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Michael Seid
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Michael H. Seid is the founder and Managing Director of Michael H. Seid & Associates, LLC , (MSA) a franchise advisory firm. He and Wendy's founder Dave Thomas are co-authors of Franchising for Dummies. He has over 20 years experience as a Senior Operations and Financial Executive or Consultant for companies within the franchise, retail, restaurant, hospitality and service industries as well as having been a franchisee.
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Michael H. Seid is the founder and Managing Director of Michael H. Seid & Associates, LLC , (MSA) a domestic and international franchise advisory firm. He has over 20 years experience as a Senior Operations and Financial Executive or Consultant for companies within the franchise, retail, restaurant, hospitality and service industries as well as having been a franchisee.
Michael consults with companies on the appropriateness of franchising, both domestic and international, as a method to obtain their long-term expansion goals and in the design and development of their franchise systems. He assists established franchisors, multi-unit companies and multi-branded companies in tactical planning, headquarters and field support systems, manuals and training programs, marketing and expansion strategies, franchise relations, crisis management, expert witness, litigation support and the strategic restructuring of franchise systems. He serves as the back-up servicer for transactions related to royalty securitization for franchisors.
Michael was a senior officer for Supercuts, an international franchisor of hair care salons and was also a franchisee of the system. He was a Senior Vice President of Seligman and Latz and was Secretary Treasurer/Chief Operating Officer for Phillips Son & Neale (US), an international Fine Art Auction and Appraisal Company. Michael was a principal advisor to the Franchise Group of the New York investment-banking firm, Kidder, Peabody & Company. Michael is also a non practicing Certified Public Accountant.
Michael is a frequent speaker at programs for the International Franchise Association, universities, law schools, retail and professional organizations. He has written numerous articles on franchising, is often quoted and interviewed in the print and electronic media, is on the Board of Editors of LJN's Franchising Business & Law Alert and is a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the Wayne Huizenga Graduate School of Entrepreneurship of Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Together with the late Dave Thomas, Founder of Wendy's, Michael is the co-author of Franchising for Dummies, published by IDG Books Worldwide.
Michael H. Seid & Associates is a member of the International Franchise Association's (IFA) Supplier Forum (SF) and Michael serves on the SF's Board of Directors as a Past Chairman. As SF Chairman he was an ex-offico member of the Board of Directors of the IFA and a participant on its Executive Committee. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the IFA, the first and only time a professional services provider has been elected to the board in the association's history.
Michael is a trustee of the International Franchise Association Educational Foundation and is a member of several IFA and SF committees. He has completed the requirements and has been awarded the designation of CFE (Certified Franchise Executive) by the International Franchise Association, is a member of the New York State Society of CPAs and an associate member of the American Bar Association.
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- International Franchise Association
- Supplier Forum of the International Franchise Association
- International Franchise Association Educational Foundation
- American Institute of CPAs
- New York State Society of CPAs
- American Bar Association
- American Academy of Certified Consultants and Experts
- American College of Forensic Examiners
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