David Olson Biography

David Olson brings over 20 years of management consulting experience specializing in CEO Business Coaching focused on top-line growth delivering services related to Strategy, Sales & Marketing, Culture and Leadership.

 

David Olson is currently a Senior M&A Advisor with BMI Mergers & Acquisitions and an Executive in Residence with N2Growth.  Previously, David was the President of Walton Consulting, Inc., a management consulting firm he founded in 2001, and a co-founder of a Human Resources SaaS startup. He also was a Co-Founder and Publisher of Network Magazine​, a high-end leader driven B2B magazine.

 

David has worked with 80 organizations in 50 industries providing expertise as a C-Level business advisor. Much of David’s practice has involved growth and exit consulting and value creation as well as executive search, and leadership development.  This experience is invaluable for his BMI clients as they prepare for sale and address pre and post transition management issues. 

 

David was born and raised in Bethlehem, PA. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from the University of South Carolina. He has served the local community sitting on dozens of non-profit boards and running many community impact initiatives.  He is the founder of the Business & Wine Forum, host of Leadercast Live, and a regular speaker for various local businesses, universities, non-profit ministries, and national association conferences.