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Florham Park Nj

Florham Park, New Jersey

Spring Lake, Mi

Southfield, Michigan

Specialty Chemicals and Coatings company with Best-in-Class Products supplying the Automotive Assembly Plants.- Led Sales Team to produce a 21% increase in sales in 2012 over 2011 by aligning and closing core product range and technologies with targeted customer applications.- Identified, recruited and signed 5-year Licensing Agreement in Europe with expected $ 1.5 Million Euros in Licensee sales in 2013.- Led sales and operations team through Value Proposition Selling training.

Birmingham, Michigan

Church Campus of 3,000 with 4 direct reports and three indirect reports within a matrix organization structure.- Oversight and management of the budget- 400+ Volunteers- Student Ministry- Service and Technical Directors- all Administrative and On-line experiences- Key relationships with Community Schools- Outreach programs

Troy, Michigan

Fire hose testing start-up servicing Fire Departments throughout Michigan and Florida.- Developed business plan, presented to investor community and acquired 100% of the required start-up capital.- Led and provided project management of a cross disciplined Engineering/IT team through the design and build stages of a state-of-the-art fire hose testing apparatus.- Developed and executed start-up franchise business model, gained certification in 10 states for marketing franchises, sold first franchise within 6 months of start-up.- Primary relationship builder with Fire Chiefs throughout the Michigan and Florida markets.- Generated 65% Contribution Margins

Vice President of Global Automotive, 2003 to 2005. Managed $115M budget and nine staff. Global P&L, strategic planning, business development, chemical management services, product management, working capital and minority development. - Produced 51% increase in product and service revenues via a focused strategic plan.- Merged the Management Services group with the commercial team creating synergies by leading a change management program.- Spearheaded a commercial joint venture, Quaker Automotive Italia, and a strategic alliance, Quaker Automotive Poland resulting in greater market coverage and penetration.Business Segment Manager - Global Automotive - 2001 - 2003, Responsible for commercial P&L, execution of the strategic plan, four Regional Product Managers and Four Regional Sales Managers- Established Quaker Chemical as the market leader by negotiating and closing twelve - three-five year management services contracts totaling approximately $ 60.0 Million in additional service revenue.- Led the development of a core range of products whose sales increased from 20% to 37% of total revenues.- Initiated and led the Corporate Minority Development Program and established greater than 10% sourcing from minority supplier partners.- Transformed the commercial business development strategy by training 120 associates worldwide in the Revenue Acquisition Management and Value Proposition processes.North American Automotive Business Development Manager - 1999 - 2001 -

Cincinnati, Oh

President / COO, 1992 to 1999. Managed $15M budget and six staff. Direct strategic planning, budgeting, mergers/strategic alliances/acquisitions. Managed finance and administration, r&d, operations, quality and sales.- Led the organization with 9 Direct Reports including R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, Sales, Product Management and Service.- Led the organization to increased sales from $9.0 Million to $20.0 Million by focusing and building momentum on critical success factors and continuous improvement programs.- Led the Design and Build of a $2.0 Million state-of-the-art manufacturing, bulk storage and warehousing facility and led the ISO 9000 certification process, resulting in an improvement in first time quality from 93% to 99%.- Led the search, negotiated and closed two fuel oil distributor acquisitions which increased division sales by 25%.

Harvard Business School - Owner / President Management Program

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