Samuel Sax, MBA, CEPA
Senior Advisor
With more than 30 years of business experience in the corporate world, independent business strategy consulting and as an entrepreneur in a family-owned business, I have decades of valuable hands-on knowledge and experience I enjoy being able to share with other business owners.
In my role as Chief Information Officer (CIO) in the commercial aviation heavy maintenance industry, I was responsible for leading teams in the design, development and implementation of fully integrated, corporate-wide systems. The result was an increase in corporate competitiveness, reduced operational costs and risk, and ultimately, improving the bottom line while ensuring a successful and cooperative adoption of the new systems through innovative change management programs.
While Vice President of Corporate Logistics, in addition to working with the industry’s major supply chain players, I developed strong working relationships with many family-owned businesses supporting the company’s material and logistical needs. I developed a deep understanding of their concerns and how to meet the challenges of running their enterprises in an ever-changing business environment.
As an entrepreneur in a family business myself, I am familiar with the unique challenges (and benefits) and the tremendous value of streamlining all aspects of operations to create and maintain best in class performance. The discipline and commitment required to do so foster a consistent focus on maximizing value and maintaining a constant state of transition-readiness.
My role in RFN Advisory Group involves working with owners to re-visit and further develop their business vision and assist in creating the conditions and processes that lead to operational excellence and greater shareholder value.
Self-actualization – and the lifelong voyage to get there – fuels my passion for ongoing education. I received my Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Management Information Systems with a minor in Computer Sciences and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Florida International University in Miami.
One talent I would most like to have is the ability to play the saxophone. Ironic, no?