Ray Torres is President, Torres & Associates, LLC a boutique business consulting firm. As a results-oriented firm, it offers strategic business solutions. Mr. Torres has been an executive in the technology industry since 1992 with small to med-size companies. He serves as corporate officer for Information Strategy Design, Inc , and has served as a Board member to technology, private-held companies in Arizona and California.
Mr. Torres earned his MBA degree at Pepperdine University and Bachelor of Science degree at Arizona State University. He is also a graduate of Stanford University, Executive Development program. Further, he has taught MBA courses for University of LaVerne and University of Phoenix.
Business Dynamics
The dynamics of operating and growing a business is a challenge for any astute business person. Therefore seeking outside support -- Torres & Associates -- is always a wise undertaking.
Strategic Thinking A forward-looking executive is a perquisite for a start-up company. Having such talent on an Advisory Board or Board of Directors, improves the chance for a young company to succeed in a competitive and challenging business environment.
Business Performance Top line: Business development, marketing and sales are joined at the hip, and takes more than a casual effort to excel in those three areas. Every business grows one customer or contract at a time, but growth must be engineered for sustainable growth, not cyclical. Bottom-line: Profit targeting, expense control and revenue enhancements are ways of life in business. Operational, marketing, and financial plans become more than just words and numbers; they're actionable . At the end of the day, they measure management's ability to execute and to achieve the desired results. Equally important, they enable private equity capital investment opportunities. Focused Management: A trait fundamental to managing vital moving parts of a business. Management requires due diligence, swift and decisive action. Key Result Areas: A management approach which would serve to meet or exceed operating and financial requirements, thus keeping the company focused on significant and critical areas.
Ray Torres has been a board member of Yunau.com, Digital Storefront, PDQ, and MicroMadness.
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'Cottage' industries promise brighter future for Scottsdale Scottsdale is the fourth best city to live in and it is not by accident; it took vision and execution. Today's visionaries should make room for high-growth, high-paying, knowledge-worker, job-producing companies. They should look at industry leaders in sectors such as technology and biotechnology. To read more click on cottage industries. Scottsdale should throw a Bob Parson style party for all the high net worth individuals Go Daddy will create. The company receiving a "strategic investment " from KKR & Co, Silver Lake Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures, likely sits well with many employees and management with stock purchase plans. I also suspect that the Go-Daddy team is counting on an Initial Public Offering (IPO) sometime in the near future. To read more click on Incubators. SkySong in Scottsdale is no sleeping giant. It has the “trapping” and “shaping” to be the Mecca of business vitality and innovation. While hardware and software development companies, world-wide, are locating in the facilities, several business incubation and support services firms, such as law firms, are housed there as well. Keeping in mind that Scottsdale innovation center is only 4 years young, the visionaries of the center are mindful of creating a “campus-like” environment. One in which it would showcase the tapestry of a strong and sustaining private-sector community co-existing with its neighbors, the arts and cultural offerings. To read more click on center for innovation.
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Center for Innovation
