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Management Power Plant

Location:
Waxhaw, NC, 28173
Posted:
February 08, 2015

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Robert P. Bills

704-***-**** **** Firethorne Club Drive

*******@**********.*** Village of Marvin, NC

Highly Ethical and Regarded Industry Leader and Consultant Providing Clear Corporate

Direction and Vision for organizations exceeding a Billion Dollars in Annual Revenue

with Proven Repeated Success in Growing and Sustaining Companies and Expansion

of International Business Partners operating in Australia, New Zealand, Kuwait,

Antarctica, Spain, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE.

Diverse background in multiple business verticals in the global marketplace and

extremely broad spectrum of industries

Exceptional leadership demonstrated in strategic business process and

development, Information Technology, Systems Operations, Systems Integration,

business processing, mergers & acquisitions, and overall financial, operational and

technical performance for three decades

Creating and growing companies from infancy to multimillion -dollar contenders in

highly competitive environments

Known for making the difficult transition from 1 5 years in mining-energy-resource

management to the aerospace-defense industry through a combination o f

expertise, self-assurance, and tenacity

Bringing highest levels of professionalism, integrity, ethics, and value in the

delivery of services, and the development and management of strategic alliances

Stakeholder-focused Leadership to advance into new mar kets and capture greater

market share and new business opportunities

Proven ability to create viable subsidiaries to generate new revenue streams and

expand base [Facilities Management, Construction Services, Telecommunications,

Environmental Compliance Programs, Maintenance Management Systems,

Logistics/re-supply,]

Specialist in growing small businesses and ensuring proper infrastructure is in

place to support growth

Milestones

Played key role in proposal development that won more than $3 billion in contracts, as

part of overall 63% win rate achieved for client companies

Aggressively sought and unseated a long-term incumbent contractor that enjoyed

100% award fees, competing as a small relatively unknown $40 million company by

forming strategic alliance with a larger corporation and winning a $70 million per year

contract for 10 years

Transitioned (minority-owned) company from consulting firm to prime federal contractor

within six months of acquisition, a calculated risk leading to fast progressive annual

revenue growth from just over $1 million, a staff of 9 and minimum backlog, to $4

million with $18 million backlog, to $70 million in the next 4 years with 1200

employees (growing from 9 to 50 in three years to 200 in three more years to 1200 five

years later)

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Generated $900 million in total contract value for in-house performance and as a

team member of formal Joint Ventures

Rose from VP to EVP to Interim President to President/CEO in less than 6 years with

70x revenue growth and 120x personnel expansion

PROFILE: Synopsis of Experience

Member of Executive Council, Chairman and President in successfully directing 13

operating subsidiaries and 30 worldwide contracts with over $2 billion in

construction, systems O&M, facility management, logistics, and environmental

remediation and design business backlog and workforce of over 3,000

Elected by peers as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Contract Services

Association of America [merged with Professional Service Council] the largest trade

association in the US, representing a majority of government service contractors, chosen

among others from such luminary corporations as L-M, SAIC, BAE, Fluor, IAP, N-G, and

Parsons

Knowledgeable of International labor laws in Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific

region countries

Drove state-of-the-art IT solutions to labor-intensive programs to significantly reduce

labor costs and to support rapid response to national disasters, e.g., Katrina, to accurately

and reliably account for key expenditures, stimulating competi tiveness and bottom line

growth

Improved competitive position in facilities, logistics, telecommunications, and

technology infrastructure support services industries by targeting key international

markets in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and the Middle East

Acquired real estate and built/designed 22,000 sq. ft. corporate headquarters to

control G&A and overhead costs to ensure proportionality with projected growth

Select Accomplishments

Secured contracts with a $700 million backlog while head of a $400 million per year

company providing construction, systems integration, telecommunications, logistics,

environmental, and operations and maintenance services to the US government and the

private and commercial sectors

Reduced G&A 12% and increased profit margins as Chairman and President of 13

operating subsidiaries and 30 worldwide contracts with over $2 billion in business backlog

and workforce of ~3,000

Committed resources to the revitalization, environmental acceptability and economic

recovery of a remote North Pacific Island Community under the U.S. Military Base

Realignment and Closure provisions.

Achieved ISO Certification for US Company of 22 geographically dispersed operating

locations within eight months of initial step, ensuring high quality of service to internal and

external customers. Repeated for two other international operating companies in 12 -month

period, leading to winning several non-competitive awards for 5-year contracts

Robert Bills

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Established four subsidiary companies, forged multiple joint ventures, and acquired two

companies in a five-year period for a subsidiary services contractor of an original member

of the 13 Regional Alaska Native Corporations

Integrated three businesses, one large and two minority-owned, that achieved stature as

the first State-Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise of its kind focused on

Telecommunications EF&I

Commissioned and championed leading-edge, state-of-the-art integrated workflow

solution that generates over $1 billion in annual invoices enabling healthcare providers to

achieve maximum results with minimum effort, a technology still in active use today

Commissioned and championed a facility maintenance management system for 200

multi-location restaurants that utilized GPS tracking to save time and product

(perishables/food) loss through rapid response in prevention capacity

Conceived and championed an innovative technology solution for real-time reporting

during rapid recovery response efforts from national disasters to report actual conditions to

promote optimal response and environmentally compliant reconstruction effectiveness

Managed the operational and environmental design of three large surface coal mines

[dragline and bucket wheel] and one underground coal mine expansion and related surface

plants

Managed R&D for coal liquefaction pilot programs using proprietary oil shale retort

processes

Received Prime Contractor of the Year Award by Small Business Administration in 1992

for Outstanding Small Business in Rocky Mountain Region

Areas of Expertise

Fiscal Management / Strategic Planning & Implementation / Change Initiatives / Business

Development / Government Relations / Performance Strategy / Asset Evaluation & Acquisition /

Identifying Formal Strategic Alliances / Collective Bargaining & Labor Relations / Contract

Administration & Operations / Capture Planning / Business Opportunity Analysis &

Development / Contract & Teaming Agreements / Ownership & Joint Venture Alliances / Secures

Private Investors

Career History

StrategiCon, Inc., Charlotte, NC 2008-present

President and Owner, Consulting – areas of focus are strategy development,

organizational efficiencies, business unit expansions, J-V & teaming alliances, federal

contract services, and corporate governance.

HD Supply, Tampa FL www.hdsupply.com 2013-2014

Senior Advisor for Strategic Alliances (As Required) - Establishment of Strategic

opportunities with Native American, Small, and Minority-owned Business Enterprises.

Emphasis is on integrated logistics and supply chain management services to the

construction and industrial segments within the federal government space.

Robert Bills

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Miami Business Services, LLC 2010 -2012

President, Tribal - owned, Government and Commercial Contractor - Systems

Integration, Network Design, Construction Management, Facilities & Environmental

Management, Systems Infrastructure Support.

TechFlow, Inc. San Diego, CA www.techflow.com 2006-2008

Vice President, IT Services and Systems O&M

Science Applications International Corporation [SAIC], San Diego, CA 2003-2006

www.saic.com

Program Director/Strategic Consultant IT/Systems Integration, Strategic

Alliances, Native American Partnerships

Independent Consultant, Charlotte, NC 2002-2003

Corporate Development, Strategic Planning, Healthcare IT, Board Direction

J.A. Jones Services Group, Inc., Charlotte, NC 2000-2002

Chairman and President, Government and Commercial programs in

Facilities Management, Logistics, Telecommunications, Construction,

Environmental, Manufacturing and Power Plant O&M Services

SMI International Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO www.aleutmgt.com 1988-2000

[Also known as Space Mark, Inc]

President and CEO 1994-2000

Executive Vice President 1990-1994

Vice President 1988-1990

Alaska Native Corporation (Minority-owned business), Base/Facility Management &

Infrastructure Support, Telecommunications, Logistics, Environmental Remediation and

Management, and Space Launch Services

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

Coal and Precious Metals Mining and Energy Related Industries 1970-1985

Senior Engineering and Operations Management Positions in: Surface and

Underground Mine Operations, U.S. and International Coal Resource

Development/Design, Alternative Fuels R&D, Land Reclamation, Infrastructure Support

Engineering, Waste Water/Runoff Control, Environmental and Resource Management.

U.S. ARMY – Veteran of the Vietnam Era 1971-1973

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Served as commissioned officer (1 LT), Executive Officer and Brigade HQS.

Company Commander.

Education/Development

Engineer of Mines-Mining (E.M.), Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO

Various post graduate courses and technical courses in economic development, HSE,

alternative fuels, mining technique and advance drilling operations

Robert Bills

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Presentations

Contract Services Association – Chairman of the Board – spoke in front of 300 service

companies. Instrumental in putting new programs in place

Native American Economic Development Conferences – spoken on alliance of Native

American owned businesses and business planning

DOD Pentagon Staff –Presented paper on alternatives in Space Propulsion-Research and

Development.

Coal and Mining Conferences on energy – synthetic fuels and operations – Presented to

senior executives of the Mining Industry.

Boards, Associations and Recognition

o Mid-America Government Industry Coalition, Chartered Board Member (2012 -present)

o Technology Partners, Inc. Chairman of the Board (2003-2006] and Executive Advisor

to CEO (2006-2009).

o Contract Services Association of America, Past Chairman (’97) and Member Executive

Committee (1995-1999).

o National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, Member SW Corporate

Resource Council (1997-2000).

o Industry Member Native American Trade and Economic Development Committee, U.S.

Department of Commerce (2006).

o The Colorado Thirty Group, a Private Organization of Influential Community Leaders.

o Oxford’s WHO’s-WHO, Registry of Extraordinary Professionals.

o Theta Tau Engineering Fraternity – Colorado School of Mines.

o Senior Class Officer – Colorado School of Mines.

Robert Bills



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