ForteONE
Consultant Name
Sam Keller
Categories
- Organizational Development & Planning
- Coaching & Personal Development
Contact Information
Address
1424 Starr School Road
Stoughton, WI 53589
Phone
608-877-1176
608-358-5155 (mobile)
Fax
608-877-1193
Web
http://www.forteone.com
E-mail Sam Keller
Introduction
If you want to:
-Build and/or harvest the value of your business
-Manage fast growth more effectively
-Overcome challenges depressing earnings
-Escape the Founder's Trap and accomplish your personal dreams
-Immediately find an Experienced Executive to lead your business
Whatever business challenge or opportunity is costing you sleep -- or more --ForteONE can help. Through ForteONE you have immediate access to accomplished operating executives, who will work with you in your business to create the change and drive the results you want.
Services
FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE
Guidance, Ideas and Action for Serious Business Matters
Regardless of the challenges or opportunities you face in your business today, a FortOne executive with experience in meeting those challenges and opportunities can help you succeed.
With hands-on help from a ForteONE executive, you’ll make decisions about growth strategies, succession planning, acquisitions and the like based on carefully considered facts that yield confident, right choices.
So whether you’re wrestling with a business exit strategy or facing a crisis you just need support in order to confidently address, a ForteONE executive can help you get the job done.
INDUSTRY EXPERTISE
From Metal Manufacturing to Mining, Franchising to Fashion Retailing, ForteONE Knows How
Yes, we know your industry, and we know that it takes many years working in a specialty industry to gain an insider's perspective.
ForteONE executives have led businesses like yours in most every industry, and would be happy to demonstrate how your business can benefit from our "lifetimes of experience."
ForteONE executives partner with you to make sure your business remains an industry leader or to help you become a leader if you are not.
Our expertise has been developed in the field - we have hands-on success leading and managing companies for more than 20 years.
SPECIALIZED PRACTICE AREAS
Our Experience Working for You
ForteONE works extensively with banks and private equity firms, and directly with manufacturing companies to provide interim executive leadership. We understand the principles and language of each of these unique groups. With our pool of more than 200 executives we can provide intellectual capital and insight into almost every industry.
ForteONE executives all have at least 20 years of experience successfully leading companies.
Background Information
Sam Keller, Wisconsin Area Partner, has more than 20 years of leadership experience in manufacturing and engineering operations. He has served as a president and CEO for two private companies and a subsidiary of a public corporation. He brings a team-oriented approach to revitalizing companies by creating a shared strategic vision built around each individual's contribution.
Known for his knack for building high-performing management teams, identifying new profit opportunities, and balancing long-term solvency with near-term cash flow and profitability, Sam's private business successes include:
• For a $25 million manufacturer of auto fueling equipment, expanded revenue and profits through new product introductions and continued innovation, and grew international sales in South America and Asia. He also reduced material costs by 20 percent in less than three years.
• Restructured and restored a $17 million manufacturer by reorganizing sales, marketing, and finance and installing control systems to ensure product quality and build competitive advantage. He returned this company to financial health by reducing inventory and accounts receivable by $1 million. Sales increased from $17 million to $25 million in two-and-a-half years.
• As division president for a large manufacturing company, increased sales by 40 percent as a result of building a separate sales representative organization that focused on products marketed to retailers. Sam also laid out a strategic plan that would see sales triple in five years.
• Sam holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School with a focus in manufacturing. He also holds a Master of Science degree in engineering mechanics from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University.