Who We Are
At Riverfront Business Consulting, we're here to empower small businesses.
If you're a small business struggling with operations, such as inventory management, forecasting supply and demand issues, needing assistance with budgeting and planning, or simply creating a business plan, we would love to work with you. Our extensive operations experience combined with our own experience of starting a few small companies helps us understand the underlying challenges and makes us the ideal choice to help you get organized, clarify your goals, tackle operational challenges, and ultimately increase revenues, profitability, and sustainability.
About Riverfront Business Consulting
Why Choose Us?
We're passionate about small business success. We believe the small business was created to fill a need in the community.
What set's us apart?
We've held leadership roles in IT and consumer package goods industries with expertise spanning business strategy, inventory management, demand/supply planning, budgeting/forecasting and organizational change management. Our leadership capabilities are founded on Agile and Design Thinking practices along with advanced project management skills to guide teams through their operational journey. We have a fearless capability to tackle complex projects and listen deeply to identify the root causes of operational challenges. We don’t just provide band aid solutions—we create tailored approaches that fit your business and is designed to drive lasting results. We walk side by side with our customers to achieve a seamless change over. By leveraging decades of experience across different industries and company sizes, we can help you navigate your unique business challenges, whether it’s improving cash flow, reducing waste, or optimizing your supply chain.
We'll unlock the full potential of your business and set the stage for sustainable growth.
The Journey
Riverfront Business Consulting is owned and operated by Mary Ann Montano. When she was nine years old, she created her first company - a lemonade stand. Since then, she's always had that self-starter mindset. Early in her career, she gained valuable experience in Finance and Sales Operations, which provided her with essential management, budgeting, and planning skills. However, her true expertise and passion lies in inventory management, demand/supply planning, project managment, and organizational change management. She has participated in inventory audits and served as a liaison between sales, manufacturing, procurement, order management, and new product development to maintain optimal inventory levels. She's worked in consumer-packaged goods and IT industries.
Sprinkled in between, she managed to get her certifications in Project Management (PMP from PMI) and Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt. In addition to establishing her consulting business, she along with her husband, established a successful self-storage business of 10 years and is the prior owner of a defibrillator distribution business.