35
years

Years of Experience

9/17

Member Since


Experience

 
Edge 360 LLC Management Consulting
President
08/2013 - Present
I have contracted with small companies to do strategic and business planning, business assessments, and developed actionable plans. In some cases actually perform duties on an interim basis.

Cramer Fish Sciences Operations
CEO/COO
12/2013 - 11/2016
As CEO built business, financial, IT, HR and communication processes to enable a four-state $8M/40-Employee environmental consulting company to scale. Created a Board of Directors. Managed the leveraged ESOP 100% buy-out of the owner and transition from founder led to a 100% employee owned company.

Ridekick International Start-Up
CEO/CFO
08/2009 - 02/2011
Co-founded an innovative bicycle trailer manufacturing company. Drove the business plan that raised $1.2M in angel money. Secured 50 bicycle retail partners in six target markets. Implemented all HR, legal, accounting and supply chain processes. Managed all marketing/branding activities.

Ultimate Support Systems Operations
President/COO
09/2004 - 09/2007
Turned-around a $20M/65-Employee music and bike stand company. Brought in new functional leaders. We refocused on core competences in product design, delivering three innovative products to the market. We attacked inefficiency by consolidating our supply chain, reducing the number of manufacturing partners and headcount. We refreshed and reintroduced the brand to the market and upgraded our relationship with our channel. Ultimately drove the break up and sell-off of the company operating div

Hewlett-Packard Company Start-Up
Program GM
10/1996 - 01/2004
Led multiple start-up initiatives including rewritable DVD, Digital Music, and Employee Portal . Assessed the feasibility of buying a services arm of a major public accounting firm.

Hewlett-Packard Operations
Operations Manager, Procurement Manager, Engineering Manager
05/1991 - 09/1996
Managed a 750-person, $250M ISO 9000 manufacturing organization supplying product to 11 internal customers. Outsourced seamlessly the operation internationally and navigated the transition of all employees to new HP positions or voluntary exit. Set record quality and through-put levels in the last three months of operation using a majority temporary workforce led by a few key HP managers and engineers.

Led effort to put in place a NA distribution center for the $2B Storage Group

Hewlett-Packard Accounting
Controller, Finance Manager, Finance Supervisor
07/1984 - 04/1991
Led multiple accounting organizations in support of HP operating divisions. Served as the Controller for the Boise Site and the HP manufacturing manager.

Designed and implemented a leading-edge cost analysis model and accounting system which reversed a strategic business decision and saved the division over $2M in annual COGS.