Karl F. Buhl - Principal

Focus: Strategic planning, business development, marketing, brand strategy, outsourcing strategy.

Disciplinary specialties: Listening carefully, identifying opportunities as well as obstacles and barriers to success, and then creating actionable, cost-effective strategies and tactics that drive our clients' businesses forward—resulting in increased efficiency, faster growth, and improved revenue and profitability.

Expertise: Insightful, analytical, and responsive management consultant with a proven history of success in business development, product development and management, government affairs, marketing, advertising, and public relations. Creative and persistent problem solver. Goal-oriented, and competitive team builder who possesses outstanding communication and excellent interpersonal skills. Empowering leader and catalyst, organized and thorough planner, and effective negotiator dealing easily across all levels of an organization. B.A. Michigan State University. M.S.J. Northwestern University.

Signal achievements: Former Microsoft executive who worked directly with Bill Gates on marketing, advanced technology, and government affairs. Provided Microsoft advanced technology strategy briefings to Vice President Al Gore and governments throughout Europe and Asia. Repositioned the Microsoft Mouse and created a successful national advertising campaign for the product. As a consultant, developed a segmentation study profiling Microsoft's customers to support the marketing launch of Windows® 3.1.

Licensed Florida real estate broker (Lic. BK3129130)
Licensed US Coast Guard Captain.
Member Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)
Member Turnaround Management Association (TMA)
Cambridge Who's Who Executive Registry