Timothy J. Emmitt

Timothy J. Emmitt is a Partner and Senior Managing Director for Gantry Business Solutions.  He specializes in Growth Strategies, Performance Improvement, Transaction Support and Turnaround & Restructuring.  He has over 30 years of advisory and corporate experience at executive levels including CEO, COO, and VP in operations, finance, strategy, pricing, product development, mergers & acquisitions, and business development.  His experience includes private equity, public, non-profit organizations, and family-owned businesses.  

Prior to Gantry, Mr. Emmitt has led three (3) separate middle market companies to organically quadruple bottom-line in under four years while putting each on a double-digit growth path.  He is able to quickly identify and then lead teams to rapidly execute strategies to harvest the best improvement opportunities in companies. 

In addition to increasing top and bottom-line, Mr. Emmitt’s teams have won national industry awards in company culture, strategy product development, process development, balanced scorecard, and operational [supplier] excellence.  He maintains an active certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and holds a BS with Honors in engineering from Michigan State University and MBA in finance from The University of Chicago.

He is currently a member of the Project Management Institute, audit committee member of BSA of Michigan (Crossroads Council), and moderator for Family Business Alliance.  Past involvement includes the Van Andel Institute Board of Governors, Grand Rapids Chamber, Vistage, and Leadership Detroit Board of Trustees.  He has also served as a board-advisor for several middle-market manufacturing and technology companies.