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EXECUTIVE PROFILES
OPERATIONS / MANUFACTURING
Robert Curtis
As you can see from the following Executive Profile, Mr. Curtis has extensive experience in defining and successfully implementing improvements into Operations/Manufacturing processes. He is recognized as one of the few a leading and successful authorities regarding Full Lean Implementation in NY State
- Full Lean Implementation
- Development, with your personnel of revised Lean Operations Processes where real cost cutting is achieved.
- Development with your personnel of revised Lean Front Office Processes where real cost cutting is achieved.
- Then Full Lean Implementation where an internal employee committee is established that gradually takes over defining and implementing Full Lean concepts throughout the company.
- The other individual who is a recognized authority in accomplishing Full Lean, is also on our staff.
- Mr. Curtis and his staff are responsible to define and implement all of the Operations/Manufacturing improvement measures as previously outlined and further defined in the next section of this website. The profile of one of his staff members, Nicholas Vitarelli, can be found here. As you can see, Mr. Vitarelli is green belt certified in Six Sigma. Mr. Vitarelli has extensive experience in developing/implementing Lean Operations Processes where real cost savings are achieved. Mr. Vitarelli also has extensive successful experience in implementing SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.
- Mr. Curtis has additional staff members who provide the support to accomplish all of the required Operations/Manufacturing implementations.
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Mr. Curtis has 27 years of experience as a Senior Executive in Manufacturing and Distribution Operations. He has managed as Vice President, and Executive Vice President for firms in consumer products, including cosmetics, skin care, fragrances, accessories, and medical and hospital supplies. He has had P & L responsibility reporting directly to the CEO. He was responsible for functions including Forecasting, Purchasing, Warehousing, Manufacturing, Quality, and Distribution, including international operations for a major cosmetics firm serving both department and specialty stores and mass markets. He has had experience in small privately held firms and in larger public companies.
As a management consultant for 10 years for cosmetics, medical, etc. involving U.S. Government manufacturing and distribution firms, Mr. Curtis led teams through the process of discovery, analysis, and identification of alternative operations, to provide improvement opportunities to clients. Typical engagements included:
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Process and Operational Analysis
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Creative Solution Development
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Customer Driven Operations Improvement
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Cost Reduction
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Lean Process Implementation
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Materials Handling
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Inventory Planning & Management
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Budgeting/Cost Control
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Control Systems & Technology
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Project Management
His consulting experiences include industries such as Wholesale & Retail Distribution, Publishing, Wallcovering, Carpets, Bedding, Consumer Apparel and Hard-goods, Eyewear, Watches, Jewelry, Pharmaceuticals, HBA and Medical Supplies, Consumer and Industrial Electronics, Automotive Parts, Industrial Supplies & Hardware, and Military Logistics.
Mr. Curtis is now recognized as a leading successful authority regarding full lean implementation. One of very few in NY State.
Mr. Curtis has a BS degree in Industrial Management from New York University and did graduate work in Industrial Engineering at Stevens Institute.
Nicholas A. Vitarelli
Mr. Vitarelli is a successful business executive with over 25 years of senior management experience in both Manufacturing Operations and Supply Chain on a global basis. He served as Vice President of Supply Chain, on a world wide basis, for a fortune 100 Aerospace and Electronics Company. Responsibilities included, Global Sourcing, Planning, Warehousing, and Logistics, this position, reported directly to the President. Prior to this position Mr. Vitarelli was the Vice President of Operations. Mr. Vitarelli‘s was responsible for Manufacturing, Purchasing and Warehousing for this multi-national operation. Prior to this he was Director of Operations, reporting to the President, of a major Pharmaceutical Company. In this capacity, he was responsible for a multi-plant U. S. based Manufacturing operation.
Mr. Vitarelli’s areas of expertise include: Six Sigma, green belt certified, Training and Implementation of Lean Manufacturing Process, Developing and executing short and long term business plans, reducing material cost, acquisitions, reducing indirect cost through the use of the “Quick” Savings” team approach, successfully implementing the 5 “s” program, and effectively implementing an e-auction programs.
Mr. Vitarelli has an MBA degree in Business management from New York Institute of Technology and has over 25 years of expertise in operations and purchasing management.
QUALITY SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
STANLEY DACHINGER
As a result of Stan’s engineering, manufacturing and background as president of a significant division of a large corporation, and his successful efforts in growing that division (as president) from $8M./year to over $80 M/year, he has shown his extensive capabilities. Now as an Executive/Partner at CEO for the past several years, he has become a leading authority in the development and implementation of ISO Quality systems. He and his staff of two other individuals prepare your manual, tier one procedures and all supporting procedures/work instructions (including all required forms). Stan and his staff accomplish this by intently interfacing with your people so that the documentation really describes how you do business and in accordance with the ISO requirements. In the process of accomplishing this task your people embrace and implement the system. This is then followed by auditing and support through CERTIFICATION. His goal is to get you through certification. Stan’s successful efforts include programs for the full range of ISO systems, including ISO 13485 for medical products, etc.
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
STANLEY S. DACHINGER
Mr. Dachinger served as president of a major biomedical product development and manufacturing company in the life sciences. He successfully led the business in the design of equipment and systems for the research scientific community. The products were directed towards the search for the cure for many devastating illnesses. This effort has been instrumental in the identification of the human genetic chain and new drug discovery processes. He served as vice president of operations for numerous manufacturing companies and was involved in ultrasonic instrumentation, electronic banking, and automated credit verification. He implemented the corporate worldwide quality standards for a large semiconductor manufacturer as their director of quality control.
He is an experienced business professional, with broad-based technical background in all areas of operations. His expertise includes manufacturing, industrial engineering, technical service, production control, quality management, system implementation, manufacturing engineering, materials, human resources budgeting, and project and program management. He successfully interfaced with all levels of corporate management and personnel. His well-developed leadership skills encompass hiring, directing, coaching and motivating subordinates. His background includes tqm training, cellular manufacturing, kanban inventory control, CQI implementation and ISO 9001 implementation/certification. His overall experience encompasses 10 years as a design engineer, 7 years in quality control and 13 years as a senior executive.
Mr. Dachinger’s extensive experience has provided a broad base of knowledge in many areas of business. His abilities and achievments have greatly benefited the success of many companies.
Mr. Dachinger holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electronic engineering from Long Island University and brings over 30 years of experience in engineering and manufacturing business management to Corporate America.
MARKETING & SALES
JOHN SASSO
Mr. Sasso’s Marketing development skills are extraordinary as indicated by the following profile. He has developed the capability to understand your capabilities and how to apply them to both expand your existing market and how to apply them to other market potentials. His effort is to address these potential market expansions with your personnel and develop a Marketing Plan of penetration into these markets. Risk and costs are addressed.
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
JOHN A. SASSO
Mr. Sasso is an experienced ceo of a publicly listed company as well as ceo and coo of various divisions and subsidiaries of fortune 100 and 1000 firms. His twenty- plus years in general management has earned him a reputation for being a strong and pragmatic leader with a record of consistently improving the bottom and the top lines.
His strategic and marketing insights, and ability to bring resolution to complex, multifaceted situations, combined with a balance of sharp business instinct and common sense has resulted in his impressive record of turning around under-performing businesses, acquiring strategic companies and consolidating and integrating acquisitions. He is expert in sorting through disarray, managing the human side of change and getting cultures and operations to work together to achieve business and financial goals.
His experience with the investment community includes leading a management buyout of the division he was running, taking it public and ultimately selling it to a taiwanese manufacturer. John is a Hofstra alumnus whose earlier experiences were in software development, sales, sales management, marketing and marketing management - all on a global basis.
RICHARD D’AMBROSIO
As you can see from the following profile, Mr. D’Ambrosio also has very successful experience at the top levels of companies. Now with his extensive experience of 14 years as a partner at CEO, he has been very successful in developing a Sales Penetration Action Plan that, in unison with the Marketing Plan, really obtain added sales.
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
RICHARD M. D’AMBROSIO
Mr. D’ambrosio brings to your organization twenty-five years of diversified experience in the general management, marketing, and sales sectors of corporate america. He has held positions of executive vice president, chief operating officer and member of the board of directors for both small and medium sized manufacturing companies.
Offering hands-on experience, Mr. D’ambrosio has successfully re-structured negative cash flow corporations and guided their return to profitability. He has demonstrated abilities in team building, training and motivating personnel to achieve their full potential.
As a CEO team member, Mr. D’Ambrosio has successfully re-engineered the marketing and sales functions of several client companies, resulting in significantly increased business distributed over a broader customer base.
Mr. D’Ambrosio earned his B.B.A. degree in marketing and industrial relations from Hofstra University. Subsequently, he acquired 96 CEU’s in government contracting from the National Law Center, George Washington University. He is a member of the national contracts management association and is certified as a professional contract manager (CPCM).
His management style has been guided by the recognition that people are a corporation’s most precious asset, while maintaining a keen awareness that maximizing corporate profitability is the primary objective.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS & FINANCE, CASH FLOW
PHIL CAPUTO
Again, as you can see from the following profile, Mr. Caputo has been highly successful as CFO for a very large Fortune 500 company in not only the area of Finance and Cash Flow but also in the company’s Operational Software or Information System development. He is also Six Sigma certified.
Mr. Caputo brought these capabilities to CEO, and now, during the past few years, has become a true expert in understanding several different types of Information Systems, in addition to furthering his knowledge and capabilities involving finance, accounting and cash flow management. He now brings this knowledge to providing training programs in the areas of Information Systems, Finance and Cash Flow Management.
In the areas of Finance and Cash Flow, CEO is now affiliated with two other companies who provide (a) very high level and detailed CFO capabilities and (b) merger and acquisition experience.
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
PHILIP A. CAPUTO
Philip A Caputo served as CFO for a $1.7 billion division of a Fortune 500 company. His experience of over 25 years and leadership had a direct impact in the success and profitability for a global leader in the design, manufacturing, and distribution businesses. He rolled out and managed the set-up and testing of Sarbanes-Oxley for a 300- person Global finance organization. He has initiated cost controls that resulted in operation profit improvement from 7% to 25% of sales in less than 3 years and achieved cash conversion of over 130% of sales.
His unique knowledge and background in finance, systems and operations allowed him to direct integration of 14 acquired company’s saving of over 10 million dollars through consolidation of Finance, IT staff and systems into a centralized system without increasing staff. He successfully implemented several new ERP systems for manufacturing, distribution and accounting resulting in company cost savings. He achieved this through programming automation, as well as developing and designing many process improvements in all areas of the company by customizing the software while leaving our core programs intact.
He is a highly successful financial executive with an extensive background in financial cost controls, acquisitions and integrations in complex manufacturing and distribution organizations. He is a results-oriented professional who drives change with consistent focus on improving profitability and cash. Areas of expertise include Strategic Planning, Annual Operating Plans, Cost Accounting, Six Sigma Certified, System & Process Implementation, Asset & Cash Management, Forecasting/Budgeting/Scenario Analysis, Global Team Management & Leadership Financial Controls & Management Financial Analysis, Purchase Accounting, Acquisition Due Diligence, Sales Oriented Business Partner, and Operational & Manufacturing system process improvement. His experience has allowed him to interface with all segments of a business. He is able to communicate and resolve issues at any level in an organization through motivation and coaching
Mr. Caputo holds a B.Sc. Degree in Accounting and Marketing from NYIT. He is Six Sigma certified and is a specialist in GE Bullet Train savings concepts. He has won many awards for achievement including 1 of the 3 Leadership awards given out from a 130,000-employee corporation. He was also awarded a company MVP voted by the sales organization for being a business partner that helped to promote sales growth allowing them to achieving sales goals.
Mr. Caputo also runs a successful retail franchise as well as an import business. He is a member of the HIA and the FENG.
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Linda F. Levy
Ms. Levy has over 20 years experience in general management, sales management and financial management in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, service and distribution. She has held Director, General Manager and Controller level positions with direct responsibility for accounting, finance, sales, marketing, advertising, purchasing, payroll, human resources and information technology.
Most recently, Linda has been a Quickbooks consultant specializing in accounting and administrative issues affecting all businesses. Her extensive business background gives her an edge when it comes to helping businesses help themselves. Areas of specialization include new company start-ups, analyzing existing accounting systems to help bring businesses to the next level as well as defining and instituting new financially sound business solutions resulting in time and money savings. In addition, she provides Quickbooks training and support.
Linda has also been instrumental in introducing businesses to the NYS Qualified Emerging Technology (qetc) Program and helping them qualify for funds now allocated by New York State. Up to $250K per year for design development and related NONRECURRING tasks is AVAILABLE. (A real check to you).
OVERALL GUIDANCE OF CEO
JAMES H. THOMPSON
Jim, as you can see from this profile, is an original founder of CEO. Jim provides overall consulting guidance.
SUMMARY
The CEO Executives presented above are all recognized authorities and have been successful at the highest levels of companies they previously managed. Now with CEO and their staff executives, they have furthered their success, as indicated.
The following section of this website provides greater details as to how each consulting subject is addressed.
Following these Consulting descriptions is a presentation of our TRAINING CAPABILITIES. It is important to note that the same Executives address training with their same capabilities as described above. The result is the achievement of your desired goals by our successful Executives and usually at No Cost to You.
James H. Thompson, a founding partner of cooperating executives organization, has extensive experience in determining and establishing company organizational structures with fully integrated and efficient functional responsibilities and relationships.
Mr. Thompson has been highly successful in developing and implementing new marketing strategies. He has an in-depth knowledge of marketing, sales and business contracting. He has prepared and directed the preparation of marketing and business plans. He is also an expert in teaching proposal preparation and negotiation.
Mr. Thompson has extensive experience in the program management of complex programs. He has supervised and trained managers in the areas of schedule development and adherence, program budgeting, assets management and customer interface.
Recently, in accord with ISO requirements, he has developed complete company procedures manuals.
Mr. Thompson is a graduate engineer from Columbia University with B.A., B.S. and M.S. degrees. His previous working experience includes ten years as a mechanical engineer, six years in program management and fifteen years in marketing and sales. He held vice president level positions, reporting directly to president and ceo levels.
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