Transform your business with Business Optimization Group, the premier management and consulting firm in Miami Beach, FL. Serving businesses nationwide, we bring extensive experience across industries such as hospitality, healthcare, and product development.
Our team of seasoned business management consultants, marketing experts, and financial advisors offers comprehensive, tailored solutions to meet your organization's unique needs. With a proven track record of enhancing business performance, we are dedicated to accelerating your company's growth and helping it thrive in today's competitive market.
Owen Carhart is an accomplished entrepreneur and businessman residing in Miami, Florida. Owen has broad business development and financial expertise across multiple industries, including finance, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, commercial and residential real estate, and political consulting and fundraising. He has been a trusted advisor and consultant for bringing new products to market, negotiating deal structures, and improving business processes and systems. Throughout his career, Owen has assisted in multiple capital raises, raising millions for various companies, organizations, and not-for-profits. Additionally, Owen has consulted with numerous startup organizations.
Owen is also a passionate and civically engaged global citizen and has sat on the board of directors for three not-for-profit organizations. His business expertise has helped these organizations grow their reach, increase their top-line charitable contributions, and execute their respective mission statements.
Allen Martello is the Vice President of Business Development, overseeing sales, service, and marketing operations. A former Chamber of Commerce executive and small business owner, Allen has worked in sales and development for nearly 15 years. He is incredibly passionate about developing sales teams, processes, and valuable partnerships.
With a strong marketing, technology, and partnership development background, Allen brings immense experience in helping startups, small businesses, and nonprofits grow to scale. He has extensive experience working with organizations ranging from Grand Canyon University and Shell Oil Company to the Jimmy Stewart Foundation.
Allen is a member of the MDGLC, local YPN, and the National Diversity Council. He is also a former YMCA board member, BNI President, and founder of the Laurel Highland Intertribal Foundation. He has also served as an advisory board member for his county’s Community College and Career and Technology Center.
In the dynamic world of business, a reliable legal advisor can be the difference between prosperity and peril. Allow me to introduce myself — I am Sebastian Garcia, the driving force behind Founders Counsel LLC. My career has been a fascinating journey that has taken me from corporate litigation to becoming a trusted partner for entrepreneurs and founders.
Driven by this mission, I founded Founders Counsel LLC, a company designed to provide fractional general counsel services to entrepreneurs and growing businesses. With over a hundred founders benefiting from my guidance, I've earned a reputation as a trusted advisor in the realm of entrepreneurship.
My areas of expertise include company setups and formation agreements, commercial contracts, employment law, capital raising, intellectual property, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution. My mission is simple — to empower entrepreneurs and growing businesses with the legal guidance they need to thrive. I am more than just a legal advisor; I am your partner on the path to success.
Theresa Hong is passionate about making clients successful through solid marketing strategy development, implementation, and management. With more than two decades of experience in the healthcare, biotech, education, nonprofit, political, energy, and hospitality industries, she offers a wealth of marketing capabilities, including product development, digital marketing, event management, branding, public relations, investor relations, corporate communications, strategic planning, organizational design, and revenue management.
Cutting her marketing and PR teeth in a pre-digital world, Theresa can move effortlessly between the analog world of traditional marketing and the present digital/AI world — regarding both equally needed and valuable. She finds great satisfaction in intertwining the traditional with the ever-evolving new world. The power to share an idea or tell a story that resonates and instantly has the potential to reach millions of people, promoting excitement, engagement, and action is the “why” behind Theresa’s commitment to every client she has the privilege to work with.
In her past roles, Theresa has served as public relations director for Purple, an industry leader in providing innovative communications solutions for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community. She has also been a reporter for a Texas newspaper, served as communications and digital media director for a California state senator, and worked for several large advertising agencies across the United States.