
President at Wilmette Hardware
Greater Chicago Area

President at Wilmette Hardware
Greater Chicago Area
Financial Executive / Small Business Owner: Budget Development, Broad Experience in all aspects of running/managing/developing a small business.
Thrive on turn-around opportunities & growth-development-sales-marketing aspects of business.
(Consumer Services industry)
January 2002 — Present (8 years )
(Executive Office industry)
January 2002 — Present (8 years )
Wilmette Hardware was added as a core business to the Al Bar Wilmette brand. Wilmette produces, replicates and finishes extremely fine quality architectural hardware for architects, designers and homeowners.
I have forged relationships and agreements with Russell Versaci a traditional architect and author in Middleburg, Virginia as well as the Winterthur Estate in Winterthur, Delaware.
Take a look at what has been developed at www.wilmettehardware.com.
(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years )
Managed and restructured debt.
Worked with President to identify investor & completed all needed due diligence for structured sale.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
1993 — 1997 (4 years )
Budget Officer/Director $85mm budget
Reported Directly to the VP of Finance
MBA , Business , 1994 — 1996
bs , business , 1990 — 1993
family, farming, management, finance, leadership, door hardware, custom metalwork
American Institute of Architects, Association of Classical Architecture, National Association of Metal Finishers, National Trust for Historic Preservation