Charles Melidosian

Experienced Technology Executive, Seeking Interim and Permanent Chief Information Officer Opportunities

Location: Greater Chicago Area
Industry: Financial Services

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Charles Melidosian's Overview

Current

Founder at Our Sherpa LLC

Past

Vice President, Chief Information Officer at Baird & Warner
Board of Directors at National Association of Realtors
Board of Directors at Midwest Real Estate Data LLC

Member at Leading Real Estate Companies of the World
President at Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC (Formerly MLSNI)
Vice President, e-Commerce Call Center Operations at Baird & Warner
Director of Information Technology at Bowne Business Solutions
Chief Information Officer at Cozen O'Connor
Senior Consultant at Bricker & Associates
Executive Consultant at Navigant Consulting (Peterson Consulting)

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Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Maine East High School

Recommendations

4 people have recommended Charles

Connections

500+ connections

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Senior business leader with significant Operations and General Management experience known for developing long-term business solutions and implementing an array of strategic initiatives in challenging environments. Over 20 years of experience in firm management, financial operations, project management, business process reengineering and systems consulting.

Proven track record in understanding current business challenges and predicting future market trends to design, create and implement game-changing product and service offerings to maintain competitive advantage, growing profitability and market share.

Highly disciplined, visionary leader focused on developing business strategies, managing operations and staff, and improving processes, workflow and organizational structures. Demonstrated success at collaborating with fellow senior executives and boards to achieve measureable results on time and within budget.

Key strength in recruiting and retaining high performing staff. Focus on developing and empowering employees who take ownership for realizing goals and objectives. Known for fostering a high energy work environment in which employees are trusted and valued, resulting in optimal performance and high job satisfaction.

Skilled at initiating and solidifying strategic alliances, contract negotiations, acquisitions, joint ventures, license agreements, intellectual property protection, technology transfers and mergers that optimize and secure the firm’s value. Excellent presentation and communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences of all levels.

Demonstrated success at designing and implementing operational infrastructure in the face of business challenges and financial constraints. Adept at developing and executing business plans across multi-site business operations.

Specialties

Business process re-engineering, call center operations, e-commerce, sales force training, contract negotiation, turn-around operations, innovative solutions to generate business results

Founder

Our Sherpa LLC

Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry

May 2010 – Present (1 year 10 months)

Strategic technology and management consulting firm focused on driving profitability and product innovation for our clients. Flagship service introduced artificial intelligence applications to audit and identify errors in sales commissions to recover millions in lost profits. Additional core services include authoring strategic business and technology plans, ERP product selections, sales force training, call center re-engineering, creation and benchmarking of key performance indicators, business analytics and leveraging cutting edge sales and marketing tools that embrace e-commerce and social media.

Our Sherpa LLC is a Illinois licensed LLC and a Women Business Enterprise (WBE).