Description
Experienced Leader in Executive Search, Outplacement & Talent Management * Seasoned Financial & Chief Operations Officer with more than 25 years experience in leading the day to day activities of a diverse group of companies and company divisions * Held responsibility for multi-million dollar P&L, meeting financial objectives for productivity and expenditures and directing core management teams to explore and successfully achieve new market directions * Led corporate transitions to acquire and integrate multi-million businesses smoothly and efficiently * Directed startups and turnaround efforts in numerous countries and all 50 states, working with boards of directors, consulting firms, executive committees, and investors on operational and marketing strategies that have brought great success and profitability The Wetrich Group, LLC. (Executive Search & Outplacement Firm) * Offered Retained and Priority executive search alternatives to meet our clients specialized needs across their entire organization. * Built the following service lines healthcare, financial, automotive & medical. * Developed best in class access to top talent for key organizational positions, implementing business practices and standards that facilitate profitable growth and increase shareholder value and develop employee based development programs for organizations to achieve professional superiority that leads to market dominance. * Driving force behind the purchase of Haney-Lowderman outplacement service for executives. * Very influential in the purchased and merger of Clinical Psychology Group (CPG) into The Wetrich Group (TWG). TSG-Z1 Solutions (Executive Search Firm & Privately held) * Developed & Offered Retained and Priority executive search alternatives to meet our clients specialized needs across their entire organization. * Led diversification of company portfolio & assets from Z1 Solutions to TSG. Southwest Services (Financial Services Company & Privately held) * As first Regional President east of the Mississippi, created a 10-state market for services to dealers including customer warranties, various life and health insurance, credit insurance, theft detection devices, and extended warranties * Pioneered the introduction of these services to east coast clients, developing business plans, operations plans, strategic visions, and marketing plans Netrex Capital (Start up & formed with Investors that started Oxford Resources & Centrex Capital) * Directed startup of e-business that provided one-stop shopping for autos, products, and services including finance & leasing, insurance, warranties and vehicle inspections * Took an idea from conceptualization to reality, acquiring 5 companies to provide all of the services and penetrating online markets in metro New York, Miami, Cleveland, and Atlanta * Achieved $75 million in revenue in first 12 months of operations 1 Bank of America Group (formerly Oxford Resources Corp. and Centrex Capital Corp.) * Received numerous promotions during several buyouts and mergers, and was responsible for integrating staff, budgets, revenues, and ROE and making multi-million dollar decisions daily * Introduced 5 new products into the competitive marketplace, expanding the lender's comfort zone from heavily populated metropolitan areas to sparsely populated areas and developed a profitable niche that became 60% of company revenues * Developed national communications strategies and tactical team plans for market penetration and organizational structure * Achieved $100 million a month in revenues over a 3-year period Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America * Spearheaded regional turnaround strategies in a depressed market, reorganizing the business model to be performance-based and providing credibility for resource allocations * Led implementation of strategy to shift market penetration, sales, and profitability positively in just 12 months * Turned around markets in California and Hawaii, competing with better known Japanese imported brands BMW of North America * Designed worldwide benchmarking strategies that allowed apples to apples comparisons of every subsidiary and became the standard of the company and led to a global cultural transformation * Wrote policies and procedures for performing forecasting that are still used today * Spearheaded the development of national and regional business plans, the calculation of sales projections, inventory modeling, and financial guidelines * Received "Global Subsidiary of the Year" award for introducing cutting edge benchmarking strategies, and also received Regional Manager of the Year award 2 times, and District Manager of the Year 3 times in a row * Developed forecasting models to enhance P&L strategies that greatly improved franchise growth and introduced attractive incentives for strong performance * Improved distribution methods that drove franchise growth
Work Experience
COMPANY | POSITION HELD | DATES WORKED |
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The Wetrich Group | President | 1/2015 - 1/2019 |