Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, Inc. (Santa Ana, CA)

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• Generated $11.8 million in cash flow (construction loans, financial leveraging of mortgages, introduction of mixed income developments, and New Markets Tax Credits).

• Reduced dependence upon donations for construction by 38%.

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Represented equity investor of Go Remote (a $10M in software sales) (Irvine, CA)

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• Defined concept for client’s new billing system to leverage new owner’s existing systems. Recommendations implemented by client and new owner (iPass).

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Discovery Science Center (Santa Ana, CA)

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• Managed 25 “infrastructure” vendors to successfully launch new science center.

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Taco Bell (Irvine, CA)

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• Generated cash savings of over $1 million (telephone and natural gas).  Coordinated $97M capital budget.

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AirTouch Cellular (now Verizon) (Irvine, CA)  (grew from $120M to over $500M sales

in my tenure)

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• Processed 80% increase in sales volume without increasing headcount. Implemented new P.O.S. and inventory management solution. 

• Set up new customer care center (Staff of 105, two shifts, 7 days a week).  Achieved 100% customer satisfaction with courteous treatment of customers and significant improvement in response time.

• Launched first pre-paid cellular phone on West Coast with cross-functional team. 

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Duchossois Industries, Inc.  (Elmhust, IL)

(diversified manufacturing and services family-owned organization with sales of approximately $1 billion)

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• Saved millions in operational re-engineering and re-organization by:

  • Evaluating product lines for elimination or expansion

  • Discontinuing operations

  • Expanding use of MRP processes in manufacturing

  • Re-organizing cross-functional teams for superior results

  • Turnaround strategy for failing $200M division

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