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Name Paul
Phone 224.440.6612
Email Click here to email me!
Salary Negotiable
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions Project Manager
Red Seal Construction
Northbrook, IL
(Commercial & Residential )

Special Projects Manager
The Glen Redevelopment Project
Glenview, Naval Air Sta.
(Bldg & Infrastructure Dev)

Project Manager
Heyer Management & Consulting
Antioch, IL
(Business Management & RE )

Key Accomplishments Program Manager on a Medical Device Machining Plant Closure and Equipment Relocation Project, where $4MM of Equipment was moved, with a $1.6MM Construction budget (75 day build-out, 45 moving schedule) done on-time- under budget.

Acted as Owner's Rep and Special Projects Manager on $1.1 B private and public funded, multiple award winnning Glen Redevelopment project for the Village of Glenview, IL. Part of construction team on new $21.8 MM Police Dept. Headquarters project.

Completed 18 graduate level courses in 36 months with 3.75 GPA to earn a Master of Business Administration degree in General Management with an International Specialization, at night while working full time.

Responsible for converting antiquated computer system to new home builders & real estate management accounting system, addressing Y2K concerns. Saved $750K by auditing & reconciling subcontractor invoices to ID double billings & unsubstantiated bills
Education / Skills 2003- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification by the Project Management Institute
2002- Master of Business Administration with International Specialization Lake Forest Graduate School of Management
1983- Bachelor of Science in Construction Management Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL
1981- AAS Building Construction Technology

Name Brian
Phone 608-445-4045
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $76K - $100K
State Wisconsin
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Principal/Associate Pub
BBSS Group, LLC
Sauk City, WI
(Travelhost Magazine)

General Manager
Hellenbrand INC
Waunakee, WI
(Water Treatment)

Territory Manager
CIBA Vision
Western WI
(Contact Lens)

Key Accomplishments • Maximizing sales by strategically organizing territories and leading a top-performing team of 3.

• Catapulting sales by $250K, growing profitability by 10% and increasing revenue by 7%, by devising and implementing a more efficient team strategy incorporating sales, service, and delivery teams.

• Winning Territory Manager of the Year award for increasing overall regional sales by 14%, delivering a $350K bottom-line enhancement.

• Ranking #1 in the region for percentage sales increase for product re-launch, achieving 294% growth in less than a year.
Education / Skills Northern Arizona University




Name Anthony
Phone 847-680-5449
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $175K +
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Group Vice President
Briggs Healthcare
Des Moines, IA
(Medical Products)

Senior Vice President
Briggs Healthcare
Des Monines, IA
(Medical Products)

Director of Sales
Hospira
Lake Forest IL
(medical devices/pharma)

Key Accomplishments Reversed three year, 20% ($10 million) slide in revenue by changing sales and marketing effort of medical forms and documentation, charting, and obstetrics setting company aside from competitors. Personally negotiated and signed four GPOs

Increased sales from $41 to $44 million (7.3%) within six months. Re-signed the contract with largest customer (Cardinal Health) for $15 million. Developed and executed sales strategies for international distribution into 25 countries

Grew revenues from $171 to $259 million by realigning under-performing personnel, creating a "market basket" contracting strategy, developing a distributor national accounts program, creating an inside sales program,Oncology sales force

Achieved profit goal of $11 million by focusing sales force on specific targets and high margin brands. Sized, structured, redeployed, and retrained US field sales force of 125 to achieve a 30
Education / Skills LAKE FOREST GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, Lake Forest, IL MBA 2009 MILLER HEIMAN - CONCEPTUAL AND STRATEGIC SELLIN
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS, North Adams, MA BS, Business Administration, Marketing 1980
Certified Trainer, Strategic Selling and Conceptual Selling


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




Name Edward
Phone 708-308-3977
Email Click here to email me!
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

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