Marion Dunn will act as Senior Consultant for McIlvane Partners, Inc. With over 28 years of start-up, business development, marketing, sales, and exit strategy experience Marion W. Dunn brings a wealth of knowledge to the McIlvane Partners' team. Having been President or CEO of 12 companies over his 28 years of business experience, he has handled every aspect of business development and management that is possible. Marion's background has been largely in the field of telecommunications under the corporate umbrella of his own holding company, Dunn Properties, Inc., consisting of long distance, radio paging, cellular, call centers, and most recently, in the field of Voice over Internet Protocol. He has successfully taken all 12 companies he has owned, in total or in part, from the start-up phase thru deployment and marketing, resulting in significant growth over a few short years, and finally, successful sale. This experience has made him keenly aware of many of the problems and issues related to the start-up phase and he has joined McIlvane Partners to use his knowledge and experience to guide start-ups through the critical issues that make the difference between success and failure.