George Russell Email & Phone Number

Burlington, Vt, Us

Richmond, Vt, Us

Burlington, Us

Machinery Advisors Consortium members are experienced business professionals in the capital goods industry with both OEM and dealership backgrounds. All MAC members share a common business philosophy to hold themselves to the highest ethical standards. They are truly dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for our clients by offering Training, Consulting and Coaching to improve processes and people, resulting in increased customer satisfaction, customer value and business profitability.Training Services - Customer Service, Selling Skills for Wholegoods / Sales Management / PSSRs / Parts & Service Departments, Financial, OperationalConsulting Service - Pre- and Post-Hiring people assessments, Operational Location assessments, Financial statement analysis, Strategic planning, Merger & Acquisition, Business valuation, Succession planningCoaching Services - Performance coaching for both staff and managers, Facilitate best practice groups, Executive coaching, Family business leadershipMAC members facilitate training that is relevant, results-oriented and fun.

Worcester, Ma, Us

Responsible for international expansion and business development for CMC clients. Currie Management Consultants' staff has over 80 years of experience consulting for clients in industries that distribute and sell their products through factory owned or independently owned dealers or distributors. Industry are machinery for agriculture, construction, lift-truck, air compressors, refrigeration, diesel engines and generators, golf carts and utility vehicles, mining / drilling and retread tires. Services include business turn-around, strategic planning, business and personal development coaching, business valuation, dealer 'Best Practices' groups, financial modeling / profit improvement, seminars and workshops for dealership management by department, compensation design, process re-engineering, business continuity and succession planning.

Developed global expansion strategy to help grow a small North American ground engaging components manufacturer into an international value added supplier of components and assemblies to leading crop production OEMs and distributors globally. Expand European customer base.

• Region VP - Europe, Africa, Mid-East, CIS• Region VP - Southeast Asia (India, China, Australia/NZ)• VP, Product & Market Governance, Construction Equipment• VP Ag Brand Governance• VP, Dealer and Business Development, Case IH • VP, Ag Commercial IntegrationIncreasing responsibilities from merger integration to senior staff to operational P&L positions.Merger Integration - Lead Case EU merger approval activities (and resulting divestiture of 5 plants) then co-responsible for global integration of Case IH and New Holland ag commercial operations that identified $250 in savingsSenior Staff - Sharpened brand position for 3 Ag brands and then reduction of 7 CE brands to 3, Aligned product portfolios & R&D budgets by product and brand as part of strategic planning leadership, Lead global dealer development processesOperational P&L Leadership - In Europe, turned around results from significant loss to break-even, revitalized dealer network, implemented new commercial organization and refreshed brand image.In SE Asia, managed global manufacturing and sales alliances with two Japanese excavator partners (Sumitomo & Kobelco) and Indian Joint Venture (L&T)

• Senior Director, Strategic Marketing for Europe, Africa, Mid-East, CIS• Product Director - Combines & Cotton• Product Director - Hay / Forage and Tillage / Planting / Seeding • Product and Marketing Director - Row Crop & Four Wheel Drive Tractors• Region Sales Manager - Illinois and WisconsinIn Europe, lead change to a customer application focused sales and marketing organization, Integrated acquisitions of of additional product lines (combines, forage harvesters, sprayers).At various times, responsible for product planning and marketing for all Ag product lines including introduction of first Precision Ag (Advanced Farming Systems) product.Responsible for development, sales and support to 125 dealers in Illinois and Wisconsin

A start-up retail farm computer business that I began and expanded into farm computer services, feed testing services, and wholesale distribution in the Northeast. I used the equity from the businesses to buy an interest in one of my suppliers and another start-up, Genesis Computers.

Manager of Ag Business Planning, Market Research Manager for Advanced Harvesting Systems, Hay and Forage Marketing Manager, Area Sales and Parts Manager.

Mba, Strategic Marketing

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