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Chicago, Il, Us

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Escalon's mission is to lighten the load for our clients, giving them back their most valuable asset: time to focus on growth. Since 2006, we've used our team's extensive hands-on experience to assist CEOs and leaders with their business' operational and tactical needs at every stage. We've empowered over 25,000 companies to scale from concept to IPO by providing all essential back-office services, including CFO services, accounting, payroll, benefits, recruiting, and HR. Our Essential Business Services (EBS) are optimized, coordinated, and enable owners to focus on the core of their business.

Mohali, Chandigarh, In

Brightwork Growth Partners offers a distinctive approach to company partnerships, leveragingextensive hands-on experience as seasoned business operators, with a deep understandingof capital structures and investments. We are committed to unlocking the potential of small and mid-sized companies in the Midwest through increasing competitiveness and creating inspirational cultures.Led by Managing Partners with over four decades of experience, we facilitate seamless ownershiptransitions and drive business expansion while honoring established legacies.

Managing global logistics and fundraising/financing for son's 2024 and 2028 Olympic (sailing) campaignhttps://ilya.org/olympic-campaigns

San Francisco, California, Us

Evanston, Il, Us

Led all Strategy, Investments, and Technology for the competitive businesses within American Electric Power (NASDAQ: AEP) - AEP Energy, AEP OnSite, AEP Renewables, AEP Energy Partners

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Responsible for the growth and profitability of AEP's Energy business, including the acquisition and integration of BlueStar Energy Solutions, a privately held energy solutions company.Jim managed and improved the company’s information technology, pricing, risk management, customer service, accounting, billing, credit, collections, financial reporting/analysis, strategic planning, new market entry, and all other operational activities. Previously he held responsibility for all Sales, all Pricing & Risk, all Financial and all HR functions.One of the fastest-growing (10x) energy suppliers in the United States, AEP retail energy provides a wide array of energy solutions including retail electricity supply and is operating in Illinois, Pennsylvania, California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Washington, D.C.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Led BlueStar Energy's rapid growth and profitability of the retail energy business, including and through the strategic acquisition of BlueStar by AEP after receiving regulatory and anti-trust approval in March of 2012.BlueStar Energy was an independent retail electricity supplier – unaffiliated with any utility – supplying electricity to residential and business customers.BlueStar received numerous designations and awards including A+ Better Business Bureau Rating, Crains Chicago Fast Fifty (2011, 2009, 2008), one of the largest privately held companies in IL (2011, 2010, 2009, 2008), and regularly included on Inc.500 fastest growing lists.One of the fastest-growing energy suppliers in the United States, BlueStar provided a wide array of energy solutions including retail electricity supply and is operating in Illinois, Pennsylvania, California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Washington, D.C.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Spearheaded the commercial launch activities of the Motorola DROID smartphone, backed by one of the largest marketing spends in the history of a major wireless operator• Developed and executed strategic and operational plans to achieve revenue, margin and business development objectives • Ensured alignment of product offerings, exploiting all routes to market to increase customer penetration • Optimized and leveraged the Motorola brand – reinforcing customer loyalty and increasing brand value • Ensured accurate forecasting and demand planning • Focused resources, developed operational/process improvements and cost optimization initiatives to ensure efficiency and maximize return on investment • Drove the internal communication to ensure clarity of understanding and true engagement with the business strategy• Accountability for the go-to-market strategy for a major North America account

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Scope of Responsibilities included:Focusing the organization on the right… “Game Changing” projects/initiativesAssembling the right…“Game Changing” project teamsExecuting the right… “Game Changing” projects with maximum impact• Delivered $32M in 2007 financial impact by leading a focused team of internal consultants to solve the “biggest issues” in the business• Responsible for leading a cross-functional team to achieve key business targets including #1 Customer Satisfaction globally.

Chicago, Il, Us

• Led and transformed the value of a customer-facing organization with over 300 yearly customer deliverables and staff of 120. $10M annual operating budget. Facilities located in United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, India and China.• Deployed the use of a blended outsource model to lower labor costs by $3M annually.• Delivered 50% improvement in quality, 25% improvement in on-time delivery, and 15% improvement in customer satisfaction in 2005.

Chicago, Il, Us

• Led the portfolio and front-end management process for Networks business with $5B in revenue and $800M in research and development expenditures.• Instituted an operator business modeling expertise to identify alternative 3G wireless business models with a knowledge of industry trends (data, IP) and evolving operator and subscriber priorities.• Developed enterprise business tools and models to optimize portfolio strategies based on customer’s financial analysis process and purchasing decision criteria.• Implemented monte carlo, option value, and decision-tree analysis techniques for portfolio prioritization.• Analyzed system-level pricing and product costing for CDMA, GSM, and iDEN cellular infrastructure systems for the purpose of common platform development and competitive strategy.

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Mba, Finance, Marketing, Strategy, International Business

Bs, Electrical And Computer Engineering