Ken McBride

Expertise

Over a 40-year executive career, Ken ran title companies, first as owner of undercapitalized businesses that had to grow or die, then as head of a Fidelity National Financial division. He has taken over a company the year after it lost money and removed himself from daily operations when revenue rose and profit did not. He asks questions that change how a leader sees a problem, since "the answer to the question becomes obvious when seen from a different perspective." He fixes culture one weakness at a time.

Industry

Ken has worked in the Oklahoma title insurance industry, where he spent more than four decades in executive roles after working as an associate attorney and city attorney. He was president of several title and abstract companies, founded American Eagle Title Insurance Co., and later led a division of Fidelity National Financial, which had 12,000 employees when he left.

Specialties

• Taking over a business that lost money last year
• Growing an undercapitalized company where payroll depends on growth
• Running a local operation inside a national enterprise
• Revenue rising while profit stays flat
• Hiring and firing decisions that set company culture

Career history