E. Philip Smith
Dublin, OH 43017
Home: 614-***-**** **********@*****.*** Cell: 614-***-****
PROVEN BUSINESS EXECUTIVE
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
A profit oriented executive with a 20 year history of leading global
organizations through strategy development, turnaround, and aggressive
growth campaigns.
Strategic Developed a comprehensive review of the market opportunity in
Planning: subscription revenue businesses for Sterling Commerce. Envisioned
business initiatives to earn record profits, capturing returns of
50% or better for new market presence in Europe and Asia. Created
a financial model and business case for Europe and Asia. Managed
a global steering team.
Revenue Delivered revenue growth performance of 55% for the outsourcing
Performance: business globally. Managed decline of a commodity business and
achieved net revenue growth of 3% on a $200M revenue number for
Sterling Commerce.
Start-up Launched Sterling Commerce Asia Pacific network operations in 9
Operations: months. From plan, to engineering and build, to customer
acquisition. Exceeded revenue plans by 50% for the first 12 full
months of operation.
Profit Improved cost management in the US by 12%. Grew profit margin on
Performance: the outsourcing business from 17% to 35% year over year. Shut
down operations that were not hitting profit goals. Improved
processes and gained economy of scale in outsourcing services.
Enhanced technology to improve cost management.
Product Line Maintained on time delivery of products through improved cross
Leadership: functional processes through the product lifecycle resulting in
97% on-time performance.
Marketing Created new lifecycle sales approach enabling the linking of
Leadership: consulting services with outsourcing resulting in a 35% increase
in bundled solution sales.
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
E.P. SMITH CONSULTANTS, LLC 2009 - Present
Principal
A consultancy focused on business strategy, product marketing/management,
marketing and communications. Work performed includes:
Acting Vice President, Offer Strategy & Sales Enablement, Xchanging,
PLC July, 2009 - November, 2009
Led efforts to integrate all global solution offerings for this 1.2
billion UK-based global provider of business process outsourcing
services for the insurance, banking, procurement and human resources
markets.
. Led realignment program to focus effort to properly absorb new
acquisitions by developing global solution offering strategy,
convert to Xchanging brand and develop PR strategy..
. Development of global influencer program to brief industry analyst
and consulting firms on Xchanging.
. Developed sales kits for training of global sales on offers, value
propositions and customer presentations.
STERLING COMMERCE, Dublin, OH 2006 - 2009
Vice President & GM, Global Network Product Lines
Full P&L responsibility for the $200M global product portfolio for the
Sterling Commerce business-to-business collaboration network; outsourcing
services; and on-demand application solutions. Functions included; the
global P & L, business planning, product strategy, and product marketing.
. Launched Hosted eInvoicing product in the European and US marketplaces to
take advantage of governmental VAT tax compliance requirements to enable
greater penetration within multi-national corporations.
. Developed key relationship with the Society for Worldwide Interbank
Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) to enhance Sterling's European
financial services presence and to launch the collaboration network
product in to the financial services sector globally to grow in new
markets.
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UNISYS CORPORATION, Blue Bell, PA 2002 - 2006
Vice President, Global Portfolio Management & Marketing 2004 - 2006
Headed up a $3.4 Billion product portfolio with solutions that consisted of
Business Process Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, and Infrastructure
consulting. Role included ownership of product strategy, product
definition, market launch, competitor analysis, IT industry analyst
relations, strategic relationships, market awareness and market development
activities.
. Development of the 2006 strategic plan for Unisys Global Outsourcing and
Services business unit.
. Executive driver for a major BPO customer in the financial services
sector that resulted in a project ROI in excess of $15 million annually.
. Revitalized entire Unisys portfolio with new features, new capabilities,
end-to-end view and value propositions for Unisys global infrastructure
services portfolio.
. Created and implemented a new lifecycle sales approach for selling the
Unisys portfolio that enabled linking of consulting services with
outsourcing. This resulted in an increase in total pipeline and a 35%
improvement in bundled sales.
Director, Strategic Marketing 2002 - 2004
Developed the 2003 strategic plan to include messaging; design of launch
processes; and the definition, development, and rollout of the overall
organization design for the marketing department.
CORECOMM LIMITED, Worthington, OH 2000 - 2002
Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Retail Operations 2002
Executive with full P&L ownership for the consumer CLEC business. Managed
all aspects of the business to include; operations, customer service,
marketing, product, sales and telephone support for the Internet/phone
services business. Owned strategic partnerships and participated in the
executive due diligence team for crucial investment decisions related to
partnerships, acquisitions and key vendor relationships.
. Drove team that reduced expenses by more than $5.5 million per month for
CoreComm over a six month period.
. Developed programs and processes that reduced cost of resale network
usage by $350,000 per month.
Vice President, Marketing and Sales 2000 - 2002
Executive leader with full P&L management of the following: commercial and
consumer sales, marketing and E-business/online channel functions for a
$250 million provider of local exchange services.
. Grew the local and long-distance subscriber base by more than 250,000 in
select markets.
. Made significant contribution to moving the entire company from negative
to positive EBITDA in under three quarters.
. Developed a target marketing campaign at the consumer level for services
based on zip code that delivered an overall increase in good credit
subscribers of 50%; obtained sales quotas for 2 years.
COMPUSERVE / UUNET, Columbus, OH 1984 - 2000
Account Representative, Sales to Global Director, Product Marketing
Increasingly responsible positions with CompuServe/UUNET from sales and
sales management to marketing leadership for this provider of network and
online services spanning a 16-year career. Positions were located in New
York, NY and Columbus, OH
ACTIVITIES
MISSION DATA CORPORATION, Louisville, KY 2008 - Present
Advisory Board Member
Advisor to the CEO on all business matters related to products and
services, marketing, and operations. Lead advocate for the company with
industry analysts, media, and business leaders.
EDUCATION
MBA, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
BS, Management Information Systems, Minor: Accounting and Operations
Research,
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH