Affiliated Organizations

We hold a strong view that life is best lived in a holistic manner where the profit motive of business and effecting change in the world are best when aligned. Many of us at Headwaters actively support PathNorth, a 501(c)(3) organization, whose unique mission is to help CEOs and business owners broaden their views of success, live more integrated lives, and experience greater effectiveness in business and personal endeavors.
PathNorth celebrates character in leaders, values in business and the importance of the broader involvement of private companies in their communities. To achieve this end, PathNorth fosters conversations of enduring significance and organizes unique events and activities, rich in content and historical settings, in the company of leaders and peers.

Headwaters | SC founded Business Growth Alliance, LLC (BGA) in 2004 to provide our clients with access to a national network of seasoned professionals who often function as subcontractors for Headwaters on client engagements. BGA is currently a national organization
consisting of 9 affiliates with access to roughly 100 professional staff members with unique industry and practice expertise. Summarized below are the core and specialized service partners within BGA and some summary information about each firm.

de Visscher & Co., LLC
Two Greenwich Office Park
Greenwich, CT 06831
Main Phone: 203.629.6500
Fax: 203.629.6547
Financial Consulting and Investment Banking Services for family and closely held businesses, including: Capital Programs, Shareholder Liquidity Programs, Control Restructurings, Private Equity Raising, Intergenerational Transfers, and Family Governance and Succession Planning.
Greenwich, CT

Value Defined Middle Market, LLC
885 Commerce Dr, Suite D
Perrysburg, OH 43551
Main Phone: 419.931.3005
Fax: 419.931.3007
A national Business Valuation firm providing middle-market, closely held companies with business valuation opinions, fairness opinions and valuation consulting services.
Toledo, OH

Specialized Intermediary intellectual property transfers, licensing and joint ventures between Fortune 500 companies and middle-market companies. Improve manufacturing processes, product development, lead time to market, product-line extensions and product-line replacements.
Boston, MA, Wilmington, DE, Tokyo, Japan, Hertfordshire, UK

The Pursuit Group
2528 Wembley Terrace N
Toledo, OH 43617
Main Phone: 866.478.7783
Fax: 208.975.1874
Helps business-to-business enterprises more successfully pursue revenue from their base of prospects and customers. Works with top management, including sales and marketing leadership, to build a successful, repeatable and sustainable system to turn more leads into sales and grow current customers into long-term customers.
Toledo, OH, Columbus, OH, Cleveland, OH, Oakland, CA, Pittsburgh, PA

Asher, Inc.
1001 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Suite 600 S
Washington, DC 20004
Main Phone: 202.742.6639
Fax: 202.742.6643
Master Sales Strategists specializing in sales and marketing best practices and training courses, facilitation of strategic plans, marketing and sales process assessments, and aptitude assessment of salespeople, sales managers and customer service people.
Washington, DC, Beijing, China, Shanghai, China, Shenzhen, China

IQity Solutions, LLC
3000 Stonewood E
Suite 120
Wexford, PA 15090
Main Phone: 724.934.6168
Fax: 724.935.0676
Pioneering the future of Business Performance Management Solutions today for the manufacturing and hospital industry. IQity’s solution is called IQ-Fusion. IQ-Fusion is a powerful, web-based solution delivered on demand (cloud computing) as a service. IQ-Fusion allows customers to harvest performance data in real time, link financial measures to improvement initiatives, and close the gap between expectations and execution. IQ-Fusion is delivered at up to 80% lower costs and, when combined with our Business Analytics and Optimization Services, we are able to help companies unlock their “hidden” business value.
Pittsburgh, PA

Herbein Consulting, Inc.
2763 Century Blvd
Reading, PA 19610
Main Phone: 610.378.1175
Fax: 610.378.0999
Specialized Cost Accounting, Financing, and Managerial and Strategic Consulting Services needs for manufacturing businesses. Special expertise in the dairy products industry. Feasibility Studies, Merger Due Diligence, Labor Contract Negotiations, and Transportation and Hauling Cost Analysis.
Reading, PA

U.S. China Business Solutions
1001 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Suite 600 S
Washington, DC 20004
Main Phone: 202.742.6638
Fax: 202.742.6643
Specialized Intermediary – sourcing in China for U.S. manufacturers and distributors, and finding U.S. acquisitions, brands or business partners for Chinese companies.
Washington, DC, Charlotte, NC, Shenzhen, China, Beijing, China

Tenzing Consulting, LLC
Waterfront Corporate Park Two
2100 Georgetowne Dr, Suite 302
Sewickley, PA 15143
Main Phone: 724.940.4060
Fax: 724.940.4092
Strategy Sourcing, Supply-Chain Performance and Operations Effectiveness Consulting to improve bottom-line results and global competitiveness. Results-driven, high-ROI programs.
Sewickley, PA