• Began professional journey by transforming a succession of underperforming units in the U.S. Navy; received many of the Navy’s highest accolades Honored as Navy Instructor of the Year for one of the world’s premier military technical training facilities; subsequently became a Director of Training and Development at the same facility and received a 2nd Navy Achievement Medal for leadership
  

• Earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees (both with high honors) in Education and Human Resource Management and Development respectively, in five years while serving full-time in the Navy and raising a young family
  

• Joined the management consulting industry and within three years became a leader of large-scale business transformations of Fortune 500 client companies; delivered sustainable benefits ranging from $10M – $100M per engagement; specialized in helping top executive leaders create a vision and framework for success, including strategic planning and organization restructuring – while also helping them to become better leaders through the process
  

• Appointed in 2001 to Executive Vice President – Head of North American Consulting Operations for a global management consulting firm; led the organization to record-high revenue and profit
  

• Completed Harvard Business School’s Executive Program: Leading Professional Service Firms
  

• Established J.W. Webb in October 2003, continuing to focus on unleashing the potential of leaders and organizations both in and outside industry

• Led the planning and execution of the $20B merger integration for General Motors’ Pontiac and GMC divisions. Integrated all corporate functions, including the sales and service organization for all Pontiac-GMC dealerships in the U.S.
  

• Led the creation of a shared vision and integrated strategic approach to the goals of the organization with a top executive team in Bayer’s Biological Products Division. Following this blueprint, the organization realized a revenue increase of over $80M and record high profit in 2004.
  

• Leadership consultant and coach to the Americas CEO of one of the world’s leading IT management consultancies. The organization achieved a year-on-year organic revenue growth of 8% while reducing operating losses by more than 50% during the engagement.
  

• Restructured 3 Divisions at 2 major facilities for a global leader in health care, crop science and polymers, resulting in over $39M in savings and benefits.
  

• Delivered the $60M “Customer One” culture change program that helped prepare Chrysler to reinvent itself after stagnating due to tired products and poor quality. Timed to precede the launch of a series of award-winning vehicles, the program (for all corporate and dealer personnel) was lauded by periodicals such as the Wall Street Journal for its unique approach and impact.
  

• Designed and implemented a new supply chain organization and processes for the global leader in polyolefin materials, resulting in over $28M in savings and benefits. Results included an $18M increase in profit.
  

• Designed and implemented a new sales and service field organization for General Motors’ Oldsmobile division. The organization successfully achieved the goal of helping G.M. to extend the division’s life span.
  

• Developed and delivered the Ram Truck launch program for the U.S. Dodge Dealership Group. The program prepared dealer owners, management groups and sales personnel for the unprecedented opportunity. Ram proceeded to set all-time Dodge records for truck market penetration.
  

• Developed and delivered the Chrysler Neon launch program to help dealership sales teams maximize the opportunity they had to penetrate the import-dominated small-car market. Neon increased market share and earned the company a new foothold in the highly-competitive sector.
  

• Designed and delivered the 2005 kick-off and launch of Safety-Kleen’s restructured National Accounts and International Sales Organization. Safety-Kleen is the leading industrial waste management and oil re-refining company in North America. Key focus areas included the development of a shared vision and the identification of the requirements for building a world-class sales organization. In the subsequent two quarters, the organization doubled its year-on-year growth rate.

• As Executive Vice President – Head of Consulting Operations, Americas for Celerant Consulting (a global management consulting firm):

     • Increased Americas revenue by 32% and profit by over 330% while the
        management consulting industry was experiencing a 6% downturn (the
        industry’s worst performance in 30 years)

     • Led all aspects of management consulting client services – deployed
       across 5 service areas: Supply Chain Management, Technology
       Transformation, Asset Management, Product and Process Leadership
       and Organization Effectiveness

     • Advised top client executives and their teams; client consulting leader for
        visioning, strategy development and organization restructuring

     • Authored, built and led the firm’s Organization Design, People Selection
       and Implementation service offering, which generated an estimated 15%
       of total Americas revenue

     • Clients included: Bayer, Shell, Novell, Radio Shack, ARCO, United
       Water, Aventis and Marathon Canada

 

• U.S. Navy accolades include:
  
       • Division Leader, USS Fletcher – Awarded the Navy Achievement Medal
         for leadership and honored as the Top Performer of the Year from over 200 
         personnel

     • Instructor, Fleet Training Center – Named Instructor of the Year, from
       over 350 instructors, at one of the world’s premier military technical
       training facilities

     • Director of Training and Development, Fleet Training Center – Awarded
       2nd Navy Achievement Medal for leadership