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Page 1 2 3 4 5 next »» (Records Found: 35)| Name | Thomas |
| Phone | 312-338-3022 |
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| Salary | Negotiable |
| State | Illinois |
| Willing to Relocation? | Yes |
| Recent Positions |
Managing Director Cameron General Corporation Chicago, IL. (Private equity ) President Swift Insurance Brokers Chicago, IL (Insurance brokerage) Vice President First Chicago/NBD Chicago, IL (Banking) |
| Key Accomplishments |
Analyzed, approved, declined, structured, placed, closed and managed private equity investments in various industries. Underwrote and placed a professional liability insurance program in the London market. Grew the revenues of the company from $0 to $3mm in 3 years by recruiting a national network of retail and wholesale insurance brokers. Attained profitability in a business I started 1.5 years ahead of plan due to higher than forecasted revenues. Wrote an offering memorandum and raised $10 million to acquire the assets of a property/casualty insurer. |
| Education / Skills |
MBA Finance University of Chicago Graduate School of Business BA with highest honors in English University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Fluent in French some Spanish Licensed Illinois insurance producer-all lines |
| Name | Robert |
| Phone | 708-494-2461 |
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| 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 |
| Name | Anthony |
| Phone | 815.529.6333 |
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| Salary | $76K - $100K |
| State | Illinois |
| Willing to Relocation? | Yes |
| Recent Positions |
Project Manager Communications Test Design Inc. Elgin, Illinois (Eng./Logistics/Service) Project Administrator Motorola 2200 Galvin Dr. (Telecom Eng/Design) Business Analyst Motorola Schaumburg, IL (Telecom Eng/Design) |
| Key Accomplishments |
Provide leadership and support in a fast paced, highly automated distribution center averaging consistent 99.7% same day ship metrics with average daily activity of 21,000 lines totaling over 1M pieces. Coordinated the activities of multiple disciplines to ensure successful launch of new products, (i.e. Canopy, Astro/Stingray, Waris, XTL), with revenue impacts of more than $50 million each. Managed globally-dispersed project team to integrate multi-million dollar Wireless broadband product platform into Motorola business model and into distribution center resulting in $30 million revenue enhancement. Led project to reestablish domestic manufacturing process for previously offshore-manufactured products; initiative enabled company to participate in new General Services Administration (GSA) sales channel and enhance revenue $2 million. |
| Education / Skills |
Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, Chicago Deming Assoc., 2009
PMP Certification - Project Mgmt Inst., 2009 MBA - Webster University, St Louis, MO, 2009 B.S. Business(Finance & Mgmt) - Columbia College of Missouri, 2007 Project Mgmt Certificate - George Washington Univ., 2004 A.A.S. in Industrial Engineering - Mchenry Cty College, 1992 |
| Name | Edward |
| Phone | 708-308-3977 |
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| Salary | $126K - $150K |
| State | Illinois |
| Willing to Relocation? | Yes |
| Recent Positions |
Credit Manager, National US Foodservice Rosemont, IL (Food distributor) Regional Credit Manager Ryerson Chicago, IL (Metal Distributor) Credit Manager Allscripts Healthcare Chicago, IL (Medical technology) |
| Key Accomplishments |
Leadership: Spearheaded turnaround strategies for troubled credit departments: Strategies included creatiom of policy throughout the Credit, Collections, and Sales functions, aggressive "clean up" of receivables, risk management and customer service Risk Management: Lead financial modeling team to construct scorecards and cash flow metrics. Models enabled analysts to assign credit lines while simultaneously reducing risk 50% faster than previous methods. Sales: Continuously worked with sales and upper management to develop leads, maintain profitability, and strengthen existing customer relations. Negotiations with fledging business resulted in $10 million in annual sales. Process Improvement: Worked with Sales, IT and Finance to improve the auto release rate of sales orders; improved release rate from 15% to 78% within a 6 month period. |
| Education / Skills |
MBA, Finance - Lewis University BA, Clinical Psychology - Governors State University Additional certification in financial analysis, customer service and credit law from Dun and Bradstreet Computer background includes: Microsoft Office, Mac O/S, PeopleSoft, SAP, CARMS, JD Edwards and IBM AS400 software |
| Name | Curtis |
| Phone | 847-398-2303 |
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| Salary | $76K - $100K |
| State | Illinois |
| Willing to Relocation? | No |
| Recent Positions |
Senior Financial Analyst Hitachi Data Systems 500 Park Blvd., Itasca,IL (computer stoage systems) Sales Controller World Kitchen Rosemont, IL (consumer products) |
| Key Accomplishments |
Implementation of systems that define and manage customer spending and margin. Annual benefit $5 million Standardization of forecasting and analytical methods. Consolidation of three companies' systems into one |
| Education / Skills |
MBA Illinois Institute Of Technology CPA - Illinois BA Governors State University |
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