Jack Upton Email & Phone Number

Punta Gorda, Florida, United States

Managing Partner and Executive Consultant: Developing M&A opportunities with strategic partners, plus working with Non-Profits and Industrial businesses for vision, strategy, plans, and execution to drive growth and profitability.M&A Treated Air Movement Solutions: Private Equity retainment to provide target solutions for treated air solutions in energy.

United States

• CIO /Transformation Leader: Recruited to lead and champion the transformation of the Lead to Cash processes through simplification and streamlining with deployment of modern technologies. Legacy impacts to business.
• Reduced expenses by $700K+ for the three-year period. Developed DR, BC, and for legacy Servers (20+ years old) utilized for ERP to less than (4) hours. Plus, established the technology base and cyber security protocols.
• Deployed cross-functional teams for Cloud Solutions of IP Telephone, CPQ, ERP, and HCM to move business into 21st century. CERs’ were authored and approved. For ERP EBIDTA target was $4.6M over (5) Years with.
• Enabled Fläkt Group expansion in North America via strategy, plans, and timing to achieve a 40+% productivity improvement through consolidation of competing Products into a single operating site allowing its Air.

United States

• Managing Partner and Executive Consultant for a startup boutique management consulting firm generating $15M+ in revenue delivering M&A, transformation strategy, plans, and execution for business organizations.
• Private Equity: Identified & led strategy & analysis for (4) M&A activities with $725M of Revenue and (7) sites in Air Handling Market. Provided operational and technology strategy to deliver maximum ROI and accelerate.
• BMC (Transformation Leader): Managed the transformation leadership in a cross-functional role with (7) corporate direct reports and an indirect team of (20+) over (14) sites for a $1.8B BMC component. Drove share.
• Machinery & Controls (CEO Role): Rejuvenated a privately held automation and controls company with vision, strategy, plans, and led execution of reinvention of Sales, Finance, and Supply Chain increasing backlog by.
• Air Movement (Partner -Transformation Leader): Led Industrial Fan business in reclamation of 25%+ lost market share through deployment of Indirect Sales Force. Exceeded 2010 Plan by 30% and increased margins 10%.
• DoD (Transformation Leader): Led the support of the US Army via the Logistics Modernization Program (LMP) $1Billion Asset Management process (15 major value streams) with the SAP toolset (PS, FI/CO, SD, PP, APO, MM).

Englewood, CO

• Senior Consultant and Equity Owner recruited to generate revenue ($5.5M) and drive transformation for business processes, organizations, technology and deliver a mature MOM technology to drive global competitiveness..
• Aviation: Restructured the entire SAP external and internal supply chains, incorporated real-time quality performance post assembly feedback via work breakdown structure, internal sequencing within the stations, and.
• Electronics: Led the analysis of operations with (8) internal and (4) consultants to attack the past due shipments, excessive premium freight costs, and premium labor cost. False signals in SAP required new policies.
• DoD Office of Naval Research: Commanded the strategy and opportunity analyst to transform from Cost Plus to Total Cost (Fixed Price). Identified $295M+ savings per ship for the Class in materials and labor. Delivered.

Stamford, CT

• Recruited to CP&S by Crane Co as a Business Team Leader to establish a “Single Operating Company” from previous standalone acquisitions. Managed (8) Direct IT and (6) Black Belts. Key responsibilities were: (1).
• Seamlessly integrated acquisitions to single operating company to a standard ERP, infrastructure, and call center technology achieving a 40+% reduction in costs while transforming the IT organization to current.
• Established a culture of continuous improvement through OpEx education, training, and hands-on training. Created a “Control Framework” for SIOP with Strategy Deployment driving improvement projects across all functions.
• Provided an umbrella for the single customer centric sales force by establishing a hosted B2B Ecommerce CPQ generating $65M in revenue, $6.0+M in organic growth, $500K in productivity, and a 98% transactional quality.

Various

• Graduate of Manufacturing Leadership program with roles of CIO. GM, Transformation Leadership, and M&A Leader with revenues from $120M - $6.5B.

Ms, Management

Achieved 4.0 GPA

Bs, Organizational Leadership, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Outstanding Student Award