Paul Blank
Roles available for:
- Fractional
- Consulting
- Contract
- Interim
- Corona del Mar, California, United States
Paul Blank
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Roles available for:
- Fractional
- Consulting
- Contract
- Interim
- Corona del Mar, California, United States
Experience
Fractional role
Strengths in this role: successful thought, business, team, community and program leader, devising strategy, delivering value and improving profitability. Pragmatic entrepreneur able to blend operational needs with compliance requirements and technology for maximum effectiveness of an organization. Proven repeatable, disciplined approach to developing and leading strong technology teams with measurable, sustainable results.
Industry Group: Consumer Goods
Industry: Luxury Goods & Jewelry
Years of experience: 10 years
Industry Group: Construction
Industry: Real Estate
Years of experience: 15 years
Industry Group: Recreation
Industry: Hospitality
Years of experience: 10 years
Company name: St. John Knits
Company size: 1,500 employees
Role in this company: • Devised and budgeted comprehensive IT plan supporting rightsizing and turnaround • Selected and implemented SaaS clienteling, selling and retail technology systems • Guided development of Business Intelligence, analytics and leadership dashboards • Realized 60% reduction in cost to process wholesale orders • Reduced critical weekly AR analysis process from 10 hours to 10 minutes (98% improvement)
Company name: Drunk Elephant Skin Care
Company size: 60 employees
Role in this company: • Devised and budgeted comprehensive IT plan supporting rapid growth and expansion • Selected and implemented all aspects of scalable technology for new company headquarters including: firewalls, security appliances, wired and wireless infrastructure, VOIP phone system, video conferencing, secure remote access, interactive whiteboards, printers, scanners, desktops, laptops and mobile devices for a rapidly growing organization Migrated legacy accounting, finance, order processing and inventory
Company name: Urban Decay Cosmetics
Company size: 700 employees
Role in this company: Member of the executive team directly responsible for growing a private equity owned, unique, consumer products brand from $60MM to $1B in retail sales in five years. Directed technology infrastructure, services and management information for a global, multi- location, retail consumer product brand; provided for extraordinary growth in traditional business channels and explosive growth in non-traditional channels, supported ownership transition and maximization of sale price.