Jan Swartout brings more than four decades of business experience to her work as a trusted Senior Business Advisor and Master Certified Insight Coach.

Early in her career, she spent 15 years as an executive in the telecommunications industry, leading major departments including International Operations, North American Sales & Marketing, and Customer Service. In those roles, she developed a reputation for building strong teams, driving performance, and leading complex transitions with clarity and confidence.

After adopting her two children, Jan made a purposeful pivot to coaching small business owners and solopreneurs — combining her executive leadership background with her passion for helping others succeed.

Today, Jan partners with American Business Advisors in Building Cash Cows® and Improving Quality of Life® for business owners and executives. Through her Developmental Consulting and Insight Coaching approach, Jan helps clients uncover what is truly possible in both their business and their life — and then takes decisive action to achieve it.

Matt Tyburski helps small and medium sized businesses by providing executive level consulting and advising in the professional services and construction industries. With over 25 years of experience, he believes trust and accountability are the key ingredients for building high performing teams which lead to profitable, successful companies. Matt naturally evaluates scenarios through a strategic lens and is able to ensure that a company’s strategy can be translated into an operational plan that can be easily executed. 

Matt is a CPA by education and experience, and he prides himself on being the bridge between organizational strategy and tactical finance and operations. He is comfortable interpreting accounting and financial data and converting it to actionable scenarios for those outside of finance. After starting his career in public accounting with Arthur Andersen and a stop at Prudential Financial, he has worked primarily at closely held private companies assisting founders and owners with Building Cash Cows® and Improving Quality of Life®.  He assists them in selecting growth strategies, development of leaders and team building, and he has held executive positions as CEO, COO, and CFO. 

Matt has a passion for employee ownership as a vehicle to reward the team members who are driving a business forward and as a vehicle for change. Matt has implemented ERISA qualified employee ownership plans as well as non-qualified employee ownership programs.

Outside of work, Matt leads a scholarship foundation helping families affected by pancreatic cancer and volunteers in the classroom with Junior Achievement.

Mr. Pyle, who specializes in team building and management development, brings significant value to ABA’s clients as a seasoned executive business manager, operations manager, sales manager, and sales trainer. He has a proven track record and exceptional ability to develop sales, build teams, and manage teams, in both for-profit and not-for-profit businesses.

Dave was national field operations manager for Big Sur Waterbeds, and over an 11-year period, he created the sales and operations management system to help transition from a one store operation to multiple stores. While at Big Sur Waterbeds, the company averaged over 50% per year growth for a ten-year period. He has also successfully grown and managed one of Denver’s top non-profit organizations. Mr. Pyle has significant experience in consulting with small and mid-size companies.

Dave is an accomplished musician and has performed in over 20 countries throughout the world. He has also been actively involved in various non-profit organizations, including COMPA Food Bank.