Douglas Olson Email & Phone Number

Moline, Illinois

Led a manufacturing operation in the metal fabricating industry, supplying critical components to Fortune 500 companies.• Integrated supply chain system to encompass consolidated purchasing, inventory, warehousing, scheduling and floor control, resulting in a 30% reduction in inventory. Led and managed successful introduction of new ERP system with no interruptions• Established contract management process & pricing strategy, resulting in gross margin improvement• Maintained strong adherence to balance sheet controls during sales swings• Instituted controls on all phases of procurement• Managed quoting and estimating process, growing business over 100% in 4 years• Managed cost of quality while improving delivery performance to 99.7%

Central Illinois

Home Mortgage Consultant

Tucson, Arizona

General Manger Arizona Retail Operations-First Magnus Financial The position was responsible for all areas of retail operations for several large sales teams. The GM nad responsibility for the leadership of 75 mortgage originators and over 100 support employees in 12 branches, with sales goals of $ 100M per month. The team successfully added 5 branches across the state, while growing revenue and beating all sales goals. GM managed a team of marketing professionals that coordinated an annual marketing budget of $2m, including TV, radio, internet, and print media. The team developed successful re-branding campaign for operation, while retaining and extending #1 market share in Arizona. At the time, First Magnus Financial Corporation was the largest private lender in the country, growing from 10 employees to 5500 over 10 yearsTeam Lead Originator-First Magnus Financial dba Long MortgageAs a co-team lead, we established a highly successful mortgage team, originating over 420 loans in one year. Maintained highest customer satisfaction and retention rate, while being ranked 1st in a field of over 400 other originators and teams within the corporation and joint ventures. Developed a highly successful software program, “Eye on My Loan”, that was featured in Broker Banker MagazineMortgage Originator-First Magnus Financial dba Charter FundingI began my sales career learning basic techniques of selling. Within 1 year became a top loan producer within organization of 30 loan officers. I learned all elements of High Powered Selling, from lead sourcing, cold calling, marketing and customer satisfaction.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

3M Corporation /Imation (3M spinoff) 1988-2000Director of Enterprise Storage-Imation Following spin off from 3M had profit maximization responsibilities for all enterprise computer storage devices during transition from 3M to Imation. This included profit maximization, product strategy, business planning, product management, marketing, branding and business leadership for all B2B and OEM relationships. Business Team Leader (Product Manager)/Business Development Manager-3MThe business team leader was responsible for management of Data Cartridge product line. Data Cartridge was a highly profitable (2nd most profitable product within 3M) product line with revenues approaching $1B. Over the course of 2 years, the organization successfully introduced several new products, adding significant revenue and market share. Key areas were business planning, profit and loss, marketing, branding and manufacturing operations worldwide with operations in California, Japan and Germany. The business team had key success in patent portfolio management, contract negotiations, business modeling, and overall team leadership. The team leader personally managed B2B strategic partnerships with Apple, HP, Sony, Dell, Panasonic, Matsushita Kotobuki, Phillips and IBM. I personally led industry trade association marketing organization and public relations activities. Divisional QICR (Quality Improvement Cost Reduction) Manager-3MThe position led divisional project management efforts to improve quality and cost across product lines. The key component was the utilization of Six-Sigma techniques to drive targeted programs to achieve 35% improvements in cost and product quality. The programs extended to sales, manufacturing, vendors, out sourced vendors and all engineering operations.

Printed Circuit Card Supply Chain Manager-IBMThis was a third level management position responsible for production control over 8,000 printed circuit cards for utilization in storage devices across 8 manufacturing plants. The position had direct supervision over 4 senior managers and 130 production professionals. The organization managed scheduling, requirements planning, internal and external sourcing for extremely high volume, time crucial and high volume circuit cards utilized in storage devices. Critical elements included effective scheduling of high lead time semi-conductors. The organization had ERP systems responsibility for over $1B in sales value of production. Media Manufacturing Manager-IBMSecond level manager with responsibility for all operations in 24/7 365 process manufacturing line. 12 direct first level managers with total organization of approximately 320 employees. The environment was a high pressure fast paced chemical process operation with constant change. The position was responsible for all phases of manufacturing: including yield, productivity, project management, unit cost and employee morale. Significant leadership success was improvement of employee morale measured thru IBM opinion surveys, which were completed by all employees. Organization went from low morale to satisfactory morale over 12 months. Media Manufacturing Systems Manager-IBMThe department of 15 systems software engineers responsible for tooling operations and process control software for major product technology change in magnetic storage. Key elements were establishing systems requirements, developing user requirements, system coding, testing and implementation. Key successes were successfully establishing data bases and networked tooling architecture.