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Greer, Sc, Us

Moagadore, Oh, Us

Providing innovative business solutions to corporations seeking help with planning, strategy, benchmarking, or engineering break through in any area of their operations. CTISusa is a leading Management Consulting firm that offers our clients critical solutions to complex business issues. Created to provide strategic level consulting solutions to Industrial Manufacturers, Private Equity Firms, and Venture Capital Firms. Areas of expertise: solving current problems, critique of growth plans, assessment of current and potential valuation. Our “Board of Advisors” includes retired CEO’s and business owners.• Deliver innovative solutions to difficult technical problems. Define true value versus “nice to have” IP.• Design custom leadership and management structure for fast growth companies.• Define skill gaps and weaknesses in process or manufacturing design weaknesses. Bridge these gaps.• Provide “break out” plan and support for growth organizations that have plateaued.• Create 3 to 5 year business plans with specific initiatives in growth, marketing, and Account Management.• Define opportunities for quick improvement, long-term leverage and operational efficiencies.

King Of Prussia, Pa, Us

ReFined Plastics is a large plastic Manufacturer.

My responsibilities included our global Solar and LED businesses. Decisions regarding acquisitions, potential mergers, JV agreements, as well as long term commercial contracts and material decisions regarding our shareholders. All functions reported to me including R&D, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, and General Managers for each of the global businesses we managed.

Windsor, Berkshire, Gb

I was responsible for Global P&L in Solar, LED, and High Temperature Products, as well as Defense, Electrical, Semiconductor, and Seal & Bearing product lines. Accountable for over $300 million in sales and over $60 million in EBITA. Developed, strategy, evaluated M&A, portfolio management, new product launch, R&D targets and direction, as well as establishing goals and objectives for division and Joint Ventures that reported to our market sector leaders.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

Increasing the profit margin every single year. Successfully took this domestic company into a more global position. Worked with financial institutions to fuel expansion via distribution centers. • Restructured operations• Reorganized the business to develop new business opportunities through specific growth program focus.

Boston, Ma, Us

Vice President & General Manager 1996 to 2005 Recruited to drive revenue and EBITDA growth for this high technology materials business. Promoted to General Manager in 1996. Part of a five-person management team that led 5 businesses totaling $3.3B for Cabot.• Delivered $600M of revenue growth; increased cash flow over $100M per year between 1995 and 2000. • Served as President of Cabot Mining. Led mining operations in Canada, Africa, and Australia where Cabot represented 80% of the world’s tantalum mining and 96% of the world’s cesium (Cs) atoms. Acquired Tanco Mining of Canada.• Turned around a business losing $1M per month (PBT) in 1996, became Cabot’s largest and most profitable by 1999, delivering $120M in PBT on sales of $582M• Acquired Supermetals from Showa Denko in 1998 – just in time to capitalize on the Japanese product quality leadership.• Fundamentally changed the approach and strategy for Union Contract Negotiations – resulting in the PA Governors award for Best Business / Labor relationships in 2003.• Teamed with operations and supply chain improving on-time delivery by over 14 percentage points.• Realigned go to market approach by focusing on specific key accounts and significantly restructured distribution network improving service for remaining accounts.• Drove strategic assessment of external markets and internal capabilities leading to substantial reallocation of resources to aggressively fund high growth segments. Resulted in elimination of 15 R&D programs, 12 Marketing programs. Sat on the internal board that led to the CCMP (Cabot Microelectronics) spin off on April 1, 2000, (one of the 10 best IPO’s in the year).• Worked with Shell, BP / Amoco and others to establish Cabot Specialty Fluids. This oil field set of products remains one of Cabot’s most profitable businesses today.• Served as lead negotiator for $1 B multi-year commercial contracts. • Board Member of the Internal Board for Cabot's New Business Development.

Omaha, Ne, Us

[$800M industrial hazardous waste managing company wholly owned by Union Pacific) to start up Clive Incineration facilities in Utah.] Director of Technology, USPCIDeveloped and completed permitting process for the Clive Incinerator (the world's largest hazardous waste incinerator)Managed incoming transportation (both rail and truck to be off loaded in the brutal weather conditions in the West Desert of Utah)Head of Customer Service for both Clive and Grassy Mountain facilities.Lead design and project engineering to complete three blocks of the process that were technically incapable in November of 1990 when I arrived.Reviewed the Green Field Project and Recovery plan for Drew Lewis and White Matthews at Union Pacific headquarters.

Wilmington, De, Us

Started with Du Pont as an Engineer straight out of college. Began in Central Engineering, and then transferred to Teflon. Managed several functions including Lab, Maintenance, Contract Administration, and Operations. Was promoted many times to different locations and left as Product Manager Teflon.• Established a reputation as results oriented and was trained in management by IBM (lean MFG, and Business Process), McKinsey (Profit focus), Booz-Allen, GE (went to training in their Crotonville, NY facility). • Defined and developed organic growth opportunities for Teflon. • Learned to first write long range plans as an assistant to Joe Leitinger at the home office in Wilmington, Delaware.• Built action plans to address strategic challenges in fluorides, electronic materials, and specialty chemicals businesses.• Trained first as a Green Belt and then a Six Sigma Black Belt to improve quality process for the Teflon organization.• Learned SH&E (safety, health, and environmental) excellence at Du Pont, was part of the Washington Works safety committee when the world record for longest period without a lost work case (LWC) injury was set.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

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