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Vancouver, WA, US

Vancouver, Washington, US

IND, Inc., headquartered in Vancouver, Washington and specializes in custom-engineered solutions across the manufacturing and production spectrum to the high-tech industry, with considerable experience in performance improvement, process optimization, and cost reduction. IND uses proprietary processes to offer a full range of services primarily to.

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• CEO, Portland, OR. 2015 - Oct 2016Assumed the CEO position of MLS Freight Logistics which was created via the acquisition of the assets used in the operation of two freight brokerage businesses.
• Replaced top management with a new team built to emphasize expansion.
• Implemented a strategy that doubled the revenue run rate in twelve months and will, at a minimum, quadruple revenues within two years.
• Implemented a new five year operating strategy designed to transform the company so as to meet the challenges facing the industry and achieve sustained profitable growth.Consultant - LV Partners, Portland, OR. 2014 to.
• Developed an acquisition strategy designed to acquire the business under a structure that conserved cash and created a platform for international expansion.

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• Partnered with a private equity firm located in Pasadena, California to enter a high value industry and capture a substantial market share.
• Developed an acquisition strategy designed to capture substantial market share in the high margin fine arts services industry.
• Researched and identified a number of potential acquisition targets, established five as the initial acquisition group.
• Negotiated with five targets and determined the necessary platform candidate.

US

• Key Projects
• Web-based Startup specializing in alternative solutions for mediation disputes - Advised CEO, creating concept, conducting due diligence, developing business and financing plans and building company web site.
• Early stage Medical Software Company - Created financing package ($2-3M) and established policies, reporting systems, performance metrics and operational / administrative infrastructures creating foundation for.
• Emerging Internet Media Company with innovative entertainment platform – Convinced senior management to “back burner” promising projects to focus on developing “spin-offs” of existing vehicle to create and grow brand.

• Acquired four major chains, grew annual revenue run rate from $3M to $32M, and conducted a successful IPO and two secondary financings totaling $12M.
• Conducted onsite inspection of all business units discovering a lack of organization and direction. Built the staff into a cohesive, effective, focused team by communicating a vision, promoting the importance of their.
• Secured $12M financing necessary to continue acquisitions by enticing an investment banker, creating presentation that emphasized strong financial results, putting excitement into dull industry and selling investment.
• Negotiated acquisition of four major chains, furthering Company’s vision by demonstrating complimentary nature of both parties’ goals and structuring arrangement committed to making those goals reality.
• Reversed 15% revenue decline caused by economic conditions by questioning grassroots team and discovering innovative customer focused home delivery service created by front line manager.
• Sought help from line managers to discover cause behind shrinkage loss. Implemented inexpensive program which reduced annual revenue loss from 4% to 1.2% ($450K savings).

Portland, OR, US

• Led Company through transformational change overcoming industry segment decline and industry structural changes after year-long costly hostile takeover. Reversed 20% revenue drop, turned around minimal cash position to.
• Challenged to capture new high profile revenue channel worth $15M annually from company with revenues exceeding $1B. - Created vision of service based on factors paramount to customers, continually communicating vision.
• Led critical transformation of Company and developed new revenue channels worth $20M annually by implementing clear, focused, harmonious individual and corporate goals designed to achieve the vision and by focusing on.
• Negotiated partnership with competitor resulting in $2.5M annual operating profit by sharing confidential data, focusing on those functions each partner performed best, agreeing to equitable division of margin created..
• Achieved threefold increase in stock price utilizing individual and group presentations to show investment community the value in Company’s vision.

Portland, OR, US

• Dramatically grew revenues $20M, entered unorthodox partnership delivering $4M in margin. Acquired subsidiary’s annual revenues exploded from $4M to $39M. Survived industry downturn that caused 35% failure rate among.
• Increased sales $20M (25.6%) by setting aside quick fix of reducing pricing and instead developed concept to make customers better operators able to do more business with Company.- Developed systems that provided.
• Produced $3.6M annual operating margin by initiating partnership relationship with supplier utilizing unique software system to provide detailed information regarding customers’ purchasing activity, transaction data.
• Ignored unquestioned industry belief to negotiate a $35M long-term agreement using “back channel” connections to persuade industry’s biggest international customer to change steadfast opposition to Company’s service.
• Achieved threefold increase in cash contribution ($1.1M) from foreign venture by negotiating arrangement with successful local partner with complimentary business style.
• Without touching sales budget, reduced G&A 15% ($2.25M) to survive industry downturn, which caused one third of competitors to fail.

Portland, OR, US

• Company experienced explosive revenue growth from $33M to $108M. Cash equivalents expanded from $7.6M to $19.5M. Profits were pumped into diversifying investments one of which grew from $4M to $39M revenues.
• Secured participation of major suppliers assuring success of Company’s revolutionary business model by successful completion of $21M public financing in US and Europe using tenacity with investment bankers and bold.
• Avoided $5M loss by evaluating intelligence gathered onsite from foreign industry participants to persuade Board to abandon planned foreign venture. Mined facts that substantiated intuition, avoided fate of primary.
• Assumed authority necessary to organize crisis rescue effort solving catastrophic cash flow decline caused by computer failure threatening Company viability. Rallied employees, established interim goals, drove process.
• Built confidence with investment community by negotiating $12M open line of credit through educating bankers on Company’s unique cash flow advantage created by innovative business model.
• Discovered, acquired and integrated eight businesses ranging from $1.1M to $8.5M to diversify Company by leveraging core competencies. Achieved integration by building personal connections, accommodating personalities.

Portland, OR, US

• Successfully led Company facing the demise of its business in navigating a transformation that completely changed the business plan. Failure was not an alternative.
• Transformed Company in the face of stalled growth, well financed competitors and eroding market share.- Investigated options, determining imperative to enter new segment of industry despite lack of experience, physical.
• Changed $500K costs center to $11M high margin business by recruiting “outside the box” executive with style the antithesis of Company’s culture and allowing him to use bold “in your face” marketing to establish group.
• Negotiated partnership with Japanese company to develop highly successful venture in Japan through mutual respect, friendship and compromise. Partnership returned annual license fee averaging $1.8M to dominate Japanese.
• Facilitated focused, efficient Board preparation, enhancing confidence in decisions by developing format that prioritized issues based on how critical they were to Company’s survival, achievement of its goals, dollar.
• Earned confidence of investment community by achieving error free timely financial reporting through insistence on professional work product and systems that guided and monitored compliance. Finance team attended.

• Start-up Company that used franchise model to dominate emerging video retail market and create business model used by numerous competitors. Developed innovative marketing methods that were copied and remained in use.
• Consummated $5M IPO by developing strategy to promote vision to investment bankers and convincing investment community of value.
• Implemented easy to use, step by step, detailed system that gathered and organized information to meet SEC requirements including delivery schedules and early warning system.
• Used “outside the box” negotiating tactics to cobble together critical $8M private financing which provided resources necessary to maintain effort to transform Company.
• Developed system that reduced reporting time for critical business indicators from sixty to seven days allowing accelerated analysis of revenue and cost trends to speed up issue response time.

Seattle, WA, US

Business Transactions, Venture Capital, SEC Compliance.

Business Transaction Tax Planning

Doctor Of Juris Prudence - Jd, Law

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Economics