Barclay Bloodworth

Barclay Bloodworth is Founder of Maverick Business Partners, LLC. With over 35 years of working closely with small business owners, he has a passion for helping them build their business dreams. He has always maintained this by assuring their financials are accurate, establishing and monitoring a budget specifically designed for the business, and meeting regularly with the client to make sure their business is on track financially.

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With this same passion, Barclay founded Maverick Business Partners in January 2019. Helping small businesses maneuver through Covid in 2020, he realized the importance of business owners not only receiving their Profit & Loss statements on a monthly basis, but also understanding what the numbers were telling them. That's what motivated him to establish a budget specifically designed for his client's business, and them meeting with them monthly to make sure the business is on track financially. 

Barclay attended the University of Mississippi and received his B.S. in Accounting from Trevecca. He is a resident of Nashville since 1982, married to Kimberlie, and blessed with 3 children as well as 3 grandchildren, all of whom live in the Middle Tennessee area.

Craig Wipperman

Craig Wipperman is a graduate of the University of Alabama with degrees in business and engineering. He is a seasoned business coach and operations executive with more than 25 years of experience driving growth, leadership, and operational efficiency. Craig empowers business owners to develop strategies that improve leadership, streamline operations, and elevate business performance.

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Craig specializes in:

• Creating and structuring a business that you can sell

• Systems to maximize your time, energy, and efficiency

• Employee recruitment and retention

• Developing an environment that you and your team will thrive in

• Eliminating the non-productive tasks that consume your time

• Increasing the number of customers, revenue, and profit

• Identifying and defining your business’s Vision, Mission & Culture

Gary K. Aldridge MBA, CPA, CVA, CFE

Gary Aldridge brings over 30 years of experience as a CFO for privately held businesses across a wide range of industries, including Telecommunications, Hospitality, Non-Profit, Manufacturing, Fabrication, Distribution, Solar Energy, Healthcare, and Industrial Recycling. He has worked with companies ranging in size from $500,000 to $100 million in annual revenue.

Gary earned a BBA in Banking and Finance from the University of Mississippi and an MBA with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Alabama. He is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Tennessee, a Certified Valuation Analyst through the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA), and a Certified Fraud Examiner through the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

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After relocating to Nashville in 2016, Gary launched Aldridge Valuation Advisors (AVA) in 2018. Since then, he has served clients across multiple states, helping business owners grow and maximize the value of their companies. AVA specializes in:

• Business Valuation – measuring value

• Fractional CFO Services – growing value

• Business Brokerage – selling value

In addition, Gary created an online course for entrepreneurs titled Build for Sale!, which teaches business owners how to structure and grow their companies with a future sale in mind.

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www.Garyaldridge.com

www.LeveragingYOU.com

Olivia Smith

Olivia Smith is a Registered Nurse, Certified Coach, and the founder of Write A New Story. She counsels clients on leadership, team building, strategies for growth, conflict resolution and company culture.

Olivia began her career as a Registered Nurse and transitioned to the corporate world, founding, and running a multi-million-dollar organization. Due to a life-changing volunteer experience at the Tennessee Prison for Women, she was compelled to use her entrepreneurial skill set to meet the needs in her community by founding, Healing Housing, the first and only transitional living facility for women in recovery in Williamson County. Once Healing Housing’s leadership team was in place, she was able to shift her focus back to the needs of the corporate environment. Olivia continues to serve as an active volunteer and board member at Healing Housing.

Her clients have included an array of organizations such as Vanderbilt University, Amsurg, as well as private executive clientele across the United States who desire to strengthen their leadership capabilities. Olivia empowers personal development and brings to each of her clients an awareness of their unique leadership style, positioning them for lasting, forward motion. Her signature process includes behavioral assessment work, individual debrief sessions, and Peer Advisory groups. Olivia provides leaders with powerful insights giving them the edge to thrive in team situations and corporate environments. This approach creates team members that are invaluable assets in their organizations.