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Extensive experience with budget, AR/AP, financial reporting and operations. Specialty fields include Research, Healthcare Education, Medicare, Customer Service. Special Interest include Business coaching/planning, Grants, Commercial Real Estate, Event Planning, Arts & Entertainment, Crafts.

I can help SCORE clients as they build out their business and attain their goals. From start-ups to growth-oriented, established businesses I can help you devise a plan to achieve your goals.

I spent the majority of my career building and growing a successful Pharma Services company known in the industry for its focus on PhRMA Compliance and customer service. I was primarily responsible for managing the operations, human resources, finance, compliance, client service, technology, and product development within the organization.

My experience as a small business owner and employee give me a broad and understanding perspective for small to medium size businesses. My career started off in agriculture as a producer. This led to a lengthy career in the trucking industry as a manager and owner. Following the trucking business, I owned a small convenience store with gas. Again, I operated it as the owner/manager. I rounded out my career as an advisor for the Small Business Development Center in Victoria, Texas, helping over 800 diverse clients and businesses.

Business Plan development, Market Share Growth, Marketing and Advertising, Overall Financial Management (P&L), Supply Chain and Operational Management, Hiring, Staffing, Scheduling and Partnership Development

I can help you get a retail store up and running, morph a craft, artist, or mechanic hobby into a business, figure out what's working or not, and help you make a dime do the work of a dollar until your profit dollars are doing the work for you. Let me hear your ideas and dreams. I converted gas vehicles to electric 30 years ago so nothing sounds crazy to me!

As the Chief Executive Officer of Valor Strategic Solutions, a Veteran-owned, small business consulting firm, I leverage my entrepreneurial skills, military experience, and passion for social change to empower small businesses to overcome challenges and achieve sustainable success. With over three years of experience as a professional photographer, I have a unique perspective on how to craft compelling stories, and engage audiences.

How to use content to attract, engage, and retain an audience by creating and sharing educational and relevant information.

tutoring and coaching, building from a small base without investment

I can help mentor clients in creating business plans and processes to create powerful client and employee experiences which enable the realization of both business and personal goals.

Bennett Ockrim is an innovative and resourceful professional with a proven track record of developing trusted customer relationships, driving growth and profitability through leading business development (sales) practices, problem solving, recruiting top talent, negotiations, and coaching and mentoring teams. He can help business to reduce their costs, increase their sales, and improve effectiveness, productivity, and efficiency.