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Morgan Hill, CA

• I was recruited personally by Thomas Kinkade, noted artist and founder of the most successful commercial art publishing and licensing company in North America, to collaborate on turning around the company as the.
• Took company from an operating loss to a double digit percentage operating profit.
• Reduced facility costs, inventory, cycle times and headcount.
• Achieved sales growth targets across all channels.
• Expanded capacity and content and paved the way to new channels and consumer markets.
• Opened Japan and U.K. markets.

Toronto, Canada Area

• I was recruited to this $20M art publishing company based on prior success in leading state of the art reproduction technologies at Hallmark to ramp up and reengineer production to support significant increase in.
• Put millions of dollars on the top line.
• Increased production processing time to industry-leading levels.
• Secured multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract with IKEA; gained distribution at key retail outlets.
• Opened manufacturing in Mexico and Hungary.
• Launched new products.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

• This was a $75M, 185-employee recent Hallmark acquisition that specialized in social expression products that I was appointed to turnaround, while identifying and leveraging synergies with Hallmark across all business.
• Achieved EBITDA targets, going from multi-million-dollar loss to multi-million-dollar profit.
• Exceeded revenue targets every year, growing revenue by a total of tens of millions of dollars.
• Reduced headcount and slashed inventory by double digits.
• Secured long tem very large contract with Barnes & Noble and signed multi-year deals with Target and Office Depot.

Columbus, GA

• This was another Hallmark subsidiary, a $35M, 85-employee provider of fine art and commercial printing, where I was appointed to retool printing operation and identify adjacent businesses by leveraging Hallmark best.
• Grew revenue well into the tens of millions of dollars, while reversing EBIT from a loss to profitability.
• Reduced material and non-product costs by double digits.
• Secured a multi-million-dollar two-year contract with high profile publisher.
• Paved way for significant capital infusion to upgrade technology, which was executed in 2000.

Easton, PA

• I was promoted at this $500M manufacturer of crayons, markers, and creative development products, also a Hallmark subsidiary, to oversee all aspects of operations division, including five manufacturing plants across.
• Delivered annual top and bottom line improvements.
• Improved schedule realization.
• Reduced material costs significantly.
• Played major role in generating tens of millions in revenue by securing key entity into acquisition team.

Lawrence, KS

Led day-to-day shipping operations at this industry leading manufacturer and marketer of greeting cards and social expression products, responsible for $400M in wholesale products to Hallmark customers.