Michael Kotelec is a Senior Vice President Services Operations and Sales at Synagro. He possess expertise in strategy, start ups, business development, competitive analysis, strategic planning and 36 more skills. He is proficient in French. Colleagues describe him as "While I did not support Mike's group at Kennametal, I had the pleasure of working on several division-wide and company-wide projects with him and had the chance to see him in action. Mike had the difficult task of rescuing a failing business group that had been an amalgamation of over a dozen smaller businesses that did not necessarily belong together. Mike quickly made sense of the chaos, made strong business decisions and turned what had been the dog into the fastest improving business in an over $1 billion division. Mike has a keen business sense, great command presence and an easy manner that gets results." and "Mike is a talented executive leader who is a quick study drawing on his experience to understand key business challenges. Mike demonstrated that he is able to make hard decisions during the planning and execution of the business unit restructure resulting in growth and bottom line results. This resulted in a lean organisation with an instilled sense of accountability and purpose."