Deliver results oriented expertise, operational support, and management consulting services to corporate clients across the United States and internationally. • Leverage more than 20 years of senior business leadership knowledge and expertise, most recently as a Senior VP for Industrial Distribution Group. While serving IDG, negotiated major agreements for software licensing, union contracts, and commercial leases; and developed an innovative strategy that reduced inventory by over $30M.• Led 18 business integrations by developing customized and situation-specific processes that optimize synergies and ensure successful transitions. Built and led integration teams to carry out data rationalization and manage system conversions. Reviewed, established, and transformed business processes and facility strategies, and negotiated or renegotiated leases. Developed consolidation plans and selected new business leadership teams.• Determine the operational viability for potential acquisitions by conducting in-depth analyses, as well as verifying and quantifying service offerings. Gather information via surveys and follow-up meetings, and carry out onsite audits. Generate accurate state of the business reports and deliver final “buy or not buy” recommendations.• Consistently enhance shareholder value by driving efficiency and optimization, guiding successful business and process integrations, and developing highly effective business teams.• Advise clients across a full range of functional areas, including: distribution and supply chain optimization, inventory management strategies, operational evaluations, process development, acquisition due diligence, ERP selection, and supporting key negotiations.

IDG is a market leader in supply chain solutions, industrial distribution, e-commerce, cost savings, equipment services, and process improvements. As a multi-million dollar private corporation, IDG serves thousands of companies and institutions, across all segments, in the United States and internationally.• Led day to operations representing an annual P&L of $29M, conducted business reviews and acquisition integration planning, and implemented an operational structure that advanced shareholder value. • Report directly to the CEO, while leading 10 direct reports and a full organization of 450 employees located across the United States. • Built a cross functional team from across the organization to successfully increase order fill rates from 87% to 97%, reduce inventory by 10%, and increase productivity by 20%. • Managed of full range of vendor and supplier relations encompassing the negotiation of pricing and scope, and making final contract approvals. Successfully oversaw third party agreements covering 2,000 IT user licenses, 600 wireless connections, a fleet of 500 vehicles, and property leases for 50 facilities. • Determined the operational viability for potential acquisitions by conducting in depth analyses, as well as verifying and quantifying service offerings. Gathered information via business-focused surveys and follow-up meetings, and regularly carried out onsite audits across multiple locations. • Developed a comprehensive logistics strategy, which reduced IDG’s footprint by almost two-thirds, and consolidated 65 locations to just 24 by 2009. By working closely with carriers and the sales organization, reduced net freight costs by 1% of sales annually, while maintained outstanding levels of customer satisfaction.• Implemented measurement and monitoring tools that generated more than $30M in cash through improved inventory management. Reduced excess and slow moving inventories, and liquidated outdated products.

• Led a major system conversion project, to combine disparate IT platforms utilized across four IDG divisions into a single system. Built and lead a cross-functional team of internal resources and consultants, to integrate business processes and data into the new platform. Completed the project in nine months, on schedule and under budget.• Guided the vendor selection process for hardware and software, incorporating associate input from across IDG’s geographic regions. Ensured vendors were able to solve specific business issues, create a high performance environment for associates, and increase both efficiency and productivity in a highly competitive market. • Managed the system go-live process to successfully process orders in the new system without exception, with minimal impact to customers. Post transition, clearly identified all issues and managed them to resolution.

• Responsible for managing day-to-day operations, and leading the successful integration of three business units into IDG’s Northeast Division. Reported to the division President, while managing seven direct reports and a total organization of 160. Generated more than $1M in cash by eliminating obsolete and excess inventory.• Built and led a highly successful operational management team assembled from prior business units. Maintained a focus on Flexible Procurement Solutions (FPS™), gross margin dollar improvements, and cash generation.• Created an automated solution to improve the accounts payable process, reducing the corresponding head count by 50%. Eliminated complexities, reduced manual entry and approval, and systematically flagged discrepancies.• Developed a web based B2B solution, utilizing the in house IT team, that significantly streamlined the ordering process for customers. This innovative system used warehouse barcoding to flag low inventory products, projected needed quantities based on previous history, and instituted preset authorizations for reordering.• Established a dedicated forum that enabled all divisional departments to communicate on a monthly basis. This played key role in business unit integration by identifying issues and quickly resolving conflicts.

• Managed the integration of five acquired companies into IDG-New England, by consolidating 15 facilities into a new distribution center and implementing a single operations system. Eliminated redundancies, dropped the head count by 33%, and reduced operating costs by more than $3M annually, all in less that 18 months.