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Name Stephen
Phone 630.267.8784
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $151K - $175K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Sales Operations Director
YP Holdings (formerly ATT Ad Solutions)
Chicago, IL
(print,digital advertising)

General Mgr, Nat'l Sales
ATT Advertisng Solutions
Chicago, IL
(print,digital advertising)

National Sales Manager
SBC Directory Operations
St. Louis, MO
(print,digital advertising)

Key Accomplishments Having successfully navigated 2 spinoffs and 5 mergers, I have become an expert at Organizational Change Management (OCM) as well as Process and Systems Integrations.

Managed teams responsible for achieving or exceeding budgeted targets, including as much as 50% cost reductions

Drove organizational changes, process and systems transformations enabling more than 10X digital ad revenue growth

Led OCM and integrated technology implementations including using SalesForce.com, Oracle, Microsoft SharePoint, Excel and DOMO resulting in over $35million incremental revenue from existing customers and revenue from new customers
Education / Skills Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Management Webster University, 1997
Lean Six Sixma Green Belt Purdue University, 2014
Certified Scrum Master Heartland Community College / Scrum Alliance, 2013
Relational Database Design Washington University, 1994

Name Martha
Phone 312-305-2315
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $126K - $150K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions Program Lead - Operations
BP Pipeline & Logistics
Naperville, IL
(Oil & Gas)

Tank Team Lead
BP Pipeline & Logistics
Naperville, IL
(Maintenance Construction)

Safety & Operations
BP Pipeline & Logistics
Naperville, IL
(Maintenance Program)

Key Accomplishments - Developed assurance frameworks and identified key operations risks - Coordinated the alignment of the leadership team and governance board on an action plan. - Closed gaps

- Drove long /short term planning, scheduling, financial controls for capital and revenue spend. Created a process that allowed greater cost visibility and improved forecasting by 50%. - Delivered $2MM annual savings and 25 day cycle time reduction

- Developed and rolled out an Operating Procedures Program and completed a project that was at risk of cost and schedule over-run - Developed and rolled out the inspection and maintenance program for safety critical and regulatory equipment.

- Achieved and sustained delivery reliability; Retail - 99%+/ commercial - 98%. Improved order entry by 15% and VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) 1-2% - Spearheaded Scheduling Center of the Future, a 3 year strategy that included process improvement,
Education / Skills BS Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, CU Structural Design
MBA, University of Michicagn - Ross School of Business Operations Management & Finance
PMP - Project Management Professional, DePaul Univiersity
Process Improvement - Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Name Brian
Phone 847-910-6491
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $151K - $175K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions VP & GM
Convergint Technologies
Schaumburg, IL
(Security & Fire Systems)

Director
Alvarion, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA
(Wireless Communications)

VP & GM, Global Sales
Azalea Networks
Chicago, IL
(Wireless Communications)

Key Accomplishments Over 25 years experience: • Successfully lead sales & marketing organizations for 20 years and provided management direction in product management, engineering & software development and customer support

Large account and indirect channel sales management experience in a variety of customer segments: • Wireless carriers & operators, utilities, local & state government, financial institutions, health care providers, telecom carriers, mfrs and SPs

Instrumental in 5 successful startup organizations; • 3 startups within large companies: Motorola Canopy, T-Systems North America and ARDIS Wireless Data Services • 2 startup ventures: Azalea Networks and Technology Asset Management

• Convergint Technologies: o Achieved 225% in earnings, 283% growth in sales funnel, 50% growth in bookings o Responsible for sales, operations and service in 6 state region – 85 people
Education / Skills EDUCATION: B.S., Northern Illinois University, 1979




Name Deborah
Phone 407-234-6408
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $126K - $150K
State Florida
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions President
Cartridge World Orlando
Orlando, FL
(Ink & Toner Refill)

Executive Director
TeleManagement Forum
Orlando, FL--virtual
(Lead Plug & Play Developm)

Intl Cust Svc Director
AT&T
Orlando, FL--virtual
(Data Services)

Key Accomplishments Experienced and certified PMP & Six Sigma Black Belt: -Led Gold's Gyms' new product development & intro; $50K/yr -Led design, development, & implementation AT&T flagship workcenter, including Help Mgt function for Fortune 500 cos on time & budget

Opened first Cartridge World business in United States. Managed multiple projects for introduction, including systems development & deployment, marketing, sales, & production: -1st business to reach over $30K/month in sales -Best 1st mo opening

Led & managed hundreds of projects in data services and 800/900 services for new products, enhancement & performance improvement of existing products: -Led redesign of data services operations-20% productivity improvement -Delivered 1st voting svcs

Led TeleManagement Forum member team to develop and release the eTOM business process framework for Telecoms and Internet Service Providers. This framework is the industry standard and accepted by UN. Trained and presented the eTOM internationally.
Education / Skills St. Lawrence University Canton, NY BA Economics; President, Student Body; Semester Abroad; Treasurer, Sorority
Certified Project Management Professional; Certified by PMI
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt; Certified by Aveta


Name Robert
Phone 708-494-2461
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $101K - $125K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions Controller
Weinstein Wholesale Meats Inc
Forest Park, Il
(Wholesale meat distributo)

CFO
Faip North America Inc
Elk Grove, Il
(Pressure washers and hose)

Controller
Gordon Kapes Inc
Skokie, Il
(Telecomm & audio control )

Key Accomplishments • Managed $5M to $10M A/R portfolio. Held A/R over 21 days to 8.5% and over 30 days to 1%. Achieved DSO of 18.25 days. • Formalized credit application process and performed credit research and analysis to approve set up of new customers and assign credit limits. Approved sales orders outside prescribed credit thresholds. • Established and managed credit hold function; instituted credit insurance over portfolio; enhanced credit management systems features to control A/R and restrict sales outside established parameters.

• Converted GL from Peachtree to in-house ERP system. Created company’s first ever monthly financial statements. Reduced monthly closing time to 11 days. • Created reporting of borrowing base, covenant reporting, and credit reporting. Converted payroll to online reporting. • Automated loan borrowing transactions and had bank assign us to dedicated customer service. • Held shrink on $5M inventory to under $10k. • Slashed A/R write offs from $350k in 2010 to $0 in 6 months

• Key team member that implemented 2 systems conversions to MAS 500 for 2 entities. • Selected and implemented new banking relationships. Reduced line of credit borrowing from $9M to under $5M. Implemented spending controls. Managed multiple bank audits. • Reduced inventory levels from $18M to $9M. Eliminated need for leased warehousing space. • Developed business plan for acquisition. Performed due diligence reviews of acquisition targets. Led acquisition financial integration

• Launched finished goods inventory count program resulting in 25% improvement in inventory record accuracy. Reduced inventory shrink loss 30%. Improved inventory record accuracy to 90% from under 30% via improving inventory part number, bill of materials, and production work order processes. Directed inventory planning team. • Reduced time to take physical inventory counts for 2 main businesses by 33% saving $10k. • Designed daily one-page summary report that informed customer service of future production dates and quantities enabling accur
Education / Skills masters project management from Keller BBA accounting from Loyola Green belt six sigma




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