Carl [LION 3300+] Chapman carl@cecsearch.com

Current

• Chief Operating Officer at Interview on Demand, LLC (online video job interview service)
• Principal / Managing Partner / Founder at CEC Search, LLC - Executive Restaurant Recruiters - National

Past

• VP Food Service Division - Team Practice Leader at The Dunwoody Group, LLC - Top 25 MRI Office Worldwide
• VP Product Development - Founding Partner at UTA Business Systems - Commercial subsidiary of a $100 MM contracting firm
• Founder - Grew company to acquisition at American Micro Solutions, Inc. - supplier of restaurant POS HW/SW turnkey solutions

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Education

• United States Naval Academy
• United States Naval Academy

Recommended

7 people have recommended Carl [LION 3300+]

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• Video Job Interview Service

Carl [LION 3300+] Chapman carl@cecsearch.com’s Summary

Entrepreneurial management professional with years of hands-on experience in helping to optimize business processes. I founded and am currently the COO of an Internet start up Interview on Demand, LLC [www.interview-on-demand.com] which provides online video job interview services and video career profiles.

Our mission is to dramatically improve industry hiring practices by providing an online video interviewing service so powerful and effective that our clients cannot imagine hiring without it.

We have specifically tailored product offerings for hiring managers/corporate recruiters, third party recruiters, colleges and universities, and jobseekers. We believe that the time for using video effectively in the hiring process has come, and we want to lead the charge.

Carl [LION 3300+] Chapman carl@cecsearch.com’s Specialties:

Software development, operational efficiency, management, staffing and recruiting, leadership.

Carl [LION 3300+] Chapman carl@cecsearch.com’s Experience

• Chief Operating Officer

  Interview on Demand, LLC (online video job interview service)

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  August 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  Mission Statement: "To dramatically improve industry hiring practices by providing an online video interviewing service so powerful and effective that our clients cannot imagine hiring without it."
  
  Launched in January of 2008, Interview on Demand provides services focused on the hiring process - allowing hiring managers to create an unlimited database of interviews targeted for specific positions & allowing candidates to answers those interview questions by internet, using a webcam.
  
  At the end of January we created a tool to fit the needs of universities interested in holding virtual career fairs. We have powered a fair with almost 1300 candidates and present them to over 100 participating companies.
  
  In February we added video career profiles for use by 3rd party recruiters in marketing campaigns.
  
  In March we added video career profiles for jobseekers. These video career profiles can be used in proactive campaigns with a jobseekers target employers of choice.

• Principal / Managing Partner / Founder

  CEC Search, LLC - Executive Restaurant Recruiters - National

  (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  2005 — Present (3 years)

  CEC Search is an executive search firm specializing in the restaurant industry. Recruiting for operations positions from the store to the boardroom. The firm also provides recruitment for corporate support personnel in all disciplines.
  
  CEC Search also provides consultancy on technology, SEO, and website development.
  
  Carl is a principal, managing partner, chief technologist, chief support to associates.

• VP Food Service Division - Team Practice Leader

  The Dunwoody Group, LLC - Top 25 MRI Office Worldwide

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Human Resources industry)

  2001 — 2005 (4 years)

  During his time with The Dunwoody Group, Carl created the largest and most successful restaurant management focused recruiting practice in the entire Management Recruiters International system (MRI is the largest recruiting firm in the world with over 1300 offices world wide.)

• VP Product Development - Founding Partner

  UTA Business Systems - Commercial subsidiary of a $100 MM contracting firm

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1995 — 2001 (6 years)

  Company developed turnkey hardware/software application and provided restaurants with vertical market software solutions, IT consulting services, and financial interface programming from store-based POS systems to corporate accounting systems. Became the dominant supplier of in store POS systems for Little Caesars, displacing IBM as the preferred vendor.

• Founder - Grew company to acquisition

  American Micro Solutions, Inc. - supplier of restaurant POS HW/SW turnkey solutions

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 1989 — April 1995 (6 years 2 months)

  Founded a company to provide turn-key hardware/software applications, training, installation, and support to the delivery restaurant industry.
  
  Drove company to national prominence and supplier to the second largest pizza company in the world. Positioned company for acquisition by $100MM consulting/contracting firm for continued growth.

Carl [LION 3300+] Chapman carl@cecsearch.com’s Education

• United States Naval Academy

  1900 — 2012 (expected)

• United States Naval Academy

  BS, Engineering, 1976 — 1980

  Invented about 5 things that had to be added to the MHP under hazing... most famous was corking up.
  
  Interviewed and [at McGarvey's while drinking mass quantities] quoted by Washington Post reporter (Phil Harris, most recently with CNN) in an article about class of 1980 women at Annapolis. Article was picked up by AP and ran in about 300 papers world wide. I got into a little hot water with the 'Dant over that.

  Activities and Societies:

  Editor of the Lucky Bag, qualified activity as a non-profit. Sold 100% more units than had ever been sold in history. Quadrupled advertising revenues. Left unit with operating surplus of $600K.
  
  Service selection - civilian line - NPQ

Additional Information

Carl [LION 3300+] Chapman carl@cecsearch.com’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• Video Job Interview Service

Carl [LION 3300+] Chapman carl@cecsearch.com’s Interests:

Golf, wood working, digital photography, poker, church, fishing, grilling, home automation, web dev

Carl [LION 3300+] Chapman carl@cecsearch.com’s Groups:

LION

•    CyberSleuths
•    LIONs "LI Open Networkers"
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    GroupLinked.com
•    CHICAGO 2016 Olympic Games Supporters
•    Invites Welcome! (Open Networkers)
•    United States Naval Academy Alumni
•    Openreq.com (Recruiters & Staffing Professionals)
•    The Talent Buzz
•    Let's Get Funded
•    USNA 2.0

Carl [LION 3300+] Chapman carl@cecsearch.com’s Honors:

Outstanding Achievement UTABS 2000
AE of the Month - JAN 2003, APR 2003, AUG 2003, OCT 2003, APR 2004, JUN 2004, JAN 2005, FEB 2005
AE of the Year 2003
MRI Pacesetter – 2003, 2004

Eagle Scout
Order of the Arrow

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