Ian McCarthy is the President of Blue Claw Associates Inc., a landscape & masonry contractor based in Southeastern Massachusetts. Blue Claw Associates provides landscape construction and maintenance services to clients in Cape Cod, Boston’s South Shore, and Nantucket Island. His first career was Accounting, on Nantucket going back to 1993, and his first foray into the landscaping industry was in 1996. He is also the co-founder of the National Basketball League of Canada. With nearly 30 years of experience in business management, start-ups, small business accounting, CFO services, consulting, sales and marketing, Ian is uniquely positioned to provide strategic advice in all areas of running a business.

Ian launched Blue Claw Associates in 2018 and quickly grew the firm from $0 to $12+ million in sales in just six and a half years.  Along the way he founded or acquired six other companies including Blue Water Pools & Spas Inc. and Boston Tennis & Sports Court Company. He decided to launch the Blue Claw Group – a boutique consulting firm to assist other contractors in their similar journey.