Stephen
CEO - USA - iCEO #65198

Experience

Founder & CEO of an international engineering solutions company providing restructuring to underperforming and often cash-strained OEM capital equipment and consumer durables manufacturing businesses. Clients include NYSE & SENSEX-listed, private equity and privately-held companies.

Major Achievements

CEO of a $440MM NYSE-listed international 4 plant engineered coatings & chemicals firm. 12 direct & 2,900 indirect reports. Business was experiencing poor brand management & cash flow. o Grew revenue from $265MM to $440MM and EBITDA from 5% to 23% while increasing Cash Flow by $62MM. o Dramatically diversified and expanded the brand, business development and distribution model beyond architectural and industrial coatings into aerospace, defense, marine, automotive and FDA biomedical markets.

Industry Sector Competencies

Energy-Oil-Gas

Engineering

Plastics

Professional Objectives

Function: CEO President

Sector: Manufacturing

Interim Manager: Yes

Permanent Position: Yes

Operational: Yes

Availability: Full time

Prefered Locations: Europe North America

Additional Professional Interests

Personal financial investment: 350-750K USD

Countries Covered

Argentina

China

Germany

Switzerland

USA

Operational Competencies

Technologies to market (Expert)

Business development (Expert)

Acquisition and shadow management (Expert)

New product or service launch (Expert)

Geographical expansion (Expert)

Company rescue or turnaround (Expert)

Close down or sell off (Expert)

Pre or post investment audit (Expert)