SUMMARY
Nationally known marketing, sales & marketing research consultant, expert
witness & public speaker with 40 years experience with Fortune 1000 firms.
Founded American Consulting Group in 1989.
Outstanding references.
EXPERT WITNESS SPECIALTIES
Marketing, sales & marketing research expert. Experience includes expert
reports, depositions, arbitration hearings & court testimony. Specialties
include:
- Economic loss - Define lost sales & profits.
- Intellectual property - Trademarks, copyrights, patents & trade secrets.
- Distributors, dealers & representatives - In-depth expertise & knowledge
of contracts & practice.
- Marketing & sales effectiveness - Combine in-depth knowledge with market
research of facts.
- Market research - Define market size, sales, share, competitors, pricing &
key trends.
CONSULTING
Nationally known marketing, sales & marketing research consultant.
Clients include AT&T, Ingersoll-Rand, Lockheed-Martin, Lutron, Motorola, New
York State Electric & Gas, Pittsburgh-Corning, Rexam, Toshiba & US Borax.
- New product/business marketing research - Define market sizes, growth
rates, primary market segments, competitive sales, competitive strengths &
weaknesses, product specifications, pricing & entry strategies.
- Revitalize an existing business - Define strategies & programs to increase
market share, sales & profits.
- Independent sales channels - Establishment, evaluation, termination &
effective management of independent distributors, reps, dealers &
wholesalers.
- Competitive intelligence - Legally & ethically secure public & privately
available information on a competitor. This information is summarized and,
with the client, we develop defensive & offensive action plans.
SEMINARS & PUBLIC SPEAKING
Nationally recognized seminar leader & public speaker. Associations
include:
- Cornell's Graduate School of Management - Part-time faculty. Voted as top
ten faculty.
- American Management Association, a leading business seminar organization.
Average 3.85 on score of 4.00. Defined as "best of the best."
- University of North Carolina Business School's Executive Education Program.
One of the very few non-UNC faculty.
- Additional associations include University of Wisconsin & Milwaukee School
of Engineering.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- American Consulting Group, Inc. - 1989 to Present
President & founder of a highly successful consulting, training &
litigation support business.
- The Hilliard Corporation - 1986 to 1989
Director of Marketing & Sales. Four industrial product groups: oil
filtration, air filtration, clutches-brakes & turbine starters.
- Brunswick Filtration Systems Group - 1978 to 1986
Director of Marketing & Sales. Responsibility included Brunswick's
Filtration Systems Group. Products included liquid cartridge filtration to
the chemical process, electronics, pharmaceutical, industrial, commercial
& retail markets.
- Heating Systems Group, Coca-Cola - 1972 to 1978
Marketing & Business Planning Manager. Industrial firetube & watertube
boilers, burners & accessories to commercial & industrial buildings.
- Johnson Control Corporation - 1967 to 1972
Market Analyst. Pneumatic & electronic control systems for heating & air
conditioning systems in commercial & industrial buildings.
EDUCATION
- MBA, Marketing. University of Pittsburgh
- BS, Mechanical Engineering. Carnegie-Mellon University
HONORS & AWARDS
- Borax. Distribution Program Leadership
- Cornell Graduate School of Business - Top ten faculty
- Brunswick Advanced Management Program
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