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A leader in financial and operations management offers proven success in crafting and executing strategies for growth, turnaround, and startup efforts.  Implements action plans for process improvements, market penetration, and channel expansion for multimillion/billion-dollar operations.  Excels in leading joint ventures and large corporate transitions.

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•	Headed new product line introduction and spearheaded new sales channel into South America for Shiva.
•	Achieved 1,000% growth for IKON over six years to bring annual revenue to $60M+ while increasing operating income from 5% to more than 30% with cash flow performance at 150% of operating income.
•	Drove successful turnaround of Copytronics and resolved long-standing operational and financial issues; achieved 130% of budgeted operating income objectives.
•	Developed joint manufacturing ventures for IKON in Argentina and Brazil to expand export market potential in Latin America; led presentations and negotiations with high-level government officials.
•	Led integration issues with multiple mergers that increased BET’s annual revenues from $6M to $40M and expanded the number of branches from 3 to 40 in six states across the Southeastern US.

Johnson Pope is a long-standing and successful law firm with a 40+ year history in the Tampa Bay area with offices in Clearwater, Tampa and St. Petersburg.  The firm has long-standing expertise in many different practice areas with 50 attorneys and 100 total employees.

Premier, award-winning, family-owned design-build firm based in the Florida Keys for over 50 years.  The company provides real estate, development, architectural, design, build and maintenance services for residential, multi-family and commercial sectors.  Design services include interior, exterior and landscaping projects and their construction projects range from $1 million to over $16 million.  They also have a retail segment that offers only the highest-end furnishings.

• Leads financial and administrative functions for this $20M+ business.
• Initial focus on cash management and banking relationships.
• Responsible for evaluating and integrating current systems, including Great Plains Dynamics, FRX and Crystal.
• Evaluations of existing processes for revamping if necessary.

• Led financial, administrative, and operational functions for a $20M+ business segment.
• Provided strategy, tactical, and operations guidance to the company President & CEO.
• Developed new sales channels for a new product line targeting the South American market.

CFO (U.S. segment)

Recruited to lead financials for an $80M private equity-owned cabinet manufacturing and installation company.

• Headed all accounting, finance, contract management, treasury, risk management, IT, human resources, and working capital management for a 500+ employee organization.
• Led financial and operational reporting to the Board of Directors.
• Managed banking relationships with all lenders and creditors.
• Drove business process improvements and a major system implementation/upgrade.

Bought a multimillion-dollar specialty structure contracting company and improved performance over two years.

• Established new marketing and sales channels and developed a new system of internal controls and job costing; defined and led new methods for QuickBooks implementation.
• Obtained specialty structure contractor’s state-wide license.

President/Owner

Recruited to the wholesale, export, and remanufacturing division of this multibillion-dollar, Fortune 500 office solutions corporation; led operations, supply chain, finance, accounting, IT, HR, and administrative functions.

• Integrated six US and Mexican operation and manufacturing facilities into a centralized business unit.
• Assessed global market activities to identify new avenues for growth and devised a strategic plan to capitalize on emerging markets in Latin America and Asia; defined tactical plans to drive growth in the niche segment.
• Acted as Ad-Hock Asia Channel Manager for sales and marketing to propel 700% revenue growth.
• Reorganized sales and operational structure to drive revenue and profitability growth in the wholesale sector.
• Created standardized operations, finance, HR, and payroll policies and recruited a professional team to transition functions into a centralized operation to support five locations.
• Instituted benchmarks for cost control, inventory management, and profitability; utilized information technology to capture key financial data for use in corporate decision-making.
• Introduced process improvements that led to 35% inventory reduction and $1M cost savings.
• Headed the implementation of MRP9000 manufacturing software in three manufacturing plants in US and Mexico; provided an immediate tool to assess performance and control unit costs.

Business Unit President/CFO

As CFO/Operations Director, managed accounting, finance, leasing, credit and collections, IT, leasing, billing, contract administration, HR, sales, inventory control, distribution, and customer service functions.   Directed lending/vendor negotiations, annual budgeting and forecasting, and financial reporting activities.

• Owned direct P&L accountability for a high-growth office products dealer and systems integrator with four locations and $30M in annual revenue; directed 8 managers and 60 hourly staff.
• Collaborated with the Chairman of the Board and President to establish annual business plans, financial objectives, and long-term organization development and acquisition programs.
• Built an affiliate company founded in 1993 from start up phase to $5M+ annual revenue in four years.
• Reengineered critical operating, staffing, and financial policies to save more than $500K per year; proved vital in achieving 50% revenue growth while reducing operating and administrative costs 11%.
• Led human resources programs, including “gain share” concept that saved $100K; managed internal personnel audit function to ensure compliance with government regulations and incentive programs.
• Created a corporate marketing strategy to transition into systems integration and digital productions launch.
• Revamped existing credit facility to provide an improve rate and term while elevating credit limits.

CFO/Director of Operations

Acted as CFO of a US division of a $6B global British construction and industrial equipment rental company; built finance, accounting, HR, and IT organization to support the company’s rapid group and multistate expansion.

• Established policies, procedures, and operating standards for budgeting, inventory control, distribution, credit and collections, monthly financial reporting, marketing, forecasting, and cash flow management.
• Recruited, hired, and trained the entire finance, accounting, and administrative support staff.
• Introduced sound business and financial standards to decrease equipment write-off by $1M.
• Merged business units into division headquarters and consolidated functions to save $150K per year.

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Find out detailed information about Steve Hamel, COO in Heathrow, FL

Steve Hamel: COO in Heathrow, FL

Steve Hamel

Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP

D'Asign Source Group

Shiva Exports Ltd

Republic Industries

Advanced Custom Enclosures

IKON Office Solutions

Copytronics

BET, PLC

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