Jeff Amen of ATBS Keynotes Institute of Management Consultants 11/13/09 Meeting

PR Log (Press Release) – Oct 19, 2009 – Denver, Colo.  -- The Colorado chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants offers a case study presentation and discussion featuring Jeff Amen, Principal of ATBS on Friday, November 13 at the Denver Athletic Club, 1325 Glenarm Place. The meeting runs from 7-9am and is open to the public. Cost is $25 for members, $30 for guests, and includes a full breakfast.  Walk-ins pay $5 extra.  Register at https://imcusa.yourmembership.com/store/view_product.asp?id=383217.

The Program is entitled, “ATBS Case Study:  Analyzing and Building Business Performance.”  ATBS provides business solutions to independent business owners in the trucking, real estate, health care, and beauty industries.  Jeff Amen and his brothers Todd and Matt worked in their father’s Denver-based trucking company, Trans-Western Express (TWX) from the time they were teenagers until it was sold in 1998. Then in 1998, they co-founded ATBS which provides business services and consulting support for about 100 major trucking firms and over 40,000 independent contractors. The business model includes proprietary software, an infrastructure, and management team to service several industries.

Learning Objectives.  Attendees will take away a new approach to analyzing and optimizing business performance.  They will learn how to:
•   Identify and focus on critical factors most important to business success
•   Develop tailored solutions to industry-wide challenges
•   Help companies exceed their expectations in multiple, measurable dimensions

Jeff Amen, Principal, ATBS.  Mr. Amen spent much of his career in the trucking industry with experience in virtually every function of a major truckline. In the early 90’s, Mr. Amen became co-president of Trans-Western Express, LTD. (TWX) with involvement in the management of the entire company. He was specifically responsible for Operations, Safety, Sales and Marketing. The truckline was successfully sold in 1998 at which point Mr. Amen remained in his leadership position, running the business for the purchasing company.  In 2001, Mr. Amen joined ATBS initially focusing on sales, rapidly growing the client base and contributing to the management of the entire organization. For more info, visit http://www.atbsshow.com

Institute of Management Consultants is the premier professional association and sole certifying body dedicated to individuals consulting to management. The IMC promotes excellence and ethics in management consulting through certification, education, and professional resources.  The IMC Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designation is awarded to a select group of consultants (only 10,000 worldwide) who have demonstrated that they produce substantive results, adhere to the IMC USA canon of ethics, and manage their practices professionally.  Fellows of the Institute of Management Consultants (FIMC) are exceptional CMCs (only 42 in the USA) who have made exemplary contributions to the consulting profession, their communities, and the Institute. Visit  http://www.imcusa.org/?page=IMCCOL .  The IMC Colorado chapter meets the 2nd Friday of most months for breakfast, networking, an educational program, and peer support at the Denver Athletic Club at 1325 Glenarm Place.   Contact Jerry Comer, Membership Chairperson, at Jerry@ComerAssociates.com or 303-786-7986 for more information.