Bob Curran

Frisco, TX ***** • 917-***-**** • ad2lbl@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/curranbob01

SUMMARY

Vice President, sales, operations, omni-channel, strategy, project management, e-commerce program development. management consulting, transformation, change agent, including Fortune 100, U.S. Navy, retail, manufacturing, distribution, wireless, automotive, headquarters, franchise, international & domestic

Led U.S. Naval nuclear submarine engineering divisions, Meritorious Achievement Medal, SSBN & SSN operations

Spearheading start-ups & turnarounds to $1B & 4000 employees

Consistently recruited and developed senior executives

Established, developed & deployed solution-based, consultative selling & customer engagement programs achieving > $5B in sales across multiple companies

Selected by CEO to participate in board meetings, succession planning, and new store prototype design

Adapted to multiple sectors

Experienced professional, highly diverse experience, collaborative, empowering, accountable, strategy, tactics, consistently exceeded business targets. Proven success with financial turnarounds and transformations growing sales increases & profits >35%, and scaling business. Data and values driven leader, customer experience, problem-solver, productivity, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bob Curran Consulting/ Business & Management Consultant, Frisco, TX (08/2017)-Present

Led retail startup, profitable first 30 days, revenue >300% vs. target 1st yr., established 2 additional locations in 2nd yr., with an LOI for 18 new sites 3rd yr.

Piloted additional startup, opening 4 locations in 1st yr., revenue >350% vs. target

Recruited, hired, developed, & retained leadership to support succession plan & growth

Business Capital and Credit Acquisition & Development

Clark’s America’s / Vice President Retail, Waltham, MA (03/2016)-(08/2017)

Directed financial turnaround & transformation

Established cross-functional customer engagement program delivering >$2M 1st yr.

Guided expense reductions $7M 1st year

Organized 3rd party franchising and locations

Led cross-functional & global omnichannel e-commerce program resulting in 5% sales increase, >10% customer experience improvement 1st 30 days

Curran AutoWerks / Chief Operating Officer, Pittsburgh, PA (01/2010)-(02/2016)

Restructured 2nd generation family business, strong financial turnaround & transformation

Revised vehicle purchasing procedures, >25% increase in profitability/vehicle 1st yr.

Retooled marketing & brand positioning >20% sales increase 1st yr. & expanded national reach

Enhanced dealership QC resulting in BBB rating from B to A+ 1st yr.

Organized 3rd party franchising and locations

Brookstone / Vice President Operations, Brookstone, Merrimack, NH (04/2009)-(04/2010)

Rehired to restore culture and re-establish a profitable business for 370 retail stores, Customer Contact, and Distribution Centers, strong financial turnaround and transformation

Identified sales gaps, deployed CRM & customer engagement programs, delivered >15% sales increase 1st yr.

Exposed expense opportunities, >$5M savings 1st yr.

Led the Tempurpedic product growth initiative with >20% sales increase 1st yr.

T-Mobile / Divisional Director, Bellevue, WA (01/2007) -(04/2009)

Led New England turnaround, from 21st to 1st in 90 days, >35% sales increase 1st yr.

Strong financial turnaround and transformation

Promoted to NY Metro (largest US division), executed turnaround #22 to #1 in 120 days

Opened 125 additional stores in 12 months

Hired 23 executives supporting growth & succession planning

Established, & deployed consultative selling program, adopted by company as SOP (still is today,) >$250M sales increase 1st yr.

Charged with cross-functional talent and diversity initiative, >10% sales increase test stores, >30% improvement executive new hire retention, >$500k savings 1st yr.

Regional Vice President / Brookstone, Merrimack, NH (01/1994)-(01/2007)

Led the northeast region with sales, KPI’s, expense controls, and talent

Selected by CEO to participate in board meetings & company succession planning

Responsible for new store design, >15% sales increase 1st yr.

EDUCATION

Southern Illinois University, B.S. Business Administration & Communications Groton, CT Submarine Base

U.S. Naval Nuclear Submarine Engineering, United States Navy

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