Specialty Sales is a family-owned stocking distributor of hoses, tubing, couplings, and fittings for companies in the water treatment, agriculture, lawn care, beverage and car wash industries. Since 1970, Specialty Sales has been dedicated to providing customers with the quality components they need, the knowledge they trust, and the service they deserve. You’ll find that the Specialty Sales team strives to do more as we work with you to solve a problem and find the perfect component or the right solution.As President, I find it exciting to lead the company and build our culture – reaping both the rewards and risks of being a small business owner.

As Founder and Managing Principal of Eagle Tower Capital, I acquired Specialty Sales in September 2018. I am currently focused on operating and growing that business over the long term.

• Led a team of 5 to plan, mobilize and execute large strategic initiatives across the investment management business, delivering quantifiable results directly to C-level executives• Defined strategic objectives and priorities in conjunction with COO, focused on profitable scalability• Reported on in-flight initiatives at the board level, ensuring proactive communication to all interested executives

Financial Services M&A Competency• Acted as a key member of the initial internal organization of financial services M&A experts within PwC• Worked with other firm experts to build out the operating model for executing M&A projects within the financial services sector, including firm intellectual capital, training, etc.• Drove the implementation of key internal processes to manage a large volume of M&A projectsKey Project: Bank of New York Mellon / Bridgewater Back Office Transformation• Designed and implemented the program organizational structure and team for the largest asset servicing client onboarding in BNYM history (~$120B AUM)• Led technology application development teams in mobilization and planning for the Bridgewater client onboarding program, aligning 100+ disparate stakeholders and participants to common objectives• Led daily execution of technology delivery throughout a 100+ resource program team• Directly managed a team of 8 resources, a combination of consultants and bank employeesThe Bank of New York Mellon / Bridgewater Back Office Transformation project was named outsourcing deal of the year by the FSO Knowledge XChange

Key Project: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Integration• Led the central program management of the integration of the financial advisory firms, managing program schedule, issues/risks, and progress metrics• Developed and managed central governance processes for program schedule, planning and overall critical path, providing control and visibility of program success to executive stakeholdersKey Project: Bank of New York Mellon Technology Infrastructure Integration• Led the post-merger integration of technology infrastructure, driving cost savings through facility consolidation, standardized architecture and refreshed hardware• Served as the single point of contact for the application development and business program participants, including scheduling and planning, facilitating future state design, and managing implementation and testing eventsDiamond Management and Technology Consultants was acquired by PriceWaterhouse Coopers in November 2010.

• Implemented Manhattan Associates Warehouse Management software (formerly PkMS) for Tier 1 clients, including Dell Computer.• Designed, configured, tested and implemented product solutions for Dell Computer international manufacturing facilities in Malaysia, Brazil, India and Poland.• Obtained business requirements of operational processes and applied product knowledge to develop effective software solutions.• Designed product modifications, including writing technical specifications, meeting the additional specific needs of the customer.• Trained operational users to effectively use WM software, reducing user error and improving efficiency.• Maintained over 100% billability delivering value-added services to the client.

• Solved manufacturing and design problems through quantitative analysis and testing, specifically, reducing manufacturing scrap rate from 40% to 1.5%.• Performed statistical evaluation of manufacturing process capabilities, setting control limits for on-the-line testing.• Provided on-site assistance to manufacturing facilities.• Designed and implemented both product and process improvements.