July 2000 to Present
President & CEO of The McDonnell Company LLC
September 1999 to June 2000
President & CEO of Jordan Professional Services, a Jordan Industries,
Inc. company.
Retained to create a professional services firm of accounting, audit
and consulting firms to provide outsourced services to the middle
and larger corporate market. Evaluated a broad spectrum of privately
held professional services firms ranging in size from $5 million to
$25 million in revenue. Concluded the project was not viable and terminated
it.
Successfully completed consulting projects for Jordan Industries,
Inc. companies.
September 1998 to September 1999
President & COO of LAI Worldwide, Inc.
Responsible for all operations for LAI, one of the top five executive
recruiting firms in the U.S. and the only one publicly registered
at the time. Revenues were $90 million. Member of the Board of Directors.
Enhanced operating controls, reduced cost and terminated and unwound
an unsuccessful international initiative that was losing $1.5 million
per month. Facilitated the sale of LAI to TMP Worldwide, Inc. and
effected an integration with TMP.
The sale was closed in August 1999.
June 1970 to September 1998
Coopers & Lybrand
1993 to 1998
Vice Chairman, Business Assurance
Senior member of firm management responsible for the largest line
of business with 1998 revenues of $1.25 billion. Over the period from
1993 to 1998, this practice was consistently among the largest and
fastest growing in the Big Six.
Beginning in 1993, oversaw the transformation of the business with
the introduction of technology to better manage and serve clients
and developed value adding new services that aggregated $300 million
in 1998. Enhanced audit processes resulted in substantial savings
in personnel, operating and litigation costs. Effected substantial
cultural change.
From 1996 to 1998, also Chairman, International Accounting and Audit
Board, a group comprising the leaders of member firm audit practices,
responsible for replicating the aforementioned assurance processes
and products throughout the global Coopers & Lybrand firm.
In the merged PricewaterhouseCoopers firm, was the Director of Global
Assurance Services, one of five senior partners responsible for the
$6 billion global merged practice.
1992 to 1993
Vice Chairman, Client Service and Relationship Management
Responsible for enhancing the service to, and profitability from,
client relationships. Introduced programs to monitor client satisfaction
and to increase client penetration with value adding services. Also
developed and introduced industry based client targeting and relationship
management programs firm wide. Financially and culturally very successful.
1991 to 1992
Vice Chairman, Midwest Region
One of six Regional Vice Chairmen, responsible for a multi-services
business in twenty-one offices in ten states. Established focus on
revenue production and organizational efficiency.
1990 to 1991
Managing Partner, Chicago Office
Energized an under invested practice, restoring it to growth and profitability.
1985 to 1990
Managing Partner, Hartford Office
Rebuilt a troubled practice, restoring its growth and profitability.
1970 to 1985
Practice Professional, Detroit
Served clients from entrepreneurial to Fortune 500 in manufacturing,
health care and financial services. Developed excellent client service,
decision-making and technical skills. Admitted to the Partnership
in 1979.
Member of the Board of Directors, and the Audit Committee of First
Midwest Bancorp, a $6 billion SEC Registrant Bank Holding Company.
Designated Audit Committee "Financial Expert."
Former member of the Board of Directors, and the Audit Committee of SS&C
Technologies, Inc., a $70 million SEC Registrant provider of accounting
software and services to the financial industry.
Former member of the Board of Directors of LAI Worldwide, Inc.,
a SEC Registrant Executive Search and Consulting firm.
Member of the Board of Directors of several entrepreneurial technology
companies.
The McDonnell Company is a virtual organization. We outsource everything
except Pat McDonnell. However, in the course of providing our services, we have collaborated
with other professionals whose skills and resources compliment ours. The following are those
with whom we have recently worked and whose professionalism we respect:
We will continue to add to this list of relationships as we develop them in the course
of providing our services.