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Oversee daily operations and teams, including manufacturing, warehouse, purchasing, new product development, and accounting. − Reduced monthly labor costs $17K in first two months of tenure by enforcing labor production standards and better communicating productivity expectations for each manufacturing position. − Identified an acquisition opportunity and negotiated price, oversaw due diligence, streamlined business operations and implemented effective performance management systems. This acquisition expanded industrial sales 25%. − Spearheaded the team integrating more than 400 new foreign and domestically sourced products into existing MRP and sales tracking systems. − Traveled across China and Taiwan to coordinate new delivery and pricing terms with vendors, which were instrumental to the acquisition’s success. The acquisition was profitable from its first day of integration. Company monthly profits are up 60% or more from prior year results. − Revitalized and turned around faltering new product line, previously plagued by operating and logistical problems. − Rejuvenated management team and floor personnel retaining all key assets while enhancing morale and productivity significantly.

Fee-only financial advisory firm helping private equity groups and financial institutions with challenged environments either in turnaround or growth situations. MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS ARE LISTED BELOW.

− Recruited to evaluate viability of a $50M injection molding operation within appliance industry. − Led company from operating loss to net profit in seven months, delivering record high customer ratings in 12 months.− Streamlined labor costs from 13% to 8% of sales through improved scheduling and program screening of employees. − Reduced scrap from 4% to 1% by implementing stricter operating controls and increasingly attractive incentives, yielding improved operating margins. − Garnered new bidding opportunities and bolstered top line through key clientele relationship rehabilitation, capturing more than $20M in new business from existing relationships.− Secured new major medical account and industrial supply customer by rolling out new marketing initiatives to increase market share in nontraditional markets. − Mitigated over $2M in corporate overhead and reduced monthly break-even 25% by realigning corporate cost structure.

− Approached by investors of a prior relationship to turnaround and grow operations of a $140M distributor and wholesaler of video game hardware and accessories. − Reported to Board of Directors while leading senior team of direct reports, including Division President, VPs of Operations, Distribution, Sales, Marketing, CFO, and New Product Development. − Clientele included Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Costco, Target, and GameStop.− Completely recalibrated how business went to market in rigorous 24-month turnaround initiative while maintaining confidence of key retailers served. Vendors were scored and were incentivized for performance. − Led company from 10th largest by sales to 2nd largest over five years, propelling it to the most profitable video game accessory company in the industry. − Oversaw EBITDA turnaround from negative $12M to positive $7M over 48 months through overhead reductions and focusing on expanding small accessory division with significantly higher margins through bundling and other unique promotions.− Grew branded video game accessories from less than $5M to $90M+ in sales in less than five years by re-launching product line without major increases to overhead.− Incentivized employees to perform multiple functions to maintain low overhead and offered sales incentives for customers to mitigate seasonal fluctuations. − Restructured major operating unit, eliminating operating income drain and reduced distribution unit from $100M.

Assisted company in turnaround efforts.

− Provided leadership and financial analysis to transform Capital Hardware Unit into key supplier for small to mid-size retailers. − Migrated sales competition away from other already successful RHC units, focusing on customers seeking more unique custom and import solutions that, afforded an opportunity to charge a premium for services and products. − Designed and implemented a turnaround strategy that turned an annual loss of $3M to an annualized profit of $1M in less than nine months. − Established operating performance measures for each unit branch while increasing manufacturing standards to produce only profitable runs manufactured internally. − Ensured that assignments unable to be made internally where outsourced to optimize prices. − Deployed key program enabling unit to compete with imported products while maintaining maximum value added sales, affording company to focus operating assets on product lines with solid margins, resulting in larger company units having to buy imported products from this unit to improve competitive position.

Senior Consultant / Co-Manager of Special Projects – Buccino & Associates, Inc. – New York, NYSenior Consultant – KPMG – Chicago, ILAssistant Vice President, Commercial Lending – LaSalle National Bank – Chicago, IL