Dennis W. Hoppe (Principal) Biography

Dennis W. Hoppe. Principal, has been working his entire business career in the middle to small business environment. Working for others in the traditional business world in his early career, he was often challenged to correct specific issues and problems within the parent company, or often, with branches, subsidiaries, acquisitions, and divestitures. The rewards of these challenges and the successes that followed, led to the passion for a transition to a full-time, independent small-business advisor, management consultant, and change agent. The last 11 years have been spent as a change agent, implementing change management in a wide-variety of business environments, including family businesses and closely held companies; working exclusively with business owners and principals. Working as a business advisor, management consultant, and confidant to over 200 small business owners, Mr. Hoppe has initiated and implemented successful changes in a number of areas. Prior and current clients can better describe how CMI has assisted them (see services offered, testimonials/references by small business owners, testimonials/references by owners/managers/executives.)

Moving from crisis management and turnaround management, to assisting stagnant companies back to a fast growth track, to moving very successful companies to even higher levels that they strive for, but can not reach, or do not have the time to reach without a change manager, to a personal favorite of family businesses, Mr. Hoppe has enjoyed building and maintaining long-lasting relationships with many diverse clients. CMI has worked with over 35 different types of businesses, and found that the basic principles he espouses pertain to all, and the major difference is how to implement the necessary changes with such a variety of personalities and company cultures. Having minored in psychology in college, and trained for this in the contemporary business world, Mr. Hoppe thrives on, and has a passion for these challenges.

He has learned from each company and each person he has worked with how to better help his next clients, learning what works best for most, and what does not work, and need not be repeated.

Mr. Hoppe has been described by Owners as being "street smart", "a person with uncommon perseverance", "having a unique ability to quickly implement realistic solutions", "people-oriented", "a team-builder", "having bold approaches to problems", "having the courage of telling owners 'as it really is'", and "professional at all times".

Not to be confused with a "financial manager" Mr. Hoppe works with all operational and personality and cultural issues within a company that impact profits, and more importantly, improved quality of life for owners and employees.

He also understands the very limited benefit to day-to-day operations that a CPA, Banker, or Attorney can offer the company. They each serve a very important function, but each have very specific issues that they are charged with, totally unrelated to day-to-day business activities. The Owner and their internal management team must guide this critical aspect of company activities. The most effective source of help with day-to-day activities is an outside, objective, business advisor (such as CMI) to work hand-in-hand with this team to bring tried, true, and tested ideas, concepts, and actions, and prevent long delays in getting to the most effective courses of action, and implementing them in a smooth, orderly, and timely fashion.

Change Management Implementation, Inc. is a long-term charter member of the Turnaround Management Association, The International Association of Computer Professionals, and other relevant organizations. Mr. Hoppe has had numerous articles published locally, regionally, and nationally, and also has spoken on various issues to a variety of business groups. He has been called upon by larger national small business consulting firms to train and facilitate their consultants, to improve their approaches to helping owners, and to do it in a more cost-effective manner. He has been referred to often as the "quintessential consultant".

Very few (if any) small business advisors have the passion, the history of successes, and the strong feeling of always putting the best interests of the owner/client first.

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