PLATINUM MANAGEMENT - Key Persons
Becky Amble is a revenue generator. She focuses marketing and sales strategies to drive record revenue, while building and energizing teams to new highs in performance. Becky has spent more than 30 years leading organizations to grow and increase profits through cutting-edge marketing strategies, market information and relentless execution. She turned around a tool manufacturer and division of a major media company and increased revenues in companies in less challenging situations. She has worked with more than 40 CEOs to increase revenues in their businesses whether they be Fortune 50 or a micro business. Med tech, high tech and industrial B2B companies are her focus areas.
Becky is a bestselling author of more than 10 books and numerous articles. She has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal and USA Today on her future trend research and has also appeared as a radio guest throughout America.
Becky is an active volunteer. She is a mentor for the Minnesota Cup and is current president and past VP of the Bloomington Rotary Foundation. As a member of the Bloomington Rotary she also helps with programming and photography of meetings and events. As a Board member of the Eagle Group of MN Veterans she provides Board leadership and organizes monthly programs.
Becky and her husband live in Woodbury with their three cats. Their two sons are young adults. In her free time Becky enjoys reading, art, music, travel and walking the beach.
Dale has 25+ years of experience helping organizations ranging in size from startup to Fortune 20 with strategy, mergers, transitions and crises. His background includes starting and growing a business to profitability; leading corporate communications and global employee communications at two rapidly changing publicly traded companies; reinvigorating a significant media brand and analysis of more than 1,000 businesses as a multi-award-winning financial journalist.
At Platinum, Dale delivers innovative solutions for leaders facing complex challenges. This includes working with them to improve their strategy, sell distressed assets, acquire businesses, and navigate reputational attacks and other crisis situations. He also provides media relations and strategic communications guidance and services. While Dale works within all industries, most recently his projects have been in the fields of agriculture, commercial development, in-home healthcare, manufacturing, media and mining. In 2022, he led the process of selling distressed assets valued at $50,000 for $2.4 million, for which Platinum Group earned the Turnaround of the Year Award from the Minnesota Turnaround Management Association.
Dale enjoys his children, time in the Boundary Waters, boating, downhill skiing, running, hiking and cooking. He also enjoys giving back by serving on boards, commissions, and councils. Dale formerly served as a city council member and a planning commissioner in Excelsior, MN; advisor on the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce's 2030 Economic Advisory Committee; regent for St. Mary's University of Minnesota's Schools of Graduate and Professional Programs, Health and Human Services; and advisory board member for ThreeSixty Journalism.
Dale enjoys spending time with his family canoeing and fishing in the Boundary Waters, boating on Lake Minnetonka, downhill skiing and hiking. He also enjoys serving as a city council member in Excelsior, MN; advisor on the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce's 2030 Economic Advisory Committee; regent for St. Mary's University of Minnesota's Schools of Graduate and Professional Programs; and advisory board member for ThreeSixty Journalism.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Founder
- Company 's Founder
Platinum Group's Founder, Dean Bachelor, passed away in 2021. Dean created the foundation that supports Platinum's ongoing success. We honor him here.
Dean has been named CEO of more than three dozen companies in a turnaround. He has a knack for discovering, unlocking and focusing on the true, inherent value of every organization, then finding unique and creative ways to restore and manage shareholder value. A consummate turnaround artist, Dean often radically changes the fortunes of those who are experiencing extraordinarily difficult times. He received the Turnaround Management Association's Turnaround of the Year (2004) and Transaction of the Year (2009) Awards.
As founder and Chairman, Dean works with each of the firm's Managing Partners to restore shareholder value in a turnaround, enhance value during a consulting engagement, or realize value through a transaction or capital formation.
Meaningful, because the work we do has significant meaning to the shareholders, investor, boards of directors, officers, employees and stakeholders of every client we serve and every company we own. Meaningful, because we care about these people. Meaningful, because our special knowledge and decades of experience leading companies through critical transitions have saved thousands of jobs, reversed downward slides of hundreds of companies, prevented corporate and personal bankruptcies, as well as provided a safe haven for people in serious trouble. Meaningful, because when people are in trouble, they need a friend to turn to who can understand the pain they are feeling, the hopelessness they may not be able to share with anyone else, and the frustration of not understanding or knowing what to do to help themselves. We at Platinum understand, empathize and are uniquely capable of stepping into and leading them and their companies through this critical transition in their lives and businesses with the goal of restoring, enhancing and realizing the inherent value in each business. This is truly meaningful work.
Capitalism, because it is the engine that provides economic freedom in the United States, the greatest country on earth; a country based on "freedom and liberty for all" through the development and preserving of the free enterprise system. Capitalism, because the founders of this country understood that free markets and free people provide an environment for individuals to achieve their dreams. Capitalism, although imperfect, still provides the best way for people to hold their heads high with pride in the fruits of their labor, earning a fair wage for the value they bring to the table. Capitalism, because we at Platinum believe each and every person has the opportunity to accomplish his or her own personal goals without reducing or harming another. Capitalism, because the building and accumulation of wealth can benefit in very real, tangible ways individuals, families, communities and charitable organizations. Capitalism, because within every human being exists the innate desire to achieve a goal, fulfill a purpose in life and become what he or she is capable of becoming. Capitalism, because the business advice, business transition, family business and business turnaround services we provide may make the critical difference for small and mid-sized businesses that find themselves in difficult times.
Donna is a key liaison between clients and the Platinum partners, members and associates with whom they are working. She is a good listener and responds quickly to those in need by making connections, scheduling appointments and sending documentation. Donna manages the inner workings of the Platinum office with grace and style, and works "behind the scenes" to ensure the success of every client engagement.
Jim is an entrepreneur who has worked with more than 40 businesses, providing expertise in strategic planning, marketing, and getting the right organization in place to grow and prosper. He started and sold several businesses, including an advertising, public relations and marketing agency in the Duluth area. He grew that business to 23 employees and more than $4 million in revenue before selling it in 2012. He represents Platinum Group in Duluth and Northern Minnesota.
Jon is an accomplished CEO, trusted board director and thought leader best known for leading American Public Media Group (APMG), the nation's largest station-based producer and syndicator of public radio programs and podcasts serving more than 20 million listeners in all 50 states. As CEO, he grew APMG revenues by 35 percent, reduced long-term debt by 52 percent, increased total assets 26 percent and raised over $100 million to invest in growth and innovation. He also founded the Glen Nelson Center to identify and invest in the brightest ideas by diverse, visionary founders, and he piloted APMG's founding of Gather.com, a pioneering, private equity, social media venture based in Boston, (now Skyword.com). Prior to becoming CEO, he was chief operating officer for eight years and was deeply involved in building Minnesota Public Radio and APMG since 1983.
Pat is a seasoned business executive with a strong track record of success working in a diversity of environments, including distribution, manufacturing, service and banking. He leads financial restructurings and excels in rapidly transitioning environments where cash insufficiency is the key issue that must be overcome.
Since 1980, Tom has been addressing family owned business needs based on his background in family therapy. Known as the "dean" of family businesses, he is a nationally recognized expert on family business challenges. His work with hundreds of family businesses has enabled them to be driven by their values and vision rather than the often, conflicting overlap of family relationships and business systems. He developed many of his theories on family businesses and families of wealth while studying systems and organizational development as a Bush Leadership Fellow.