E-mail: foille4034@rogers.com

Providing management consulting services that get results.

As a professional mechanical engineer with over 25 years in engineering, sales, marketing, operations, manufacturing and general management, I offer;

• Productivity improvement
• E-commerce business and online market development,
• Cash flow management, cost reduction programs, budgeting, strategic and operational planning and business restructuring,
• Industrial project management and
• Product engineering and development.

Management Consultant, Current Position, June 2001 - present
Pinnacle Associates, Mississauga, ON
Industry: IT, E-commerce, Publishing, Printing
        I apply a general management perspective to IT network, web site development and supervision (www.adviceforinvestors.com), operations management, budgeting, business planning and reporting. Accomplishments include implementation of a publishing circulation and revenue forecasting model and development of a successful online e-commerce business ( www.industrydepot.com).

Founder and President Current Position, May 1999 - present
Inventory Depot, Inc. aka Industry Depot, Toronto, ON
Industry: Internet E-commerce Business
        I founded and manage www.industrydepot.com, an industrial products e-commerce marketplace. Industry Depot sales and earnings have been steadily growing by selling dependable equipment on a drop ship basis, by developing positive relations with suppliers and growing a repeat customer base.  Drop shipping eliminates inventory investment. Payments are by credit card or wire transfer with order which eliminates collection problems and bad debts. Growth is also attributed to effective online advertising using search engine optimization methods, electronic newsletters, regular promotional emails and pay-per-click advertising.

General Manager November 1996 - May 1999
Kestrel Machine Tools Inc., Mississauga, ON
Industry: Manufacturing - Machinery
        I managed all facets of this manual and CNC lathe machine tool manufacturing company. This business had emerged twice from bankruptcy yet we developed a strong technical, sales and manufacturing team to produce precision Standard-Modern lathes. After three years of competing with off-shore competitors, the owner decided to scale down operations and build only the simpler manual machines for a particular market niche.

President July 1988 - November 1996
Waterline Products Co. Limited, Mississauga, ON
Industry: Manufacturing – Plumbing & Bath-ware Products
        I was President and general manager of this plumbing and bath-ware products company that sold to the retail and wholesale construction markets. Previous management had left Waterline Products in a difficult position that we made profitable by eliminating losing lines, adding new and innovative products and better merchandising. Team building, cost controls and inventory reduction helped rejuvenate this business. After the founder's death, his two sons had developed the managerial skills to assume my managerial responsibilities. During my tenure, computerization and more competent accounting personnel and systems resulted in improved managerial control.

General Manager July 1982 - June 1988
Despatch Industries, Mississauga, ON
Industry: Manufacturing – Industrial Ovens
        I was General Manager of this industrial oven and paint finishing system manufacturing business.

General Manager April 1973 - June 1982
CAE Industries (Union Screen Plate & Welmet Industries subsidiaries), Sherbrooke (Lennoxville), QC & Welland, ON
Industry: Manufacturing – Metal Processing
        I managed these two foundry, machining and metal working subsidiaries of CAE Industries that produced steel, iron and non-ferrous castings and valves, industrial screen plates and supplied hard plating services.

Manufacturing Engineer & Sales Engineer September 1966 - April 1973
Canadian General Electric (Dominion Engineering Works), Montreal, QC & Toronto, ON
Industry: Manufacturing – Heavy Machinery
        I was hired as a manufacturing engineer for the heavy machinery division, producing hydraulic turbines, rolling mill machinery, pulp and paper and mining machinery. Later as a sales engineer, I sold pulp and paper machinery in Ontario, Manitoba and Minnesota.

Process Engineer May 1964 - September 1966
General Motors of Canada Limited, Oshawa, ON
Industry: Automotive and Parts Mfg
        fter graduation I served as a process engineer in the auto body fabrication and assembly division.

EDUCATION

Graduate Mechanical Engineer (B.E.Sc.),
University of Western Ontario, London, ON

        I have also taken several business, technical and computer courses including;
-American Management Association-various courses
-Accounting & Managerial Finance-McGill University, Montreal, QC
-Production Management-University of Toronto
-Manufacturing Studies & Selling at General Electric
SKILLS

Professional Engineers Ontario & the Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Travel, snow skiing, music, reading.