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Ty is an accomplished strategist with experience in improving performance in a diverse set of businesses – both as an entrepreneur as well as a corporate executive.  He is passionate around employee engagement, relationship building, problem solving, and data driven decision making. 

 

As an entrepreneur, Ty identified an opportunity in the restoration industry and purchased a business in South Florida.   Over six years, he and the team he assembled grew the business over 250%, diversified its revenue streams, improved customer satisfaction and Google ratings before deciding to sell the business.   The business was recognized 2019 as Professional Services Small Business of the Year by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce.

 

Ty was a managing director at J.P. Morgan Chase, a leading financial services company where he helped grow its securities services businesses developing new products and capabilities.    He created one of the first user experience teams in banking to help establish the product roadmap for the J.P. Morgan Access portal for corporate clients.     Ty drove the execution of specific projects that led to a 59% increase in portal adoption, a 46% reduction in per user portal costs as well as industry recognition for innovation by The Banker’s and Global Custodian magazines.    As the head of investment products for its institutional trust business, he achieved double-digit investment-related revenue growth by improving pricing and planning discipling as well as by establishing a non-US dollar investment platform which resulted in a 58% increase in off-shore revenue. 

 

At Ahold, a top international food retailer, he was responsible for strategy and planning in the US region and a member of its global leadership team.   He led the effort to improve the company’s value proposition and competitive positioning for approximately 800 stores in the US around four strategic focus areas: produce, private label, digital retailing and price.  He served in a “Chief of Staff” capacity and implemented a balanced scorecard that cascaded from the company executive board down to store level and was linked to performance and incentive management.   

 

Ty graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College with a degree in policy studies, which he completed with High Distinction.  He also earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.    

 

Ty resides in Florida where is volunteer interests include public policy, education, child hunger and career mentoring.     He is a past board member of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce and currently sits on the Chamber's Government Affairs, Downtown, Economic Resiliency, and Beach Councils.  Most recently he was a delegate on the Chambers biennial lobbying to Washington D.C.   He served on the planning committee for Leadership Broward’s Executive Leadership Orientation Program.   He is also a past board and finance committee member of the Dreyfoos School of the Arts Foundation.