Turnaround management consultant and financial advisor to distressed middle-market companies:Led the successful turnaround and refinancing of an $80M non-emergency transportation companyAssisted in advising a $300M commercial printing company through liquidity challenges with its lenders, ultimately resulting in the sale of the company with full payoff to all lenders and post-sale roles for the owners.Led an internal performance improvement initiative within the Marketing and Business Development departments of SCP that resulted in a transformative impact on the quantity and quality of business development activities by its consultants, resulting in a 50% increase in activity.Developed and launched the “SCP Workout Bankers Insights Survey (WBIS)”, as a business development initiative for SCP, to approximately 10,000 professionals nationwide in the Special Assets Resolution and Workout Bankers Community charged with evaluating troubled loans and ensuring the recovery of assets for their lending institution. This inaugural survey is also foundational to creating the “SCP Workout Bankers Confidence Index."

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Leveraged holistic business expertise spanning growth-oriented marketing strategy, talent and partnership development, financial management, and organizational goal- and vision-setting skills to create a business consulting website for entrepreneurs and their executive teams. Developed business plan, designed site layout features, and authored site content.

Entered new industry as President to be a change agent to reverse prior fiscal year profit loss. Hired a stronger social media/digital marketing team, initiated profit accountability for sales leaders for their key retailers, instituted weekly interdepartmental meetings for work prioritization and alignment as part of an overall initiative to improve company culture and teaming, created a new competitive pricing analytical tool to justify increasing product prices, cut costs by $250k in 3 months, and led the sales organization's initial efforts to getting the brand back into its once largest retailer, Target.

Led this 90 year old, family-owned company through the 2008 recession and financial markets collapse. Single-handedly developed, but collaboratively implemented an 18-month "Bridge/Survival Plan" that reorganized the executive team, cut the operating cost structure by 25%, deepened key customer sales relationships, increased new product introductions, expanded into new markets (Canada and Mexico) and strengthened the company’s culture through greater communication and high-performance teaming.

Entered this new industry to provide strategic direction and hands-on, execution-focused leadership to national sales teams in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Led new product idealization and commercialization.

Led a variety of initiatives to breathe new life into the Hunt’s product portfolio which included canned tomatoes, ketchup, and spaghetti sauce. Developed new packaging/label graphics implemented across the product portfolio, introduced many new products including ketchup industry’s first inverted bottle, (Hunt's Perfect Squeeze), led creation of corporate-wide retailer/consumer promotion event involving ConAgra’s summer brands, enhanced brand website to feature popular meal-occasion recipes, and developed new print and tv advertising campaigns.

Held (non-concurrent) responsibility for Pet Treats (Friskies), Roast & Ground Coffee, and Stouffer's and Lean Cuisine, with P&L responsibility for hundreds of millions in net sales and oversight of up to 6 brands and 3 manufacturing plants at a time. Oversaw product development teams, sales organizations, co-packers, and distribution networks.

Leveraged P&G sales background to serve as a liaison between the South Central Sales Division and Marketing, ensuring strong regional sales execution of national marketing initiatives and achieving division volume goals in 1994 and 1995.

Brands: Duncan Hines, Crisco, Jif, and Pringles