John spent 37 years with Caterpillar with the last 10 years as the Director of Research & Technology.  Areas of strength include strategic planning, mergers, acquisition, nonprofits and people development.

John has conducted strategic planning exercises with several nonprofits to help them establish goals and direction for the future.

John's goal is to use is experience to "give back" through SCORE and other involvements with nonprofits.

Spent 43 years in office equipment industry starting with Xerox in 1971. Joined a regional independent Dealer in October 1982 and grew the business through employee ownership until sale to Xerox in 2009. Experiences include leadership, management, sales/marketing, business planning, acquisition, employee development, and all general management senior executive roles.

Experience in:  Start up small business, marketing, growing and managing business in multiple locations in US, budgeting, strategic planning, hiring and managing staff off site, commercial real estate, reviewing leases, building and designing office spaces, analyzing financial statements from multiple locations, managing non profit organization.   Extremely knowledgeably in business strategy and planning.

Served as a mentor in Austin, Texas as well as thru SCORE cyber mentoring. Before retiring as Executive Vice President of Operations and Center Development for BusinesSuites, Celia was responsible for center-level operations and the transitions of newly developed or acquired centers. Over fourteen years of experience in the development, integration and management of business centers.  She successfully grew the business from 40 offices in one center in 1989 to 416 offices in five centers in 1997, including the integration of five acquired centers. Previous to her association with BusinesSuites, she was an officer at Bank One, Texas in Austin. She was also  the executive director of two not for profit organizations in Chicago, Ill. She is a retired businesswoman and one time user of SCORE.

Expert in Business Operations. Very knowledgeable in Business Management. 38 years in key management positions in food manufacturing and distribution business, involving: manufacturing and engineering, strategic planning, costing, finance, capital investment, logistics, organization development, mergers and acquisitions, product development, and MIS. Responsible for 4 production facilities. retired as VP of Operations and VP of Corporate Development. Holds 4 US patents. Post retirement had own management consulting business and have been a SCORE counselor for 13 years. Served on active and reserve duty in US Navy for 30 years – retired with rank of Captain.

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