Ryan J. Venable… Driving Growth Through Leadership, Operational Excellence, and Client Focus

*** ****** **** *** • Youngsville, LA 70592 • ado5i6@r.postjobfree.com • 337-***-**** Highly Intuitive Sales and Operations Executive with over 20 years’ of extensive experience leading operations and selling diverse products and services to a wide array of industries. Consistently exceeds goals for growth, profitability, client feedback, and employee satisfaction by visualizing the full strategy and aligning sales and operational initiatives with corporate vision, mission, and goals. Strong executer who enjoys client and employee engagement, while addressing complex challenges. Former Eagle Scout; driven and successfully mentors others to develop skills to succeed. Noted for driving value for the organization, clients, and employees through…

• Thought Leadership: Strong contributor to the Braun Intertec 2022-2026 Strategic Plan and associated executable tactics and measures. Executive member of Audit and Finance Committee, Board of Directors. Board Observer and operations liaison to Agile Frameworks (sold majority stake to Private Equity) assisting with a significant SaaS product in development.

• Transformation: Served on DE&I team which developed a leadership training series, employee education modules, and culture non-negotiables. Started mentoring program for next level leaders; personally mentored three leaders and one manager. Key member of Safety Strategy Team achieving a 47% reduction in TRIR and a 17% EMR improvement. Led Information Technology Strategy Team which improved infrastructure performance, implemented security policies and tools, phishing campaigns, and employee training to mitigate breaches.

• Practice Development: Executive leader for Business Technology Dept. and newly created Sourcing and Asset Dept. driving efficiencies, service delivery, and risk mitigation. Also, tasked with leading the Building Science and NDE Divisions, and Engineering and Testing growth markets. Sourced strategic leadership and technical hires to facilitate growth, margin improvement, and diversification identified in the strategic plan.

• Growth and Integration: Key member of Strategic Growth Team responsible for M&A, Organic Growth initiatives, and transition/integration. Developed valuation and completed negotiations for the purchase of two professional services companies adding over 20% Operating Cash. Launched executive selling program to boost large project win rate resulting in over $25m in awards.

• Recognition, Reward and Accountability: Led Total Rewards Development Team creating a new incentive compensation program, rebalanced benefits, and implemented an employee recognition and reward program driving retention, recruitment, and an increase in employee engagement scores. Leverages Strategy Development and Execution with Unparalleled Leadership for Success

• Strategic Planning/Execution

• M&A/Due Diligence/Integration

• Profitability Improvement

• Business Development/Sales • Organizational Culture • Governance

• Project/Program Management • Start Up Operations • Client Service Delivery

• Budgeting & Forecasting • Strategic Recruiting/Mentoring • Business Technology Experiences Leading to Business Success

BRAUN INTERTEC CORPORATION, Bloomington, MN (HQ) – an employee-owned (ESOP) engineering and consulting firm with over 1,100 employees. Sept 2015 – Oct 2021 Senior Vice President / Operations

• Developed corporate operations restructuring plan for enhanced internal service delivery and decreased operating costs by over 8%.

• Recruited technical leaders focusing on client service delivery, value engineering, and large project execution leading to an increase in revenue by 18% and margin rate by over 4%.

• Acted as Interim CFO from March through September 2021 with documented improvement of company Balance Sheet, Operating Cash, and Cash Sources and Uses.

Principal / Director, South Central Region managing 245 staff in 4 States.

• Grew number of clients by 46% and Net Revenue by 54% adding Oil and Gas, Renewable Energy/Utility, and Commercial and Industrial clients.

• Added over 100 FTEs in 4 years while increasing Gross Margin rate by over 3%.

• Opened 5 new offices contributing an estimated $8m in 2021 Net Revenue. APEX GEOSCIENCE, INC., Tyler, TX (HQ) – a regional engineering and consulting firm with 135 staff in 3 States. {sold firm to Braun Intertec Corporation} Jun 2014 – Sept 2015 Ryan J. Venable Page 2

Chief Operating Officer

• Developed growth plan, acquisition targets, and a corporate restructure to facilitate growth.

• Executed initiative which added a diverse list of new clients increasing revenue by 12%.

• Formulated quality, safety, and accountability programs improving client service delivery and branding. CARDNO, INC., Denver, CO (HQ) - a publicly traded, Global professional infrastructure and environmental services company. Principal / Gulf Coast Business Unit Manager managing over 265 staff along the Gulf Coast. Aug 2013 – Jun 2014

• Added key staff growing revenue by 14%.

• Promoted to National Practice Leader for Geotechnical Engineering and Construction Materials Testing.

• Participated in the development of a field and laboratory data collection software system to reduce inefficiencies/errors and expedite reporting to clients. ATC GROUP SERVICES, INC., Lafayette, LA (HQ) - a professional engineering consulting firm with over 1,650 employees in 43 States. {firm sold to Cardno Inc.) 2005 – 2013 Director of Operations

• Opened two new offices and achieved 40% more than the budgeted revenue by the third year.

• Rehabilitated two under-performing corporate departments driving service improvement and response times.

• Established procedures accelerating service to the field and provided improved documentation to clients.

• Sold two major projects totaling over $10m of fee revenue. Corporate Procurement Manager

• Realized savings of $750K per year by introducing a national company-wide purchasing program.

• Served on Cerberus Capital Procurement Board.

PENTAGON FREIGHT SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX (US HQ) – a global freight-forwarder specializing in oil and gas, petrochemical, and construction industries.

Gulf Coast Division Manager 2003 – 2005

• Increased revenue by $2.3m and signed on 21 new accounts within an 18 month period.

• Became highly knowledgeable in logistics, domestic/international shipping regulations, import and export rules. 4C TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Houston, TX - an international supplier of products and services used to service the oil and gas, petrochemical, utility, and construction industries. 2000 – 2003 Founding Partner / VP of Sales and Operations

• Increased revenue from start up to $5.8m over a four-year period and sold ownership interest.

• Researched products, signed vendors and manufacturers, and collaborated with engineers to design products. SURVEY TRAITS

Culture Index, Daredevil Profile

Wiley Everything DiSC, iD Style

Trust Quotient (tQ), 88 Overall

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

Senior Leadership Team Coaching, Salo, 2020-21

NCEO, ESOP Education, 2018-2020

Executive Coaching Program, Motere Consulting, 2013-14 Project Management Principles, Lambert Consulting Group, 2014 TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

MS Office Suite • MS Dynamics AX • Adobe Suite • Deltek Vision • gInt • Geosystems • Metafield Sharepoint • Onbase • MFA • Data Warehouse • PowerBI • Azure EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA at Lafayette

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) Focus on Marketing and Legal Studies

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