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Greater Philadelphia Area

Beane Associates, Inc. was founded in 1984. We are a Turnaround and Crisis Management Consulting firm comprised of a dedicated group of highly experienced turnaround management professionals. We advise senior management of private and publicly owned corporations throughout the United States with the assessment and revitalization of their enterprise. Beane Associates, Inc. has built an impressive track record of helping companies improve operational effectiveness and profitability.I facilitate change that returns businesses to profitability, and have been the lead on the revitalization and sale of companies, recoveries, mergers and receiverships for secured creditors. In the past few years at Beane I have sharpened the saw on practical business management and execution, developing and implementing productivity, financial assessments, sales, marketing, and strategic planning. These skill sets are deployed routinely in my role as a turnaround and crisis management executive.

Co-founder and developer of PrecisionCure, LLC. Scientific software and modeling development. UV (Ultra Violet) cured products software and consulting services.This entrepreneurial, wholistic background dovetails well into my position at Beane Associates as a turnaround and crisis management consultant.

* Produced and supplied in the textile fiber market synthetic filament yarn for automotive, home furnishings, residential, contract, hospitality, government, and other industrial markets in the United States. * Provided organization analytics for turnaround analysis and supported executive management in final transitions to and through Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 liquidation. Key skills were distressed business crisis management, assessment and planning, orderly liquidation, production and sales, typical talents needed for turnaround consulting work.

Mail logistics business established with privatization of components of the US Post Office logistics. Delivered mail and packages dock to door.Key achievements while employed at SmartMail were:* Grew sales from $90MM to $200MM* implemented automated product track and trace program enabling pharmaceutical and internet sale deliveries* restructured Southeast and Northeast sales and marketing* supported performance improvement from $1MM/month losses to profitability, resulting in sale to DHL Global mail.Turnaround management skills developed were logistics, automation and tracking, operations, profitable sales growth and product portfolio management.

General Manager for Kidde Fyrnetics, an industrial fire and safety products (smoke alarms, Carbon monoxide alarms and fire extinguishing equipments) producer. Responsible for sales and distribution to commercial and industrial channels, educational seminars and product promotions.This company eventually merged into Kidde Residiential and Commercial.Noteworthy Achievements were:* Managed merger of 3 acquired companies to create Kidde Fyrnetics* Established Kidde College of Knowledge to support education and sales for commercial, electrical and industrial distribution channels* Sales growth $28MM to $48MM with 71% earnings increase in 3 yearsHere I underwent Six Sigma Blackbelt training, oversaw electrical and industrial production, and needed to gain experience in retail and commercial industrial sales, business development and marketing, product portfolio management and rationalization, and mergers and acquisition. This background forms the core of my expertise as a turnaround and crisis management executive, particularly with industrial firms.

GE was a supplier of plastics and silicones to B2B manufacturing clients. As productivity leader, I conducted field and executive management audits assisting clients with developing and implementing productivity improvements. Clients included Toyota, AT&T, smaller injection molders and tier 2 automotive assemblers. I migrated to business development for $350MM global plastic sales to computer and communications customers, with clients including Apple, Silicon Graphics, HP, IBM, Acer and Gateway.I'm proud of my record of achievement at GE, such as:* Sustained employee excellence ratings* Winner GE Marketing innovation Award* Productivity Most Valuable Player award and Hall of Fame Inductee* Executive recognition for development and implementation of GE Competency based measurements, * Managed region of the year including 2 Pinnacle award winners for sales and marketing respectively* GE Green Belt designationThis experience gave me early broad backgroud in sales, marketing, business development, portfolio management, and industry/distribution assessments, negotiations and even consulting.Executive roles in organization leadership, change management, and project facilitiation and training all provide necessary experience for current projects in turnaround and crisis management .

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science Mechanical Engineering