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Boston, MA, US

United States

For over thirty years, Argus has provided interim management and financial advisory services to companies and investors dealing with complex financial, operational, and strategic issues. Through this extensive experience, the firm has developed the ability to provide clients with the resources necessary to address their needs effectively in a cost.

Providence, Rhode Island Area

• Held the top operational and financial leader role for three autonomous companies.
• Took two of the three companies to profitability after posting losses for the past five years.
• Reorganized Crawford Composites in order to leverage efficiencies and staff for both race car and composites production leading to $8M in forecasted growth.
• Instilled a culture of accountability by clearly communicating expectations, fostering cross functional transparency, and developing a continuous improvement environment.
• Increased on-time delivery by 25% to 98%.
• Worked with suppliers and customers to restructure contracts to ensure a healthy margin.

Norwell, Massachusetts

• Responsible for Supply Chain Management projects across 200 branches.
• Led the implementation of the company’s first inventory management system; 140 branches in 4 months.
• Managed the business process change for an online ecommerce catalogue including stakeholder buy in, gap analysis, problem resolution, training and monitoring through statistics (DMAIC).
• Turned around an imminent supplier termination and delivered $1.6M savings.

Attleboro, Massachusetts

• SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, Attleboro, MA Jan 2008-CurrentDesign and manufacture technical products supporting automotive, appliance and aircraft industries; International $1.5B salesDeveloped sourcing strategies in support.
• Managed $108M metals spend and $25M ceramics spend.
• Delivered $2.5M+ negotiated cost reductions for 2010.
• Gained global alignment to a detailed best cost sourcing strategy resulting in 38% fewer suppliers, 32% increase in localized sourcing, and $2.5M cost reduction.

United States

• Developed relationship with business owner (seller); Analyzed the business and its position in the market; Prepared a Confidential Offering Memorandum for each business; Identified and solicited strategic buyers.
• Sold 16 businesses at 90% of the asking price; industry average 85%. Sold 75% of businesses listed.
• Analyzed precast boot connector business, guided ownership for change. Sold the business for 3x valuation.
• Engaged in emergency management services. Established financial management tools, retained all key employees, and turned a possible liquidation into a profitable situation.

• Managed $30.5 million P&L and 240 employees across 2 locations in MA and MI. Reported to Board of Directors monthly.Directed Manufacturing, Quality, Finance/Accounting, IT and HR. Managed customer and banking.
• Led migration and implementation of $600K Oracle ERP system; completed in 5 months
• Saved $1.1 million in 1 year by reducing scrap from 5% to 1%
• Reduced customer returns from 1.8% to 0.8% and slashed reworks 50%+
• Improved on-time deliveries from 60% to 98% by tightening accountability and reporting
• Built/maintained strong customer relationships with IBM, Motorola, Kodak, HP, Lucent, Delphi, Visteon

Directed Production Planning, Inventory/Warehousing, Production and Customer Service. Managed 120 employees.

Managed 10 employees. Responsibility for the following functions: Customer Service, Purchasing and Production Planning.