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Philip Akin
Executive CEO Coach and Growth Strategist specializing in marketing, franchising, and operations
Cedar Falls, IowaCo-Owner & CEO44 years experienceExecutiveManagement ConsultingExecutive CoachingMarketing & Advertising
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Operator-turned-CEO coach who founded and scaled a laundry services business from a $500 start into an international, multi-location chain. Led high-stakes retail merger integration and rapid store expansion at Advance Auto Parts (600→1,200 stores in ~9 months; 2,500+ additional openings over 5 years) and developed an OGSI operations framework adopted by dozens of companies.
Experience
Co-Owner & CEOCoreComp Advisors, Inc.
Co-Founder and CEOClean Laundry
Former ChairVistage Worldwide, Inc.
President and CEOHellman
Director of MarketingAdvance Auto Parts
President / FounderDuds 'n Suds
Education
Iowa State Universitybachelor, Speech Telecommunications and Journalism Marketing
Key Strengths
- Founded and scaled a laundry services business from $500 investment into a multi-location chain across 30 U.S. states plus Canada, Ireland, UK, and 9 Southeast Asian licenses
- Built and applied a repeatable operations alignment framework (OGSI) adopted by dozens of companies
- Operational inefficiency prioritization using Pareto analysis with senior leadership to focus on highest-impact issues
- Led complex retail merger integration as SPOC at Advance Auto Parts, scaling from 600 to 1,200 stores in ~9 months
- Drove large-scale retail expansion, helping open 2,500+ additional locations over 5 years at a public company
- Coached ~45 CEOs/companies via Vistage training, supporting growth from $1–2M revenue to ~$5M and advising larger organizations (including banks)
- Strong executive communication approach: teaching leaders to ask better questions and build open, non-pejorative team communication
- Demonstrated adaptability and internal mobility (promoted into 6 roles in 3 years within a 45,000-employee organization)
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