Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

We're thrilled to announce that Intellex has acquired Expert by Big Village, effective March 22, 2024. This strategic move enhances our capabilities and strengthens our commitment to delivering exceptional solutions to our customers.

Stay tuned for more updates on how this acquisition will benefit our clients and experts.

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Expert Details

General Management - For Profit Organizations

ID: 728413 Kentucky, USA

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Expert has 30 years of business experience including the last 11 years in the executive management level. As a senior, results senior executive / general manager with full profit and loss responsibility, Expert's background includes a history of achievement and demonstrated ability in a wide variety of international and domestic business activities. He also possess a strong combination of strategic and tactical skills.

Expert's background demonstrates the skills and ability to lead an organization in:

Strategic Planning – developed and implemented numerous operations and sales strategies, resulting in the growth and profit of various companies in stainless steel pipe, bar and welding consumables businesses.

Tactical Planning – developed and completed a company turnaround plan.

Investment Planning – authored justification plans for several major capital expenditure programs including a $7 million program to upgrade the forming and welding of pipe in the Wildwood, Florida facility to world class level. Added capital investments designed to increase production levels of high margin, special grades pipe by 25% in 2009 with a maximum capacity of 50%.

Operations Improvements - increased manufacturing productivity by reducing work hours per ton, improved on-time shipping performance, implemented a Lean Manufacturing system, and reduced lost time accidents.

Building New Sales and Marketing Teams – restructured welding consumables company sales structure for faster growth.

Expert has also been a member of three company Boards.


Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1979 Degree: MA Subject: International Business Institution: University of Kentucky, Patterson School
Year: 1975 Degree: BA Subject: Government Institution: Centre College of Kentucky

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2008 to 2009 Employer: Outokumpu Stainless Piep Company Title: Executive Vice President and General Manager Department:
Responsibilities:
Responsible for all activities of the Wildwood production site including long term strategy; sales and marketing; production; quality assurance; human resources; engineering and finance. Annual 2008 sales of $90 million. Pipe Board member.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2005 to 2007 Employer: Outokumpu Stainless Piep Company Title: Vice President of Manufacturing Department:
Responsibilities:
Responsible for all manufacturing activities for stainless steel welded pipe manufacturer with annual sales of $100 million in 2007
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1998 to 2005 Employer: Avesta Welding Products Division of Outokumpu Stainless Title: Vice President and General Manager Department:
Responsibilities:
Schaumburg, IL (5/98 – 10/05)
Full P&L responsibility for sales and distribution company with 100% international supply. Division sales were $9 million in 2004. Board member of the residual company, Polarit Welding, to continue to address class action lawsuits against all suppliers of stainless steel welding products
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1996 to 1998 Employer: Outokumpu Stainless, Inc. Title: Business Development Manager Department:
Responsibilities:
Responsible for developing NA and worldwide ten year business plan

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 1991 to 2009 Country / Region: Sweden and Finland Summary: Expert worked 19 years for a Swedish / Finish company and has traveled to those two countries 50+ times during his career.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Kentucky Colonel
Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has recently been published by Stainless Steel World in the subject of 2205 duplex stainless steel usage growth in the US. Copy available upon request.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Testified to International Trade Commisssion in 2009 on dumped stainless steel tubular products from China
Training / Seminars
Automotive Industry quality courses
Primary metallurgical studies
Lean manufacturing courses (company internal)
Vendor Selection
Located and selected stainless steel welding consumables from Canada, Japan and Taiwan.
Marketing Experience
Stainless steel products production and sales, welding consumables sales and distribution, automotive carburator assembly, diesel engine production, air compressor production

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
Non-Kentucky English Although Expert grew up in New Jersey and was educated in Kentucky, his extensive travel within the US and abroad enabled him to speak perfect American English.

Fields of Expertise

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