Most recent position was Chief Operating Officer of Nautica Enterprises in New York City in the mid-nineties Previously, was Executive Vice President at Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation for seven years…restructured many processes and recruited a number of outstanding executives, many still flourishing at Polo today…process improvement initiatives led to annual savings totaling more than thirty million dollars Worked as Process Improvement Consultant with Conway Quality for two years in the early nineties…helped industrial clients such as ITT implement the Deming Management Method First executive search experience was with the prominent international firm, Egon Zehnder, in the Atlanta office in 1986-1987…conducted numerous senior level searches including CEO/President, CFO, VP of HR, CIO, EVP and others In the mid-eighties, headed up the new Lawn Care Division for consumer services giant, Rollins Inc., in Atlanta First line management position was with Atlanta-based Oxford Industries; led turnaround of struggling West coast apparel division, which had lost money for ten straight years…promoted to head up Polo for Boys in New York Began business career in early seventies with the large consulting firm, Kurt Salmon Associates…spent nine years working on variety of projects from shop engineering to strategic planning and sales force management Between fourteen years in line management and fourteen years in consulting; have worked in over ten different industries, including apparel/textile, food & lodging, consumer goods, heavy industrial, transportation, retail, technology & communications and others BSIE from Auburn University...MBA from the University of Hawaii…former officer in the United States Coast Guard