Our Founding Partners

Richard F. Craven Richard F. Craven has more than 20 years of operations, sales, and business development experience with middle market companies. He has managed and been a senior manager of multiple fast growth companies in consumer products and services (e.g. sales growth from startup to $55 million, and from $2 to $40 million). He specializes in building hands-on sales relationships for fast growth and building operations infrastructure to maximize company resource and support expansion.

In addition to working in fast growth companies Richard has been an industrial engineer and has overseen business development for a private equity rm. Richard was the first MBA/non-industry executive to participate in Pepsi Restaurants Advanced Operations Management Program. His success lead to a rollout of a nationwide program. Richard received his Masters of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School and both a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in African & African-Am. Studies from Stanford University.

richardc@mmop.us

(626) 806-6334 cell

Jon Moldafsky, CPA Jon Moldafsky, CPA has been a successful entrepreneur for over fifteen years. He has owned, managed, and turned around seven middle market companies (with sales ranging from $3 million to $20 million) in consumer products and services. He specializes in quick changes to operations and finance in order to achieve maximum protability, followed by extensive training and support of company personnel to insure continued success. He consistently employs incentive based compensation and employee equity to align management interests.

Prior to purchasing his first turn around Jon had experience as an investment banker specializing in financial services for six years and as a Certified Public Accountant to middle market companies for four years.

Jon received his Masters of Public Administration from The School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University and a Bachelor of Science in Music and Business from The School of Music at Indiana University.

jonm@mmop.us

(818) 731-8133 cell