Sheldon Harris
PARTNER
Sheldon Harris is a highly successful entrepreneur and leader who coaches business owners and executives to achieve greater success. Sheldon draws on a lifetime of real-world experience to provide specific, actionable guidance to his clients and helps keep them focused and accountable for the activities that drive results.
Coaching and Leadership Highlights:
- President of Cold Stone Creamery and led growth of system-wide revenue to $500,000,000 with 1400 stores and 15,000 employees worldwide
- Warehouse Manager with Costco in Alaska, Oregon, Utah
- Led market entry for Costco into Russia
- Developed massive athletic club prototype for SportsNation
- Interim CEO for 180-unit franchised nutrition concept
- Interim CEO for manufacturer/distributor of organic gardening products
- Built a successful and innovative consumer lending business and sold it to the credit union industry
- Led market introduction of a new crude oil extraction solvent into Texas oilfields
- Implemented systems to enhance sales and performance of a Northwest marketing cooperative of 500 local businesses
- Advisor for development and launch of an international e-learning language platform
- Advisor to Ken Blanchard Companies
- Executive in Residence for Grand Canyon University in Arizona
- Advisor and instructor for the Executive MBA program at Grand Canyon University
- Mentor for NACET (Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology
- Mentor for CEI (Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation)
Personal:
- Married to Jen Arricale, a celebrity fitness chef and champion physique competitor
- Father of a wonderful 4-legged daughter, Lola (an English Mastiff)
- Second-degree black belt in Goju Ryu karate
- Enjoys weight training, biking, and RVing
- Passionate about bringing the best out of people and helping them grow their businesses