Charles Newman

Current

Managing Partner at Newman Business Associates

Past

Entrepreneur at Management Consulting (various projects)
President and COO at Strategic Alliances Consulting Group
Management at Ford Motor Company

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Education

Babson College - Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business
Babson College

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Industry

Management Consulting

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Charles Newman’s Summary

From pool room to board room, I have more than 40 years experience refining the steps that bring people together to make business alliances work. After obtaining my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Business from Babson College, I spent almost 30 years at Ford Motor Company.

During my last 10 years at Ford, I successfully brought to fruition 46 licensing arrangements in twelve countries, nine joint ventures in four countries, six acquisitions and two divestitures.

Later, while President & COO of the Strategic Alliances Consulting Group, I developed 3 specific planning processes which were implemented successfully at many automotive supplier operations in North America and Europe, as well as a variety of small entrepreneurial business enterprises in the US.

Charles Newman’s Specialties:

Strategic & Business Planning, Building Business Alliances, Licensing Arrangements, Joint Ventures, Acquisitions, Divestures

Charles Newman’s Experience

Managing Partner

Newman Business Associates

(Management Consulting industry)

2008 — Present (1 year )

Strategic and business planning services to assist management, and entrepreneurial enterprises, form, structure, negotiate and manage better business alliances.
Entrepreneur

Management Consulting (various projects)

(Management Consulting industry)

2002 — 2007 (5 years )

For over 5 years, I worked with organization as large as Ford Motor Company, to entrepreneurial enterprises to assist with various business activities such as:

Provided negotiating/mediation services to Ford Motor Company to assist in the orderly transfer of business and the sale of the supplier companies to more financially stable corporate entities. Services included locating and interviewing potential buyers, successful negotiation of divestitures and satisfactory mediation with creditors.

Developed a “road map”, including implementation of business assessment, business development and business planning processes to bring a $1 billion + company out of Chapter 11.
President and COO

Strategic Alliances Consulting Group

(Management Consulting industry)

1991 — 2001 (10 years )

With representatives in the US, England and Japan, focusing on long range strategic planning, joint ventures and acquisitions. Major clients included Ford Motor Company, Magna International, Inc., Decoma Inc., Atoma, Inc., Conix Corp., Freedland Industries, Plymouth Steel Company, Cuyahoga Steel & Wire, etc.
Management

Ford Motor Company

(Public Company; F; Automotive industry)

1963 — 1991 (28 years )

During the last 10 years at Ford Motor Company, I successfully negotiated 46 licensing agreements in 12 countries, 9 joint ventures in 4 countries, 6 acquisitions and 2 divestitures.

My experience at Ford Motor Company encompasses a broad spectrum of experience in various disciplines including purchasing, finance, product planning, export planning, business planning and international business development.