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Fedex Oakland Hub, Oakland, Ca

Management of a technical team providing electrical, HVAC, plumbing and material handling equipment maintenance services to the FedEx Oakland Airport Hub facility which employs 1,500. Operation runs 24/7/365, servicing the sole US to Asia portal for FedEx. Service teams encompass HVAC, journeyman electricians and facilities management personnel. Facilities managed include six buildings, over 800,000 sf, miles of conveyor, 73 acres of airport property with 20 aircraft gates. Partner with FedEx management to monitor and improve facility economic performance.

Modesto, Ca

Responsible for operating a steel fabrication plant running 24/7. Managed a large team of professionals in Manufacturing, Maintenance, Quality, Sales, IT and Logistics.• Improved manufacturing yields, streamlined workflows and upgraded plant and equipment.• Recruited, trained and mentored best-practice teams in preparation for future market growth.

San Francisco, Ca

Managed the San Francisco region which sold, serviced and maintained equipment for this $2.0B privately-held manufacturer.• Improved branch profitability and revenue flow during a 60% market decline in new equipment sales.• Restructured business to be more profitable by shifting revenue stream from new equipment sales to rental fleet sales and maintenance services.• Hired, trained and mentored professional teams of 30 employees in sales, service and management.• Provided services to over 2,000 trucks at area accounts like WalMart, COSTCO, Lowe’s, Safeway, PITCO and Lucky’s.

Fairfield, Ca

Served as: GM over Operations, Sales, Logistics and Finance at Quad, a national fleet-leasing business using multi-site depots servicing national retail grocery chains including Safeway, Walmart and Kroger. VP of New Product Development at Macro, a high pressure injection molder of very large plastic agricultural bins.• Led this six year old business to profitability by expanding to new market applications, increasing penetration at existing customers and controlling costs.• Introduced LEAN, 5S and Six Sigma concepts to improve profitability of company.• Prepared for and sold the business to capture maximum shareholder equity.

San Francisco, Ca

Managed the integration and operation of a 24-branch / 217-employee / $170M sales region of the world’s largest plastic sheet, rod, tube and film distributor. GE Plastics Polymershapes integrated Cadillac Plastics and Commercial Plastics, the purchase of which provided GE an entry into the plastic shapes distribution business. (GE sold Plastics in 2007 for $11.6B. The business now operates as SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS.)• Personally recognized by GE CEO, Jeff Immelt, with a 2003 Cash Generator Award for generating over $4M in additional incremental cash flow. Reduced disputes by $1.6M, inventory by $2.0M and past due receivables by $7.6M.• Increased regional profitability over 10% using web-based techniques and Six Sigma methodologies. • Successfully managed a 15% personnel reduction while delivering on quarterly sales budget. • Grew annual sales $23M by focusing efforts on OEM designer specifications, fabricator education and sales development programs.

San Francisco, Ca

Managed a manufacturing, sales and distribution site for the world's largest printing ink manufacturer. Full P&L responsibility, tasked with the manufacture of ink for the western United States and sales responsibility for northern California.• Increased penetration 37% at the largest northern California printer.• Captured the Office of State Printing contract, the largest such municipal contract in California.• Built, trained and implemented ISO compliant processes within in-house and in-plant structures.• Managed a $1.5M plant manufacturing expansion, reducing West Coast headcount by 18 and improving business profitability.

Boston, Ma

Founded, grew and managed all functions of a New England regional distributor of printing machinery, supplies, technical support and services which I sold in 1998.

Pittsfield, Ma

Mba, Finance And Marketing

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Ba With Honors, Psychology