Kenneth J. Ferriabough

Plano, TX ***** Phone: 214-***-**** acsgkg@r.postjobfree.com

Vice President of Operations

Accomplished business leader with a balance of operations and commercial leadership in the aviation

industry with 20+ years of experience driving revenue and profit growth to achieve bottom line results.

Strengths in:

Organizational Development Labor Management Union/Non- Manufacturing / Re-manufacturing

Union

Revenue & Profit Growth Union Contract Negotiations Risk Management

Financial Modeling Budget Preparation & Management P&L Management

Multi-site Management Inventory Management Business Startup & Recovery

Maquiladora Management Global Sales & Business Development Long-Range Strategic Planning

Achievements

Business Operations Leadership - P&L leader with significant cost reduction and business

consolidation experience for 3 businesses: $40M technology enabled manufacturing and re-manufacturing

facility, $40M Maquiladora, and $28M manufacturing and re-manufacturing facility. Increased sales by

100% from $20M to $40M, and improved gross profit from -14% to 25%.

Team Leadership - Respected leader of creative teams that focus on process reengineering and

bottom line improvement. Cross-functional management style that delivers product development and

market expansion. Managed union and non-union organizations of up to 250 involved in manufacturing

and re-manufacturing activities. Multi-site management responsibility, including two facilities in Mexico.

Turnaround and Crisis Management Significant experience in plant consolidation that optimizes

plant and equipment utilization. Reduced inventory by $15M. Led an unprecedented corporate event that

resulted in a financial exposure reduced from $11M to less than $1M. Served as primary point of contact

and successfully managed client relationship with major customer that declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Sales and New Product Development - Led sales, marketing and business development for $180M

region. Expert in technical new product and services development. Proven ability to drive record-high

marketing campaign response-rates and execute successful product launches. Led a program that included

the reverse engineering, design and development (PMA) of 12 compressor airfoils. Designed and

implemented a material exchange program that achieved a 30% increase in part sales.

Professional Experience

CHROMALLOY 1991 -

2014

A global $1B technology company providing manufactured and re-manufactured aviation parts and

advanced repairs and services. Publically held until 2007, Chromalloy was then acquired by the PE firm

Carlyle Group.

Director of Commercial Operations - Carson City, NV, 2011-2014

Overhauled the commercial operations of Chromalloys largest unit, the $180M SW region. Managed all

sales and business development operations including sales/marketing analysis, market and sales strategy,

new business development, spare part sales, and customer support.

In addition, concurrently served as Plant Manager for $40M, 200+ employee facility in Mexicali,

Mexico. Led and managed growth through transfer and consolidation from US based facilities,

redesigned and reorganized the operations organization.

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Managed Maquiladora as Plant Manager while simultaneously managing commercial operations for all

5 plants located in 2 countries and 3 states.

Developed key metrics that resulted in operations and process improvement/Lean approach and experience

that improved sales and marketing.

Redesigned the sales and customer support teams, retaining the best of the best.

Managed the first SB/AD in the companys history.

Negotiated a multi-million dollar bankruptcy settlement with a major US airline going through Chapter 11,

and served as primary corporate executive (representing all divisions) and customer interface.

Top-graded 50% of the customer support staff.

Advanced go-to market strategies to expand territory and customer base.

Created and implemented sales war room and forecasting models that resulted in a metric based execution

and measurement of sales and business development initiatives.

General Manager - Dallas, TX, 1991 - 2010

Full P&L leadership for $40M multi-site parts manufacturing and re-manufacturing business that shipped up to

80K parts per month. Managed functional areas of manufacturing, re-manufacturing, product development,

inventory management, human resources, engineering, finance, sales and customer service. Significant

business process optimization, change management and international responsibilities.

Led extraordinary business recovery after 9/11, downsized headcount from 400+ to 120, consolidated

business units from 7 to 4, then rebuilt to 240 headcount by 2010 and doubling sales from $20M to $40M.

Managed 4 facilities including a maquiladora in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico with more than 100 unionized

employees, and 3 non-union facilities in Dallas.

Managed and maintained a healthy and productive relationship with the governing union of the Nuevo

Laredo, Mexico facility.

Managed successful employee engagement and communications during a union push in the 3 Dallas plants

resulting in a unanimous vote by the 140+ employees to maintain a non-union environment.

Solidified business unit as parent company went public to private and reduced working capital from

40.63% to 7.84% of sales.

Cultivated business growth through product expansion to include 12 new PMAs.

Liquidated $15M+ of inventory without compromising the P&L.

Executed multi-million dollar long-term contracts and improved gross profit from -14% to 25%.

Managed a 50% reduction of the average A/R balance from $5M to $2.5M on increased sales level.

Led planning for the facilitys closure and transfer of production to Chromalloys Atlanta business unit.

Transitioned from GM position to global sales position as a result of the planned closure of the Dallas

facility.

Business Unit Manager, 1997 1998

P&L leadership for the $28 million airfoils business for multiple engine lines. Managed 100-150 people.

Led manufacturing, re-manufacturing, and business development including customer visits and support.

Customer Service Manager, 1996 1997

Managed communications, logistics and traffic of seven facilities in Dallas and Mexico. Managed

customer relations, customer facing, quotes and communications with 100+ customer base. Major

customers included Rolls Royce and American Airlines.

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Production Manager, 1995 - 1996

Managed all operations and customer service functions supporting the Manufacturing Department

for ~$12M in revenue.

Production Control Manager, 1994 - 1995

Managed all planning and scheduling of logistics for seven plants in Dallas and Mexico

Production Lead, 1991 - 1994

Started as Production Inspector and was promoted to Production Lead within 1st year of employment.

Supervised and facilitated all operations for the Stator Department.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Amberton University, (Complete in 2016), Garland, TX

Associate of Arts & Sciences, Richland Community College, Richardson, TX

Training

Effective Supervisory Management, Effective Management Development

Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting for Non-financial Managers

Lean Manufacturing

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