Chief OPerating Officer, Vice Presidnet

Gerald L. Knotek

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Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147

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Cell 770/335-4466

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Senior Executive with over 30 years of progressive sales, marketing,

administrative, and operational management experience and P & L

responsibility for start-up, turn around and stable operations. Possesses

high energy level, strong administrative, management, sales, leadership and

people skills. Ability to "paint the vision" and inspire people to perform.

Insatiable desire for success. Dynamic impact player. Keen insight,

strategic thinker and progressive history of executing strategic plans.

Eager to add a growth oriented, profit producing "must have" player to your

company.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Chief Operating Officer 2010-present

Five Star Laundry

Total P&L responsibility for 5 plant $35 million company.

Increased productivity 15% in first 60 days.

Installed totally automated valet department with new software cutting

costs 25%.

Increased revenue 20% first year.

Built a new laundry in Trinidad &Tobago, from open field to operating

fully functional plant.

Managing Director/COO 2005-2010

Southeast Linen Associates

Total P&L responsibility for a 5 plant $18 million company.

Settled Teamster strike in 5 days, while achieving all of the company's

objectives.

Rerouted, divested small accounts and cut five routes, bringing delivery

costs down 10%.

Turned profitability from $80,000 monthly loss to $25,000 monthly profit in

eight months.

Acquired three small companies and built three plants to support acquired

volume.

Built a second plant in Atlanta from ground floor to accommodate growth.

That's 4 plants in four years

President 2003-2005

Senior Vice President Field Operations 1996-

2003

National Linen Service Atlanta, Georgia

Total P & L responsibility for operations of 57 plants of a $335 million

division of a Fortune 500 $2 Billion company.

Executed implementation of Lean Manufacturing process that saved over $12

million the first year of implementation.

Improved company-wide productivity by 33% in last two fiscal years.

Increased profitability 21% in fiscal 2001.

Directed 7 acquisitions and multiple divestitures. New owner is divesting

the company in pieces.

Division Vice President 1992-1996

Rus (Rental Uniform Service) Cincinnati, Ohio

Responsible for16 locations, $60 million division of a $200 million plus

company.

Created a unique automated Sales Prospect Management System that improved

sales productivity by over 300%.

Re-engineered entire Sales/Sales Management process.

Certified TQA and QAT Facilitator.

Responsible for execution and integration of 6 acquisitions.

Consistently increased Sales and Operating Profit 10%+ per year.

President/Owner 1989-1992

TEXTEK, INC. San Diego, California

Started company from inception to turnkey.

Achieved profitability within thirteen months.

Increased revenue 120% second year, doubling the size of the company.

Expanded from one location to three the third year of operation.

President 1989-1992

NEW BLENDS, INC. San Leandro, California

Responsible for revenue/profit of national organization of managers and

field technical staff (18 employees), 2 compounding facilities, and four

distribution centers.

Increased revenue 15.4% the first year, 40&+ the second year.

Added complete technical staff, R&D lab and advanced chemical delivery

system.

Established organized policies and procedures, administrative and

management control systems.

Both companies were subsidiaries of the same corporate entity.

CINTAS CORPORATION, "Fortune's Fastest Growing 500", Cleveland, Ohio, Los

Angeles, California, Cincinnati, Ohio

Group Vice President, 1973-1989

Started in the Management Training program and progressed from Sales

Representative to Service Manager, Plant Manager,

General Manager, Divisional Manager and then to Group Vice President.

Exceptional 16 year career of rapid advancement and stellar accomplishments

that included numerous awards and promotions that lead to a Group Vice

President position that oversaw the West Coast Operations for the company.

Oversaw numerous acquisitions and successfully integrated all of them into

the company.

Responsible for the decertification of 6 unions (Teamsters and Laundry

Workers, AFL-CIO).

E. R. Moore Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Sales representative, 1973-1973

St. Ignatius High School, Cleveland, Ohio

English Instructor, 1968-1973

EDUCATION

B. A., English 1968

John Carroll University Cleveland, Ohio

M.A., Educational Administration 1970

Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio

Advanced Education experience. No degree attained.

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