William Cashen, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Senior business consultant, Program Manager, Project Manager (PMP), and technology executive with extensive success managing and turning around operations, start ups, and implementing large-scale projects.Clients: News Corp, Ford Motor Company, Dow Jones, New York Post, FMC/JBT Corporation, Luminex HDF (a Carlyle Group company)• M&A Integration• Executive Appointments • Program / Project Management • Operations Management• Business Strategy • Capital Projects• Start Ups• Entrepreneur

United Kingdom

JBT UK DivisionProject Manager contracted to manage multiple AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle) projects for JBT Automation UK division.Managed projects from inception to completion.Customers include: Jaguar Land Rover, GA Petfoods, Marshalls, and Esterform Packaging.

Advisor to the Board of Directors.Startup social media organization.

Greater New York City Area

JBT / TeslaProject manager contracted to facilitate fast tracked design, manufacture, testing, and commissioning of custom automated guided vehicles (AGV) system for Tesla model 3 production facility. Managed design, build and testing for 50 AGV system with five variations of AGV types. AGVs were revolutionary 3DOF style vehicles.

Cincinnati, Oh

Program Manager for Luminex HDF's manufacturing and distribution transition from Chicago IL to Cincinnati OH.Relocation of manufacturing and distribution center for Luminex HDF, a joint venture between Carlyle Group company PartyLite and Centre Street company CandleLite. Relocated and modernized entire PartyLite candle production facility, relocated from Illinois to Ohio within 6 month window. Facilitated manufacturing startup at new facility on schedule and on budget. Program Manager for transition of distribution system from in-house distribution center to third party logistics company.

Greater Detroit Area

Contracted as Program Manager by Ford for the implementation of critical Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) Systems at their new F150 production facility. There were 4 separate systems with 25 AGVs to be simultaneously installed over a 1-week shutdown. The implementation was behind schedule and I was tasked with bringing the project back on track and completing the installation. I was contracted 2 weeks prior to the shutdown.This required an intense and extremely accelerated project schedule. The project team was mobilized, the design finalized, and AGVS were readied for production. Ford approved the design, and the programming of the system was completed prior to the shutdown.During the shutdown a plethora of facility repairs were scheduled that overlapped with the installation/testing of the new AGV system. This required intense schedule coordination to successfully complete both the facility work and the AGV systems on schedule.The conclusion was a successful implementation of multiple systems within a 3-week time period, which would normally have required 6+ months.

Greater New York City Area

Contract project manager for design, fabrication, installation, and acceptance of a custom Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) system for Continental Tire.Project manager responsible for $1M+ project from initiation through implementation. Duties were inclusive of design, budget, project management, and acceptance. The project was installed successfully, under budget, and on time.

Greater New York City Area

At the completion of my role as PM for News Corp's Acquisition & Integration of Dow Jones, I was asked to integrate production operations for The Wall Street Journal, NY Post, and Barons into the newly created NYC flagship print facility.I merged the diversely differing production styles while managing daily production and personnel inclusive of 9 unions with 200+ workforce. During this period I reversed a $6 million mid-year budget deficit by $4 million before year-end, and closed the next two fiscal years $2+ million under budget each year. I implemented a new multi million-dollar inserting revenue steam for WSJ, reduced labor, and installed operational improvements resulting in millions of annual savings.

Greater New York City Area

Appointed as Program / Project Manager for News Corp's $5 billion acquisition & integration of Dow Jones.Project manager as part of the team directed to take the premier financial news organization and integrate them into a dynamic and expanding media conglomerate. As opportunities arose we adapted our plan and adjusted course to leverage the situations. In the end we met our objectives and finished on schedule and under budget.DJ Integration: Project manager for multiple cost savings programs from distribution to transitioning DJ from wholly owned sites to a national network of contract partners. This transition included closing 9 of 17 DJ plants and expanding the national network to 25 sites.National Color Expansion: ($ 150M)Project manager for national program to improve WSJ by doubling the amount of color pages in order to increase ad revenue. I developed the capital budget plan, inclusive of the DJ and all contract sites. To reduce costs a combination of new equipment and used equipment was utilized. The used equipment was completely upgraded and retrofit with state-of-the-art controls and servo motor technology. Additionally a few contract sites decided to do the upgrades themselves. The project completed under the budget and on schedule. WSJ & NY Post Color Expansion: ($30M)Project manager to consolidate the WSJ & NYP operations for NYC. WSJ’s NY operations were closed down and relocated to the state-of-the-art NY Post facility, which I had previously helped commission. This created a new flagship operation for WSJ and the NY Post. I managed the $30 million project for equipment upgrades to facilitate the combining of both operations, conversion of the WSJ presses to 100% color, and introduced a multi million-dollar inserting revenue stream for the WSJ. This was the culmination of a very rewarding and successful project.

Greater New York City Area

Appointed as interim CIO for New York Post: Managed a team of 50+ IT professionals across multiple locations.As interim CIO, managed NYP's replacement of their key business systems. I instituted a project management office and began the replacement of multiple critical business systems (Circulation, Advertising, and Payroll).During the successful implementation of the systems, News Corp decided to purchase Dow Jones. I generated a comprehensive analysis of the business system synergies between the two companies with recommendations for consolidation. As part of the merger, NYP's IT department was incorporated into Dow Jones' infrastructure and many of the business systems were consolidated.I was subsequently appointed as the PM for News Corp's acquisition of DJ.

Greater New York City Area

Program Management / Project Management Consultant - PM for commissioning of state-of-the-art printing facility valued at $350+ million, with dedicated focus on production equipment and automated control systems- PM for $30 million inserting expansion at the New York Post. Developed design concept, financial justification, project schedule, and supervised implementation. Created a new revenue stream by increasing capacity from 150K to 1M copies per day- PM for $20 million building retrofit of facility to remediate structural deficiencies, including re-installation of 100,00 sq. ft. concrete second floor. Project was conducted over 2 years while simultaneously maintaining daily operations- Appointed by News Corp to serve on executive committee for selection & acquisition of local newspaper groups

New York, Ny

COO responsible for start-up of interactive television company consisting of television studios, internet studios, and production services (editing, animation, and production), internet design, data center, encoding and internet broadcastingManaged operations and full time staff plus contractors for software, animation, production, and design servicesAcquisition of Internet media organization valued at $30 millionBuilt 3 television studios for cable broadcast, film, and Internet productionDeveloped streaming technology for video and audio broadcasting for financial institutionsCreated groundbreaking motion-capture animation for sports training web site, the first to use flash animation and 3D Studio Max for a web application

New York, Ny

Engineering Manager and team member responsible for commissioning of new $300 million print facility with fully automated production control system.Responsible for day-to-day operation including maintenance and engineering for all press equipment, mailroom systems, inventory/purchasing, and maintenance planning system.Program / Project Manager for installation, acceptance and integration of inserting operations and other capital projects.

Project Manager and Systems Designer for multiple international automated production control and automated guided vehicle (AGV) systems.Systems included ($20+ to $30+ million dollar) automated guided vehicle, robotic, and automated control systems in the United States, Japan, Sweden, and Australia.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Sr Electrical Engineer for industrial automation and controls company.Responsible for design, programming, and installation of automation systems for the automotive, newspaper, and manufacturing industries.

Sr Controls Engineer for material handling, automation and robotics company. Responsible for design, programming, installation of automated material handling systems and automated guided vehicle (AGV) systems.Developed products for multiple industries from manufacturing, military, distribution facilities, and the airline industry.