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Meet Jim Emling

Founder and CEO

As the founder & CEO of SilentBoost Consulting Group, Jim helps dozens of companies and their private equity sponsors improve operations, drive top-line growth, and maximize enterprise value. As a 20+ year veteran in the software space, Jim brings expertise across all facets of running a fast-growth technology company. All told, Jim and his board-level companies have returned in aggregate nearly $1.5 billion in shareholder value via five successful exits while averaging MOIC returns better than 4x. He believes that operational excellence is a key to driving both value and competitive differentiation in today’s fast-paced world and formed SilentBoost to expand upon this belief. In 2018, SilentBoost was named to metro-Milwaukee’s Future-50 list, recognizing the firm as one of the areas’s fastest growing companies.

In addition to his work with SilentBoost, Jim is a senior operating advisor to Spectrum Equity Investors and also serves on the board of directors of Datassential in Chicago, Bitly in New York City, and Expert Institute in New York City. Jim spent the bulk of his career as president of Milwaukee-based Zywave, Inc., the leading provider of front-office software solutions for insurance brokers. Jim was part of Zywave’s founding team in the mid-1990s and helped to drive the business to nearly $100 million in recurring revenue before exiting the company. Jim was also president of Milwaukee-based Advicent Solutions, a member of the board of directors at Dallas-based Trintech, a member of the board of directors of RainKing Solutions in Washington, D.C., a member of the board of directors at Pittsburgh-based Net Health, and a volunteer board member of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Jim has a masters of business administration degree from Marquette University, where he graduated summa cum laude. He also holds a bachelors degree from the University of Wisconsin in both computer science and accounting, where he graduated summa cum laude with honors.

Meet Alyssa Barton

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

As a results driven analyst and developer, Alyssa brings several years’ experience designing, developing, and implementing solutions that transform companies into true data-driven organizations. Before joining SilentBoost, Alyssa was a key contributor to the sales operations team at Advicent Solutions, a Milwaukee-based provider of financial planning software tools. While at Advicent Solutions, she implemented sophisticated internal business solutions from the ground up to optimize efficiency and productivity for the entire organization. Alyssa was responsible for building and implementing human workflows and processes designed to strengthen core business operations. Alyssa is certified as a Salesforce.com Administrator, a Salesforce.com Developer, and a SteelBrick Administrator. She also has deep experience enhancing efficiency though all facets of a business, including marketing automation, professional services management, and business intelligence. Alyssa holds a bachelors degree in business administration from Alverno College where she graduated with honors.

Meet Erin Zimmer

Program Director, Strategy & Operations

Erin brings nearly two decades of experience to SilentBoost with a diverse background that spans software development consulting to senior leadership roles in professional services, strategic programs, sales operations, and M&A integration initiatives. Her strengths include helping companies increase operating leverage and scalability via business process assessment and re-engineering. Prior to SilentBoost, Erin was a vice president at both Zywave, a Milwaukee-based provider of solutions for insurance brokers and also at Advicent Solutions, a leading provider of financial planning software solutions. At Zywave and later Advicent, she fully integrated an acquired professional services team and also introduced a new for-fee services model that drove top line growth while reducing expenses. Erin’s efforts directly contributed to a +30% profit margin increase in less than a year. She was further integral in creating and implementing a playbook for sales operations practices that would later be used across a broad portfolio of SaaS businesses. Erin has a masters of business administration degree from Marquette University and a bachelors degree from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater in management computer systems.

We provide technology companies with a disciplined, process-centric approach that increases revenue, drives operational excellence, and increases enterprise value.

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