|
|
|
|
manager, vice president Resume
|
| Desired Industry: Management |
SpiderID: 13905 |
| Desired Job Location: Dallas, Georgia |
Date Posted: 7/15/2007 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: 07/15/2007 |
| Desired Wage: 70,000 |
|
|
U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Executive (President, VP, CEO) |
Willing to Travel: Yes, More Than 75% |
| Highest Degree Attained: MBA |
Willing to Relocate: No |
Objective:
Accomplished senior management professional with more than 30 years of sales and operations leadership experience building Revenues and Market Share. Proven ability to increase sales while maintaining control of operating costs and attaining excellent customer service resulting in continued customer loyalty.
Experience:
• Strong executive leadership background in directed the acquisition and the operation of companies and established strategic plans for positioning the subsidiary companies for growth and profitability.
• Proven management skills, which include developing market strategies to increase sales and profitability such as a 150% increase over two years in an underdeveloped market area.
• As Senior VP, restructured the regional operations, which included the sale of non-profitable operations and assets while resulting in a 75% reduction of overhead and increased support for front-line operations.
• Additional expertise in business development lead to meeting the challenge of needs of customer base by providing expanded services without increasing costs.
Education:
• MBA, Management, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL (1978)
• BS, Finance & Transportation, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (1975)
Skills:
Anderson – Culpepper Associates, Inc., Nashville, TN 2002-Present
Company specializes in small business support services including accounting, write-up services, acquisition analysis, business plans, loan packages and tax preparation. Company utilizes Intuit Financial Software.
President
• Responsible for accounting functions several small businesses including bookkeeping, A/P, A/R, tax accounting and deposits, bank reconciliation, payroll, sales tax accounting and Income Tax reporting.
• Responsible for budgeting and controlling build-out expenses, monthly financial reporting, Accounts Payable & Receivable, maintaining General Ledger and all tax filings.
• Consult with each client to coach client in making proper financial decisions such as expansion, acquisitions and capital expenditures.
• Developing business plans for start-up businesses and supervising the development of loan packages.
Trailer Concepts & Solutions / Performance Coach Leasing, Nashville, TN 2001-2006
Firm designs, develops and markets a customized trailer and motor coaches for a variety of entertainment clients, primarily in the music industry.
Vice President of Operations Report to President.
Direct all marketing and sales functions and liaison with manufacturers and custom build-out firms to develop each unit.
• Independently planned and directed all sales and marketing functions. Conduct all meetings with clients to develop a client profile in order to personalize the vehicle proposal.
• Control build-out expenses in order to meet budget, which will ensure long-term financial performance.
• Personally work with each client to design a unit, which will meet the individual’s requirements avoiding expensive changes at a later date.
• Develop a prospective client list and marketing materials to attract the entertainer client.
• Launched a series of customer-driven marketing programs to expand market penetration.
Additional Information:
Global Passenger Services, Inc. (GPS), Nashville, TN & Atlanta, GA 1997-2001
GPS (holding company for Travelways, Inc. and Student Transportation of America, Inc.) acquired and managed passenger transportation operations throughout the United States. Travelways operated “tour bus” and sightseeing operations while STA operated “contract school bus transportation” for school districts.
Senior Vice President, Vectour, Inc., (Formally Travelways) (2000 – 2001) Report to CEO.
• Directed the sales and operations along with 12 direct reports for the Mid-West Region that consisted of over 350 employees and 250 vehicles. Region responsible for revenue over $35 Million utilizing assets worth over $50 Million.
• Directed the restructure of the regional operations resulting in a 75% reduction in overhead costs while increasing the support for our front-line operations.
• Increased contract business helping stabilize cash flows for the company.
• Initiated program to develop “point-of-sale” technology for shuttle bus and sightseeing operations to increase cash or credit card collections, promote increased driver safety and decrease customer-processing time. Results indicated a reduction of costs over $150,000 annually.
Vice President of Operations Travelways, Nashville, TN (1998 – 2000) Report to COO.
• Direct the Tennessee operations, which included 35 charter coaches, 24 shuttle & sightseeing mini-buses, and a 35-unit entertainer bus operation. Controlled an $18 Million annually operating budget.
• Developed new marketing strategies to increase sales and profitability over 150% in a two-year period.
• Successfully met the changing tourist market by directing the development of a new “casino bus” marketing initiative.
• Developed marketing plan approved by the Board to increase the entertainer bus through acquisition and internal growth to a 60-bus operation and a client base that included the country’s leading entertainers.
Vice President of Operations (Travelways & STA), Atlanta, GA (1997 – 1998) Report to CEO.
• Evaluated acquisition prospects by use of a financial and operations analysis.
• Directed the acquisition team consisting of accounting, financial, operations and legal experts.
• Successfully managed the acquisition of 5 key companies for the company.
• Directed the planning, staffing and 1st year operating budget
Previous professional employment includes several increasingly responsible management positions with Laidlaw Transit, Inc. (Student Bus Transportation), CoalMar Resources, Inc. (Coal Processing & Sales), The Raines Companies including Coal Systems, Inc. (Coal Mining Company) & Arrow Transportation, Inc. (Barge Transportation Company), The Southern Company (Utility Holding Company) and Vulcan Materials Company (Chemical Manufacturer).
Reference:
Mr. Denis Gallagher, President & CEO
Student Transportation of America, Inc.
3339 Highway 138
Building B, Suite D
Wall, NJ 07719
732-280-4200
Email: djgallagher@ridesta.com
Mr. Ken Anderson, Esq., C.P.A.
2847 Tiburon Blvd. East, #102
Naples, FL 34109
239-595-5479
Email: kenanderson10@aol.com
Mr. Ted Newman, President
T. Marcus & Associates, Inc.
P. O. Box 148724
Nashville, TN 37214
615-405-9669
Email: tnewman@tnsci.com
Candidate Contact Information:
This candidate has chosen not to make contact information available on this page.
Click "Contact Candidate" to send this candidate a response. |
|
|
|
|
|