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O'Fallon, Il, Us

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States/Holland, Mi

Private consulting firm focused on turning around SMBs, family-owned, and financially struggling and insolvent businesses across industries.

San Francisco Bay Area

Hired by a family-owned trucking and logistics startup to design, initiate, and execute ground-up sales, operations, and people processes from zero. Recruited driver fleet, established operational and communication processes across departments, and secured new business. Exited upon project completion with revenue nearly 50% above the industry standard rate.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Advised business clients averaging $3-$5M in annual revenue during and in wake of Covid-19 pandemic impacts. Priorities included revenue diversification and cash management; process audits and reimplementation; team reorganization (including hiring and layoffs); PPP and ERC funding securement and tracking.

San Francisco Bay Area

- Recruited by Angel Investors to work with Founder and team to transform business strategy.- Contacted non-customers on why they had declined to adopt the Lockdowel system.- Refocused marketing on segments where rapid assembly provided the greatest economic benefits.- National Furniture Div. of Kimball invested $2 million to create automated Lockdowel automated assembly for commercial furniture.- Established patent and sales strategy for the Chinese market.

Portland, Oregon Area

Hired to mitigate damage and re-establish relationships with key national business accounts, including Home Depot, Menards, and Floor & Décor. Led compliance tours of the Nanjing, China facility for key retailer personnel. Partnered with a leading intellectual property law firm and developed a strategy that was awarded a U.S. patent for a production method for producing luxury vinyl tile.

Alexander City, Al

- Recruited by PE owner to re-establish core profitable customers in the single-family housing market.- Recruited and developed new leadership with dealer experience.- Implemented a successful customer recovery process.- Increased Average sales price from $200 to $240 through improved customer mix.- Reduced labor turnover by 40% through improved onboarding and training.

Raleigh, North Carolina

- Recruited by Global CEO to lead the commercial and operational turnaround and divestment of Uniboard U.S. & Pergo NA divisions.- Repositioned Pergo brand up-market and increased sales by 25% and gross margin by 30%.- Revenues increased from $200M to $250M in 2012, and Mohawk Industries acquired the business for $175M.- Led EHS team to make Uniboard U.S. compliant with Federal and North Carolina EPA guidelines.- Reduced Uniboard EBITDA loss from ($1.5M) monthly to break-even and Arauco SA acquired the business for $65M.

Greater St. Louis Area

- Achieved a $5.7M turnaround in EBITDA from a $3.5M loss in ‘07 to a $2.2M profit in ‘09. - Recruited senior sales executives with commercial and architectural sales experience.- Pivoted business from 90% residential at the beginning of the recession to 50/50 residential/commercial.- Established an installation network nationally and collaborated with healthcare-related architectural firms.- Collaborated with Bushboard, www.bushboard.co.uk, and developed a product that led to a $3M OEM business.- Negotiated a new lending agreement with an ABL when existing lenders declined to renew our existing line.

Carson, California

- Recruited to develop a strategy and position the company for attractive exit options.- Increased sales from $27M to $33M from new designs with 25% EBITDA.- Collaborated with schools of design in the U.S. and Antwerp, Belgium for new products.- Received an LOI for $65M from a prominent PE firm.- Implemented Lean metrics to track operational throughput with demand.

Mba, Management

Bs, Psychology