Brian Powers has centered his career around managing and advising firms facing rapid growth, employment turmoil, and significant change. He began his career as an employment and labor lawyer with Baker & Hostetler, counseling companies facing workplace-sensitive events such as reorganizations, corporate downsizings and major harassment lawsuits.
Brian later joined the management team of Small Business News, Inc., eventually rising to the position of President in that organization. Under his leadership, Small Business News grew to a chain of nine regional business magazines in major U.S. markets, including Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati.
Brian next joined Vantage One Communications as Chief Operating Officer. He spearheaded the turnaround of Vantage One into a nationally-recognized e-commerce integration consulting firm. Vantage One was eventually acquired by FutureNext Consulting, where Brian served first as General Manager of the E-Business Division before rising to Vice President of Operations. In that role, he supervised the hiring, training, development and utilization of 350 consultants in 12 offices nationwide.
Both Small Business News and Vantage One were ranked in the top five of the Weatherhead 100, Case Western Reserve University’s annual list of the 100 fastest-growing companies in Northeast Ohio. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Brian is a widely published author in the fields of employee relations and management consulting. He serves as an adjunct faculty member and guest lecturer at several universities.
