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Professional Experience
- Genesis Turnaround, Executive Consultant
- K-R Automation Corporation, President
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Achievements:
- Grew company from break even with sales of $6,000,000 and 40 employees to $24,000,000 and 170 employees.
- Negotiated exclusive sole supplier contract for proprietary European technology in North American market.
- Developed multiple low cost engineering sources in Mexico.
- Cultivated direct European sourcing for equipment thus lowering operating costs.
- Recruited high quality engineering personnel in Eastern Europe and Mexico for staffing in North America.
- Started satellite offices in Ohio (sales) and Alabama (engineering).
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Developed and implemented many systems including:
- Estimating system to quickly and accurately prepare bids
- Job and contract review system measuring timeliness, job status and contract status
- Production and loading schedules to optimize available labor
- Numerous process changes and improvements to assembly operations
- Self funded insurance plan reducing healthcare costs 25%-50%
- Employee 401K Plan and ISO 9001 Quality System
- Q & A Metal Products, President
- Brought in to turn around new start up in the sheet metal fabricating business. Reversed operating losses of $200,000 into $300,000 annual profits; increased work force by a factor of four and increased sales by a factor of ten.
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- Instituted new estimating and job costing systems.
- Establishing new customers inside and outside of existing market niche.
- Developed new suppliers broaden sourcing to include direct negotiations with steel mills.
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Developed and implemented:
- Electronic design system to automatically calculate and blank out pieces for custom sized orders
- Inventory systems involving optimum quantities of stock, material sizes, and economic order points
- Factory floor process to optimize work flow
- Michigan National Bank, Credit Analyst
- Joined the bank as a credit analyst in the Commercial Loans Division. Promoted to Senior Credit Analyst, Assistant Credit Manager, Credit Manager and Head of Commercial Loan Operations with responsibility for fifty employees.
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Duties included:
- Supervising credit training of new staff
- Converting manual accounting system ($350,000,000 portfolio) to a computerized system
- Revamping training and operating procedures for the division and formally documenting all new processes
Professional Organizations & Memberships
- Board member of Great Lakes Yacht Club
- Member of University of Pennsylvania Alumni Club Detroit Chapter
- Member of World Presidents Organization (WPO) and Detroit Presidents Organization (DPO)
Education
- Wharton Graduate School; University of Pennsylvania
- MBA 1973-1975
- Graduated with distinction; concentration in financial accounting and information systems. Member of the Wharton Graduate Accounting Society and National Honorary Accounting Society
- University of Michigan
- BSEE 1969-1975
- Graduated with honors (top 10% of class); concentration in electrical circuit and systems design earned admission to two national honorary societies: Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi.
