Our Team
Steve Kim
Steve Kim is the founder and Principal Consultant of Talentscope, an outsourced HR – Hiring solution and organizational coaching firm that enables owners of small to mid-sized companies to attract the best talent available to them so they can achieve more of their potential. Steve enjoys most of all working with clients who strive to become the best version of themselves while fulfilling a vision that they are passionate about. As a featured speaker and trainer, he has also served as a “strategic people advisor” to executives, business owners, and entrepreneurs, for over a decade helping them make the most of their strengths while “minding their bliss” in the service of others and creating meaningful results. He has conducted business and professional development seminars and workshops in the greater Southern California region that teach practical methods to make better people decisions that enable you to attract and retain the “right fit” talent to your organization. Steve earned his B.A. in Economics at U.C Berkeley and holds an Executive MBA and MA in Advanced Management at the Claremont Graduate University-Drucker School of Management. He recently became the Claremont Graduate University Alumni Association President for the 2022-2024 term. As the father of two college-age sons, he stays active and fit working out a few times a week in his garage gym. As an Eagle Scout, he’s also served as an adult leader of his son’s Scout Troop, and enjoys the outdoors, traveling, and salsa dancing.
Steve is passionate about inspiring, encouraging, and empowering leaders from all walks of life to achieve more of their potential and better focus on the results that matter. He received his BA in Economics at UC Berkeley and holds an EMBA and Masters in Advanced Management from the Drucker School of Management. Steve is the Principal of Talentscope, the leading “right focus. perform better” fractional CTO Chief Talent Officer and organizational coach helping best-in-class (top 3%) owners of SMBs attract the best employees available to them and making the most of their strengths and achieving more of their potential.
He received his BA in Economics at UC Berkeley and holds an EMBA and Masters in Advanced
Management from the Drucker School of Management.
Dave Richards
Dave, a Certified Business Transition Expert has over 25 years of experience in finance management for companies with 2 to 3,000 employees from privates to public companies with revenues from $0 to hundreds of millions of dollars, David has learned what financial and operating information Owners and CEOs need to maximize profitability and cash flow and delivers it. David can help you identify where your business is making money and where it is not so you can predictably improve performance and not waste your’s and your organization’s time, money, and effort. Steel Parts Manufacturer. Collaborated with the manufacturing, operations, and sales team to improve performance as well as analyzed sales, costs, and profitability down to the customer and product level to make plain what is driving profits and what is not. Sell more! Produce better! Consumer Products Distributor. Gave the COO a financial roadmap for cash flow independence. More cash flow, please! Medical Device Company. Partnered with the Sales Director to develop a financial model based upon medical device patient results data that would be used for hospital sales presentations. Make more sales! Printing company. Analyzed sales and cost data to determine the most profitable work and customers so the Owner could successfully focus the sales team. Get more sales for every sales labor dollar! Vacation Rental Company. How much money are we making/losing? Cleaned up the books and records and produced financials. Analyzed the business by segment to determine money-making and losing areas. Make more with less effort!
Adrian Francoz
Adrian, CEO of Zeta Sky, is an expert in making sure your business is properly set up when it comes to your IT, specifically focusing on protection against cybercrime. As a CEO himself, he understands what it takes for a business to succeed and how technology plays a role in growth. He’s helped over 50 companies implement a security-focused IT strategy to not only protect their assets but also leverage technology for productivity and expansion.
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He’s heavily involved in various business associations and even collaborates with the FBI on educating business owners and IT Managers. Bringing him into your company to at least look at what you currently have in place is no brainer. He’ll either reassure your company is in good shape, or he’ll identify the weaknesses and suggest solutions. His goal is to protect your bottom line from cybercrime.
Mike Parker
Mike works with CEOs at industrial and transportation companies to develop and execute successful marketing initiatives that drive profitable revenue and market share growth. Mike is associated with Chief Outsiders, the nation’s leading Fractional CMO firm. Mike has a 30-year track record of delivering pragmatic, actionable growth programs for companies of all sizes. As a fractional CMO, Mike joins your leadership team and works with your key people to develop growth strategies that leverage your company’s strengths while carefully managing resources to deliver strong ROI. You get the experience and skills of a top-tier Chief Marketing Officer at a fraction of the cost.
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Mike has led marketing and strategy for a number of companies including A.O. Smith Corporation, CHEP Ltd., and Saia LTL Freight, and has served as Fractional CMO for several others. Mike spent the first 20 years of his career with GE, is a Six Sigma Greenbelt, a certified Digital Marketing Professional, and holds an MBA.
Greg Harrigan
Greg Harrigan is an Outsourced Vice President of Sales. His firm MarketShare Growth Advisors is powered by Sales Xceleration. Greg enables Business Owners to significantly increase their company’s value by building the best Sales organization they’ve ever experienced.
Mr. Harrigan embeds on an interim basis with the business’s Executive Team to lead the B2B Sales function. This includes establishing sales strategy; implementing sales infrastructure and process; hiring, training, coaching, and leading the Sales team; and meaningfully increasing a business’s top-line revenue.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Harrigan was Chief Revenue Officer at a PE-owned consumer products company with $100M in revenue, and earlier in his career spent 10 years as Executive VP of Sales for the Outdoor Channel, a national cable channel. Greg began his 25-year sales career with Comcast.
