Bill Swanson

Specialty - Predictive Analytics, Financial Simulation Analysis, Survey Construction & Analysis, Regression, and Founder and Principal Consultant of CEO Decisions.

Certifications: Six Sigma Black Belt - Transactional Studies - University of Michigan; Financial Simulation & Project Selection - Crystal Ball, Oracle® University. Education: BS - School of Mechanical Engineering and Technology - Bradley University; MS: Business Management - Marylhurst University. Speaker: National and International conferences on Predictive Business Analytics for the purpose of Revenue and Profit growth. Market Cap Experience: $18M to $9B. Market Space: High Tech Manufacturing, Distribution, Semiconductor, Medical Device, National & International Gov't Labs. Market Type: Large Public, Middle Cap Public and Private. Customer Experience: Department of Energy, Colorado State University Ventures, Engine Performance Warehouse, OCTANe Orange County CA, Motion Tech Trends, Dana Corp., Oregon Micro Systems. General Experience: Sr. Management Team Member - 9 years total. International Experience: Hands-on - Europe and Asia. Positions Held: CSR, Field Sales, Regional Manager, Division Marketing Manager, Director of Worldwide Sales & Marketing.

Penn Post

Specialty Financial Profitability and Analysis and Recommendations Owner Post Associates Newport Beach, CA and Principal Consultant for CEO Decisions Education: MBA, USC - Finance BS, UCLA - Engineering Author: "Ten Ways to Improve Profitability" Certifications: Certified Management Consultant - CMC Member: Institute of Management Accountants Customer Experience: Coca Cola Company, Johnson & Johnson, M&M/MARS, Tropicana, Allstate, Farmers, Lockheed Martin, Hughes, General Dynamics, W. R. Grace, Pitney Bowes, Texas Instruments, GTE.

Frank Hurtte

Specialty: Sales Growth Strategies for Wholesale Distribution and their Supply Partners Owner: River Heights Consulting and Principal Consultant for CEO Decisions Honors: President and Appointed Life Member Association for High Technology Distribution Founder's Council SalesEdgeOne.com a community devoted to Growth Strategies Author: The Distributor Specialist: Customer Champion, Profit Generator NAW Institute for Distribution Excellence. Telesales Prospecting, Target Driven Sales Process and Prove your Value Contributor: Electrical Wholesaling, HVACR Distributor Business, Industrial Supply Magazine, Motion Systems Market Space: Wholesale Distribution, Systems Integrators, VAR's and Channels to market Customer Experience: Allen-Bradley, Rockwell Automation, Van Meter Industrial Speaker: National Distributor and Channel Conferences NAED, SMG, AHTD, PTDA, FPDA, HARDI, CSIA

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Patrick Russell

Specialty: Business and Enterprise Software; Process Automation and Workflow; Custom Software, Innovative Software Designs and Software Products; Social Networking Analysis and Sustainability Software. “Tech Advisor” is for Technology Analysis, Selection, and Planning. Author: The Tech Advisor book (paperback or Kindle); articles for the Institute of Management Consultant’s Connector; Blog and articles for download on Pat’s Tech Talk Blog. Currently working on next book, Holographic Process. Education: BA, Johns Hopkins University, Valedictorian, Graduate work at Princeton and Oxford. Institute of Management Consultants: Member and President, San Diego Chapter Experience: Over thirty years in the software industry as: programmer; successful entrepreneur and business owner; consultant; product designer and developer; system architect; project manager; practice manager; Director of Technology for a large, international consulting firm. Industries: manufacturing, banking and financial, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, data processing, entertainment, business services, electronic media, real estate, retail sales, environmental/sustainability, and others. Partial Client List: IBM/ Lotus Development Corp.; ASCAP; Chase Bank; Scudder, Stevens, and Clark; Fidelity Investments; Fleet Bank; Tally Systems Corp.; Sandoz Pharmaceuticals; Harvard Pilgrim Health Care; Pfizer; Colgate-Palmolive; Avon Products; Jafra Cosmetics; Gillette; Epsilon Data; OSRAM Sylvania; Visa; City of Boston; Kia Motors America.

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Luis Guzman

Specialty Quality, Continuous Improvement, Regression Analysis Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Engr. U of Mich., taught over 600 Six Sigma Black & Green Belts, and Principal Consultant for CEO Decisions Education: Ph.D. Industrial Operations, Assembly Process, Applied Statistics & Decision Making Certifications: Six Sigma Master Black Belt - University of Michigan Market Space: Manufacturing, Healthcare, Government, Finance Customer Experience: Daimler Chrysler, Belvidere Stamping, AMP Industries, Duroplast General Experience: Middle to Large cap Manufacturing and Graduate Level Education Language: Bilingual - Spanish & English International Experience: Latin America Positions Held: Engineering Manager, Quality Engineer

George Gulalo

Specialty: Industrial Trend Analysis, Global Market Analysis Founder and Principal: Motion Tech Trends and Principal Consultant for CEO Decisions Education: BSEE, City University of New York MBA, SSC - Specialty in Entrepreneurship Customer Experience: Organized/conducted dozens of market research and strategic planning consulting projects for 100+ companies in electric motors and motion control markets: Clients included: Hewlett-Packard; Rockwell Automation; Siemens Energy and Automation; General Electric; Curtiss-Wright; Danaher Motion plus many others. Project Manager and contributing technologist: Dozens of technical design projects in electric motors, wind turbine generators and controls. Clients included: Eaton Aerospace; ITT Aerospace; Meggitt Air Dynamics; and fledgling wind turbine and hydro dynamic energy companies. Market Space: Industrial; Military; Medical; Consumer Level Electric Motors and Drives; Distribution Strategies; Market and Technology Partnering

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Joe Bockrath

Specialty: 25+ years of Global Supply Chain, Lean Processes, 5S, Continuous Improvement, Quality, Relocations, Turnarounds and 20+ M&A Projects with companies that are Fortune 500 to Small and Venture Capital Investments.

Industry Experience: Consumer, Building Materials, Electromechanical, Aerospace and Industrial Product Industries. Company Experience: Master Halco – Itochu, Masco, Thermador – BSH, International Caster Group & Corp Controller - Marmon Group (Pritzker family) and Small to Venture Capital Investments Market Cap Experience: $1M to $8B Experience: Held a variety of positions ranging from President, COO, VP and Director of Supply Chain, Operations and Manufacturing to Manager and Supervisor. International Experience: 20+ years in China, Europe, Canada, Mexico and Latin America, Education: California State University, Long Beach, Bachelor of Science, Business Administration / Finance.plus three years in Mechanical Engineering

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