David Omholt
http://www.eauth.com
Mr. Omholt is the Chief Executive Officer of The Entrepreneur Authority (TEA), the leading franchise brokerage firm in the country. He also heads up the Franchise Center of Excellence, a training program which educates franchise consultants on the finer points of Franchising.
Mr. Omholt has extensive experience in both the private and public sectors, as well as international. Having worked with companies both large and small, Mr. Omholt’s roots are in small business and founded TEA to work with aspiring "franchipreneurs". Additionally, he has earned a CFE (Certified Franchise Executive) designation, the highest accreditation in the Industry, and has completed both the Franchise Management Certificate program at the University of Texas at El Paso and the Fast Track M.B.A. in Franchise Management at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship at NOVA Southeastern University.
Mr. Omholt is a frequent speaker at universities, seminars, conferences and talk shows on franchising, entrepreneurship and small business ownership. Members of the International Franchise Association (IFA) have called him one of the top franchise consultants in the country. Mr. Omholt also had the distinction of being on the Fair Franchising Standards Committee of the American Association of Franchisees and Dealers (AAFD) which promotes total quality franchising and win-win relationships between franchisees and franchisors.
Uniquely, Mr. Omholt has been both a Licensor and Licensee and offers a balanced, real-world perspective of business ownership.
Prior to founding TEA, Mr. Omholt was an Executive with Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) for 10 years in their Retail Industry consulting practice. During his tenure with Accenture, Mr. Omholt consulted for many of the Global 500 companies, including: Best Buy, Eddie Bauer, GZS-Eurocard, JC Penney, Kroger, Meijer, Radio Shack, Sears Roebuck, Sears Canada, Sears Mexico, Walgreens and others. Some of Mr. Omholt's projects received Global awards for the breakthrough success and turnaround brought to the client.
Since founding TEA in 2002, Mr. Omholt has consulted and/or brokered for major franchise brands such as AAMCO, Charles Schwab, Denny's, Great Clips, Potbelly's, ServPro, as well as hundreds of others in every imaginable industry segment in the US, Canada and Mexico.
An avid writer, Mr. Omholt was a contributing author to Achieving Quality Performance, a book which outlines how improved teamworking, innovation and quality lead to overall enhanced business performance. He is often quoted in various publications on Franchising trends and matters. He co-lead research on the Franchise industry in conjunction with the University of North Texas, where he has sponsored UNT's David E. Omholt Entrepreneurship Scholarship for aspiring entrepreneurship majors. He also writes a quarterly column in The Franchise Handbook.
Mr. Omholt graduated from Purdue's Krannert School of Management and recently was awarded the prestigious Emerging Voice Award. He also serves on the Dean's Advisory Council for the College of Liberal Arts.
He is married with 3 daughters and his family is very active in the United Methodist Church and with international mission projects.
Mr. Omholt has extensive experience in both the private and public sectors, as well as international. Having worked with companies both large and small, Mr. Omholt’s roots are in small business and founded TEA to work with aspiring "franchipreneurs". Additionally, he has earned a CFE (Certified Franchise Executive) designation, the highest accreditation in the Industry, and has completed both the Franchise Management Certificate program at the University of Texas at El Paso and the Fast Track M.B.A. in Franchise Management at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship at NOVA Southeastern University.
Mr. Omholt is a frequent speaker at universities, seminars, conferences and talk shows on franchising, entrepreneurship and small business ownership. Members of the International Franchise Association (IFA) have called him one of the top franchise consultants in the country. Mr. Omholt also had the distinction of being on the Fair Franchising Standards Committee of the American Association of Franchisees and Dealers (AAFD) which promotes total quality franchising and win-win relationships between franchisees and franchisors.
Uniquely, Mr. Omholt has been both a Licensor and Licensee and offers a balanced, real-world perspective of business ownership.
Prior to founding TEA, Mr. Omholt was an Executive with Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) for 10 years in their Retail Industry consulting practice. During his tenure with Accenture, Mr. Omholt consulted for many of the Global 500 companies, including: Best Buy, Eddie Bauer, GZS-Eurocard, JC Penney, Kroger, Meijer, Radio Shack, Sears Roebuck, Sears Canada, Sears Mexico, Walgreens and others. Some of Mr. Omholt's projects received Global awards for the breakthrough success and turnaround brought to the client.
Since founding TEA in 2002, Mr. Omholt has consulted and/or brokered for major franchise brands such as AAMCO, Charles Schwab, Denny's, Great Clips, Potbelly's, ServPro, as well as hundreds of others in every imaginable industry segment in the US, Canada and Mexico.
An avid writer, Mr. Omholt was a contributing author to Achieving Quality Performance, a book which outlines how improved teamworking, innovation and quality lead to overall enhanced business performance. He is often quoted in various publications on Franchising trends and matters. He co-lead research on the Franchise industry in conjunction with the University of North Texas, where he has sponsored UNT's David E. Omholt Entrepreneurship Scholarship for aspiring entrepreneurship majors. He also writes a quarterly column in The Franchise Handbook.
Mr. Omholt graduated from Purdue's Krannert School of Management and recently was awarded the prestigious Emerging Voice Award. He also serves on the Dean's Advisory Council for the College of Liberal Arts.
He is married with 3 daughters and his family is very active in the United Methodist Church and with international mission projects.