Meet Wesley A. Thompson; (Wes)
Managing Director, Expense Reduction Analysts
Partner Member, The Business Improvement Team
Wes has been the Managing Director at Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA) since 2008 and is responsible for all Michigan operations of this international financial consultancy. ERA specializes in management and control of non-core expenses, has completed over 14,000 successful projects, and averages a savings of 20% on each project. The ERA Michigan team includes 10 consultants in locations across the state. Wes is also a partner member of The Business Improvement Team, a Michigan consulting consortium that provides a wide range of improvement services to small and midsized businesses. Prior to this Wes spent over 20 years in senior management with firms such as General Electric, American Safety, BTR Inc., GenCorp/Aerojet, Toyoda-Gosei, and Saargummi Inc. Wes is also a business Mentor at WSU’s TechTown Technology Incubator. He has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and a MS degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan. A Michigan and Detroit native, he currently resides in the metro-Detroit area with his wife of 38 years.
Thinking hurts and causes pain - many avoid it. Settling into complacency and apathy with an attitude of "we've always done it this way" is one I've seen 100's of times. Getting a company to pay for exposure of their shortcomings is a tough sell.
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