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    Alex Blyakhman

    Founder, Excel Strategies, LLC

    Chicago

    Alex Blyakhman, CMA, CIA, CBIP is the founder of Excel Strategies, LLC, a small business consultancy firm. His professional experience spans various information technology, finance, and analytics roles across retail, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, digital advertising, and manufacturing verticals. His work involved helping companies ranging in size from mom and pop operations to large brands including Hearst Media, Sears, Kmart, Bridgestone, and Perrigo. His teaching experience includes continuing education classes at Henry Ford Community College, Macomb Community College, Illinois District 214 and other institutions. Alex aims to help students master various software tools and features to boost their productivity and quality of work. As a lifelong student himself, who pursues various professional certifications as a hobby, Alex enjoys sharing his knowledge and exchanging ideas with his students. He instills creativity into his problem-solving approach, enabling students answer questions they never knew they had.

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