work best when I have responsibility and authority to plan or execute business tasks. These tasks or disciplines are inclusive of finance, marketing, sales, business development and operations. All are positions I have held over the past 20 years. But, I am not limited in experience to just a service industry. My crossover skills are within technology, transportation, manufacturing, exposition services, call centers and e-commerce.

For example, in 1995 I saw the potential of the Internet for travel applications and set about building a company into a $425 million on-line entity. Bottom line it was a technology play not a travel play. A turnaround opportunity came up in 1981 at Western Airlines working with a dynamic hard charging team and I took the challenge and it was a winner. Hughes Aircraft was the opportunity to take defense technology and commercialize it. That too was successful. The point is I will take controlled risk, I thrive on challenge, I excel when given both responsibility and authority and it is immensely fun when there is a dynamic team. Vision is the first step however.

I can make things happen when the road map is clearly defined. That is what I bring to the table, an ability to visualize the goal and then the possible scenarios of “what if” to get there.