Scott Leonard Email & Phone Number

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Dublin 2, Ie

Mission First, Inc. is a small, boutique consultancy founded on a common ethos that simply and quickly optimizes performance and develops a culture of excellence.We passionately engage to collaboratively create innovative and entrepreneurial solutions to market, industry, organizational and strategic challenges regardless of the industry, market, segment, channel or function. We then work with and lead clients to deliver those results at scale while simultaneously augmenting individual, team and organizational technical and leadership competencies.We design, deploy and support enterprise-level Strategy and Change Mgt, Go-To-Market Strategy, Sales Strategy, Channel & Training, and Portfolio, Program & Project Mgt. We also design and deliver US Special Forces Program Management and instruction.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Develop and lead strategy, and enable strategic execution. Lead change management and leadership development initiatives. Facilitate organizational design and development workshops. Develop individuals into teams, teams into High Performing Teams, and organizations into Cultures of Excellence.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

I acted as the Chief Revenue Officer / Chief Sales Officer for Afterburner, a team of current and former Fighter Pilots, US Navy SEALs and other elite military professionals, leveraging a proprietary continuous improvement model to build and develop elite, high performing individuals, teams and organizations. Afterburner believes Fighter Pilots’, Special Forces’ and Elite Military professionals’ insights in execution, leadership, agility, communication, teamwork & discipline simply and quickly optimizes performance and develops a culture of excellence.

Windsor, Berkshire, Gb

Partnered with Brand, corporate and licensee stakeholder team that planned, developed and executed IHG's initial venture into fractional ownership.

- Recruited, led and managed 17 member team across 6 new construction projects in GA and SC.- Out of 6 competitive sets, finished #1 in all 6 sets 21 out of 22 months.- Created sales promotions, incentives and marketing campaigns.- Performed new/horizontal/vertical project acquisition and disposition diligence.- Conducted market research studies and analyses for Evolv, a full service Real Estate Solutions group focused on providing condominium, townhome, apartment, resort and vacation ownership services and consulting.

Along with consulting engagements succesfully completed at Fairfield Resorts/Wyndham Worldwide, project managed sales, marketing, construction, rental, registration, documents package and daily operations of a 276 unit apartment-to-condominium conversion.Oversaw process to secure equity, mezzanine and debt structure for a 10 story, 260 unit condominium hotel. Project managed architect, GC, Broker, marketing company, design, company, and all development aspects.

Orlando, Florida, Us

Consulted to and project managed for the Finance, Property Management, IT, Legal (escrow and deeding) and Sales and Marketing functions on projects ranging from e-Commerce design and functionality, HOA receivables, electronic payment platforms, lockbox and wires, web customer service functionality design and integration, Six Sigma project management, online room sales/rental marketing and operations, and software conversion of property management, billing, and mainframe legacy systems to proprietary and vendor Enterprise Resource Programs.

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Participated in and managed the User Requirements gathering, Gap Analysis, curriculum design, training, rollout, implementation and audit of a proprietary ERP across 32 resorts in the US and Caribbean. Partnered with Senior Management to appropriate over $11 Million in encumbered escrow funds back to the organization. Managed and directed personnel reduction during and throughout Chapter 11 filing. Managed contracts processing at 3rd highest volume sales center in the organization. Managed SE region's $325M P&L & 450 staff during and immediately following CH11. Created internal inventory-subsidized program directly generating over $1.2M annual income. Internally consulted with Turnaround Restructuring firm www.JAlix.com on sales, marketing, Outside Tour Vendors, rental, inventory management, property management, resort operations, IT and HOA/Board relations.

London, Gb

Developed and facilitated CBTs to associates supporting the newly formed Citigroup client's finance and HR expatriate personnel in Oracle ERP PeopleSoft HR and Finance modules. Trained fellow associates on client resolution and customer service competencies and metrics.

Responsible for the procurement of sites for and distribution of "I Love Orlando" magazine. Increased distribution by 166% in 1 year. Instructed and trained Buyer-profile specific (Brazilian, Brittish, American) OPCs (Off Property Concierges) on the use of the magazine to benefit and increase tour generation at Westgate Resorts.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Primary Mission profile: load, drive and gun the King of the Battlefield, M1 Abrams.Secondary tasking: Combat Lifesaver, Weapons Instructor [.50 cal, M240, M16, M9], DiRT [Division Reconnaissance Team] Leader.

B.A. Cum Laude, Psychology (I/O)

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies