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About Us
Stand-out performers in good and bad
economies know that across the board cost-cutting is just a survival
tactic. They understand that the ability to dominate their markets comes
from wholesale change that focuses the entire organization on driving
flawless execution and striking the perfect balance between customer
value and efficiency.
This is where Maine Pointe thrives.
Our team of domain experts identifies immediate opportunities for
game-changing improvement in logistics, procurement and operations,
positioning organizations to move to a demand-driven model, where
customer expectations are exceeded and costs are minimized.
Our proven model for leadership communication ensures that the changes
needed to get there take hold in every corner of the organization. The
result: a fully engaged team that drives the company forward, for
long-term success.
As a result, our customers rise above
the chaos – tight credit markets, investors ready to cut their losses,
or an M&A that’s turning out to be more headache than help – and live to
fight another day.
Our global team is the go-to resource for
companies ready to:
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See tangible gains – typically
worth millions or more within months – and in the case of
operational savings in little as 6 weeks
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Position themselves to beat
customer expectations – on service, quality and delivery – while
boosting margins
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Create a united management climate
with common performance goals that drives efficiency – and ends the
tolerance for entrenched cultural silos
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Build partnerships with suppliers
based on a common vision for success
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Our Guarantee
You stand behind your
products and services. We do, too. We turn low-risk into no-risk: with a
‘typical’ ROI of greater than 500% -- and an absolute guarantee of
200%.
It is one reason why
70% of Maine Pointe’s revenue is more work from repeat clients.
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Executive Team
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Steve Bowen – President & CEO
Steve has more than 30 years of
experience working with the Maine Pointe team and
clients to develop and deliver superior results. Steve's
deep expertise in growth and profit development through
sales and marketing effectiveness, lean manufacturing,
strategic procurement, logistics and process
reengineering, includes working with leading Fortune
1000, middle market and numerous private equity
clients. Steve received a BA in Chemistry and a minor
in Economics and Business Administration from
Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. |
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John Spears
- Leader & Organization Improvement Practice Leader
John is a dynamic leader, trainer facilitator with over
12 years of experience consulting in various business
segments and the U.S. government. He served as a career
officer in the U.S. Army for 26 years in assignments
alternating between operations and training. His
experience as a facilitator/ trainer spans virtually
every major industry including manufacturing, financial
services, communications and government. John retired
from the U.S. Army as a colonel. He has a B.S. from The
United States Military Academy, an M.B.A. from The Yale
School of Management, and was a National Security
Fellow, Harvard University. |
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Rosemary McGreevy – Executive Vice President, Finance
Rosemary has 25 years of combined industry and
consulting experience mostly focused in manufacturing
businesses in financial analysis, accounting, and
business management. Rosemary brings consulting
experience from Deloitte & Touche, as well as industry
knowledge and perspective from her work for a private
investment foundation, Educational Testing Services
Inc., Oceanspray Cranberries Inc., and Blyth Industries.
Rosemary holds an MBA and BS (Magna cum Laude) from
Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ. Rosemary is also
a Certified Public Accountant. |
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Peter Robinson – Operations Excellence Practice Leader
Peter has more than 21 years of
experience working with a diverse range of clients in
the U.K., Mainland Europe, the U.S., South Africa,
Namibia, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. He is a
results-oriented team leader with extensive expertise
and implementation experience in the areas of lean
manufacturing, lean enterprise, Six Sigma, process
reengineering, corporate turnarounds, mergers &
acquisitions, change management and organizational
performance. Peter is a Six Sigma Black Belt and earned
a Bachelor’s Degree in Management. He also has his
certification from the Association of Certified
Accountants in the U.K.. |
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William Forster - Executive Vice President, Business
Development
With more than 25 years of experience, Bill has an
extensive leadership background with manufacturing and
service related businesses. With achievements in revenue
growth, profitability improvement, and operating system
redesign or enhancement, Bill helps Maine Pointe's
clients to achieve lower costs while creating greater
market penetration, expansion, and profitable sales.
Bill was the Founder and Chairman of Entirety Management
Services. Founded RSA Wines, Inc. built and acquired
businesses on five continents. He has served his
country in the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Air
Force Active Reserves. |
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Robert Gernon – Logistics Co-Practice Leader
With more than 30 years of
experience, Bob has extensive background in all modes of
transportation. With a particular expertise in TL, LTL,
rail, intermodal, ocean and barge Bob’s client
engagements have spanned the globe from the U.S., to
Mexico, Africa, China, Europe and beyond. His ability to
create unique transportation and network optimization
solutions has saved clients in excess of one hundred
million dollars in annualized transportation costs. Bob
received a BS in Biology and a minor in Chemistry from
the University of Illinois. He also has Advanced
Studies in Transportation and Advanced Transportation
Management from Columbia University. Bob is an active
member of the Northwestern University Transportation
Education Committee. |
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Bryan Youd – Logistics Co-Practice Leader
With more than 20 years of
strategy and supply chain experience, Bryan brings
extensive background in helping companies achieve
break-out performance and market growth. He held
progressive strategy, operations and finance roles
with a Fortune 100 company. Bryan has consulted with
global clients on a broad range of strategy and
supply chain engagements. He has broad global
experience in the NAFTA, Latin American, European
and Asia-Pacific marketplaces. Bryan earned a BS in
industrial psychology from the University of New
Mexico and an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate
School of Management at Northwestern University with
concentrations in finance, strategy and
transportation management.
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John Darr – DDVN Practice Leader
With 30 years of experience,
John has been extremely effective in the
applications of Lean and demand pull techniques in
leading companies across. Combining industry and
consulting roles has given John the depth of
knowledge necessary to be known as one of the
leading experts in Demand Driven Value Networks (DDVN).
John has been President/CEO of two companies with
successful turnarounds and divestitures to his
leadership credit. John has a BS Degree in Business
from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. His
continued education includes an Executive Education
Program with an emphasis in Marketing, International
Business and Finance from the Wharton School of
Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Kent Reese – Strategic Procurement Practice Leader
Kent has 20 years of combined
industry and consulting experience. Prior to consulting,
Kent held various supply chain global executive
leadership and line management positions in project
based manufacturing, serial manufacturing, and service
companies. Kent has leveraged his experience with
procurement transformation, process reengineering,
strategic sourcing and change management to drive
sustainable cost savings for many Fortune 100 companies
across various industries including Pharmaceuticals,
Electronics, Manufacturing, Banking, Retail and Consumer
Packaged Goods. Kent earned a Bachelor’s degree from
Brigham Young University, as well as an MBA from The
Georgia Institute of Technology. |
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Advisory Board |
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Russell M. Flaum
Mr. Flaum was the Executive Vice President
of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (“ITW”) until his retirement in 2009
after having been with the company for 34 years. Mr. Flaum
managed ITW's $2.5 billion Global Industrial Packaging Group.
This group consisted of 93 autonomous business units operating
in 38 countries. He has led over 40 acquisitions and has grown
his business from $300 million in revenue in 1990 to $2.5
billion in 2007.
Mr. Flaum joined Signode Corporation
(acquired by ITW in 1986) in 1975 as a Sales Representative.
From 1979 through 1986 he worked in several marketing positions,
leading to Vice President of Marketing in 1986. He became
President of Signode’s U.S. business in 1990.
Mr. Flaum has served on the boards at
multitude of organizations: Quanex, Ryerson, Orion Energy
Systems, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation, Lake
Forest Graduate School of Management, and the National
Association of Manufacturers. He currently serves on the board
at Z Capital Partners.
Mr. Flaum earned a B.A. degree in
Psychology from Vanderbilt University and a M.B.A. from Lake
Forest Graduate School of Management. He currently serves as
Director at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation, Quanex
Corporation in Houston, Texas, the National Association of
Manufacturers, and Ryerson. |
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Aaron Gellman
Professor Gellman joined the faculty of the
Kellogg School of Management in 1992 as a professor of
management and strategy. He also holds an appointment as
professor of industrial engineering at the Robert R. McCormick
School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern
University. Dr. Gellman was the Director of the Transportation
Center, Northwestern University, a position he assumed in
January 1992 through August 2000. He founded and was formerly
president of Gellman Research Associates, Inc., a consulting
firm. He served 24 years as an adjunct professor at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Professor Gellman's research and teaching
include transportation economics and policy, the regulation of
transportation, and the management and utilization of research
and technology. He is the author of numerous published papers
and has served on government panels and committees, as well as
corporate boards. His projects include an economic and financial
review of Airbus Industry; a study of the drawbacks arising from
restrictions on all-cargo air carriers in Hong Kong; comparative
analyses of intermodal systems; and a study of the privatization
of airports in a developing nation.
Professor Gellman is a member of the
American Economic Association; Transportation Research Forum;
Transportation Research Board; American Railway Engineering
Association; and the Pennsylvania Conference of Economists. He
is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science. His areas of expertise are: Airline Industry,
Innovation, New Product Development, Strategy, Transportation. |
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Robert Geckle
Mr. Geckle has more than 30 years of
industry experience, including extensive line management
responsibilities in marketing, sales, and general management.
Mr. Geckle is currently an Advisory Director at Investcorp
International. Prior to joining Investcorp, Mr. Geckle was
President of Textron’s Fluid and Power Group. Previously, he was
Chairman and President of Branson Ultrasonics Corp., a
subsidiary of Emerson Electric. His early career was in the
health care industry, with Glaxo Smithkline.
Mr. Geckle is on the board of directors of
three Investcorp portfolio companies: Illinois-based CCC
Information Services, Texas-based FleetPride, Inc. and North
Carolina-based PlayPower, Inc. He is also a Director of the
Danbury Health Systems.
Mr. Geckle received his undergraduate
degree from Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT and an M.B.A.
from Wharton Graduate School, at the University of Pennsylvania. |
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Humberto Vainieri
Dr. Vainieri is active in his own strategy
consulting practice based on more than thirty years’ industrial
experience, which includes R&D, plant operations, human
resources, acquisitions & divestitures, and senior executive
management roles in several of the oil sector’s most successful
global companies.
Dr. Vainieri has held posts such as Senior
Vice President – Global Refining in British Petroleum (BP plc.),
President & CEO of Universal Oil Products LLC (UOP), and Senior
Vice President – R&D and Engineering at Yukos Oil Company. His
business travels have taken him across the world, including
postings in London, Madrid, Moscow and India.
In 1999 Dr. Vainieri received the Executive
of the Year Award from World Refining Magazine. He was also
recognized as Outstanding Alumnus by the Engineering School of
the University of Pittsburgh in 2003.
Dr. Vainieri holds B.S., M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of
Pittsburgh and also an M.B.A. from John Carroll University. |
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Frank Archinaco
Mr. Archinaco was Executive Vice President
and Co-Chief Operating Officer of PPG Industries until his
retirement in 2002. Mr. Archinaco also had regional
responsibility for all European Operations, and as a member of
PPG’s Executive Committee, he participated in policy, strategy,
and corporate governance decisions. He served as Chairman of the
Board of six PPG subsidiaries and joint venture companies.
During his 37-year PPG career, Mr.
Archinaco held various positions in sales, marketing and general
management, ultimately being assigned global responsibility for
the company’s chemical, glass and fiberglass businesses. Mr.
Archinaco also served as a Board Member of the American
Chemistry Council and on the Executive Committee of the National
Association of Manufacturers.
In 2008 Mr. Archinaco returned to PPG as
President and CEO of Automotive Glass and Services which was
successfully divested later in the year. He also serves as
Chairman of the Board of Aculon, a San Diego based
nanotechnology coatings company.
Mr. Archinaco earned his B.S. from
Villanova University in 1965, and his M.B.A. from Seton Hall
University. He also attended the Advanced Management Program at
Harvard University in 1989. |
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Douglas E. Hazel
Mr. Hazel is president of a family holding company, Hazel
Investments, L.P., which has interest in commercial and
residential real estate developments in Florida, Missouri and
Minnesota.
Mr. Hazel has extensive experience in the banking industry as a
shareholder, director, board officer, and commercial investor.
He is Chairman of the Board of Marine Bank & Trust Company and
serves on the boards of United Bank of Union and Citizens
National Bank of Greater St. Louis.
Mr. Hazel is the chairman of the business development committee
and is a member of the audit, executive, finance, human
resources, and executive loan committees at Citizens National
Bank since acquiring an interest in 1986, the privately held bank has
expanded five-fold in locations and more than quadrupled in
assets.
In addition, Mr. Hazel is active in various agricultural
ventures in Georgia and Florida. He majored in Economics and
Business Administration at Westminster College in Fulton,
Missouri. |
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"What I can
assure you is we are firmly grounded in a belief where
character above all else separates one individual from
another. Character cuts across all aspects of life
(spiritual, personal, career, family, health, friends, etc.) and
when congruent, a harmony is present in one's life. Only then,
is a person best positioned for the success they define for
themselves in their career."
"We
want to help you achieve a real completeness in life."
— Steven
J. Bowen: Founder/CEO
Our
Culture
We promote a balance of
stimulating professional challenges and a well-rounded personal
life. We do whatever it takes to deliver the best solution
possible and encourage willingness to take on new and different
responsibilities.
This creates an open,
challenging and stimulating environment for long-term success
and growth. We are proud of our great diversity of backgrounds
and experiences and we encourage our people to express their
individuality, talents and aspirations. |
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We are grounded by our foundation – our
purpose and values and are guided by our compass – our vision,
values and code of ethics.
Our PURPOSE defines what we stand for, why
we exist as a company and serves as our guide and inspiration to
all that we do…
"We provide
sustainable significant value and compelling economic returns to
our Clients and our People through purposeful rigorous process,
knowledge transfer and professional conduct."
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Character… doing the right thing
even when no one is watching. Demonstrating Honesty,
Integrity, Courage and Respect.
Service Excellence… understanding
the needs of our Clients, providing superior services and
meeting all commitments.
Personal Growth... pursuing
individual excellence and success, achieving a balance among
health, family, spiritual and professional goals.
Accountability... committing
ourselves to individual ownership of responsibilities
and actions.
Teamwork... supporting each other
and our Clients by leading and coaching, regardless of role,
and consistently encouraging and providing support.
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Vision
Our vision is a statement of what we aspire
to become, to achieve and create...
"We
are sought after as global enhancers of business value, leading
clients to achieve sustained superior results."
Our code of conduct guides our
relationships between the company and our associates, customers,
vendors, strategic alliances, and the general public.
Ethical Standards – We will uphold
the highest levels of ethical standards held by the industry,
communities, and professional organizations that we serve.
Quality – We will provide products
and services that consistently meet or exceed the standards of
our markets’ and clients’ expectations.
Fairness – We will never enrich
ourselves at someone else's expense. Our profits will be
reasonable. Those who contribute to the efforts of our company
will be reasonably and fairly compensated.
Trustworthiness – We will always
communicate only what we know to be true and factual.
Faithfulness – We will uphold our
promises to the fullest extent that our resources will allow.
Self Control – We will conduct our
business in such a consistent and controlled manner as to make
our faithfulness possible. As individuals, we will not abuse
substances that would cause our judgment or performance to
suffer.
Goodwill – We will endeavor to
establish and maintain long-term relationships that will be
beneficial to all. However, we will not be jealous of any
opportunity you have to better yourself apart from us. If we
are not best able to serve the interests of any customer,
supplier, or associate, we will support his/her efforts to find
a replacement, while maintaining a cordial, professional, and
caring relationship into the future.
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