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Indianapolis, In

Helping small organizations meet the challenges and opportunities that they face every day through sound advice, clear direction, and practical solutions with the vision of fulfilled businesses, better leaders, and stronger communities. Through mentoring and advising, dozens of small businesses have benefited from having a trusted source to turn to for start-up and strategic planning, financial management tools, goal-setting and accountability, and leadership coaching.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Starting with DQE during its startup phase, I provided the leadership and set the foundation for propulsion as a recognized global leader in the public safety industry supplying emergency response equipment, medical disaster supply caches, training and consulting services. By setting an early core of operational, service and quality excellence, I have been able to strategically manage the revolutions of the early bootstrapping days; unprecedented rapid market/business expansion; collapse of core markets and successful rebound. After the sale of DQE, I was requested to stay the course leading DQE into a new era of stability, reinvention, growth and rebuilding.Highlights include: - Increased international product sales 75% by adding distributors in new growth markets- Negotiated product line licensing agreements and developed multi-million dollar account with national distributor- Reduced operating expenses by 49% within two years as part of a company restructuring- Led development of an industry-leading online learning platform for healthcare emergency management which provided additional six-figure revenues with high profit marginsIndustry Specialties include:Homeland Security - Public Safety - Emergency Preparedness – Defense - Emergency Management – Safety - Industrial Safety - Healthcare - Public Health

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Strategically managed the virtual overnight, unprecedented product and service demand growth due to post-9/11 U.S. national emergency preparedness infrastructure expansion. As revenue later declined due to reduced federal grant funding to core markets following the 2008 recession, initiated and managed a restructuring of the company. Led the company through a turnaround and revitalization that ultimately resulted in a sale of the business to a private equity firm.Highlights include:- Achieved top-line growth of 44% and EBITDA to its best performance in five years- On-boarded oversees supplier reducing material costs by over 30% in the company's largest product line- Improved gross margins by 10% through a comprehensive change to distributor pricing structure- Improved inventory accuracy from 78% to 98% by implementing lean, structured processes and procedures- Boosted labor productivity 6% through a top-to-bottom evaluation of production, fulfillment and logistics