Innovative and collaborative leader – available to help your organization improve results and capitalize on opportunities. Value add by helping executive leadership team realize their vision – providing the expertise to succeed, a source of innovation, and a trusted partner. Core competencies include strategy development and implementation, operations and technology management, and process improvement.

A not-for-profit company whose mission is to improve teaching and learning by providing customizable assessment products and educational services.As Vice President, Strategy Implementation set the vision for proposal development in support of company business development efforts in the state-marketplace for K-12 assessment services. As Vice President, Operational Services, directly responsible for the management and productivity of distribution and digital-imaging across multiple domestic and international contracts. Illustrative summaries of accomplishments follow.Business Development. Instrumental in proposal development effort leading to largest award in company history.Productivity Improvement. Took over responsibility for production operation running a significant loss and struggling to deliver on client commitments. Reduced Direct Labor content by 50% in first year while increasing quality to acceptable levels and achieving profitability. Continued to deliver double-digit productivity improvements annually each year thereafter, along with continuous quality improvements. Software Development: As owner of ERP and ECM systems, championed continuous development. Many enhancements completed – including internal and external integrations – yielding new capabilities, improved quality, and efficiency gains.Facility Development/Process Engineering. Designed numerous production facility layouts ranging from 30,000 to 100,000 square feet. One reduced the square footage leased by over 60% while retaining similar capacity. Another, at 100,000 square feet, required building identification and lease execution, equipment layout-design and acquisition, and implementation, all within 120-days – we beat the timeline.Asset Utilization. Led initiative to market and sell capacity for high-volume, high-accuracy digital imaging and conversion services, opening door to substantive new contracts – each exceeding $1million in first year.

Providing seasoned leadership to help organizations solve problems, realize opportunities, and improve performance. Accomplished through project management, interim management and advisory engagements. Illustrative examples of engagements follow.Construction Management. Acting on behalf of the client’s executives and founder, oversaw initial development of an 82-acre land parcel for a corporate campus. A production facility at ~75,000 SF and an office building at ~90,000 SF were constructed, along with site infrastructure to support an additional 250,000 SF of facilities. Successfully coordinated all parties – state, city, environmental constituents, construction manager, architects, engineers, utilities, attorneys and owner – for two on-time, on-budget occupancies.IT Implementation. Took on direct management of a software development group dedicated to development of the company’s next generation Web-based application, servicing a core company competency and required to meet committed client deliverables. The group was comprised of internal technology staff and an external technology consulting company. The project was behind schedule and falling short of meeting specifications. Reorganized the group, reset expectations and successfully completed and implemented the new application. Included was the added task of migration of key historic data needed to meet an immediate client deadline.

IntraLearn Software Corporation is a leading global provider of e-Learning products to corporate enterprises, academic institutions, associations, government agencies and training suppliers.Joined IntraLearn in the early stages of its venture into the eLearning market. Shepherded the company through the technology bubble of 2001, and on to operational profitability. Broad responsibilities included: software development, finance & accounting, human resources, customer service, and foreign marketing & sales subsidiary relationship management.

Provided consulting services to a number of companies, e.g., machine shop, technology reseller, educational assessment company, and including acting as CEO, president and director of a $3 million developing company in water desalination. Examples of engagements follow.Strategy Development & Implementation. Took an innovative approach to a client’s need to expand operations significantly from late Spring through early Summer on an annual basis. Formulated strategy, identified targets, and ultimately forged relationships with public and private entities that had counter-cyclic needs. Negotiated multiple implementations whereby one party contributed facility and the other IT equipment, saving each millions of dollars over a number of years. IT Systems Design & Implementation. Took on initiative for client company founder and CEO to automate a then heavily manual operation involving thousands of staff. Led system specification effort with subject matter experts and technology experts, drove system architecture decision-making, and formed joint in-house/external-consultant development team for implementation. Resulting system leapfrogged the competition in technology, flexibility and cost effectiveness, and has continued to be maintained as a core business application for the company.Accounting Systems Implementation. Engagements included: Enhancements – e.g., improving accounting controls through process/system modifications; Re-engineering – e.g., replacing entire purchase-to-pay process; System implementation – including system selection and setting up Chart of AccountsAdditional experience: as Engineer, Manager, Intrapreneur