Principal Profiles
Clay Rivers is a Managing Member with Oxburgh Row and has more than 25 years of leadership experience in various industries with full responsibility for all business functions. He has served as General Manager of three international businesses including a division of a Fortune 1000 company. His experience involves the recruitment and development of performance teams to facilitate the successful start-up of international operations as well as the turnaround of under performing businesses. Operational reforms and cost reductions have centered around throughput management, efficiency gains, strategic sourcing, and optimized inventory management systems.
After successfully completing a two-year heavy industry turnaround, Clay founded a consulting practice to offer operational expertise to a variety of industries, and in 2010, he added business valuation to the services portfolio. Since the introduction of appraisal services he has valued companies in numerous industries which include manufacturing, distribution, dental and medical practices, automobile dealerships, and oil field service companies.
Clay earned an MBA from the University of Houston at Clear Lake and a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A & M University. Additionally, he has formal training in Lean Six Sigma, SPC, Karass Negotiations, Human Resource Management from the Glasscock School at Rice University, and holds two APICS certifications, Certified Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) and Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP).