JAMES ‘JIM’ MOLINARO

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Quakertown, PA 18951

610-***-****

Career Website: www.mycareerhighlights.com/jamesmolinaro

e-mail: gfk285@r.postjobfree.com

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE…CEO…PRESIDENT

(High-Tech Electronics…Engineered Products…Equipment…Alternative Energy/Solar)

Start-Ups or Emerging Technologies – Turnarounds – IPO’s – M&A – Restructuring – Advisor

Expertise in the areas of:

P&L

Global Sales/Marketing

Cost Savings/Reduction/Controls

Forecasts/Budgets

M&A Integration

IPO & Road show Media & Public Relations

363/Article-9 Executions

Capital Raise

New Business Development

Strategic Planning

Multiple Facility Supervision

“High impact, accomplished business leader with proven track record of delivering desired results.”

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Consultant/Principal, SOLVINTI INC., 2009-present

Provide a range of services to support companies in various business turn-around, growth and M&A strategies. Services include quality systems review, organization assessment, sales process implementation, product development processes, marketing strategies, capital raise and exit planning.

President/CEO (promoted from VP Sales/Marketing in 2003), AKRION SYSTEMS, 1999-2009

Led, with full P&L, a $100 million company that manufactured products for semiconductor and solar cell companies, and directed operations for 7 facilities in the US, Europe, and Asia.

Managed 6 direct reports (185 indirect) in all aspects of the business including: global sales/marketing, business development, strategic planning, customer relations, service, M&A activities, production, QC, cost controls, operational excellence, brand equity and value, VC fund raising, leadership and team development, and contracts.

 Acquired and integrated 3 competitors that accelerated annual revenue from $35 million to $110 million and decreased operational costs $14 million. Provided the platform to tap into new technologies, offer new products, gain global customers, and focus on profitable after-market spare parts business. Acquired companies equity purchase, asset purchase (Article-9) and 363-process.

 Produced additional $20 million in sales and eliminated a total reliance on the semiconductor industry by tapping into the lucrative solar energy and military applications markets.

 Won contracts worth $60 million over 3 years with SAMSUNG SEMICONDUCTOR.

 Earned ISO9001 and ISO14001 certifications that strengthened credibility with global customers.

 Guided company during continuing industry decline within an overall challenging economy and kept it strong as well as broadened business opportunities (survived while many competitors fell).

 Collaborated with Credit Suisse and Collins-Stuart to file a S1 document, and conducted a road show on the AIM (London Stock Exchange) market.

 Grew revenues from $0 to $35 million in first 4 years by working with manufacturers in the semiconductors, solar cells, silicon wafers, wafer reclaim, and photomask markets.

 Set up an international sales organization to develop more business in Asia which generated 40% of total corporate revenue ($15+ million).

 Increased sales by $10 million per year by winning contracts with HEWLETT PACKARD.

 Expanded the Customer Base each year for targeting new applications with FREESCALE, NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR, TOSHIBA, TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR and ST-MICROELECTRONICS

 Directed the sale of the company to a new investment group in late 2008 by identifying new owners, and led the acquisition processes.

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Sales/Marketing/Service VP (promoted from Engineering VP), SUBMICRON SYSTEMS, 1988-99

Co-founded, started in engineering, promoted in 1993 to head up operations and then sales, played key role in the growth of the company to high point of $45 million and ultimately also played integral role in sale of company to Akrion. Company was a semiconductor capital equipment manufacturer.

Supervised 12 direct reports (125 overall) responsible for Strategic Planning, Product Marketing, Worldwide Sales, Pricing/Gross Margin improvements and Customer Satisfaction.

 Produced a 20% annual sales growth rate, and lowered costs $3 million by initiating “best-of-class” solution among the sales, engineering and services teams.

 Captured $14 million in sales by tapping into the military semiconductor component division of prominent companies such as BAE SYSTEMS and HONEYWELL.

 Pushed service contract sales from $0 to $3 million a year by pioneering a US-European customer “Users Group” to enhance customer satisfaction performance.

 Catalyst in driving revenues for new products from $0 to $38 million in 5 years.

 Achieved 5 international patents, receiving “Product of the Year” award in 1992 from Semiconductor International, and receiving ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ from Ernst & Young.

 Involved in a reverse IPO initiative on NASDAQ that enabled the company to expand operations and fund future acquisitions.

Head of Engineering, BELL LABORATORIES via ATR Inc., 1984-1988

Managed a range of projects relating to automating semiconductor processes to eliminate the need for human intervention and potential process contamination.

 Developed automatic clean room wafer transport systems to eliminate the need for human handling of sensitive product.

 Developed automatic wet process cleaning systems which processed the semiconductor wafers to achieve higher standard of process yields and eliminated the need for human intervention in a hazardous environment.

 Responsible for production integration of the automation systems coordinating between AT&T production and BELL LABS research.

EDUCATION / OTHER

B.S., Mechanical Engineer and Robotics, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1984

Executive Development Program, WHARTON UNIVERSITY, 1995

Investment Banking Program, INVESTMENT BANKING INSTITUTE, 2009

Intensive 4-week financial modeling and valuation training program

• Performed company valuations utilizing (i) comparable public company analysis, (ii) precedent transactions analysis and (iii) discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis

• Built fully-integrated financial statements projection model, LBO model, accretion/dilution merger models, including ability to run operational and capital structure sensitivities within models and data tables for sensitivity analysis

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