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Responsible for central and western operations. Oversight of all facets of Denver, Houston, St. Louis and Chicago operations including P&L, territory and office expansion as well as general management.

S.E.A., Ltd. has provided multi-disciplined forensic engineering, fire investigations and failure analysis to clientele worldwide. Our full-time, court-qualified staff consists of mechanical, electrical, metallurgical, civil and structural engineers, as well as fire investigators, and industrial hygienists. S.E.A., is employee-owned with ten offices nationwide.Responsible for managing operations for a multi-million dollar office with 20+ direct reports. Maintained consistently profitable operation while creating the fourth largest office among 16 locations. Added several specialty lines to diversify disciplines and further differentiate S-E-A in the forensic engineering field.In addition, continued involvement with the Marine & Energy Practice Group while also continuing national sales. Manager role is multi-faceted to include office management as well as direct sales to outside clients, including attorneys, corporations, insurance companies, third party administrators, brokers, municipalities, etc.

Assistant Manager of Chicago Office 2006 - 2011· Promoted to Assistant Manager after four years with the company. Responsible for resolving client issues.· Trained in all aspects of office operations including billings, accounts receivables, employee performance evaluations, financial analysis, office budgeting, etc.

Marine & Energy Practice Group (MEPG) Manager 2004 - 2011· Selected by senior management to create, organize and manage a nontraditional practice group.· Increased the marine practice group revenues from nearly $70,000 to $900,000 in 6 years. · Even after promotion to Chicago Manager in 2011, continued cultivating industry to achieve highest revenue milestone to date at over $1MM in revenues for 2012. MEPG on track to better this achievement by 10% in 2013.· Doubled practice group project count in first three years, while increasing client base exponentially due to market expansion and brand awareness. · Key MEPG clients include: Transocean, Cameron, Aegis, Carnival Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Boat U.S., Crawford & Company; U.S. Steel, Travelers Marine, Ace, Chubb Marine, AIG Marine & Energy; and a variety of experienced marine and energy niche law firms.· Since inception, the MEPG grew 13.7 times in a period of 8 years showing consistently high growth and diversifying company market segments. · Average revenue per project increased 27.4% in just one year for the MEPG from 2012 to 2013.· Promoted to manage Marine & Energy Practice Group after only 4 years due to tremendous success of Chicago market and national sales efforts.· Established SEA as a viable marine & energy failure analysis company.

National Sales Representative 2001 - 2011Expanded S-E-A's Chicago office from two employees to fifteen. Facilitated office expansion that necessitated a larger office space and additional employees, prompting three expansions in 9 years. Established the S-E-A brand in just five years from being a hardly recognized forensic engineering and testing company to a leader in the Chicago regional market, including Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota.Nurtured a more diverse client base including attorneys, insurance, third party administrators, independent adjusters and corporations from 2009 to 2013. Expanded corporate, independent adjusting and attorney work by 5%, 10% and 13% respectively. Client programs include: Best Buy, SEARS, Solo Cup, Caterpillar, Zurich North America, AIG, Aegis, C.V. Starr Insurance, RLI Insurance, along with more than a dozen recognized law firms.

Andersen LLP Cincinnati, Ohio 2000 - 2001Business Consulting Group: Change Management Consultant My role primarily involved facilitating process redesigns, new software implementations and also determining the impact on the organizational structure as well as changes in specific roles/positions. As a management consultant, we were responsible for enhancing client relationships and also looking at improving organizational efficiencies through process improvement and efficiency. We also served as the integration component for the entire management consulting team.· Job impact analysis and customer relationship management involving a major healthcare consortium. Identified impacted positions, classified the degree of impact and performed an assessment of the gap between the current and future states for a major health care consortium. Defined a customer relationship model for this client to ensure clear, consistent communication between the client and their customers. Determined optimal productivity levels to increase efficiency. · Nourished a $2 million annual cost reduction for a major U.S. defense client through a business process redesign- streamlining the vendor pay and receipt control functions. Realized measureable transaction time/cost reductions of greater than 15% as well as workforce efficiencies while enhancing reporting capabilities. Streamlined workforce experienced less redundancy in VP/RC process, while enabling process efficiency. Conducted organizational design, business process improvement and training around shared service implmentation initiative. · Created processes, templates, and infrastructure for change enablement activities to proactively address the organizational transitions of all users impacted by a JD Edwards implementation. Facilitated the implementation of ERP software for a major product manufacturer. Development communications plan for JD Edwards software integration.

Responsible for interviewing and selecting prospective future franchise managers for University Painters. Maintained the highest conversion ratio at nearly 12% of prospective franchise managers that successfully received offers after the second interview with the University Painters District Manager for Ohio. Successfully selected and recruited 3 new franchise managers for University Painters.

Responsible for running all facets of a painting franchise. Successfully managed the largest painting franchise company-wide and the second largest franchise in history for University Painters at $92,000 in revenues. The role lasted for nearly one year and involved handling all aspects of managing an entrepreneurial enterprise. This includes hiring and firing of nearly 50 employees and maintaining four teams of three painters for the entire summer in order to produce the final deliverable. My painting crews painted over 60 interior and exterior properties. I was also responsible for sales and marketing in terms of promoting the business through advertising as well as closing deals for new business. Working nearly 100-hour weeks, I became well versed with handling all facets of a business including recordkeeping, payroll, general management, marketing, customer service, etc. Besides piquing my interest in entrepreneurship, this position paved the way for future opportunities as I became truly comfortable with myself as a manager and realized that I could handle any task in any business. I continued working for the company for several years recruiting new managers as I felt strongly about the impact that this type of opportunity has on the right individuals in terms of "general business skill set development." I have not found anything that compares in terms of the education, training and experience that was afforded by this opportunity.