Planning Mergers, Acquisitions, Marketing for Agricultural Chemical Companies

Management of Agricultural Chemical Companies (851)

AGTECH, Wilmington, DE, Consultant

Conducted strategic planning consulting for major agricultural chemical companies, agriculture equipment companies, growers, farm insurance company for the application of advance technology.
Provided solutions and guidance to senior managers for coordinating technology with operations.

WESTERN FARM SERVICES, INC., Fresno, CA, Senior Vice President

Recruited by CEO/Chairman as a member of the acquisition team for the new company. Duties included streamlining the six separate,redundant and ineffective systems.
Designed and built a fully integrated distribution accounting and financial management system.
Installed in all divisions in one year and all operating sites online in the second year.
The system performed daily inventory movement tracking and processed all daily accounting functions.
Enabled management to target markets resulting in increased sales,better margins, and increased revenues for sales representativesand group/division bonuses.

NATIONAL ENVIRODATA, INC., Fresno, CA, President

Concurrently served as President of National EnviroData, Inc., whilewith Western Farm Services, Inc.
Designed, directed, and developedAgronomics Management Information System. System is recognized as a leading site specific crop management system and as an earlycontributor to Agriculture Technology and Precision Farming.

SYSTEM ONE, Washington, DC, Lead Contract Consultant

System One had contract to privatize the U.S. government Scheduled Airline Ticket Office (SATO).
SATO operated 18,000 service travel bureaus at U.S. military, government and embassiesfacilities worldwide.
Company had underestimated volume requirements and the AS400 network could not handle the task.
Dutiesincluded disaster control and turning around SATO installations.
Completed training and installation requirement and contractualcommitments to allow SATO management and personnel to run the operation.

KMG-MAIN HURDMAN, Houston, TX, Partner/Director of Management Advisory Services

Duties included turning around the consulting practice, making itprofitable and attractive for a merger.
Obtained several management consulting contracts with the city of Houston, TX, a venturecapital firm, a prior oil and gas client, and MD Anderson Hospital and Cancer Center.
Reached profitability first year.

WALTER P. MOORE & ASSOCIATES, Houston, TX, Executive Vice President, Member of Board of Directors

Duties included daily operation of business, re-engineering and downsizing of one of the premier International structural engineering consulting firms.
Collected over $12 million in delinquent accounts.

KELLY PRODUCTS, Houston, TX, Owner/Executive Vice President

Built Kelly, a heavy fabricator and tractor attached equipment manufacturer, from $7 million in revenues to $26 million in three years.

ARTHUR YOUNG AND COMPANY, Houston, TX, Partner/Director

Managed numerous consulting assignments in many industries-cost accounting, financial management systems design, developmentand installation, manufacturing, distribution and inventory systems.
Directed client operations, as well as mergers, acquisitions and discontinued/reverse acquisition and start up activities.
Clients included small, private, public and Fortune 500 companies.