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South Council Small Business Leader of the Year

We would like to congratulate Pete Denholm of Supporting Strategies Supporting Strategies as South Council Small Business Leader of the Year!

Pete Denholm is the managing director of Supporting Strategies | Northeast Florida, one the largest outsourced bookkeeping firms on the First Coast. Pete brings his clients into the 21st century by transitioning them into the cloud reducing their bookkeeping labor by up to 50%. He is a business management consultant with over 20 years of experience in operations and financial management. While working for KPMG, PwC, Grant Thornton, and Fortune 50 companies, he specialized in helping organizations improve their financial and business operations. He found the work so rewarding that he launched Supporting Strategies | Northeast Florida in 2014, which has earned Top Accounting Firm kudos in the Jacksonville Business Journal.

He is a member of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville, Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce and St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce. Pete holds a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from the George Washington University and is proud to be a former Marine. Outside of work, Pete applies his creative problem-solving skills to woodworking and sailing. Ask him about navigating the Pacific Ocean in a 39-foot sailboat.

To learn more about our Small Business Champion’s firm, visit https://www.supportinstrategies.com.

Pete Denholm, 2020 South Council SBLY

Pete Denholm, 2020 South Council SBLY

South Council Luncheon Speaker

Pat McManamon, Founder & President, Sandler Training.

Pat has trained, assessed and consulted with salespeople, sales managers, business leaders, entrepreneurs and the C-Suites of major organizations in the medical, financial, insurance, construction and technology industries. To date, he has trained nearly 12,000 salespeople with diverse backgrounds and experience levels. Pat received a Trainer of Excellence Award from the University of North Florida and has been recognized by Certified Sales and Marketing International (an ISO 9002 company) as achieving The Certification in Sales designation.

Prior to bringing Sandler Training to the North Florida area, Pat spent 18 years with Fortune 500 Company CSX as Director of International Sales, with a nationwide sales force. He was responsible for 62% of the company’s revenue, which translated into $136 million annually. Pat’s belief in ongoing professional development is the principle reason he ventured out on his own, to share his experience and knowledge of the behaviors, attitudes and techniques needed for sales success and organizational excellence.

Pat has an undergraduate degree from Xavier University. He also studied Finance for Non-Financial Managers, Pricing and Marketing Methodology at the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago. He has been married to Michele since 1989 and is the proud father of two. Pat is an active member and board member of The Redeemer Church, serves as a committee member of the JaxSports Association, Gator Bowl President’s Circle, Sandler Training Key Opinion Leaders Council, BBVA Bank Advisory Board, Jacksonville Chamber Board of Governors and is currently President of Perimeter Park Office Association.

2018 The South Council of The Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce

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