Guy Cassidy Email & Phone Number

San Diego, Ca, Us

Arrow Up Group is a value creation consulting firm assisting middle market business owners and their teams to Focus, Build and Accelerate Profitable Growth. A few of the challenges we turn into opportunities are Growth, Succession, Headwinds, Expansion & Integrations. Learn more about our services at www.arrowupgroup.com

Phoenix, Arizona, Us

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Cassidy Industrial Partners is a Fractional Executive Advisory firm assisting Middle-Market and Early-Stage Growth companies generate industry leading growth and value. Seasoned CEO/COO & CFO executives work alongside executive leadership teams to discover underserved customer and business needs/opportunities, and create unforeseen separation from competitors. At a fraction of the cost, we provide the expertise and capabilities, to develop and execute industry disrupting strategies, with a responsible level of risk. We are tested C-Suite executives assisting, coaching and mentoring leadership teams, as they build their businesses to the next level, from competing to becoming noble and resilient industry leaders, with the right products, customers and people. We deliver the breadth and depth of organizational, strategic, operational and financial expertise and capabilities, necessary to address the variety of external and internal forces that businesses experience, while creating unforeseen separation from competitors.

Corporate Profile: A private investment firm owned strategic supplier of engineered components and assemblies, with 180 employees, supplying the following industries: Medical Device and Instrument; Aerospace; Energy; and Industrial Equipment.Scope of Responsibility & Achievement: Recruited by a private investment firm to grow the business after a turnaround initiative. Refocused the business to meeting customer needs by rebuilding the organization, developing and implementing new strategies, and applying operations excellence practices to resolve major operating issues. Reversed declining sales and EBITDA and achieved double-digit growth, by improving operational performance, positioning the company as a strategic supplier and capturing market share.

Elk Grove Village, Il, Us

Corporate Profile: A privately held, strategic supplier of complex precision-machined components, with 150 employees. Services Oil & Gas, Mining, Construction, Transportation, and Aerospace equipment manufacturers.Scope of Responsibility & Achievement: Recruited by the Board and commissioned to achieve profitable growth, and diversification. Developed the revenue growth and operational strategies and led execution that drove sales, market share and profit growth. This was accomplished through the following contributing events:• Business Development & Market Penetration: Established that this was possible through strategic partners with manageable risk. Developed and executed agreements, nurtured the key partner relationships, and executed a complete plant launch within 6 months. Built and executed staffing, recruitment, retention strategies and managed key account capture. • Mergers & Acquisitions: To expand the business profitably, led the acquisition process, integration planning and execution that delivered acceptable ROI. This provided the capacity to expand product lines, which diversified market penetration and resulted in dramatic growth.

Elk Grove Village, Il, Us

Responsibility Profile: Responsible for all operating aspects of the business.

Bowling Green, Ky, Us

Corporate Profile: A company, controlled by 3 investment firms, that manufactures and distributes high performance carburetors, manifolds, superchargers, water pumps, throttle body fuel injection and fuel pumps with 450 employees. Services street and race aftermarket applications.Achieved in This Role• Profit Optimization: To improve margins, operations, and pricing, introduced 80/20 analysis and methodology, which was not a common practice in 2008. Used to institute final pricing, product & operations rationalization and expense decisions. Personally managed discussions with the largest distributors. This effort resulted in profit improvement with no loss in market share. This practice was permanently adopted as it had low risk and complexity while improving credibility with distributors.

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Corporate Profile: A private equity owned strategic supplier of complex and precision-machined components, 250 employees. Services Automotive, Heavy and Medium Duty Trucks.Achieved in This RoleStrategic Planning: Recruited to build a strategy and lead execution to deliver operational excellence. Led market analytics, assigned leadership roles, tightened customer acquisition targeting, and oversaw manufacturing innovation. Grew topline revenue and increased EBITDA without expanding staff. The following is an example of one initiative:• Market Share Capture / Competitive Displacement: In a highly competitive environment, researched, evaluated, and defined targeted offerings and customers. Focused and trained the sales team, guided engineering in qualifying and proposal development, instituted analytics for RFP, and tightened product development and launch strategies. Launched two substantial programs within 18 months of initiating refocus. This drove sales and EBITDA growth over 4 years.

Woodridge, Il, Us

Corporate Profile: Hendrickson International Corporation designs and manufactures commercial truck suspensions. Responsibility Profile: Responsible for all Truck Suspension Division operations and P&L.Achieved in This Role• Business Transformation: Developed the growth strategy and plan, upgraded the organization and refocused investment in product management, product development and associated manufacturing processes, tools and equipment. This drove market share improvement, opened new markets, and doubled sales, while averaging EBITDA that exceeded industry averages. Hendrickson became the undisputed global leader.• Global/International/Expansions: Given the expanded responsibility for leading the distribution business in Mexico and charged with expanding capabilities, to include component manufacturing and assembly, to satisfy OEM and service customers in Mexico and provide component and assembly for other Divisions. Oversaw design and construction of a new facility in Monterey MX to full operation. This operation exceeded quality, delivery, and cost performance standards.

Columbus, Indiana, Us

Recruited to lead commercial cooling systems subsidiary, which we restructured, grew and led into a joint venture with Behr GmbH (Mahle GmbH).

Began career engineering turbocharger and cooling systems, for on- & off-highway diesel engines and automotive engines, and progressed to Heat Transfer Systems Enterprise Manager.

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Bsme, Mechanical Engineering