Functional Skills

Strategic Planning
Cost Reduction
Benchmarking
Business Analytics
Business Development
Business Operations
Business Planning
Business Unit Strategy
Operational Due Diligence
M&A Support
Operational Efficiency
Strategy Development
Business Analysis
Business Process Outsourcing
Commercial Due Diligence

Software Skills

Google Docs
Hubspot
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
WordPress
OpenAI

Sector Experience

Automotive
Financial Services
Industrials
Manufacturing
Transportation & Logistics

Languages

English
Big 3 Consulting (MBB)
Fortune 500
Top Consulting Firms

Experience

Independent Consultant Management Consulting
Management Consult/Interim Executive
11/2010 - Present
Develop, refine and implement profitability and strategic growth initiatives for regional to Fortune 500 companies in diverse industries. Example projects include:
๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป | ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป | ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†:
โ€ข Led implementation of private-equity driven strategy with 17 initiatives to increase revenues by $80 million and increase profitability by $3 million in US, Europe and Asia for a $500 million PE-backed BPO firm.
๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต | ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€:
โ€ข Defined strategies to enter five new segments, revamp operations and sales approaches and identified 20% growth potential for a $120 million PE-owned logistics company.
๐——๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ | ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ & ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜:
โ€ข Conducted Customer Perception and Competitive Positioning assessment in support of key acquisition completed shortly after project for a $7 billion global electronic designer and manufacturer.

Pratt & Whitney Corporate Strategy & Development
Manager, Group Strategy and Development
11/2009 - 11/2010
Transitioned strategy/M&A group from reactive ad hoc projects to proactively addressing โ€œtop 5โ€ issues across multiple businesses for $13 billion aerospace company.
โ€ข Led efforts to create and optimize impact of growth strategies to enter new industry segments and overseas markets.
โ€ข Managed acquisition related activities for $700 million Power Systems business.

Ford Motor Company Corporate Strategy & Development
Various Director/Manager Roles
6/1998 - 3/2009
- Manager, Investment Efficiency, Americas, Dearborn, MI: Managed the process, benchmarking and coordination of a group responsible for reducing costs in Ford North America's $7 billion product development budget.
- Manager, Strategy and Planning, Americas, Dearborn, MI: Managed the Business Planning process and business improvement initiatives in support of the $70 billion Americas business unit.
- Manager, Corporate Business Planning, Dearborn, MI: Coordinated the overall corporate business planning process including Strategic Review and Business Plan.
- Director, Asia Pacific Region, Melbourne, Australia: Managed Fordโ€™s all-makes aftermarket effort in the Asia Pacific region, overseeing four wholly-owned businesses and two joint ventures, with over 500 employees, and leading the mergers & acquisitions effort.
- Business Manager, New Business Office, Dearborn, MI: Led mergers & acquisitions and strategy development in Fordโ€™s $9 billion automotive aftermarket group.

General Electric Corporate Strategy & Development
Various Manager Roles
5/1995 - 4/1998
- General Manager, Control Products, Fort Wayne, IN: Full P&L leadership of $350 million business with 4 divisions and 16 plants in North America, Asia and Europe; 32 direct reports.
- Manager, Business Development, Fort Wayne, IN: Led M&A/JV activity for $2.5 billion business; generated significant new revenue, completing five acquisitions.
- Manager, Corporate Business Development, Fairfield, CT: Co-led Six Sigma roll-out, led development of first ever non-manufacturing version of Six Sigma.

McKinsey & Company Management Consulting
Engagement Manager/Associate
6/1990 - 4/1995
Various projects from strategy to cost reduction in manufacturing and financial services. โ€ข Reduced clientsโ€™ annual operating costs 15% on average and consistently increased productivity and sales team performance.
โ€ข Turned around operating unit of multinational corporation from 3% loss to 13% profit in less than 3 years.

United States Marine Corps Other
Captain
6/1983 - 10/1989
Signals Intelligence Officer