About Us

The Principal
After 25 years consulting to small and medium sized companies, Mike Anderson, principal and owner of Train Me To Be a CEO realized that the most important part of his work was training the CEO, and the reason he was such a good consultant was that he did that very well. Trained as an engineer, he became a CEO of a midsize corporation at the age of 35. After a spell at Harvard Business School he entered the world of consulting.

SUMMARY of QUALIFICATIONS

A Graduate Engineer with Harvard Business training, a dynamic, action oriented member of a team, and a team leader who gets results. Many years experience in all aspects of business, large or small. Can talk accounting to the accountants, marketing to the sales force, and engineering to the operations team.

EDUCATION

B.Sc. (Chemical Engineering), University of Cape Town

Member Institution of Chemical Engineers, London. Chartered Engineer.

Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program

PAST EMPLOYMENT

2006-2009 Senior Business Consultant, IPA Chicago IL

Studying the shortcomings of small businesses and advising on solutions. Consulting to over 40 clients. CEO Training all the time.

2003--2005 General Manager, Atlantic Controls, Inc. St Augustine FL

Succeeded in avoiding bankruptcy of this severely troubled company, and organized new financing.

1983-2003 Owner, Michael Anderson Consulting Inc.

Over a period of 20 years I operated as a consultant and/or contract manager for several clients in Canada and the US. I specialized in strategic management planning, and crisis management including venture capital disbursement, corporate funding, corporate sale, growth management and mergers. Typical assignments were:

General Manager, Sirtech Software, Ogdensburg NY (two separate two year stints)

Operations Manager, Artistic Impressions Chicago

President, Frantec Software Distributors, Ottawa Canada

1977-1982 President and CEO, Blue Ribbon Industries Ltd

Appointed initially as a Technical Director, I stewarded this mini conglomerate food company through a major acquisition to quadruple its sales and establish it as a stable force in its sector. Corporate sales when I left were $80 million in grains, oils, soaps, cosmetics, packaging, and stock feeds.

1970-1977 Development Manager, Sable Chemical Industries Ltd. Appointed as a project engineer, then project manager I controlled the acquisition and construction of the first, and still the only anhydrous ammonia plant in Rhodesia (which became Zimbabwe). Built during sanctions, this project was as much a commercial triumph as it was a technical wonder. I also built and managed the operating team through the commissioning and initial operating years.

"Giving me my life back!'

 

The Principal After 25 years consulting to small and medium sized companies, Mike Anderson, principal and owner of Train Me To Be a CEO realized that the most important part of his work was training the CEO, and the reason he was such a good consultant was that he did that very well. Trained as an engineer, he became a CEO of a midsize corporation at the age of 35. After a spell at Harvard Business School he entered the world of consulting. Read More

References A New England Contractor "Mike Anderson has been working diligently with the upper management team at (our firm). Mike is extremely knowledgeable and has an exceptional way of dealing with many different personalities. He has worked very closely with the Sales Team to impress upon them the importance of using a consistent method of estimating. He was instrumental in restructuring our accounting procedures." Read More