About Strategic Venture Partners

Strategic Venture Partners was created to provide solutions for business owners. The owner, Dr. Alan Grossnickle, has extensive experience as a company CEO and President, a business owner, a college business professor, and a community volunteer. He has served on the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and currently serves as a school board member, bank advisory board member, bank board member, and a bank holding company member.  Most importantly, he understands business as a business owner and as an academic who has taught numerous courses, to name a few - marketing, human resources, business strategy, management, and production and operation’s management. His teaching experience has been online and within the classroom, undergraduate and graduate MBA. This gives him the unique ability to provide solutions to business owners in the changing and complex business world.

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Experience

8 Years President/CEO (Corporation Founder), 10 Years Director of Operations, 5 Years Regional Director, 5 Years Administration

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Current Boards

Advisory Board, multi-state bank, $8.5 Billion in assets.

Board member/holding company member, bank in Wyoming and Fort Wayne, IN.

Board member Parkview Hospitals, Whitley and Kosciusko Counties.

Board Secretary, Lakeland Christian Academy, Winona Lake, IN.

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Academia

10 Years Grace College, 5 Years University of Saint Francis, Taught Business Undergraduate and Graduate (MBA Courses)

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Professional and Executive Development

Harvard University Division of Professional and Executive Development Leading to
a Harvard University Certificate of Leadership Excellence in strategy and
Innovation, School of Professional and Executive Education.

Beyond Strategic Planning: From implementation to Sustainment, November 2023

Strategic Sales Management, February 2024

Strategies for Leading Successful Change Initiatives: Mastery Session, August 2024

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Education 
DBA - Northcentral  University – Doctor Business Administration – Concentration Marketing
MBA - University of Saint Francis – Master of Business Administration - Concentration Finance
MPA - Ball State University- Public Administration
BA - Parsons College – Political Science/History

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Military
US Army Reserve, 6 years, SP-5

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Church
Warsaw Community Church

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Personal
Married, Peggy, two children and three grandchildren.

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Certifications
Kauffman Fast Trac (Business start-up and consulting)
IRS VITA (Volunteer in Tax Assistance), Program Director, Advanced Tax Preparation