VP of Operations

Mark A. Lazuk lvg4zl@r.postjobfree.com (C) ***/***-**** Needham, MA

PROFILE

Senior executive with over 15 years experience in finance, information technology, human resources, order management, logistics, facilities and sales/marketing administration. Significant expertise and accomplishments in the following:

• Creating/building efficient infrastructures • Supply Chain Management

• Development/implementation of IT solutions • Business process improvements to increase revenue and decrease costs

• Mergers, divestitures and joint venture formations • International experience (Japan, Germany and Mexico)

• Key negotiator for major projects • Project Management Expertise

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS OF AMERICA, Itasca, IL 2000-present

(Formally NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Company of America, 2000-2004)

$1.2B global leader in the marketing and sales of computer displays. Parent revenue of $45 billion.

Vice President of Operations

Directly responsible for the internal business operations of finance, information technology, human resources, order management, distribution, facilities and sales/marketing administration. Manage a staff of 80 professionals. Reporting directly to CEO.

• Spearheaded an executive management team (Operation Profit) that reduced overall expenses by $20M. Responsible for $80M operating expense budget.

• Successfully negotiated and sub-leased 300K square foot facility in Mexico which reduced expenses by $9.0M (over 5 year term).

• Reduced the overall supply chain from Asia to U.S. from 16 weeks to 6 weeks through business process improvements and technology enhancements.

• Improved the key assets within the company by developing or improving business processes and utilizing enabling technology. Reduced inventory days from over 100 days to 40 days (Supply Chain Management) and reduced A/R days from 63 days to 34 days (Order to Cash).

• Successfully negotiated and relocated corporate headquarters in U.S. which reduced rental expense by $2.1M.

• Re-designed the overall telephony/data environment solution to increase effectiveness as well as reduce costs by $800K/year (VPN, unified messaging, consolidation of servers).

• Member of an Executive Management Team that implemented a Balanced Scorecard for all employees to assess their performance and compensation.

• Developed and implemented an E-commerce strategy and infrastructure to support the Marketing and Sales activity as it relates to selling directly to certain key Fortune 50 companies. Incorporated an E-commerce company within the main company.

• Successful experience and expertise in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and the formation of joint ventures. Managed the creation or transition as it relates to the internal infrastructure (new business processes, IT development and Human Resources).

• Reduced overall logistics expense $4.1 million via collaboration, business process improvements and negotiations.

• Designed and implemented all new SOX compliant business processes throughout the entire organization (404 adherence).

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NEC TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Itasca, IL. 1995-2000

Vice President of Operations

Directed the internal business operations as well as re-engineering activities of a $2.5 billion subsidiary.

• Established an internal audit team that reduced overall marketing/sales expense to our channel partners by $3.5M/year.

• Developed and implemented a company enterprise system (SAP) which was a totally integrated solution throughout the organization in world record time.

• Negotiated $24M sale of 276K sq. foot corporate campus. Return on investment of 18% on sale.

• Developed and implemented worldwide financial closing process that reduced the time to close the books from three weeks to two days.

• Selected and implemented new enabling technologies that radically improved the business process such as electronic data interchange (EDI), point of sale (POS) bar-coding and sales force automation.

• Implemented on-line travel tool and recruited new vendors to reduce overall travel spending by $1M/year.

• Increased RFQ revenue recruitment from 16% to 39% using technology and business process improvements. Increased revenue over $120M over a one year period.

NEC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Boxborough, MA. 1982-1995

Director of Finance and Administration of Monitor, Professional Graphics and CD ROM Divisions

Managed the financial, administrative and production functions of three strategic business units with the revenue of $800 million. Directed and managed the activities of three division controllers for both P&L and balance sheet reporting.

• Developed and implemented various operational, cost controls and profit maximization measures which results in a 30% savings in operational costs.

• Member of Board of Directors, Office of New Business Development. Generated new business units which increased overall sales by 15%.

• Directed the preparation and implementation of the semi-annual budget.

• Managed the conversion of incompatible accounting systems during consolidation of two NEC sister companies.

Product Line Credit Manager

Revenue optimization and credit collection responsibility for the NEC personal computer division of the U.S. and international markets.

EDUCATION / TRAINING

• Bentley College, Waltham, MA

B.S. in Management, with highest honors

• Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH

Master of Business Administration – GPA 3.72

• College for Financial Planning, Denver, CO

Certified Financial Planner

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