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Owner and Founder of Group50 Consulting (www.group50.com) specializing in providing interim management and consulting resources for manufacturing and distribution companies. Specialty practices include Marketing/Sales, Lean Manufacturing, Far East Sourcing, supply chain optimization and Turnarounds & acquisition support. Worked with companies that range from start-up to Fortune 50 enterprises in many industries and functional disciplines. Personal Consulting projects include:
• Co-Founder and CEO of The Global Leaders, a business to business peer networking company
• Member of the Board of Directors of the California Metals Coalition, a lobbying group supporting California metal manufacturers.
• CEO and board member of a private equity and Mezzanine fund owned company. Led a financial and operational restructuring to weather the worst downturn in the construction industry in over 25 years. Lowered cash flow breakeven by 40%, introduced new products and sales strategy, worked with investors to maximize return
• Board member for a large real estate investment firm
• Member of the board of advisors to a start-up company in the irrigation space
• Created an company acquisition strategy for the second largest logistics company in the world.
• Worked with the Board and management team of a local fabric company to focus its strategic objectives, create a plan to resolve violations of bank covenants and return to profitability. Initiated a recapitalization and refinance project and sale of company.
• Developed the business plan for an electronics recycling company, creating their long term strategic vision and investor presentation. Currently working with Investment bankers to acquire funding.
• Worked with the Board of Directors and their investors, developing a long term strategy for an automated system for wheel polishing, which ultimately required shutting the business down
• Supply Chain Management Strategy development and training project with US Postal Service
• Executive Chairman of an Aerospace Company manufacturing flight critical components. Led a turnaround which realized a 40% growth in sales, a long term strategic vision and a return to profitability, currently generating over $1.0M in EBIT.
• Multiple Product Development projects utilizing Far Eastern design and manufacturing sources
• Expert witness in business litigation

Managed Contractor Division with combined P&L's of over $200M. Direct reports were in sales, marketing, manufacturing, engineering and customer service. Responsibilities included leading 2 plants (Mexico and Azusa, CA) which manufactured over half of the company's product with its own manufacturing P&L. Also managed the sales programs and marketing communications for 4 SBU's.

Wrote and presented corporate business plan resulting in the Company receiving an initial round of funding of ~$3.0M from investors to support business plan implementation.

Quickly acquired and integrated the software and hardware products of 3 small companies into a complete payment system, creating a single product with intellectual property rights that was seen as value-add in the marketplace.

Grew sales to >$300K in first year.

Supervised over 40 people including marketing, sales, software development and engineering.

Major computer manufacturer agreed to bundle Merchant Online product with a business computer system.

Managed 7 plants in Mexico and the US with over 5,000 employees.Managed supply chain, distribution, manufacturing, and facilities. Held P&L responsibility for $26M injection molding operation.Division had revenues of over $1.2B and the manufacturing budget was ~$650M.

Successfully worked with 3 acquired companies (Coleman, Mr. Coffee and Signature Brands) to create a single operating organization in less than 18 months utilizing cascading metrics and common systems.

Implemented cross manufacturing for components within the businesses, purchasing councils, make vs. buy, inventory planning, working capital management, facility rationalization, and monthly performance reviews.

Managed 2 plants, 1,500 people, $120M budget and product engineering.Manufactured, engineered and distributed BBQ grills and Sunbeam scales.Managed supply chain, purchasing, distribution, manufacturing, community relations and quality.

Designed and implemented a 120 day turnaround/recovery program that resulted in improving profitability by $15M and stopped major customer defections while doubling productivity.

Implemented Lean techniques which delivered year over year reductions in COGS greater than 5% net of inflation.

Completely redesigned all BBQ grill products.Plant and product redesign addressed JIT material flow, live load/unload, bar coding, MRP (JDE) implementation, quick changeover for large punch presses, paint line layout and significant structural changes to the facility.

Improved productivity from 8.2 units/person/day to 21.5 units/person/day with doubled output.

60% reduction in field calls from 5.6 to 2.5 calls/100 grills.

Implemented scales manufacturing operation as a counter cyclical balance.

Reduced warehouse audit failures 90% while improving customer service levels from the low 60's to 98+%.

Created a materials management system that was the model for the rest of the corporation

Identified and implemented an operations restructuring plan that reduced the number of manufacturing and distribution facilities from 24 to 14 over an 11 month period realizing $35M in annual operating cost savings for a $1.2B business

Managed plant with budget of $200M and 1,900 employees including purchasing, manufacturing, distribution and engineering. Manufactured Snakelight ä , Dustbuster ä , coffee makers, toaster ovens and other products.

Led an international marketing, engineering and manufacturing team responsible for a mid price point iron product line which had sales of ~$60M.Developed the product and market strategies. Successfully launched the product into the marketplace.

Recovered 90% of lost schedule and $1.0M budget overrun from previous manager.

Introduced a reliability center and lean manufacturing techniques in Mexico.

Managed a group of marketing, sales, design, engineering and manufacturing professionals over a 4 year period.Launched a new series of DC controls converting them from Analog to Digital.Group charged with understanding specific niche markets and creating a fully automated design/manufacturing/testing process.

Created standardized product offerings for the printing, elevator and container crane markets, which allowed automation of cabinet and circuit designs.

Spawned standardized manufacturing techniques and significant reduction in lead times and cost.


Automated wiring processes


Implemented multi-layer board designs with surface mount components, including automated testing systems
Completed an Economic market analysis of served markets as part of MBA

Responsible for developing a outsourcing program to Mexico for princted ciruct boards and other electronic components

TOP SECRET security clearance

MBA Finance and Strategic Planning      1985
Gannon University     Erie PA
BSME       1978
University of Delaware     Newark, DE