Akon-Donluis provides freight forwarding, shipping and logistics services to oil and gas exploration, production and services companies in Equatorial Guinea (www.akon-donluis.com)• Overall responsibility for profit and loss, contracts, large customer relationships, reporting and organization of the company.• Responsible for return to profitability within first year -- though acquisition of new accounts, expansion of business into new fields, cost reduction and improved internal processes.• Ongoing project manager for ERP systems, including building internal operations control database and current migration of all finance and operations information to SAP including responsibility of selection, planning, design, and implementation.• Developed operating procedures and processes designed to facilitate growth, eliminate unnecessary work, include compliance controls, and clearly communicate with customers.• Vastly improved management-employee relations, increasing employee buy-in and commitment – which has translated directly into increased worker productivity and customer satisfaction. • Managed transition of freight forwarding business through change in ownership from major global freight forwarder to locally (EG) owned Akon Logistics Management Ltd. • Oversaw successful merger of Donluis TDL and Akon Logistics Management Ltd. – into a single legal entity: Akon-Donluis S.L. Responsible for legal aspects of merger as well as managing customer perception and expectations.

• Consult with executives of small companies to create business plans or restructure, focusing on sustainable growth, organizational development, capacity building, personnel efficiency and sound financial reporting.• Provide process mapping for services, flowcharts and value stream maps to help key players get on the same page, reduce redundancies, clear bottlenecks and focus on profit driving activities.• Stay appraised of most recent developments in service industry process and organization best practices.• Design compliance checklists and other work documents.• Prepare job descriptions that fit in with workflow process maps and design compensation/incentive plans to suit company needs and maximize workforce motivation.• Suggest data collection fields for future analysis and methods of incorporating collection into the daily workflow processes.

*Set up new logistics organization in Ghana: hired and trained personnel, mapped out compliant import/export processes*Managed logistics teams handling over import/export 1500 shipments per year in high pressure business environment*Carried out due-diligence on, negotiated and set-up contracts with service providers*Established performance metrics for logistics suppliers in the Gulf of Guinea region, monitored and managed their performance*Led ongoing compliance training for logistics, procurement, inventory and management personnel*Saved company over $400k per year in freight and brokerage costs*Handled querries from internal and external compliance audits

*Implemented and managed new centralized logistics strategy in Equatorial Guinea *Trained logistics personnel and eventually handed all responsibilities for logistics operations to local employees*Involved in organization-wide SAP implementation project - ensured close communication between procurement, inventory and logistics teams*Carried out FCPA and trade compliance training sessions with country and regional management

*Managed all aspects of a small freight forwarding and customs brokerage company that catered to the oil and gas industry in Equatorial Guinea*Key customers included Hess, Maersk Supply, Smith Bits, Sodexho, Baker Hughes and others.*Oversaw revenue growth of over 400% in 5 years.*Overhauled administrative organization including new accounting system, shipment tracking and performance logs and trained and aligned all personnel to function in new system