About Smart Business Doctor

Chief Executive Officer

Joe Barrick

Mr. Barrick has spent the last 30 years serving his clients and managing successful projects that have led him to create Smart Business Doctor. Joe graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree Business Administration, Specialization Marketing / Management from Elmira College in New York. His ability to deliver more than expected results, with integrity and engaging solutions, is what sets his company apart from the competition. Joe spent most of his career within two industries: Real estate development/construction and Business Engineering. His vast knowledge of operations, corporate finance and c-suite advisement has helped navigate companies through difficult transitions. Joe believes that all organizations have the ability to move from good to great through smart decisive action and customized solutions. Mr. Barrick oversees a team of committed employees that embrace his creed of conduct and believe in helping clients meet true success.

“My greatest accomplishment in business is developing long- term relationships with our clients in which we serve through transparency and accountability.”

Chief Operations Officer

Patricia Davis

Patricia Davis has been with Smart Business Doctor since its start, serving as Chief Operations Officer.

Ms. Davis has more than twenty years of executive leadership experience in the corporate sector. Patricia has served as Chief Operations Officer in a variety of industries and has extensive financial management experience. Patricia was an integral part of bringing privately held corporations to IPO. Ms.Davis started her career working within sales and client relations and moved up through organizations tasked with P&L and fiduciary responsibilities. She has extensive start-up and operational change management experience.

VP of Business Engineering

Godfrey Holder

Godfrey Holder serves as VP of Business Engineering for Smart Business Doctor.

VP, Business Development

Jim McKie

As VP of Business Development, Jim McKie brings over 30 years of diverse experience working with both for-profit and non-profit organizations throughout the United States and Latin America. Jim has owned and operated multiple companies ranging from software development, internet marketing and brand development to business consulting, training, and capital raising for various real estate development projects. Jim has held various C-Level positions at companies over his 30 years in business. Mr. McKie also holds a board seat with Life After Active Duty, an organization dedicated to helping veterans re-integrate into their communities after their military careers have come to an end.

Mr. McKie is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and has a B.A. degree in Business Administration.

Chief Technology Officer

Alex Paluzzi

Alex brings over a decade of professional software engineering and architecture experience. He has leadership experience in information technology and manufacturing industries. His passion is artificial intelligence sciences and combined with his expertise in web and mobile development, he is pushing Smart Business Doctor to the cutting edge of technology.

Mr. Paluzzi has a B.S. degree in Management Information Systems with emphasis on Computer Science.

Sr. Project Director

Jeff Gutting

VP Finance, Loan and Procurement

Michael Mitwol

A real estate owner, investor, and entrepreneur, using his legal background to advantage, offering thirty-five plus years of extensive sales, management, and marketing experience and expertise facilitating governmental contracting options for businesses seeking federal government contracts as well as being a certified private money broker raising capital across the spectrum of residential and commercial properties, maintaining a primary emphasis in commercial deal structuring and urban corridor development, capital stacks, the waterfall, and commercial arbitrage, especially sourcing mezzanine pieces and bridge loans for gap financing.

Always an entrepreneur, with a vision coupled with a belief in the process, always striving to manage a client’s expectations.

Sr. Business Analyst

Ralph Watson

Rated in the Top 5% of all Middle and Upper Level Executives by Alexander Proudfoot Consulting

Ralph Watson has a varied and extensive career spanning 45 years of increasingly responsible positions in both sales and operations in a very diverse mix of industry specialties, including food processing, textile and apparel, financial services, strategic marketing and professional management consulting.

As a Senior Executive Analyst with several international managements consulting firms, he distinguished himself as one of the top analysts in a highly competitive field. He also and was an International Business Coach for SkillPath Executive Services coaching 10 businesses in Germany and the United Kingdom.

Earlier in his career, he rose to Associate Manager of three divisions of the third largest milk cooperative in the country where he turned around a failing division and decertified two powerful unions. Moving from there he joined the Southland Corporation to launch the Dole Fruit N’ Juice Bar and a franchise program with Coca-Cola Foods. Later he joined a family owned, vertically integrated textile and apparel company and within 6 months was Vice-President of Sales. He took the company from a Cost Plus5% product mix to one carrying a 30% Gross Margin. He then went into business for himself in the highly competitive industry of financial services where he set up a national health insurance program for the Business Partners of IBM and later earned a license to implement the Monopolize Your Marketplace strategic marketing system.

He holds a BSA degree from the University of Georgia.

Sr. Business Engineer

Larry Guzowski

Larry has over twenty years of experience in corporate America, growing companies domestically and internationally.

Larry has founded and ran Performance Display Systems, Inc. for ten years, awarded five world-wide patents during that time.

He has over a decade of experience as a management consultant servicing the medium size businesses of North America.