Western Connecticut State University, and then began her career as a Commercial Account Representative with Imagistics International, formerly Pitney Bowes Office Systems. Kimberly went on to excel as an Account Executive on the advertising industry.

Jason Ambrosio - Franchise Director
Jason Ambrosio joined TES in February 2006. He earned a Bachelors of Science Degree from Teikyo Post University before beginning his career at Household Finance as an Account Executive/Financial Consultant. An Entrepreneur himself, Jason opened Cancun Charlie's Mexican Restaurant in Milford CT in May of 2004.

Ted Milburn - Franchise Director
Ted has many years of sales and franchising experience. Ted was in National Franchise Development with UBuildIt before joining TES. Prior to UBuildIt, Ted was an independent consultant, assisting business owners in an effective process to evaluate the worth of, as well as, market their businesses for sale. Among other successful roles, Ted was also Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Laser Fantasy International.

Michael Latham - Franchise Director
Michael joins The Entrepreneur's Source with 14 years of sales experience. He began his career identifying markets and developing/implementing programs for larger accounts as the Regional Sales Manager at Data Storage Marketing, and most recently comes to us from BestContractors.com where he focused on prospecting and new account development as their National Sales Manager. Michael has been responsible for creating sales programs that have doubled overall sales conversion rates and increased revenue for his clients by 200%. He has been a leader in personal total sales, and has been selected as one of the top 12 sales managers in the company. Michael attended the University of Colorado with a major in Business Administration and Marketing.

Ken Gilstrap - Franchise Director
Ken joins the company after many years as a successful sales manager in the advertising industry and franchise development. Ken served as National and Classified sales manager for a Knight-Ridder newspaper in South Carolina for 11 years before launching his own Marketing Firm touting tourism for the Myrtle Beach area. Ken joined Valpak of Tampa Bay as a sales manager where his team achieved record sales throughout his tenure. Ken served as a Franchise Development Consultant with Our Town America before joining the Entrepreneur’s Source earlier this year.

Tamara Loring - Training Manager
Tamara Loring joined the E-Source Support Center Team as the Training Manager in March of 2002. Tamara worked at the Dolce Heritage Hotel and Conference Center from1997 to 2002 in the capacity of Human Resources, Sales and Guest Services Manager. As a Human Resources Manager, Tamara created and implemented training programs on benefits and procedures for new employees.

Tamara's responsibilities include the management of daily training administration duties related to the Academies, pre-training, post-training and on-gong training. She is one of the main instructors of the E-Source Academy Phase 1 and conducts many post-training sessions VISTA on our virtual class room environment

Hilda Fernandes - Training Coordinator
Hilda joined TES in February of 2007. She comes to us with over 20 years of administrative support in the publishing, advertising, hospitality, and medical fields. Hilda has acquired an extensive knowledge of the entire training process, and she brings new insights and motivation to the training program here at The Entrepreneur's Source.

She is a graduate of Teikyo Post University's Accelerated Degree Program where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology with Summa Cum Laude distinction. Hilda is fluent in Portuguese.

Judy Schwerdtle - Compliance Coordinator
Judy Schwerdtle joined TES in October of 2002. In her present position Judy is responsible for assisting the CEO, Vice President of Operations and the President in preparation of legal documents related to Licensing Agreements and Compliance issues. She also provides administrative support to the TES Performance Enhancement Center and Training Team. Judy is fluent in Spanish and aides in the translations of TES Brochures and documents.

Judy has a strong and diversified background in business and hospitality which partly comes from owning and operating her own event planning company

Debbie Heath - Accounting Administrator
Debbie Heath joined TES in the accounting department in December 2002 as a part-time consultant. In September 2003 Debbie became a full-time employee. She has direct responsibility for account receivables and payables, placement invoicing along with various other accounting functions. Most recently Debbie was with C. R. Bliss & Co., one of TES Certified Public Accounting firms. Prior to that Debbie was the Accounting Manager for Feinson's Mens Store and Medialink Worldwide, Inc. Her strong background in accounting is a great asset in support of managing our rapidly growing accounting activities.

Michaela Camm - Administrative Assistant
Michaela joined The Entrepreneur's Source in January 2007. As an administrative assistant, she is involved in many different levels of TES and provides general support for the entire TES team, especially the Vice President of Operations. With her exciting background in theater and journalism, Michaela incorporates her enthusiasm and focus into all aspects of her work.

Jim Bean - IT Manager
Jim's career has spanned many aspects of Information Technology from system design and development to management. Since graduating with a Bachelors degree in Computer Science in 1987, Jim has consistently been pursuing new technologies as they have emerged. At TES he is leading a team of talented developers, in order to constantly enhance the applications used by the organization.

Jason Miller - Franchise Liaison
Jason Miller joined the Performance Enhancement Team as franchise Liaison in April 2005. Jason supports and manages TES's Relationships with Franchisors. Jason works with the Franchisor Review Committee to improve and maintain the TES database of franchise options and to continue to build our relationship with franchisors. Jason comes to TES with a background in sales and sales office management. Most recently Jason was the Sales Office Manager for the Renaissance on Turtle Creek, a luxury 603 unit condominium in Dallas, Texas. Jason was responsible for the selling, overseeing sales reporting and invoicing, real estate contract negotiations and handling all resident concerns. He was also the Lead Sales Office Tour guide, touring prospective buyers and setting appointments for himself and other sales associates.

Mark Elson - Performance Enhancement Coach
Mark has spent more than 14 years in Franchising working with varied business models and in different roles. Starting out as a pioneer Franchisee with a retail location, Mark and his staff gained outstanding sales and service awards from the Franchisor for every one of the seven years he was in business. After selling his Franchise, Mark worked as a Field Coach and Regional Manager for an Automotive Franchisor, and then a Home Improvement Services Franchisor, where he was promoted to Director of Marketing and then to VP of Training. Having grown up in a family that owned a Franchise, and having been a Franchisee himself as well as having worked for Franchisors, Mark has a broad understanding of how to coach, train and work alongside Franchisees.

Tom Holloran - Regional Developer
Tom became a member of the TES team in 2007. He comes to us most recently from WIN Home Inspection, where he served as their largest Franchise Operator and then as an Area Developer. While there, he awarded over 45 single unit franchises. Tom's extensive knowledge of franchising and his excellent leadership skills are put to good use in his role as Regional Developer of the Southern California Region, and help it to continue its growth and progress. Tom is a graduate of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Jack Winterhalter - Regional Developer
Jack has been a TES Regional Franchise owner from  August 2001 to the present. Prior to that time Mr. Winterhalter spent 27 years in the pulp, paper, and wood industry working for Champion International Corporation. He assumed management responsibilities in such functions as strategic planning, capital investment, business development, manufacturing acquisitions and mergers. Mr. Winterhalter is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

Jerry Baltus - Regional Developer - Wisconsin (TES & BAI) and Minnesota (TES)
Mr. Baltus has been a co-brand TES & BAI Regional Franchise owner from December, 2006 to the present. From September, 1993 to June, 1997 he served as Vice President of Sales for Polar Ware Company, a stainless steel deep stamping business serving the food service and medical equipment industries. In 1997, he became Executive Vice President, and was responsible for all day-to-day operations until September 2006. Prior to 1993 he held positions in various functions for Kohler Co., including accounting, international sales and marketing. Mr. Baltus graduated from University of Wisconsin Eau Claire cum laude with a degree in Accounting.

Steven J. Schick - Regional Developer
Mr. Schick has been a TES Regional Franchise owner from September 1998 to the present. From January 1997 to October 1998 Mr. Schick was general manager of Phelps Buick, located in Reading, PA. From November 1991 to January 1997 he was co-owner of Fowler Motors, Williamsport, PA.

Mike Husman - Regional Developer
Mr. Husman has been a TES Regional Franchise owner from October 2005 to the present. From January of 1998 to August 2005 he was Executive Vice President, COO with Advance America, which is the largest cash advance company in America. Other positions he held prior to joining Advance America include owning and operation Carolina Quality Restaurants, Inc: Senior Vice President, COO of Bojangles', Inc. and President of Carabo Inc. (Franchisee of Bojangles' for the state of South Carolina),

Michael Harrington -Regional Developer
Mr. Harrington has been associated with The Entrepreneur's Source since 2002, when he became an E Source Consultant. Prior to working with The Entrepreneur's Source in 2002, Michael was employed as Vice President of Prince Italian Foods in Saugus, MA for 23 years. During his years at Prince, Michael was a longtime member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, and helped grow Prince, with 700 seats, to become one of the largest independent restaurants in the U.S.

Mr. Harrington is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts/Lowell, where he earned a BS degree in Management. A member of the New England Franchise Association, he also serves on the Board of Directors of both the North Shore Chamber of Commerce and the Beverly Area YMCA. Michael serves as Board Vice President of Beverly Chamber of Commerce, and on the Advisory Board of Beverly National Bank. Harrington is also a member of the Beverly Rotary Club, and is host of Beverly Chamber's cable television show, Beverly Business Today.

D. Nick Cohron - Regional Developer
Nick has been a TES Regional Franchise owner from  December 2001 to the present. From 2000 to 2001, he was Vice President of Interactive Business Development, for American Express. Prior to that Mr. Cohron spent 5 years working for major investment banking firms calling on large financial institutions, primarily specializing on mergers and acquisitions. Prior to business school he spent five years in the U.S. Navy, serving as an officer in nuclear submarines. Mr. Cohron has a Bachelor degree in Computer Science from the U.S. Naval Academy and an MBA from Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia.

Jim White - Regional Developer
Jim has been a TES Regional Franchise owner since December 2001. Jim was a Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Sharplan Lasers and a Regional Director for Acuson, a leading Ultrasound Healthcare Company from 1988 to 1997. Jim has spent the last 4 years as a senior consultant with Lawson Software and i2 Technologies, which specialize in Supply Chain Management Software.

Vance Meyer - Regional Developer
Vance has been a TES Regional Franchise owner since September 2002. From August 1999 to 2002 Vance was the Vice President of Business Development and New Financial Products at Nike Securities / First Trust. Prior to that he held various management positions in marketing, finance, planning and distribution at BP Amoco. Vance has a BA in Economics from Michigan State University Oakland and an MBA in Finance and Management from Wayne State University.

Ronald J. Margeson - Regional Developer
Ron has been a TES Regional Franchise owner since August 2005. He was the Vice President of Sales-South & West for SCA Packaging N.A. (formerly Tuscarora, Inc.) from 2003 - 2004. He served as Vice President of the Central Division at Tuscarora with sales and manufacturing responisbility in the Midwestern U.S. and Mexico from 1997 - 2003. Prior to that he held various Sales Management positions for Tuscarora dating back to 1984. Ron is a graduate of Fairleigh-Dickinson University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Management. 

Bob Penfold - Regional Developer
Bob has been a TES Regional Franchise owner since October 2003. From 1991 to 2003 Bob was with the Bank of America Leasing Capital Group in various management roles. During the last five years he was a Managing Director with responsibility for all large ticket originations activities in the US, Canada and Latin America. Prior to 1991, he held originations and syndications positions in the leasing and project finance industry with various companies, including Citibank and First Chicago. Bob has a BS degree in Psychology from the University of Tennessee and an MBA in Finance from Vanderbilt University.

Roger Brandt - Regional Developer
Roger has been a TES Regional Franchise owner since October 2003. Prior to joining the TES team, Roger spent over 25 years in executive management roles in the construction and mining equipment distribution and rental industry. During that period he served in various senior management roles including sales, operations and lead teams that completed numerous acquisitions in that industry. Since 2001 he has been self-employed as a consultant to that industry. From 1999 to 2001 he was the President of PowerScape Equipment Corp. From 1993 to 1999 Roger served as President of one of the country's top ten rental equipment companies, Brambles Equipment Services Inc., the equipment rental unit of the Australian firm, Brambles Industries Limited. Prior to his success at Brambles, Mr. Brandt gained significant experience establishing and operating construction and mining equipment dealerships for Morgan Equipment Company in the Middle East, Papua New Guinea and as General Manager of a $200M Caterpillar dealership in Australia. Mr. Brandt earned a BA in Economics from Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.

Steven Rosenkrantz - Regional Developer
Steve had been a TES Consultant in the New England Region since November 2001. He was awarded Top Consultant of the Year Award in 2003/2004. Steve became a TES Regional Franchise Owner in January 2005. From 1981 to 2001 Steve was an Owner of Serv-U Stores, Inc, a Family Retail Chain comprised of True Value Home and Auto Centers, Wallpaper Decorating Stores, and Locksmiths. Steve served as Operations Manager where he was involved in marketing, buying, personnel and sales. Steve has a Business Management degree from Babson College.

Jeff Scheiffler - Regional Developer
Jeff has been a TES Regional Franchise owner since June of 2006 to the present, commencing operations in Lower Michigan and Indiana in June 2006. From 1985 to 1997 Mr. Scheiffler served in varying IT management postions in the automotive, insurance and high tech industries, such as Ford Motor Co., Amerisure and Storageteck. In 1997, Jeff started Double Dianinds Solutions, Inc. a high tech consulting firm serving as Vice President of Marketing until 2005. In 2003 Jeff started Summit Enterprise Solution, LLC a software development company serving as CIO until 2005. Mr. Scheiffler hold BS and MBA from Central Michigan University and has considerable leadership skills.