James McGinley
Email: *********@********.***
Address: **** ***** ****
City: Schaumburg
State: IL
Zip: 60173
Country: USA
Phone: 847-***-****
Skill Level: Senior
Salary Range: > $250,000
Willing to Relocate
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James W. McGinley
710 Dunbarton Drive
Inverness, IL 60010
A high-energy executive leveraging more than twenty years of experience in operations, sales, marketing and R&D, with a record of leading technology and industrial companies to increased profits, revenues and shareholder value.
Achievements
aa Led successful initial public offering of Stratos Lightwave (raised $197 million)
aa First year as a stand-alone public company profitability of 9.2 million was achieved on a GAPP basis with $127 million in revenue.
aa Named inventor on 27 issued patents.
aa Generated in excess of $26 million in license fees and royalties.
aa Spearheaded development and release of six industry leading products.
aa Led team in M&A activities resulting in seven acquisitions.
Professional Background
VoltStar Technologies Inc. Schaumburg Illinois
VoltStarTechnologies Inc. is a privately held licensing company of advanced charging solutions Intellectual Property for portable electronic devices.
President and Owner March 2005 to Present
aa Financed and led startup operations of company
aa Developed two industry first products
aa Named inventor on 8 patents and 7 pending applications
Stratos Lightwave LLC, Chicago Illinois
Stratos Lightwave LLC (NASDAQ) is a provider of optical subsystems and components for data communication and telecommunication applications. The Company was acquired by Emerson in 2007.
President, CEO and Board of Director June 2000 to October 2004
aa Led and managed all activities of the company.
aa Presented the company at numerous investment conferences.
aa Led quarterly conference calls with investors.
aa Led quarterly Board of Director meetings.
aa Acquired Tsunami Optics Inc. located in Mountain View, California
aa Acquired Paracer Inc. located in Santa Clara, California
aa Acquired Sterling Holding company located in Mesa, Arizona
Methode Electronics, Inc., Chicago Illinois
Methode Electronics Inc. (NYSE: MEI) is a global provider of advanced electro-mechanical devices for automobile, aerospace, computer, communications and military applications.
President, COO, and Board of Director September 1998 to June 2000
aa Managed all 22 company subsidiaries and business units, with bi-monthly reviews with each management team.
aa Led quarterly conference calls with investors.
aa Presented results at quarterly Board of Director meetings
aa 2000 sales $422,731,000, income $50,669,000, EBITDA $67,327,000
Executive President Optical Products Group
aa 2000 sales $87,115,000, income $12,725,000, EBITDA $11,777,000
aa 1998 sales $33,999,000, income $2,646,000, EBITDA $2,862,000
aa Acquired Bandwidth Semiconductor, located in Bedford, Mass
aa Acquired Polycore Inc. located in Melbourne, Florida
Executive Vice President, Board of Director
Fiber Optics group July 1993 to January 1998
aa Business development and operations responsibilities for the group.
aa Merger and acquisition strategies for the group.
aa Corporate development including technology transfers, patent licenses, etc.
aa Management of start-up ventures including research and development on advanced products.
aa Corporate management of business unitsaaa performance including manufacturing, organizational development, budgeting, capital spending, marketing, new product development, ISO certification, etc.
aa Acquired Mikon Limited located Haverhill, UK
aa Acquired 50% of Optokon located in the Czech Republic
Vice President Corporate sales and Marketing and
President, Fiber Optics Products Division responsibilities February 1989 to June 1993
aa Sales management of 24 sales representative organizations. Sales management of 4 district sales managers, 3 regional sales managers and 1 distribution sales manager. Execution of all sales representative contractual agreements and distribution contractual agreements. Recruiting, training and termination of field sales personnel
Fiber Optic Products Division responsibilities:
aa Management and direction of engineering, sales, marketing, manufacturing, quality assurance, accounting and purchasing functions of the division.
aa Full profit and loss responsibility.
aa Sales calls at Regional Bell operating companies and other targeted accounts.
General Manager
Connector Division November 1984 to January 1989
aa Management and direction of engineering, sales, marketing, manufacturing, quality assurance, accounting and purchasing functions of the division.
aa Full profit and loss responsibility.
Graphic Research, Inc., Chatsworth, California
Graphic Research was a subsidiary of Methode Electronics Inc.
Production Supervisor February 1984 to October 1984
Methode Electronics, Inc., Rolling Meadows, Illinois
Interconnect Products Division Production Supervisor October 1981 to January 1984
Chicago Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame Stratos Lightwave LLC 2001
Education: Barrington High School 1973 aaa Student Body President
The Evergreen State College Olympia Washington aaa B.A. 1979