Keith Wennik Email & Phone Number

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Richmond, Virginia Area

Growth Drivers Consulting, LLC is a partner of 360 Solutions, a national organization with over 500 strategic partners. Our consulting company is based in Richmond and Atlanta we are geared towards solving people and organizational problems. We find that any size organization, from start-up to fortune 500, faces these challenges. Through our partnership with 360 Solutions we receive the materials, training and certification needed to transform companies through behavioral change. Our passion is taking companies and employees and empowering them to continue implementing what we teach once our contract is up.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Executive leadership bringing a Billion dollar manufacture from 9% market share to 43% market share.Implemented forecasting system for manufacturing and engineering resource planning requirements that tied engineering, manufacturing and sales departments together and resulted in system and operational synergy.Drove Tail End Pricing Strategies which produced a 400 basis point increase in Case margins producing 8.4M in incremental earnings within one year. Proven process unleashing stranded profits.Started the Hill PHOENIX Learning Center to enable customers, employees, and dealers to achieve accredited courses from Basic Refrigeration to Advanced CO2 & Secondary training.

Acquired $100M Specialty competitor as General Manager creating the Deal Board Deck, leading the due diligence team, and managing integration after close. Brought private company public including transformation of three previous owners into corporate environment. Successful on all Deal Synergies included in acquisition.Consolidated two Specialty factories in one year which drove manufacturing efficiencies at a 26% conversion rate and increased Specialty sales to 130M within 2 years.Developed the company’s first Specialty business and grew revenue to 41 million in two years.Increase Free Cash Flow from Specialty operations by 6 million through streamlining Sourcing and Operational flow and eliminating 2 weeks from the manufacturing cycle. Reached goal of 10% Free Cash Flow.Engineered a total new front end set of processes for successful Specialty Market growth.

Turnaround of branch operations with 30M in Top Line from a 1M loss to 6% positive earnings within 6 months. Restructured branch operations across US by selling specific locations and re-alignment of management team. Grew an $88M Region business to $400M by expanding the direct sales force and re-structuring a Distributor Program to a superior Dealer Program resulting in solid bundling service support for our customer base.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Successful start-up of packaging machinery manufacturing business in North American with strong expansion into Europe driving double digit growth and earnings during eleven years.