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Lakewood, Wa, Us

Lakewood, Wa, Us

Providing leadership and direction to the Operations, Para transit, Public Safety and Service Support Departments of Washington State's second largest public transit authority.

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Courbevoie, Île-De-France, Fr

Tectrans was acquired by Keolis Transit America and is the platform for the expansion of Keolis' transit business in the United States. Responsible for executive leadership of Keolis Transit America and all of its subsidiariry companies. Directs a senior executive management team in charge of operations, safety, maintenance, purchasing, finance and accounting, information technology, human resources and marketing/business development. Expanded business by more than 70% in first 18 months of the acquisition.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Responsible for executive leadership of Tectrans and all of its subsidiariry companies. Revamped company's strategic direction into a viable player in the US Transit Services and contracting market. Directed a senior executive management team in charge of operations, safety, maintenance, purchasing, finance and accounting, information technology, human resources and marketing/business development. Improved all operating statistics.Served on the board of directors as Chairman and was primary liason with Tectrans equity partners. Led to the successful sale of the company in less than two years.

Lombard, Illinois, Us

Turned around the $650 million in annual sales transit division. Strengthened the Veolia brand and led the integration of acquisitions. Improved profitability by nearly double and led a reorganization of the company structure to reduce overhead and redundancy. Safety performance metrics improved by 50%. Customer retention was 97% during tenure. Responsible for over 120 locations and 16,000 employees and the executive leadership of the company.

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This position was responsible for overall operations and general management of the 10 state Western region encompassing Texas to Alaska with over 8000 school buses and 10,000 employees. Completed successful integration of Mayflower contract services and 5 other major acquisitions. Took region from $50 million annual sales to $350 million. Improved profit margin from 3% to 13%. Safety results improved 400%. Member of the company's executive team.

Responsible for operations in 11Western States for this contract trucking firm. Progressed from night dispatch, safety director, terminal manager to top executive in the region. Continuously had the best results in profits, safety record and customer retention.