Daniel Feiman

Contributing Author, Editor and Publisher

Daniel Feiman, MBA, CMC® and Visiting Professor, is the Managing Director of Build It Backwards, a consulting and training firm based in Redondo Beach, CA. He teaches “ordinary companies how to create extraordinary results” by turning Roadblocks into Roadmaps(SM). Mr. Feiman has provided expertise as a management consultant for more than 16 years, after a long and very successful career in commercial banking. He works both domestically & internationally with firms from cutting edge start-ups to industry-leading multi-national firms; where he facilitates strategy, finance and process improvement projects, improving business effectiveness in a wide range of industries.

This book is a collaboration of 21 leading experts covering 26 of the most critical business topics of today & the future. it includes:

Accounting – Rick Norris

Branding – Christie Harper

Cash flow – Gene Siciliano & Daniel Feiman

Debt – Kim Defenderfer

Equity – David Cohn

Forecasting/Budgeting - Daniel Feiman

Generational – Ivan Rosenberg

Human Resources - Joe Herold

Innovation – Ted Whetstone

Juris prudence – Bruce Dizenfeld

Knowledge – Jerry Savin

Leadership – Barry Pogeral

Marketing – Jennifer Beever

Networking – Ivan Misner & Paula Frasier

Operations – Lee Schwartz & Daniel Feiman

Process – Lee Schwartz & Daniel Feiman

Quality – Lee Schwartz & Andy Pattantyus

Risk – Patty Kotze

Strategy – Ivan Rosenberg & Daniel Feiman

Turnaround – Bette Hiramatsu

Utilization – Bette Hiramatsu

Valuation – Davis Blaine

When to Negotiate/Mediate – Jeff Kichaven & Mike Young

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Yield – Andy Pattantyus

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Daniel is an internationally recognized seminar leader who has worked with firms such as Apple, Credit Suisse, Hilton Hotels, Institute for Supply Management (ISM), Mattel, PEMEX (México), Promigas (Colombia), Reliance (India), the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), TRW and the University of Manchester (UK), among many others.

Daniel is the Publisher of the Build It Backwards series, and author of numerous published articles, white papers (available at www.BuildItBackwards.com) and business books. Daniel is also a reviewer for the New York Journal of Books.

He is adjunct faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension Department (since 1990) and the Visiting Professor in the University of Huddersfield’s (UK) Business School. He has also been interviewed on various television and radio shows. dsfeiman@BuildItBackwards.com

* CMC© (Certified Management Consultant) is the certification mark awarded by the Institute of Management Consultants USA and represents meeting the highest global standards and ethical canons of the profession. Less than 1% of all consultants have achieved this level of excellence.