Sector Experience

Aerospace & Defense
Consumer Goods
Industrials
Manufacturing
Transportation & Logistics
Fortune 500

Experience

Group50 Consulting Management Consulting
CEO
9/2003 - Present
I am the CEO of Group50 Consulting for the last 16 years. We are supply chain and operations subject matter experts for middle market companies. All of us are former operating professionals who have held C-level positions for companies such at GE, Black & Decker, Sunbeam and others. As a strategy and operations subject matter expert, I have worked with companies ranging from enlightened start-ups to multi-billion corporations.

Champion Arrowhead Management Consulting
CEO
5/2008 - 10/2010
Brought in by a private equity group to lead the financial and operational restructuring of a plumbing products manufacturer

Pankl Aerospace Corporate Strategy & Development
Executive Chairman
4/2005 - 4/2007
Executive Chairman with operating restructuring responsibilities for a manufacturer of helicopter components

Rain Bird Corporation Operations
Director, Contractor Division
1/2001 - 9/2003
I managed the entire business for a $250M division of Rain Bird corporation including marketing, sales, product development and manufacturing facilities in the US and Mexico, focused on irrigation products for residential construction.

Sunbeam Corp Operations
Multiple assignments
6/1996 - 12/1999
Worked as the Director of Operational Restructuring for the $1.2B Sunbeam Corporation, General Manager responsible for operating and restructuring a $200M division and as the VP of Operations for Sunbeam.

Stanley Black & Decker Operations
Multiple Assignments
5/1988 - 6/1996
Worldwide Director of Manufacturing Engineering, Director of TQM, responsible for designing and implementing the global TQM system, Program manager responsible for restructuring a steam iron program and Plant Manager for an appliance manufacturing facility with 1,800 employees.

General Electric Operations
Multiple Assignments
7/1978 - 5/1988
Started in GE's Manufacturing Management program and moved to their industrial controls group. Assignments in product management, automation, process control, manufacturing engineering and restructuring.