"We had the good fortune to engage Gregg and Janice of Tag Team Business Solutions to help us begin to evolve our 700+ Habitat ReStores. They did a fantastic job and truly "met us" where we are. Their deep experience and collaborative approach was invaluable and we look forward to working with Tag Team in the future."
Larry Gluth,
Senior Vice President, US & Canada
Habitat for Humanity International
"Gregg formally mentored me when I was the Chief Operating Officer of 1-800-GOT-JUNK? He quickly became a trusted resource and hugely valuable addition. Gregg was a quantum leap for me in understanding how to not only grow the company, but also grow in my role as COO, while also growing the leadership skills of my team. His great counsel and sage business advice along my journey really allowed me to have complete confidence each step of the way. I'm honoured to have him as a mentor."
Cameron Herold, Founder and President,
BackPocketCOO
“From front line to the corner suite, Gregg’s ability to understand the issues at hand and communicate them in a language that creates results is a tribute to the decades of experience he has leading different organizations. His ability to get all the individual players, on the same page, moving in the same direction…is a unique skill set that combines an understanding of complex environments and the coordination of activities, all pushing toward value creation.”
Jim Donald,
President and CEO,
Haggen's Supermarkets;
Former CEO,
Starbucks Coffee Company
GREGG JOHNSON
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PRINCIPAL
Gregg provides senior-level advisory and coaching services to a variety of for-profit and non-profit organizations. Focusing on the issues of high growth and rapid change, Gregg works with leaders to successfully anticipate and navigate challenges, develop responsive strategies, and implement solutions to insure long-term sustainable results. In his for-profit practice, Gregg serves multi-unit retailers, restaurants, and personal/financial services providers, leveraging his extensive hospitality background and providing both project and interim senior executive services. In his not-for-profit engagements, Gregg works with a large variety of social enterprises in strategy development, business planning, and interim executive roles.
SERVICES
CLIENTS
Coinstar, 1-800-GOT-JUNK, NPower, Habitat for Humanity ReStores, Wynsum Arts, and numerous individual senior executive mentoring engagements.
BACKGROUND
Prior to starting his company, Gregg was a senior executive at Starbucks Coffee Company for over thirteen years, and was involved in virtually every area of the business. As senior vice president of Global Business Systems Solutions, Gregg led a worldwide team in integrating and globalizing Starbucks diverse international and domestic businesses. Prior to this role, Gregg was accountable for the Emerging Business Group, shepherding the growth of the Starbucks Licensed Stores, Seattle’s Best Coffee, Torrefazione Italia, and Foodservice divisions.
Gregg also served as senior vice president, U.S. Stores. In this role, he was accountable for delivering the third place experience in more than 6500 stores, and supporting over 80,000 Starbucks partners. He has also served as senior vice president, Licensed Stores, developing strategic relationships with major hospitality and hotel companies, foodservice operators and grocers.
Previously, Gregg was vice president of Business Alliances, accountable for sales, business development and operations. He also served as vice president, Store Operations Services, where his responsibilities included overseeing retail business systems, retail implementation, communications, performance measures, quality assurance and continuous improvement, operations engineering, and special projects. Gregg’s first assignment with Starbucks was as Southwest zone vice president.
While at Starbucks, Gregg served as a board member for a number of domestic and international joint ventures. He also served on the board of the Starbucks Foundation.
Before joining Starbucks in 1995, he was vice president of Volume Services, Inc., a recreational services company serving stadiums, arenas, convention centers, clubs and other high-volume food service operations. He also has experience in the hotel, resort and restaurant industries.
Gregg earned his Bachelors degree in Hotel Administration from the Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
EXTRAS
Gregg is active in the community, serving on the board of Global Partnerships, a non-profit working to expand opportunity for people living in poverty through micro-finance, and currently sits on the Social Impact committee. He is a past president of and serves on the board of FareStart, a Seattle-based social entrepreneurship dedicated to transforming the lives of homeless and disadvantaged men and women. He currently leads FareStart’s National Expansion committee. Gregg was also a founding board member of Kitchens With Mission, a national network of social entrepreneurs working to provide foodservice career training for individuals with employment barriers.
In addition to his not-for-profit and social enterprise board service, Gregg is a member of the advisory boards of two privately held companies, where his role includes working with the CEO and senior leadership teams to develop and implement strategies for growth.
Gregg lives with his wife, Nancy, in Sammamish, Washington, and is an accomplished glass blower, craftsman, and chef.