After over a decade, a long sought-after municipal project was finally brought to market, and to the surprise of everyone pursuing, it had changed dramatically.  The project had been expanded and would be contracted for in-complex design plus a construction single contract model. “The leadership who were pursuing this were faced with an entirely new
“The destination’s promotional budget was driven by tax revenues,” says Senior Management Executive, Matthew Jones. “These capped the amount of annual growth possible. The competition enjoyed more expansive funding giving each a competitive advantage in sales and marketing campaigning.   “I used an existing economic improvement program to access an additional $4 million in incremental tax
Bonnie Hinze is a Technology Strategy expert. Her company committed $1 billion to expanding manufacturing plants to meet the increased demand anticipated from new product introductions and asked her to take charge and see that the technology required to accomplish the needed happened. Unfortunately, the growth demands lacked organizational buy-in, prioritization, and resourcing.  Bonnie initiated
How people drink coffee at home has changed dramatically in recent years.  The growth in Starbucks and in your local, premium coffee shop began to train consumers on the importance of quality and freshness spawning the growth of single-serve coffee at home.  As the Director of Sales & Marketing for the Senseo coffee brand, John
As a start-up “SpeedyPrep”, part of Online Educational Programs (OEP), suite of test prep and certification programs, was rated the #1 test prep for high school students preparing for college by the industry’s leading advocate.     A niche existed in the home-school (HOS) market for offering test prep study materials online that helped prepare students for the
Lance Spencer, an expert in Production & Operational (Re)Structuring and an executive who knows how to build great performing teams was asked to accept an assignment on the “North Slope.”  He did not flinch.  Within a few days he had mapped out a revised execution plan and agreed to marshal it for his company. Because
Christopher Meyer guided Kohl’s executive team to become a leader in the mattress and bedding industry. He was working as the VP of Global Sales and Marketing for Trans World Marketing and services a client he had prospected, Serta. As an executive at the full service promotional and marketing firm with design and manufacturing, he
Senior Finance & Operations Executive, Jason Brandler, is known for exploring the unknown, analyzing situations, rooting out roadblocks to progress, and continuously improving and increasing product values. Below, we learn more about a significant impact that he made on his industry. “The first major investment project that I managed was investigating the viability of initiating
Mike LeBaron has worked in a variety of operations roles at national and regional banks.  The need to consolidate operations is something all banks wrestle with at various stages of their growth.  Mike is an expert at consolidating operations.  Mike details seven critical components of a successful centralization plan: executive sponsorship, training, roles and expectations,
The following summary outlines, Senior Client Strategist & Growth Strategy Executive, Victor Sirgado’s strategy for swift industry growth. (Scroll down for full video interview with host, Fred Coon SC&C CEO.) The Opportunity:   Healthcare providers and hospitals essentially did not advertise prior to 1977. Not surprisingly, it was the legal profession itself that championed the issue