It is well known that the best team wins, and my aim in life is to be on the best team. 

Throughout my career, I have built a strong reputation as a finance leader overseeing the planning, implementation, management, and operation of all finance activities for franchises with numerous locations across the nation. I work hard to provide strategic leadership and direction to my teams. It is when you look across the room and trust everyone sitting at the table, that you know you are in the right place. By building top-class finance and accounting teams, I have been able to deliver significant results and provide the groundwork for the greater financial strength of an organization.

We finance leaders keep business speeding along by looking around corners and seeing things others do not through creative and innovative approaches to solving problems and resolving issues. This is what I strive to be each day.

Reach out and connect with me here on LinkedIn! I would love to discuss financial and team challenges and see how I might lend my expertise to help solve them.

Jim Boswell

My grandmother is 92. She still volunteers at the senior center, helping serve meals to the people she calls “the seniors.” She's been volunteering since 2005, but working in the school district since 1970. 

I want to be like her when I grow up.

Chief Financial Officer | Private Equity | Transformational Leader | Methodical Team Builder

I read an article on LinkedIn this morning that argued AI in 2026 will be less about the models and more about how they show up inside real workflows. 

Our team is not doing anything fully end to end yet. But we have injected large language models into a few very specific points inside existing automations using Power Automate, and that is where I have seen the most value. Two uses have stood out so far. First, summarizing and generating insights for standardized reporting before the workflow continues downstream. Second, normalizing and mapping data that used to take hours of manual work each month before it could even be analyzed.

None of these use cases came from out of the box solutions. They came from having solid, intellectually curious people who understand the business, understand the software available to them, and know exactly where things slow down. That has been the most common and practical way we are using LLMs day to day.

A thought I am still working through...

AI is on nearly every leadership agenda right now. I keep seeing executives ask teams how they are using it, then compile lists of AI projects as a proxy for progress. In practice, this often happens before enterprise tools are widely available or before there is much clarity on where those tools should actually be applied.

I am noticing that when leadership is closer to the work, momentum feels different. Still observing how that plays out, but hearing positive feedback regularly from our team at the moment.

#leadership #ai #organizationaldesign

Quikrete

Lead holistic communications strategy for multi-billion dollar manufacturer of concrete and cementitious products and its additional 15 owned brands. Responsible for PR, external, internal, crisis and thought leadership, for this iconic American brand. Additionally, lead Marketing strategy for flagship brand, Quikrete and direct shared services Marketing support team.

Vice President, Marketing & Communications

Lead holistic communications strategy for North America’s largest manufacturer of pre-blended, packaged concrete and cementitious products. Responsible for PR, external, internal, crisis and thought leadership, for an iconic American brand.

Director, Corporate Communications

PPD Communications

Communications consulting focused on consumer retail and restaurant brands. Expertise includes corporate communications, internal / employee communications, public relations, crisis planning/response, public affairs, executive coaching, branding, messaging, and influencer/media relations.

25 years leading Communications for blue-chip brands. Quick and nimble yet strategic and thoughtful.

Principal Consultant

Primrose Schools

Led strategic communications for the leader in early education and care. Shaped the Primrose narrative for parents, franchise owners, team members and the community as we rapidly expanded our proprietary learning system across the nation.

Created and executed B2B (franchise recruitment) communications strategy to increase awareness among potential franchisees, real estate developers and landlords resulting in strongest franchisee pipeline in company history.

Led B2C (parents and soon-to-be parents) communication strategy, including public relations, thought leadership and community affairs, to increase awareness and trial resulting in increased student enrollment.

 Proud to have served an organization that believes who children become is as important as what they know.

Executive Director, Communications

Dine Brands Global

Globally promote, protect and defend the leading brands in casual (Applebee's) and family (IHOP) dining for the world's largest full-service restaurant company. Develop and execute brand story messaging and media campaigns to ensure external messages and PR initiatives resonate with key constituencies and drive business objectives. 

Created and implemented corporate social responsibility and crisis communications strategies. Led planning and execution of annual meetings ensuring franchisee attendees are educated, motivated and celebrated. Oversaw development and execution of government affairs strategies. Managed external Public Relations and Public Affairs agencies.

Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs

Sonic, America's Drive-In

Shared the Sonic story with internal and external audiences with strategic leadership of PR and external communications. Drove franchisee communications for alignment, understanding and engagement. Provided counsel and created senior executive communications and protected the brand via proactive crisis communication planning and execution. Delivered compelling PR strategies that drove sales and impacted consumer perception of brand. Acted as primary company spokesman and served on financial disclosure committee.

Vice President, Public Relations

Vice President level responsibilities, drove strategy and all communications efforts for the #1 family restaurant brand (IHOP). Led  Shared Services (Dine Brands Global) communications strategies and initiatives.

Executive Director, Corporate Communications

IHOP

Director, Communications

Manager, Public Relations and National Promotions

Boston Market

Director, Marketing and Public Relations

Area Manager

7-Eleven

Franchise Consultant

Communications professional with demonstrated success leading strategic communications planning, counseling and execution for best in class brands. 

Leadership and expertise in all aspects of corporate communications and public relations including strategy, media relations, issues/crisis management, CSR, positioning and reputation management. 

A trusted counselor to C-level management with a track record of increasing brand visibility; enhancing corporate reputation; leading and developing teams; and driving results.

Significant experience in:
Protecting, promoting,  and defending brands through paid, earned and owned media.
Developing teams to reach full potential.
Creating, and ensuring execution of, comprehensive, strategic communications strategies.
Driving results through B2B communications.
Proactively preparing organizations for rapid and appropriate management of crises and issues.
Using strategic communications to guide organizations through change.
Serving as an effective company spokesperson on a variety of complex issues.
Coaching C-level and other executives to maximize their impact.
Improving culture through creative and effective internal communications strategies.

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