Ira Tatelbaum Principal and Founder Ira Tatelbaum is a highly regarded consultant in the very specialized field of business ownership and management transition. BPSolutions consultants have worked with dozens of companies over the years and have published numerous articles in their areas of expertise. You can contact Mr. Tatelbaum directly at ira@bpsolutionsllc.com
Ira Tatelbaum has more than thirty years of entrepreneurial, business development and consulting experience. He was raised in a family business, and opened his first venture as a menswear retailer in 1975. Ira went on to found businesses in China and the former Soviet Union and spent fifteen years as a member of the Board of Directors of a $100 million public company. At the forefront of trends in each of his endeavors, he pioneered discounting of fair traded national brand menswear products in the United States and was among the first Americans to import consumer goods from China and export product to the former Soviet Union. In pursuit of these ventures, he has traveled widely in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and he continues his activities and relationships in China and Russia. As an outside director of his family’s publicly traded company, Mr. Tatelbaum was an integral part of a team that oversaw the company’s transition from family to professional management. In 1991 Mr. Tatelbaum was cited in articles in The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe and The Boston Herald for pioneering work done by an American company in the former Soviet Union. He formed the first 100% foreign owned company in the former Soviet Union, and his company was one of only eight chosen to distribute product there for a Fortune 100 American company. Four years later he sold his equity in the company to fellow stockholders.
For five years Ira was a consultant with Genus Resources, the pioneer firm for multidisciplinary consulting to family business in the United States.  He teamed with the Genus principals, Tom Davidow and Richard Narva, on a number of cases.  Mr. Tatelbaum continues to partner with Tom on engagements for family and closely held companies.  (More on Methodology)
Mr. Tatelbaum served for two years as Vice-President of the U.S.-Russia Chamber of Commerce of Boston and for four years as Treasurer and Vice-President of the Citywide Parents Council, a parents’ advocacy group for improvements to public schools in Quincy, MA.  He is a member of the Family Firm Institute, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of a China based manufacturer, and remains active consulting individually and as a team member to family and closely held companies.