John C. Griffith

*****Cantle, Sisters OR *****

Work 541-***-**** Home 541-***-**** abm2bm@r.postjobfree.com

Skills Summary

Executive with 20+ years of increasingly responsible Technical,

Marketing/Sales, and General Management success in companies from $600K to

$600MM. High energy, conscientious, thrives on challenge.

[A champion of technology from an applied business perspective.]

. A unique ability to quickly develop rapport with people at any level -

from the production floor to CEO's - in the US, Europe, and Japan - this

rapport regularly resulted in major contracts and substantial long-term

business relationships. [A highly regarded customer advocate.]

Demonstrated strong empathic leadership, management and organizational

skills. Unique ability for rapid, concise strategic situational overview.

[A respected manager and strategic visionary.]

Proven exceptional verbal and written communications skills. Outstanding

talent for community relations. Delivered presentations to civic and

government groups ranging from eight to two hundred.

Highly proficient at MS Office 2000 business analysis, MS Project 98

project management, MS PowerPoint presentations, and Internet data mining.

[A sought-after office technology guru.]

Objective

Seeking a meaningful position in a high energy, highly innovative

organization that can benefit from my unique mix of technology focused

business acumen, and my highly developed leadership, people, and

communications skills.

Areas of interest include general management, product management, marketing

or sales management, key account management, project management, and

business development management. [A turn around specialist.]

Significant Achievements

. Organizational Ability

< Located, recruited, hired and trained personnel from the shop floor to

Sr. Execs in three diverse start-ups with spectacular short-term and

significant long-term results.

< In a series of one year management training loop assignments - purged,

redefined, reorganized and re-staffed a series of dysfunctional

departments as the Functional Manager of - Corporate Purchasing,

Corporate Fabrication, Corporate Facilities, Human Relations,

Technical Services, and Corporate Quality Assurance.

. Start Up - High Growth - Streamline - Shut Down

< Technical product manager for a virtual display start-up as we ramped

up from 20 to 160 employees.

< In 18 months, transformed a 6 man $600K family business into a viable

$3,000,000 company with $1MM revolving credit line. Owner sold the

business at the end of the third year for $5MM+.

< Point man in a team of six managers that established a high volume

electro-mechanical manufacturing operation from the ground up.

Directed the HR function for the ramp up from 18 employees to 120

employees in less than nine months. Included recruiting four Sr.

Managers on a national retained search.

< Directed the "re-start up" of a Novell Network design, resale, and

training company. Dramatically reduced general overhead while

increasing sales 300%. Orchestrated break-even after years of

consistent losses.

. Negotiation Skills, Sales Strategy and Tactics

< Sought out, strategized and personally negotiated a revolving $12MM/yr

scanner contract with K-Mart - still delivering $4-8 MM annually after

11 years.

< Personally developed and negotiated a series of long term $3MM to

$10MM OEM contracts in Japan with particular success selling American

technology to the Japanese.

. Strategic overview - Long Range Planning

< Co-invented a marketing/sales department and a strategic plan for a

major OEM when our "secure" OEM niche disappeared overnight. Resulted

in a seven year 70% world market share.

< Conducted blind interviews of several dozen top retailers in the US,

and an on-site technology research study in Japan that saved the

client a $5MM investment.

. International Marketing - Market/Key Account/Business Development

For three high-tech electro-mechanical, electro-optical and electronic

manufacturers, an aircraft/aerospace manufacturer, and one heavy

equipment manufacturer -

< Devised and implemented an international marketing strategy through

OEM's, VAR's, and dealers that resulted in a 70% worldwide market

share.

< Penetrated and maintained technical and commercial relationships with

major aerospace OEM's (Boeing, Douglas) and Airlines (United, Korean,

EVA, MartinAir, etc.) resulting in tens of millions of dollars in new

systems and spares contracts.

< Regularly conducted extensive on-site business development reviews in

the US, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, New Zealand,

Australia, England, Denmark, and Belgium.

< Developed easy to interrogate highly detailed 5-year Excel models for

profitability, product rationalization, and customer rationalization

to fine-tune the strategy for a $300MM business.

Employment History

Sr. Product Manger '99 to '01

UpRight, Inc; Selma, CA 50 year old, 1,200 employee 300MM$, int'l mfg.

of aerial work platforms

Principal/Consultant '98 to'99

Bourton Group, Rockford, IL 35 year old, 200 man international

manufacturing consulting firm

Product Manager / Staff Engineer (FICG consulting contract) '97 to' 98

Microvision, Inc., Seattle 20 man laser based display IPO

Western Regional Manager '92 to '97

AAR Advanced Structures, Livonia, MI $500MM aircraft cargo systems mfg.

Vice President, International Marketing (FICG consulting contract) '91 to

'92

POSdata Systems, Inc. Gig Harbor, WA $20MM laser bar code scanner

manufacturer

General Manager (functionally CEO) '88 to '91

COMP-U-DATA Systems, Inc., Tacoma, WA 30 man PC network design and

software training

Business Development Consultant '87 to '88

The Fox Island Consulting Group (FICG) Fox Island, WA International

Market Development

President / VP Marketing '84 to '87

POSdata Systems, Inc. Gig Harbor, WA Start up Laser Bar Code Scanner

Manufacturer

Technical Management '77 to '84

Spectra Physics Inc., Eugene, OR and Mt. View, CA: $200MM Laser Barcode

Scanner Manufacturer

Product Manager '81 to '84

Human Resources/PR Manager '79 to '81

Management Training Loop '77 to '79

Education & Personal

BS Mechanical Engineering UC Berkeley, MBA Pepperdine (thesis pending) -

Won $15K/yr National AEC scholarship to finish BSME and graduate work at UC

Berkeley: Technical Management MBA sponsored by Spectra- Physics

14987 Cantle, Sisters OR 97759

CAREER OBJECTIVE: Classroom teacher K-12.

A passion and documented talent for reaching and engaging 'unteachable'

students

Keen interest in middle and high school, at-risk and ESL students

Strong background in science, math, special ed, large and small business

- significant world travel

CREDENTIALS:

Oregon K-12 Credential 9/08; January 2003 Multiple Subject Teaching

Credential, CLAD, Math Supplemental; Substitute Credential 1/02 - 1/04

EDUCATION:

Jan '02 - Jan '03 California State University, Fresno Multiple

Subject Teaching Credential

Oct '94 - Jun'95 University of Washington Certificate Literary

Journalism

Jan '78 - Dec'78 Pepperdine University 30 Quarter Units Management

MBA

Jun '69 - Jun '72 UC Berkeley BS Mechanical Engineering

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

August'08 - Nov '09 - Classroom teacher, math & science, Emotional Growth

Boarding High School:

Algebra 1 & 2, Geometry, Pre-calculus. Special-ed, and emotionally

challenged students.

June '05 - July '05 Math Intervention, 6th thru 8th, Summer School,

Stratford Elem. (CUSD)

Aug '03 - Aug '07 Classroom teacher, Middle School; Technology, Math

(Algebra), ESL Reading

Coached football & basketball, Student Council Advisor, School Site

Council Rep., Leadership

Central Elementary (CUSD), Lemoore, CA (80% Native American Students)

June'03 - July '03 Reading Intervention, Summer School, Houghton-Mifflin

"Soar To Success"

Powers-Ginsberg Elementary, Fresno Unified SD

Feb '03 - June ' 03 5/6 th combo Intervention class Long Term Sub

Roeding Park Elementary, Fresno Unified SD

Aug '02 - Dec '02 Final Student Teaching, 4th Grade Bi-lingual, 6 th

Grade GATE,

Rowell Elementary, Fresno Unified SD

May'02 - June'02 Initial Student Teaching, 2nd Grade GATE

Birney Elementary, Fresno Unified SD

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE (see attached commercial resume for details)

Aug '99 - May'01 Sr. Product Manager (strategic planning worldwide),

Upright, Inc

Feb '97 - Feb'99 Consultant; Lean Mfg., Virtual Laser Display (start-up)

June '92 - Jan '97 Western Regional Mgr; Commercial Aircraft Cargo

Systems Mfg.

July '84 - May '92 President/General Mgr, laser scanning and Novell

networking companies

Jan '77 - June'84 Worldwide Product Mgr, laser scanner manufacturer

Earlier - Research Technician & Engineer, high-power laser holographic

research, Lawrence Livermore Labs

SPECIAL SKILLS

. Supplementals to K-12 Credential in CLAD, Math, Science, Business,

Vocation Ed.

. Computer, network and internet applications development and

implementation

. Planning, organizing, directing, training and motivating formal and

informal groups (adults and kids)

. Significant world travel

. Creative writing

REFERENCES - Academic & Commercial available upon request

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