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Revenue & profit driven President / Chief Operating Officer with more than 20+ years of leadership and cross functional management expertise gained from positions of increasing responsibility at start-up, entrepreneurial, mid- market and Fortune 500 companies. Known for delivering sustainable results in revenue growth, operating efficiency and improved profit performance.  Proven ability to direct strategy and daily operations for start-ups to multi-national. Expertise in sales, finance, and general management, and back-office operations. Information Technology background; Six Sigma; International. Control costs, increase revenues. Unique ability to create a customer-driven and team-oriented culture in support of sales and marketing initiatives.  Unique ability to create a customer-driven and team-oriented culture in support of customer service improvement and sales and marketing initiatives. Extensive experience analyzing and executing opportunities to improve cash flow through revenue growth as well as waste reduction, Lean Manufacturing implementation and process improvements.

Additional accomplishments and core competencies include:

·         Provide P&L leadership, analyzed business performance and provided direction to both short and long-term business objectives.

·      Led planning and analysis managing all activities of Operation, Technology and Procurement functions including; Capital Investments, Product Cost Standards, Productivity, Inventory, Transportation and Warehousing, Planning & Reporting.

• Ability to convert complex operational, finance and compliance issues into terms and concepts that are easily disseminated throughout all levels of the organization.

·        Motivated and inspired cross-functional business teams to meet and surpass corporate objectives through participative leadership style and consensus building.

·         Multiple location and business unit management and co-ordination through implementation of uniform financial/operations reporting package holding each site accountable to focus on company directed action plans resulting in improving company results.

·         Experience as key business partner to President, CEO and Board of Directors in establishing and executing strategies to grow profitably.

·         Created Operation Flawless, a process to improve integrity and quality of business transactions.

·         Introduced Six Sigma methodologies to improve customer service. Impacted entire Quote to Cash cycle and reduced Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) by 25 days in six months (30%).

·         Extensive experience in Mergers & Acquisitions. Led multi disciplinary teams in due diligence efforts and numerous strategic transactions including acquisitions, mergers, lift outs, denovos, swaps, divestitures, etc.

·         Demonstrated ability to control costs and increase revenues, while enabling business controls and processes, including customer service and e-commerce operations.

·         Developed new world class, multi-channel, call-center / customer service strategy based on one voice to the customer. Consolidated call-centers, saving 15% in costs and improved service response.

·         Demonstrated ability to control costs and increase revenues, while enabling business controls and processes, including customer service and e-commerce operations.

• Conversant with Sage ERP MAS 90, Sage ERP MAS 200, MAS 500, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Lawson Software and Krystal Reports.

William D. DuFour, Jr.

1945 Lees Avenue • Long Beach, CA 90815
william.d.dufour@gmail.com • (562) 493-6620

president  / chief operating officer  / executive manager

Strategic Business Planning   • Product  Management   • Mergers & Acquisitions

Highly accomplished, visionary Executive successful at building and leading high-performance organizations, with revenues of up to $300MM. Experience with both start-up and growth organizations.  Combines strategic and tactical financial expertise with strong qualifications in business development, operations, and leadership. A strategist with a clear sense of purpose and urgency when faced with diverse situational challenges during periods of both declining sales and rapid growth. Results-oriented, decisive leader with proven success in new market and product identification. Proven track record of increasing sales, market share, and profitability. Tendency to thrive in dynamic and fluid environments while remaining pragmatic and focused.

Core Competencies

·         Senior Management Team Building

·         Change Management

·         Visionary Leadership

·         P&L Management

·         Operations Management           

·         Market and Product Identification

·         Technology Development

·         Product and Project Design

·         Financial Planning and Management

·         Strategic Alliances

·         Mergers & Acquisitions

·         Accomplished Spokesperson

·         Budgeting, Planning, Forecasting

·         Business Development

·         Cost Control

·         Contract Negotiations and Administration

·         Mentoring and Coaching

­­­­­­­Professional Experience

CAD Ventures, llc – Long Beach, CA                                                                                               2009 - Present

President / Chief Operating Officer

President / COO of a privately held, company that provides and delivers essential advantages to businesses in the form of systems, processes, operations and marketing techniques that make companies more valuable.

Provided leadership and strategy to assist with the development of business and marketing plans. Direct the day-to-day financial, administrative, and IT operations. Oversee accounting, annual planning and forecasting, budgeting, capital and cash management, and internal controls.  Maintained P&L responsibility. Established new business relationships, partnerships and new customer development.  Led project design, management, and implementation as well as cross-functional management.

Key Achievements:

Ø  Worked with key accounts to establish performance improvement programs to retain their business increased customer retention by 25%.

Ø  Boosted productivity by 30% by standardizing metrics and introducing individual performance measurement.

Ø  Designed and established product line reporting systems and key metrics to measure productivity, efficiency, and operational excellence to enhance customers’ performance by 20%.

Ø  Enhanced performance by designing and establishing product line reporting system and key metrics to measure productivity, efficiency, and operational excellence.

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Ø  Motivated and inspired cross-functional business teams to meet and surpass corporate objectives through participative leadership style and consensus building.

Ø  Established new processes and controls to improve cost visibility/control and increase accountability.

Ø  Undertook, for customers, a “field to shipping” process mapping program of their business as a basis for making recommendations to improve business processes and service levels while reducing overhead and costs.

Ø  Developed a sales and marketing process involving search engine marketing, search engine optimization, social media marketing and push proxy gateways in order to increase potential customer traffic by 40%.

Ø  Led multi disciplinary teams on due diligence efforts and numerous strategic transactions including acquisitions, lift outs, denovos, swaps, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, etc.

Ø  Prepared S1and Road Show Documents for IPO.

Ø  Led cost containment initiatives which resulted in 10% reduction in spend and sizable reductions in per unit costing without compromising growth capacity.

Informative Research – Garden Grove, CA                                                                               1995-2009

President / Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer & Director

Served as President, COO, CFO and a Member of the Board of Directors  of a sixty-four-year old, privately held, $100 million Company that provides consumer information services and document management to businesses and consumers, with as many as ten customer service and operations-based offices.

Developed and maintained bottom-line responsibility for business enterprise. Strategic planning; product development and management; and software processes for internet customer selling, ordering, and servicing. Oversaw all operational and legal functions of the company and related affiliate companies as well as internet infrastructure. Manage accounting and administrative including seven Vice Presidents, Controller, HR Director, and Operations Manager; provided cross-functional management.  Directed all operations for product delivery and servicing. Redefined organizational structure, oversaw major pricing decisions, and performed monthly evaluation of company results.  Primary point of contact for affiliate companies and all operational and legal relationships. Conduct due diligence on all deal flow work. Track operational structures of affiliate companies. Negotiate all contracts and leases.

Key Achievements:

Ø  Mentored and managed a 12-member financial team servicing ten locations Implementing a uniform financial/operations reporting package holding each site accountable to focus on company directed action plans resulting in improving company wide margins by 20%.

Ø  Increased gross profit margin by 2.4 percent ($1.3 million) by implementing a structured process of project and estimate reviews.

Ø  Managed P&L responsibilities, including fee negotiations, profit analysis, value billing and collections. Consistently demonstrated improvements in profitability year over year by 15%.

Ø  Designed and implemented reorganization of corporate structure eliminating redundancies in both personnel and functions, which improved the efficiency and effectiveness of sales, production, customer service, and technical management teams. Achieved a net increase in profitability of 40%, while markedly improving employee morale and productivity.

Ø  Key player in designing growth initiatives plan, which resulted in one year growth of 18% and 17%, in revenue and pre-tax income, respectively, amidst a weak economic environment.

Ø  Formulated annual business plans that successfully motivated the sales team to achieve a 35% increase year-over-year in sales volume while production/line managers reduced production costs by 20% year-over-year and increased production capacity without an increase in headcount.

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Ø  Developed product/market channel profitability reporting system. Improved cash flow by over $4,000,000 by developing credit management procedures, which reduced accounts receivable days outstanding by over 50 %..

Ø  Instituted a billing system that simplified customer ordered products and services with easy to read fee structure.

Ø  Led the group that reengineered all functions in the company resulting in a reduction of staff, saving the company $400,000 annually.

Ø  Negotiated and implemented new HRA health insurance plan saving $250,000.

Ø  Negotiated the sale of Credit Data of Illinois for 8.5 times EBITDA, which netted the shareholders 16 times the original purchase price.

Ø  Performed due diligence and acquired operating business of Dial Reprographics, Inc.

Ø  Changed contract department’s reputation from ‘sales prevention’ to sales support.

AON ENTERTAINMeNT, LTD. – Los Angeles, CA – London, England - Canada                                  1992-1995

Vice President of Finance and Administration, CFO

Served as Vice President of Finance and Administration and CFO of a publicly held company, which provided specialized insurance products to the sports and entertainment industries with sales of $250 million. Multi-state and multi-national service and sales offices.

Day-to-day business affairs and operations responsibility, including strategic planning, product development, and software processes for delivering highly specialized and regulated insurance policies in a timely manner. Perform monthly financial evaluation of company results; prepare documentation for 10Q and 10K filings. Redefine organizational structure and internal controls, and oversaw major pricing decisions. Participated in international project and product development through due diligence and prioritization.  Reported to President / CEO.

Key Achievements:

Ø  Partnered with senior management to design, develop and analyze strategic growth plans, including mergers & acquisitions, marketing initiatives and product development. Reduced margins while achieving appropriate balance of investing in sales, distribution and infrastructure.

Ø  Directed accounting and financial personnel in developing cash management and billing procedures, which increased monthly cash flow by 25% and reduced DSO proportionately without affecting customer relations.

Ø  Managed transaction support services for two multi-million dollar deals including due diligence, review of financial projections and SEC filings, and interaction with advisors.

Ø  Implemented administrative and budgeting techniques, which resulted in a more cost-effective approach to cost of goods sold, selling expense, and GNA. Through hands-on budgeting approach, improved management and purchasing controls to produce a 20% reduction in overall expenditures.

Ø  Participated in due diligence process in the merger of two insurance companies to form a new specialty insurance provider to the sports, leisure, and entertainment industries.

Ø  Assisted with start-up of a new completion bond facility company with a $500 million capacity, which was collaboration between one international insurance company, one domestic insurance company, and AON Entertainment.

Ø  Sold assets of three operating divisions (four product lines).

Ø  Designed and implemented global Enterprise Performance Management and Transactional processes and technologies across domestic and international business units.

Ø  Implemented customized IBM PS/2 accounting system on-schedule.

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AMERICAN TEChnOLOGIES GROUP, INC. – Los Angeles, CA – Houston, TX                                           1989-1992

Vice President of Finance, CFO

Served as Vice President of Finance and CFO of a privately held company, which manufactured specialty electrical products to other wholesale and retail distributors with sales of $150 million. Oversaw multi-state service and sales offices.

Directed day-to-day business and financial affairs responsibilities, including strategic planning, production cost accounting, and front-line productivity analysis. Performed monthly financial evaluation of company results. Redefined production line structure and internal controls, and oversaw major pricing decisions.  Reported to President / CEO.

Key Achievements:

Ø  Implemented cohesive information reporting strategy focused on in depth analysis and distribution of relevant information dramatically improving management reporting and alignment of operating plan, forecast and strategic goals.

Ø  Increased Return on Net Assets 25% and cash flow 100%, year-to-year, by improving inventory turnover and renegotiating terms with targeted suppliers.

Ø  Controlled all business and financial affairs and reporting for seven interrelated profit centers; rolled all profit centers up into one consolidated P&L, effectuating an immediate 15% reduction in overall expenditures.

Ø  Established capital equipment replacement and leasing programs to permit company growth without impacting company cash flow or reserves. Created a positive image in the financial community, permitting financing in a tight cash environment.

Ø  Identified production problems, resolved issues with more effective use of resources, netting a reduction in operational costs of 21%.

Ø  Led successful implementation of Visual ERP software system. Allowing real time on line information and reporting to all areas of company.

Ø  Led purchasing initiatives, which reduced material cost by $300,000.

Ø  Reduced costs $129,000 by redoing the entire insurance programs – business and health.

Education

Masters Degree, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Bachelors Degree, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH

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