Engineer Supply Chain

CRAIG CHARLES EARLE

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Springboro, OH 45066-9173 513-***-****

OPERATIONS, BUSINESS SYSTEMS & PROCESS MANAGEMENT

Strong combination of operations and business development skills

I am a seasoned, senior manager having held full-charge positions in business ownership, top

management, business process definition, supply chain integration and information systems. My

achievements demonstrate that I am a proactive professional and possess the correspondingly

prerequisite and ever-expanding skill set needed to ensure success in these roles. General

competencies include:

Manufacturing integration

Business systems integration/process

Materials management

Cross-functional team leadership

Multi-industry experience

Continuous process improvement

Multi-site operations

Electronic commerce disciplines (EC/

P&L and signatory responsibility

EDI/VMI/fulfillment/supply chain)

Reorganization

Enterprise systems

Strategic relationships

Financial acumen

Tactical planning

Information technology disciplines

Team building/leadership

Interim executive

Turnaround management

Logistics/3PL

CONTRIBUTIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Successfully transformed business operations that enhanced clients’ ability to compete through

improvement to operational efficiencies, business processes and technology in manufacturing and

distribution environments. My proactive approach to issues, immersion in situations and

commitment to winning solutions guarantee that I run business instead of watching business run.

Relocated corporate offices and consolidated allied companies into one entity while

maintaining operations, streamlining organization and building new employee teams. Efforts

included coordination of project activities with top management and peers while acting as a full-

charge executive with budget and schedule responsibility to the principal enterprise.

Recognized as a key supply chain specialist and information systems resource through

serving nearly 60 organizations in 25 market segments, and their hundreds of suppliers or

customers in national and international markets.

Enhanced sales opportunities and revenues beyond core product offering by building reseller

and referral relationships in the North American market and establishing a reputation as a quality

supplier.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ABT Affiliates 1982-present

Ohio and Georgia-Tennessee

Founded and operated an accomplished, prime independent consulting practice providing supply

chain electronic commerce (EC)/EDI, project management and enterprise-level business

transformation, and miscellaneous technical services. Firm operated through 1998 as a

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proprietorship prior to incorporation. Client-base consists of small to Fortune-ranked/public

listed (subject to Sarbanes-Oxley provisions) firms throughout North America and Great Britain.

President- 1982-present

Managed and oversaw all aspects of my company’s operations, finance, market relationships and

client service delivery while growing this firm to presence in the international marketplace.

(Currently selling intellectual assets of firm to an affiliate.)

• Eight years experience managing four clients’ information technology departments that

utilized Windows, Unix/Linux and mid-size IBM systems, enterprise resource planning

(ERP) suites, EDI and warehousing/logistics packages. Significant expertise in enterprise

design, data entity relationships and systems integration utilizing databases by Oracle,

Microsoft and others. Evaluated functionality of packaged software and performed overhaul

of internal systems that control revenue producing engagements and scheduling of resources.

• Served many years as interim executive and change agent to clients in different

manufacturing industries. Guided those companies toward operational improvements using

transferrable best practices knowledge and lean manufacturing concepts. These roles

have included responsibility as administration director overseeing information systems, A/P

and A/R, order entry, invoicing, traffic, production scheduling, customer support, credit

management and facility maintenance functions.

• Built many domestic and international electronic commerce/EDI operations, primarily in

manufacturing and distribution, each having scores of customer and supplier relationships.

Requires ability to apply customs and tax (VAT) practices outside the U.S. Acted as prime,

independent contractor in role of team lead or sole technologist in conjunction with these

assignments.

• Developed national reseller and referral partner relationships with application software

OEM firms and peer consulting organizations. Led marketing, sales and client service

activities on behalf of this company.

• Participating as charter shareholder and board member in the 2007 establishment of an

affiliated corporation bringing a point-of-sale electronic appliance to the electronic commerce

market.

Tennessee Valley Authority 1980-1982 and as consultant 1989-1990

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Materials Engineer

Led a four person materials engineering component that supported systems controlling a 350,000

item operating inventory at 90 power storeroom locations. Responsible for opportunity

identification and establishment of computer based systems to more efficiently utilize inventories.

Resultant efficiency improvements from my activities directly impacted profitability of power

generation across the utility’s seven state operation.

• Conceptualized a methodology and implemented a comprehensive means to model

inventory characteristics by item and forecast aggregate future behavior. This was done by

obtaining purchase history, safety stock, minimum order quantity, inventory stock

withdrawal/scrap history and related information from the inventory locator system. I used

the commercially-available SAS product and employed the statistical model tools to

manipulate the information into usable form. By involving power plant management and in

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employing analysis capabilities of this system, my approach was used in excess of a decade

to improve materials management discipline and efficiency.

General Electric Company 1974-1980

San Jose, California and Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Senior Systems Analyst/Team Lead, Buyer and Manufacturing Engineer

GE’s two year Manufacturing Management Program (MMP) provided experience from

assignments as a manufacturing engineer, buyer and in information systems. Upon MMP

graduation and promotion I supervised up to nine salaried personnel supporting information

systems for a $670 million engineered equipment procurement group. I was responsible for

budget administration and generation of operations reports tracking this group’s performance to

budget and nuclear plant construction schedule.

• Team leader in cross-functional activities (procurement and vendor engineered equipment

tracking systems). Co-leader of a user-side team converting procurements systems from

mainframe to mid-size computer direct terminal entry systems in a two year project.

Retrained staff and resolved post-implementation operational issues following conversion to

the new systems. Improvements were achieved in report conciseness and timeliness that

benefitted efficiency of the 65 buyer procurement group. Generated $200,000 in cost savings

while in this role.

• Manufacturing operations support and facilities engineer. Performed space planning and

relocated offices supporting small line operation. Improved worker safety through redesign

of cable racking and dispensing equipment within budget and available space constraints.

EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Santa Clara University Master of Business Administration 1979

Santa Clara, CA Management/Finance

University of Toledo Bachelor of Science 1974

Toledo, OH Electrical Engineering

I have the equivalent of a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting through post-graduate study as

determined by the Tennessee Board of Accountancy. I am a graduate of General Electric

Company’s two year Manufacturing Management Program. I was certified in managerial

problem analysis and decision making by Kepner-Tregoe (GENCO II). Sterling Commerce

designated me a certified e-Commerce consultant during our third-party service provider

relationship during this decade. I am a current member and 2004-5 board member in the

Atlanta Electronic Commerce Forum and member since July 1990 in the Independent

Computer Consultants Association. I am a featured professional topics lecturer, paid college-

level academic course developer and instructor, and a symposium moderator at intervals from

1998 forward.

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