TAB Western Reserve

Tim N. Turrittin is a Partner, Facilitator, and Coach of TAB Western Reserve in Medina, Ohio. As the Founder and Senior Partner of Axis Business Performance, Tim specializes in helping businesses increase market share and enterprise value while helping the business owners unlock their full potential. The methodologies utilized are widely accepted and proven across a variety of industry and geographies. Tim has recently partnered with Mark Dorman in helping to launch and build TAB Western Reserve.

Tim has more than 30 years of experience working in functional areas that include sales leadership, sales training, marketing management, small business consulting, general management, and executive leadership across a variety of industries such as healthcare, contract office furniture, commercial insurance, technology, banking, and finance. Furthermore, he has worked directly for Fortune 500 companies as well as family-owned businesses and dotcom start-ups.

Tim has lived in Ohio for most of his life and has spent the past 17 years in Medina, Ohio with his wife and three children. He has been a coach and volunteer during his time in Medina. He has been very active in working to support the Medina City Schools and recently co-chaired a successful levy campaign. He earned an undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University and an MBA from The Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.

James D. Boyes is a Facilitator and Coach for TAB Western Reserve in Medina, Ohio.

Jim has more than 40 years of experience in public education. His career included 34 years in educational administration. During his career, he served as Superintendent of Buckeye Local Schools, Superintendent of the Medina County Educational Service Center and Director of the Medina County University Center. Due to his involvement with the Medina County business community, he was able to apply solid business practices to the running of the schools that he led.

Jim has served as President of the Medina County Economic Development Corporation, Medina County Workforce Development Board, United Way of Medina County and the Medina County Drug Abuse Commission. He led a coalition of Medina County community leaders that established the Medina County University Center, a University Of Akron satellite that focused on workforce development, adult learners and first-time college students. Jim led the Medina County University Center, the first permanent university facility in Medina County, for four years during its start-up phase.

Chris Goebel’s business career can be traced back to his teenage years when he was washing vehicles at Lakefront Lines as his summer job. He worked his way up the ladder to become President/General Manager of Lakefront Lines/Coach USA. His entrepreneurial spirit, dedication, leadership skills and business acumen resulted in transforming the organization from a small “Mom and Pop” business to the 16th largest privately held passenger transportation company along with ranking in the top 50 passenger transportation companies in the USA, with business units in Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, and Cincinnati Ohio. With over 30 years of managing a family business through 3 distinct business transition and ownership structures, Chris founded Crossroads Advisers to provide Business Transition Planning and Advising from a Business Owner’s Perspective. In 2018, Chris affiliated with Legacy Business Advisors to bring his unique perspective gained from his years of leading and growing his own family business to more clients who are looking to do the same. The affiliation with Legacy Business Advisors and Crossroads Advisers allows Chris to provide three specific and separate types of advisory services: Business Succession and Continuity Planning which involves working with closely held and family companies as they prepare for what is typically the single most significant financial transaction of their lives. Having a plan based on a clear set of goals gives business owners the best chance to move from the 80% of companies that are non-transferable to the 20% of business that are. Business Brokerage and Transition Services for the business owner who pursues a third-party sale, Chris (working exclusively through his Crossroads Advisers firm), will handle the process of preparing the business for sale and guide the owner(s) through the process from evaluating offers to closing. Specialized Industry Expertise and Consulting in all aspects of passenger transportation operations, management, acquisitions, service development and implementation, contract negotiations, vehicle procurement, telematics, software integration, MBA/WBA vendor development and bid/RFP proposal processes. www.crossroadsadvisers.com