Alan Slone

Experience

• 

  Slone & Vrablik PLLC

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2018

  Founding Member

  Practicing attorney in the Metro Nashville area. Built firm from ground up after graduation with over five hundred clients represented in the areas of small business advising, regulatory compliance, contract drafting, and general litigation.• Developed complex planning and project management skills through management of personal caseload, which included negotiation and litigation matters, managing expectations of clients, and interfacing with private investigators, subject-matter experts, and co-counsel (both in and out of house).• Advised clients on long-term growth opportunities and pitfalls in both traditional and non-traditional business environments.• Developed and utilized substantial persuasion and advocacy skills daily to solve many complex issues facing each client, with each issue being unique in nature and requiring novel and custom-sourced solutions.• Successfully counseled and guided a vast majority of clients into negotiated resolutions through firm- wide policy and emphasis on finding “win-win” solutions to problems and engaging with adversaries rather than taking hardline stances and increasing likelihood of continued litigation. Show less

• 

  SVWM Holdings LLC

  Sept 2012 - Nov 2014

  Founder, Product Owner

  Founder & Product Owner of lean start-up company to create disruptive SaaS applications to automate repeating and routine tasks necessary in standard criminal court records management.• Successfully assembled team of developers to create initial concept applications and refine features through Scrum development method.• Conducted focus groups of potential users (e.g. local criminal court clerks & employees) to determine potential market needs and necessary functions to produce minimum viable product• Created substantial roadmap for primary product development as well as roadmaps to develop two complementary products to create a full suite of SaaS products for multiple end-users.• Developed skills utilizing Jira to create user stories and feature epics to create and maintain product backlog items, as well as Balsamiq to create wireframe examples of potential feature integration into the primary product. Show less

• 

  Premier Concrete Polishing

  May 2019 - Jul 2021

  Director of Operations

  Oversaw operations for a boutique construction services company specializing in concrete floor finishes and resinous flooring installations for commercial and industrial projects.• Lead decision maker for day-to-day concerns in operations, finance, human resources, and regulatory compliance.• Advocated for, created, and implemented new Estimating and Operations divisions, streamlining operations and improving communication between job-site managers.• Oversaw and set overall company vision and growth goals in concert with company ownership group.• Concurrently managed multiple complex and ongoing subcontracted construction projects with varioussized budgets, with some more than $750,000 in scope. Show less

• 

  SmartRabbit Consulting PLLC

  Jan 2022 - now

  Founder & Consultant

  Providing business & legal consulting services for small to medium sized businesses in the Metro Nashville area , including the areas of startup organization, business analysis/diagnosis, legal representation and assistance with growth/expansion planning and execution.

• 

  Premier Concrete Polishing

  Jul 2023 - now

  Director of Estimation & Compliance