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Name Thomas
Phone 312-338-3022
Email Click here to email me!
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 Curtis
Phone 312-513-2866
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $126K - $150K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Director of Sales
Lamin-Art, Inc.
Schaumburg, IL
(Decorative surfacing)

International Sales Mgr.
Jeld-Wen, Inc
Tokyo, Japan
(Building materials)

International Account Mgr
Jeld-Wen, Inc
Kent, Washington
(Building materials)

Key Accomplishments Increased sales 46% from $12 to $17 million within 36 months.

Created and delivered sales training, increasing quotes, capture rate and close rate, generating $3.9 million in new revenue.

Implemented first sales channels for distribution partners and Asia's largest home builders, generating $2.6 million annually.

Responsible for all sales and marketing for new Thailand manufacturing plant, targeting the Japanese, Korean and Thailand market.
Education / Skills MBA, Thunderbird, Global School of Management International Business Development, Sales & Marketing Strategy
Cross Cultural Relations, Leadership/Team Development, Distribution Management, Channel Sales, B2B & B2C sales
International Negotiations, Country Management, Expatriate experience, Sales Analytics, CRM Systems, Sales Management
Strategic Account Management

Name Stephen
Phone 630-415-6577
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $151K - $175K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Client Director
Market Track LLC
Chicago, IL
(Information Services)

Director of Business Deve
ConAgra Refrigerated Foods
Naperville, IL
(Grocery Products)

Director of Sales
ConAgra Retail Sales
Irvine CA
(Grocery Products)

Key Accomplishments Increased top-line revenue with one dollar store account by $11.5 million year over year.

Improved my company's profit margins in the dollar store channel from an average of 13% to 30%.

Saved $3 million segment of the business in the club store channel while at the same time implementing a 12% price increase. This was accomplished despite the account's adamant opposition to any price increases.

Saved a program where we were forced to rescind our original offer and the account was very unhappy. Through face-to-face negotiations, saved the program despite increasing the price 26% with the end result being $2.8 million in new sales.
Education / Skills University of Pennsylvania - BA Political Science Northwestern University - ConAgra Marketing Excellence Program
Sales Management - Hiring, Managing, Training, Coaching, Mentoring, Leading
Proficient with MS Office Applications: Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Negotiating, Acquisition Integration, New Product Launches, P&L Management, Relationship Building

Name Richard
Phone 414-588-4342
Email Click here to email me!
Salary Negotiable
State Wisconsin
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Business Consultant
Self-Employed -- Principal
Milwaukee, WI
(Business Consulting)

General Manager
WE Energies
Milwaukee, WI
(Electric Power Generation)

Reengineering Manager
Wisconsin Gas Company
Milwaukee, WI
(Natural Gas Distribution)

Key Accomplishments BUSINESS CONSULTING: Annual continuous improvement review (for five years) of the graduate Medical Informatics program, offered by the Milwaukee School of Engineering, resulting in exemplary ratings for achieving program outcomes and objectives.

GENERAL MANAGER: Led the design, development and launch of a new business, leading team to first year revenues of $3.6 million (and profitability) 24% over goal. Increased "very satisfied" customer ratings from 84% to 96% in 12 months.

REENGINEERING MANAGER: Led process reengineering of a $20 million, 155 employee, sales and marketing division, redesigning 20 major business processes and saving $4.8 million in labor and operating costs, nine months ahead of schedule.

MANAGER OF LEASING SERVICES: Managed P & L and led $3.6 million commercial equipment leasing business, increasing revenues 22% per year, for five years, and profitability from $180,000 to $1.0 million, through continuous improvement.
Education / Skills Marquette University - B. A. in Communications (1979): team building, public speaking, group dynamics, listening, sales.
Univ. of WI, Milwaukee: MBA (1999): Leadership, complex problem solving, finance, business analysis, managing change.
Career Skills: P & L management, budgeting, business analysis, cost reduction, increasing margins, performance metrics.
Career Skills: Operational planning and implementation, managing change, process improvement, high performing teams.

Name Thomas
Phone 630-740-1377
Email Click here to email me!
Salary Negotiable
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions REGIONAL VP OF SALES
TRUFRESH, LLC.
WHEATON, IL
(FROZEN SEAFOOD PRODUCTS)

NATIONAL SALES MANAGER
NU-TEK FOODS
WAPAKONETA, OH
(PROCESSED CHEESE)

MANAGER- NEW BUSINESS DEV
SCHREIBER FOODS, INC.
GREEN BAY, WI
(PROCESSED CHEESE)

Key Accomplishments PLACED SEVERAL PRODUCTS FIRST TIME INTO NATIONAL AND REGIONAL REST CHAINS- PF CHANGS, TEXAS ROAHOUSE, RAFFERTY'S GRILL, COLTONS STEAK HOUSES, STEAK AND SHAKE, ETC...

SALES TO HEINZ CORP,TONY'S PIZZA, ALDI, SARA LEE, ANCHOR FOODS, CAMPBELL SOUP, ORVAL KENT. ETC...

MAJOR PROD PLACEMENTS AT : QUAKER, PILLSBURY, LITTLE CAESARS, DELI EXPRESS, PONDEROSA, ETC..

Education / Skills BS in BA Marketing Major, Several Classes on Negotiations, Leadership,
SKILLED IN DEV NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES- NEGOTIATING AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING



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