David
COO/Managing Director - USA - iCEO #79620

Experience

Welcome to The DAC Group, specializing in rapid results financial turnaround and cultural change agent leadership within: • Operations, Supply Chain Optimization, M&A Integration • Program Management Officer • Divestiture / Carve Out • Lean Factory Transformation • Six Sigma Quality Leadership & Deployment

Major Achievements

Private Equity P/L owner and commercial champion of (4) facilities, (300 FTE’s), 12 direct reports and $260MM of integrated sales revenue to include all aspects of plant operations, commercial team, safety & quality management systems, Lean/Six Sigma, sales & operation planning, distribution/logistics, order management, customer service, production attainment, inventory control, maintenance, private fleet (20 tractors, 400 trailers) transportation management and dispatching, and all order to cash functions. Daily visible plant floor leader of quality management system across (9) cGMP, ISO9001 & Safe Quality Food (SQF) certified sites with annual revenue of $1.5B & (1,800) full-time employees (FTE). Directly inspired (9) Quality, Safety Health Environment & Continuous Improvement Site Managers & (100) indirect QA mobilized to execution of annual global strategic quality plan to overhaul Quality Metrics 15% YOY in the areas of complaints incidents, returns/rejections, customer service level, cost of quality, CTQ (critical-to-quality) & defect elimination. Executed CAPA, customer engagements, R&D commercialization, value creation throughout the integrated supply chain, technical resource deployment, developing & leveraging intellectual property to expand capabilities & create sustainable profit generation through new business, products & services. Headed implementation & compliance to cGMP`s for 21CFR211, ISO13458, Level 3 SQF, FSC2200, AIB standards to support Pharmaceutical and Food & Beverage industry sectors.

Industry Sector Competencies

Consumer Goods

Packaging

Pallets

Plastics

Private Equity

Professional Objectives

Function: VP of OPS (Large Cap), COO (Mid Cap), CEO (Small Cap)

Sector: Packaging and Disruptive Materials

Interim Manager: Yes

Permanent Position: Yes

Operational: Yes

Availability: Full time, part time, coaching on demand

Prefered Locations: Open

Additional Professional Interests

Operational coaching on demand

Non executive director assignments

Personal financial investment: 150-350K USD

Countries Covered

Canada

USA

Operational Competencies

Business development (Professional)

Acquisition and shadow management (Expert)

New product or service launch (Expert)

Geographical expansion (Professional)

Company rescue or turnaround (Expert)

Close down or sell off (Expert)