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Chicago Area

Bringing unique solutions to the converging secure identity, payments, mobile and personalized communications markets.Restructured eight companies for Brazilian public entity. Closed transaction and restructured eight US companies out of consolidated Section 363 bankruptcy. As a single legal entity, Valid USA, implemented broad restructuring. Consolidated production operations eliminating redundant locations and streamlining operations.Built substantial revenues for emerging smart card technology in bank cards. Upgraded management team and created new unified brand for Valid USA. Expanded share at major clients to become largest new supplier of emerging technology. Eliminated uninvestable/unprofitable lines and profit-draining revenue sources by pruning weak products. Outsourced or divested other lines. Positive first year EBITDA on track to triple by Year three.

International Card Manufacurer's Association promotes industry development worldwide in the plastic card design, production and issuance industries.

Leadership contributor to multiple contract wins. Dramatically improved customer satisfaction in several contracts. Upgraded and expanded issuance centers for state ID's and corresponding supply chain for specialty materials resulting in sustainable competitive advantage. Re-engineered card production process for speed of delivery, repeatability and reliability. Introduced cameras for document tracking and quality control.

Initial turnaround established customer satisfaction and improved profitability. Integration of major acquisition and re-engineering of multi-site issuance business for transformational profit improvement.

P&L responsibility for nine sites with over 50 automated production lines for national accounts. Three turnarounds, several key accounts saved and relationships rebuilt. Significant process improvements resulting in dramatic cost reductions.

Operations leader responsible for manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain for $45M privately held marketer of converted plastic film products for office supply and photo accessories markets. Drove organization through initial turnaround, LBO, major acquisition, plant closures and relocations, and new plant in Mexico. Formerly division of Avery.Championed first production cell initiative by demonstrating to stakeholders opportunity to transform economics of product line. Introduced Lean principles which significantly reduced inventory and warehouse space while simultaneously achieving 300+ inventory turns/year, 100% order fill rate, and unit labor cost reduction of 50%.

Operations leader responsible for manufacturing, engineering, supply chain and product design at $25M privately held producer of modular, steel office furniture.Drove turnaround resulting in pre-tax profit of 7% which saved company from bankruptcy.Led and trained team in application of Lean techniques to reduce color change time from hours to three minutes on powder paint line, reducing both delivery lead time and WIP by 50%.

Mba, Business, Finance & Economics

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