About
Atlantic Consulting Solutions (ACS) provides strategic business consulting tailored to the needs of small businesses that are growing or seek to grow. With over 25 years of experience, our team of MBAs and former executives has assisted over 300 businesses across nearly 40 industries. We understand the real complexities a small business owner goes through and are experts and masters of overcoming those challenges.
Our holistic approach and methodology sets us apart. We offer complete guidance, from developing your vision to implementing it successfully. This includes strategy, management, financial, and organizational consulting. We have expertise across all aspects of business, including strategy, finance, operations, HR, and more.
ACS has helped clients raise over $145 million in capital, negotiate major deals, restructure organizations, improve culture, and effective transition leadership.
As your trusted advisors, we provide in-depth strategic advice to support important decisions. Your success as a business owners and leaders is ours as a company. We understand the complexities organizations at this stage face, and draw from real executive experience to provide tailored solutions.
Contact us to learn more about how ACS can help take your business to the next level. Our comprehensive approach unlocks growth and sustainability.
We have worked with business model improvements, financial structuring, organizational restructuring, raising capital and obtaining large credit lines/loans. We have also significantly improved company cultures in toxic environments, trained executives/managers to become great leaders, helped companies merge, helped companies acquire others and sell themselves for double the original offer, transitioned COOs, created successful revenue models, and helped negotiate large deals. Finally, we are bilingual consultants that understand the complexities of cultures and approaches.
Our Mission
To strategically scale small businesses into high-value enterprises.
Our Vision
To become the most effective consulting practice on the Atlantic.
Our Values
Purposeful over Particular
We are clear and direct to provide you with the most relevant and valuable thinking. We are purposeful in what we say so you can focus on what matters.
Partners over Process
We work to be seen as a member of your team, helping shape your business and culture by becoming a part of it.
Picture over Pieces
We focus on the big picture—learning to understand the entire context of your business first, then implementing solutions to achieve growth against goals.
Our Founder
Albert Assad is an accomplished executive and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience leading high-growth initiatives. As Founder and Managing Partner of Atlantic Consulting Solutions, he has worked with over 300 businesses across North America, South America, and Africa to drive strategic transformation, operational excellence, and financial growth.
Throughout his career, Albert has led numerous consulting engagements across 38 industries – from construction and legal services to marketing agencies and fintechs. He brings extensive expertise in strategic decision-making, organizational restructuring, M&A, fractional CFO services, and accelerating growth. His efforts have aided many clients in achieving exceptional growth, including multiple firms landing on the Inc. 5000 list. Additionally, Albert has extensive experience successfully resolving complex business conflicts between leadership and management teams over many years.
Albert has also played an instrumental role in capital raising, having structured and obtained over $140 million in working capital for ventures across industries, including real estate. He is also an active real estate investor himself, with a focus on properties in the Southeastern United States.
He holds executive education from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, as well as an MBA focused on entrepreneurship. Albert also has three other master’s degrees from universities in Europe and Latin America. He has a specialization in negotiation from Harvard University.
An entrepreneur at heart, Albert has founded and operated three companies in consulting, private equity, real estate, and nation-building. He is also dedicated to giving back and serves on several nonprofit boards in the community.
Management Consultant
Nathan Miller is a global leader with over 25 years of international experience across 11 countries and fluency in four languages. He holds licentiate degrees from universities in Europe.
Leveraging his background in strategic management, organizational development, leadership coaching, and training, Nathan has served in diverse leadership roles, including business management in full-service marketing agencies, management roles in construction companies, and also as a National Director for a global non-profit organization and editor-in-chief of a website in Rome, Italy. He also brings experience in education, counseling, and real estate.
Nathan is passionate about applying his global perspective and diverse expertise to help business owners grow and thrive. Outside of work, he enjoys basketball, woodworking, and hiking with his wife. With his remarkable breadth of knowledge and skills, Nathan is a valuable asset to our organization.
Leadership Consultant
Bill Dickinson, too, is an accomplished colleague with the Atlantic Consulting Group. He rounds out our strategic and financial consulting work with a professional doctorate in Leadership Development. For over 30 years he has provided high quality leadership design and facilitation to senior leaders, managers, and high potentials—and across industries. Some of these companies include Walmart Health & Wellness, Mercedes Benz, Boeing, TireHub, Ameriprise Financial, and AbbVie Bio-Pharmaceutical. His value proposition as a differentiated professional is the following:
As a senior thought leader in the ecosystem of leadership, I have the unique capability of both designing and delivering leadership content and best practices that enable others to grow in their own confidence, competence, and credibility. After years of experience with leaders across industries, I consult, coach, and facilitate their potential and career advancement.
As a Registered Corporate Coach, Bill is also a highly sought after Executive Coach. He is recognized for providing clarity in one’s thinking as well as elevating emotional intelligence for more senior leadership responsibilities. His sweet spot is career advancement.
Finally, as a senior leadership advisor, Bill has certifications in the following business assessments: Korn Ferry 360, EQi, Hogan Personality Inventory, DISC Behaviors, Learning Agility, and Decision Styles and Emotional Competencies. He’s quite adept at coaching to 360 Feedback and Professional Development Plans for ongoing success. And, he is the author of Optimizing Self: A Guided Workbook to Elevate Your Impact as a Leader.
Senior Executive Assistant
Ley Abellana is an experienced executive assistant with over 8 years of experience providing comprehensive administrative support in corporate settings. She holds an educational background in management accounting that informs her keen understanding of executive operations.
Currently, Ley plays an integral role at ACS, supporting the Managing Partner and the team. She seamlessly handles critical responsibilities, including coordinating meetings and managing social media platforms. Mirroring our Managing Partner’s dedication, Ley ensures all tasks are completed with care and urgency for our clients. She is devoted to continuously expanding her skillset, as evidenced by extensive training and certifications tailored specifically for executive assistants.
In addition to her professional work, Ley actively gives back to small business communities through pro-bono support; she aids in training employees to position themselves in growing companies.
Beyond her demanding career, Ley finds enrichment in the arts. An aspiring artist, she lends her melodious voice to singing. Ley Abellana embodies a powerful blend of unwavering professionalism, creativity, and personal warmth.
Key performance indicators our team has delivered:
170+
Strategic Plans developed
200+
Clients worldwide
20+
Years of management experience
25+
Workshops on strategy, finance, organizational culture and others
$145+
Million Raised for clients’ capital needs
3.5x
Average Profit Increase in clients’ businesses
280%
Average Revenue Improvement in clients’ businesses
38
Industries directly influenced by our consulting services
200+
300+
Clients
worldwide
20+
25+
$145+
3.5x
130%
Average Revenue Improvement – Clients have more than doubled their annual revenue size.
38
Partnerships - At ACS, it’s all hands on deck
We believe that client success hinges on leveraging networks of experts and working together, and we base our approach on stakeholder management. We know that we don’t know everything, but we do know what it takes to succeed, so we focus on providing clients solutions that come from a variety of voices across different industries.
We have an extensive fleet of trusted advisors at our disposal–all with the skills to help you build your business effectively.
International Partnerships
NonProfit Support
Pro Bono Work
ACS has been helping the community since day one. Giving back is part of our vision. Here are some facts about the work we’ve done to help communities around the globe:
- We’ve provided 1,900+ hours of Pro Bono work through workshops, one-on-one sessions and more
- 31% of our clients has been Pro Bono work because serving our community is important to us
- Our Pro Bono clients have been: 47% African American | 24% Hispanic
Pro Bono Work
ACS has been helping the community since day one. Giving back is part of our vision. Here are some facts about the work we’ve done to help communities around the globe:
- We’ve provided 1,900+ hours of Pro Bono work through workshops, one-on-one sessions and more
- 31% of our clients has been Pro Bono work because serving our community is important to us
- Our Pro Bono clients have been: 47% African American | 24% Hispanic
Business Hours
Monday-Friday: 8am to 6pm EST
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
*Our meeting locations are flexible: we can meet at your office or at any ROAM Workspace and Paradigm Workhub locations around the metro-Atlanta area.
*Our meeting locations are flexible: we can meet at your office or at any ROAM Workspace and Paradigm Workhub locations around the metro-Atlanta area.
