
Fovenesi Corporate Advisors - Leadership, Business Development and Operational Optimization
Greater Detroit Area

Fovenesi Corporate Advisors - Leadership, Business Development and Operational Optimization
Greater Detroit Area
35 year career Deloitte Touche, Easi and Doeren opportunities in.
- Automotive/ Manufacturing/ Transportation/Dealerships – Chrysler, BMW dealers, bus transportation, FBO, manufacturers – stamping, Mopar parts distribution, tool & die, fastener, coatings;
- Franchise/ Distribution/Retail – Little Caesars, Burger King, American Speedy Printing (Allegra Printing), Two Men and a Truck, Weight Watchers, Coffee Beanery, Stroh’s, Dunlop Golf, Perk & Brew, Costco, Sams. Walmart, Kmart, Sears
- Advertising/Marketing/Publishing/ Printing/ Media – Valassis Inserts ( $ 1B – FSI), PGA Magazine, Cat Companion, Ross Roy
- High Tech – CFO/ VP of Operations for Tier 1 to 20 Global Auto Organizations for CAE, CAD and IT - India, Japan and USA
- Health Care/Insurance/Medical Devices – Henry Ford Health System, HAP, Detroit Medical Center,
- Merger/ Acquisition – Chrysler – all buy/ sells for 13 years, acquisition of sports teams (Orlando Magic, Detroit Tigers), $ 10 M client site staffing business, off-shore India engineering, acquisition of 50% joint venture with JCI
- Technical Staffing/ India based organizations – Mahendra Consulting and Mahendra, Wipro, Infosys, Satyam, Allegis ( US largest IT staffing firm), Altair, Acro, Synova
- Unique/ Traditional Financing Arrangements for start ups to rust belt - from the $ 1.2B "Bail out of Chrysler", to multi -venture capital funding of $ 60M for Vixen Motor Car Co., to going public in India, to homeland security organizations to Governmental funding through Federal appropriations
- High Profile Clients, as a "strategic advisor" for the celebration of the 100 year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island, including cause related fundraising of over $ 300M, to the Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers, and Orlando Magic.
- Real Estate/ Construction – Trizec Development – US operation – Detroit (office buildings), Ramco Gershenson - $ 1B REIT - US (mall, strip centers), Taubman (tenant audits),
Leadership Development - Detroit, Oakland, Macomb, Rochester
Volunteer - Statue of Liberty – Ellis Island Foundation
• Executive Committee Detroit Venture Network
• Treasurer Rochester Performing Arts Center
• Board Advisor:
o Children’s Tooth Fairy Foundation
o All the World’s a Stage
o Todd Phillips Children Home
•• Oakland University - Kitchen Cabinet Advisory Comt
• President - Eastern Michigan University – Alumni Association
o President - Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce
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(Management Consulting industry)
September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)
CFO Business Solutions - Director - see website
Leadership Development:
- Co-founder of Leadership Oakland - 1,500 participants.
- Board of Trustees - Leadership Detroit - 2,000 perticipants
- Leadership Macomb - 300 participants
- Leadership Rochester - 40 participants
Business optimization group to:
- Evaluate and optimize Web 2.0 and 3.0 Strategies for product and services to market using digital marketing
- Business process enhancement with value added for organizations using Emergency and War Room Strategies and Preventive Medicine approaches for Fiscal Physical Approaches
- Financing from PE to Hedge Funds, from SBA to Federal Grants
- Contract CFO services
- Business Development relationship enhancement
- Career pathing and business relationship consulting at:
- Eastern Michigan University
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Oakland University
- Rochester and Clarkston Schools
- Fee, Commission and Equity arrangements considered
- Cendrowski Corporate Advsiors and Prosperitas
(Management Consulting industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
(Management Consulting industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
I am on the executive board for the Greater Detroit Network for Social Innovators, which brings together more than 70 non-profit organization to discuss initiatives with double and triple bottom line implications. We are a think tank and sounding board for these initiatives.
(Management Consulting industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Advisor to a number of minority owned business owners as indicated above. I provide a broad range of services from leadership and business relationship development, to financing and corporate governance.
(Management Consulting industry)
1989 — Present (20 years)
(Management Consulting industry)
2007 — 2009 (2 years)
(Accounting industry)
September 2007 — 2009 (2 years)
Cendrowski Corporate Advisors and their affiliates provide people, processes and technology services for family offices and high net worth individuals, Foundations and Nonprofits, Private Equity and Hedge Funds, internal control optimization. litigation support and valuation services
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Accounting industry)
September 2005 — August 2007 (2 years)
(Management Consulting industry)
1995 — 2005 (10 years)
(Management Consulting industry)
1972 — 2005 (33 years)
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 1995 — June 2005 (10 years 1 month)
(Management Consulting industry)
1995 — 2005 (10 years)
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
January 1973 — June 1995 (22 years 6 months)
Partner at Deloitte and Touche.
Had over 200 clients from large public (Chrysler and Kelsey Hayes) to family owned (over 190) from manufacturing, real estate construction, services, franchising, technology based, professional sport teams, media, advesrtising, health care and nonprofits.
(Management Consulting industry)
1972 — 1995 (23 years)
(Management Consulting industry)
1972 — 1995 (23 years)
(Management Consulting industry)
1972 — 1995 (23 years)
Leadership Oakland - cofounder , Leadership development , 1989 — 2008
Leadership , Leadership development , 2006 — 2007
Leadership , Leadership development , 2005 — 2006
Leadership , Leadership development , 1986 — 1987
BBA , Accounting , 1969 — 1973
Activities: Founding Member of the Annual Accounting and Finance Gathering held for over 30 years in Novemeber
Alumni Board: Past Preseident and for ten years held various board positions of responsibility
Advisory Board - Dean of the College of Business - advisory board member to Dean Stu Tubbs
Advisory Board - Dept of Accounting and Finance - advisory board member.
High School , College Prep , 1965 — 1969
High School Prep , 1957 — 1965
Leadership development, Web 2.0 strategies, business process improvement, knowledge transfer management, golf, basketball, social venture network, real-time monitoring processes
Leadeship - Detroit, Oakland, Macomb and Rochester
MACPA, TIE, Automation Alley, OUIncubator, Great Lakes Angels, Eastern Michigan Alumni Association, SBAM, Association for Corporate Growth, Great Lakes Angels, Oakland University - OUIncubator Center, Linked In Arizona, Big 4, Dallas Blue Executive Network, Top Linked.com, Superperformance Group
EASi - Top 10 supplier to Ford
EASi- Best Places to Work - Crain's 2001 and 2003
EASi - Most Innovative Employer Program - American Society of Employers