A highly experienced financial management expert and operations consultant, Ron Dougherty has more than 30 years of experience working with Fortune 100 companies, leading private entities, and family-run businesses. He specializes in business analysis, cost and capital management, forecasting, strategic planning, reporting, benchmarking, and project team facilitation. Ron helps businesses prepare for sale by analyzing workstream performance, redefining business imperatives, and developing a future state operating model to achieve maximum valuations. He is currently on the Forbes Business Council.

Ron resides in Western New York. He is a founder and Executive Director of the Raise A Glass Foundation which runs one of the largest international wine competitions in the US that raises money for various charities. He is a judge at several wine competitions in the US, Europe and South America and an avid wine collector.