Greg Hewitt Email & Phone Number

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

Partner in Axiom Wealth Management. Optimizing individuals, families, and businesses financial and legacy future with customized, integrated, personal, long term planning, products, and execution. Backed and supported by the strongest company in the business along with seasoned specialized expertise both locally and nationally. 15+ year client in both investments, insurance, and planning. Member of the exclusive Private Client Group.

Lincoln, Ne, Us

Frankfort, Il, Us

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

Providing world class advisory and consulting support to both private companies and public service organizations. Focus is on strategy, team optimization, customer value, and best short and longer term sustainable results.I have an incredible network of other leaders and advisors to partner as needed depending on the needs. Advice from full value stream, to board/governance, to operational effectiveness, to full commercialization activities including digitalization. Start up to multi site/country mature enterprises.My expertise is in successful transformations that are balanced and sustainable.

Helsinki, Fi

Senior Executive to Kalmar's business operations in The Americas with overall responsibility for sales, marketing, business development, and services. Member of the Global Kalmar Leadership team. Chairman of Board Kalmar Rough Terrain Center and Americas entities. Board Member Cargotec USA.Focused on expanding and developing Cargotec's Kalmar $1.8B EUR business as the premier solution of cargo handling solutions and services to ports, terminals, distribution centers, and heavy industries. Lead automation and digitization efforts in the Region.- Doubled revenues over the last 4 years- 6x operating profit- Major process improvement implementations including SAP, Salesforce.com, and SuccessFactors- Implemented impactful leadership and team development resulting in best in class engagement- Improved customer satisfaction to record levels in region and segments

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

Tapped to lead $2B SE division for a $30B North American travel center company. Led operations for a division comprised of 43 locations and 28 QSR restaurants. Held full P&L responsibility overseeing 5 direct reports responsible for ~2,000 associates and managers.- Grew revenues by $3.2M / 6.6%. Achieved record restaurant net income of 19.1%.- Improved controllable expenses by 3% through focus on labor and Workers Compensation costs and integration of Lean Six Sigma principles. - Boosted Customer Satisfaction Ratings 25% and upsell/value sell percentage 20% – the highest in the Company. - Reduced employee turnover; improved hourly 6-month retention to 55%. Outperformed Company average by 5%. - Lowered management turnover to 19%. Outperformed Company average by 42%. - Reduced Workers Compensation by 39% resulting in $168K annual savings.

Downers Grove, Illinois, Us

Hired to lead NA Business for a $300M global specialty transportation equipment company(Heil Trailer International). Promoted to Global CEO within 1 year, overseeing strategic commercial presence in 40+ countries with 7 operations across North America, Argentina, Brazil and Thailand. Led 8 direct reports (APAC VP GM, Argentina President, Brazil Director, CFO, VP SM, VP Product Management, VP HR, and SVP of Operations) responsible for ~1,200 team members across NA, SA, and APAC. Sold company to a private equity firm in 2012. - Lead agent for global divestiture team that sold the business for a multiple of 7x annual profit to strategic private equity owner while exceeding all timeline, operational, and financial metrics. - Achieved sales growth of 28%, margin improvement of 87%, with record $425M and 11 months of booked sales. Attained by strategically re-positioning worldwide business into high growth energy markets. - Captured and grew non-domestic sales from 15% to 25% with significant increases in Canada, South America, and Asia Pacific with margin improvement of 50% and accretive to total profit.- Aggressively managed treasury and substantially improved working capital processes from 15.5% to 12.3% while lowering accounts receivable days by 5, and eliminating bad debt expense.- Deployed global Six Sigma systems resulting in increased total inventory turns from 6 to 8 over 18 months while improving free cash flow by $17.5M in 2011.- Drove improvement of safety performance by 75% over 3 years while successfully becoming the only Dover Company in history to become ISO18001 in all facilities globally.- Completed ISO9001 and 14001 certifications in all sites globally which provided platform for quality and environmental compliance in addition to new business opportunities.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Recruited to lead $1.5B NA construction division Komatsu Ltd., one of Komatsu’s largest business units in the world. Managed plants and operations in the U.S. and Canada overseeing 3 direct reports (Sales, Marketing and Product Management) responsible for 2,000 employees, as well as imports from other global plants. Reported to NA CEO/COO; held full P&L responsibility. - Increased market share 20% in the early stages of the recession and construction collapse. - Reduced Komatsu and distribution inventory by 70%, the lowest in history, while improving quality and aging of inventory plus response time and fill rates by 20%. - Led focus to significantly improve dealer relationships and results via robust dealer advisory council activity.- Developed 3-year mid-term strategic plan to deliver profitable growth in declining industry environment.

Providence, Ri, Us

Recruited to lead $250M independent division of Textron, specializing in global premium outdoor power equipment. Held full P&L responsibility overseeing 5 direct reports responsible for ~100 employees in Sales, Marketing, Product Management and Customer Service. - Increased market share by 15% in a declining golf market. - Increased aftermarket sales 30% by improving customer service and fill-rate 25%.- Significantly improved branding via strategic partnerships with Pebble Beach, Augusta National, Cal Ripken, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and the PGA of America.- Led teams to refine and advance product development, reducing cost and improving quality 20% in the process. - Delivered new product sales and profit growth of 100+% by successfully commercializing several new innovations.

Benton Harbor, Michigan, Us

Promoted to increasing levels of responsibility for $3B North American major appliance leader Maytag , holding positions as VP of Customer Development, VP of Eastern Division, Director of Field Operations, Director of National Accounts, and other field and corporate assignments. - Delivered 4 successive years of record revenue and operating income. Achieved growth rates of 48%, 20%, 37%, and 28% respectively, more than doubling sales and profits in this period (2001 – 2004). - Contributed to 90% of the Company’s growth over a 4-year span. - Achieved a segment operating income that was 60% higher than company average.- Forged critical strategic alliances with The Home Depot and Lowe’s resulting in millions of unit sales and $100M+ in profit over time; this continues to be a key revenue driver for the Company today. - Recognized in 2003 by the Board and executive leadership for exceptional results, receiving the Soaring Eagle Award for the top corporate officer.

Bs Business Administration, Marketing

Mba, Business Adminstration