Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

We're thrilled to announce that Intellex has acquired Expert by Big Village, effective March 22, 2024. This strategic move enhances our capabilities and strengthens our commitment to delivering exceptional solutions to our customers.

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Expert Details

Strategic Consulting, Project Management, Process Development and Sanitary Tissue

ID: 724001 California, USA

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Expert has led and consulted in business development for national consumer brands, engineering and strategic consulting services, and for entrepreneurial new consumer products. He has also worked with inventors in bringing their products to the marketplace.

Expert as led the process developement, engineering and construction activities for a Fortune 50 consumer products company. He started up and led the operations of a 350 person, nationwide engineering and consulting firm. He has provided strategic consulting in expansion, acquisition, divestiture for these companies.

Expert led the commercialization of a fundamental through-air-drying tissue process, as well as multiple technical innovations. He led commericalization of an innovative food (cookie) product on a fast timeline.

He has consulted with a major food company on the personality factors that promote more rapid innovation and commercialization, based on Myers-Briggs personality types.



Expert has worked much of his career in the confidential tissue and consumer products business and has participated in the legal collection of competitive directions.

Expert led the process development of a food process, taking it from 27% efficiency to 95% efficiency, while concurrently leading the design and construction of the national plant costing $175 million.

Expert has facilitated the corporate strategic planning of a consumer products category team that resulted in successful pricing and product implementation plans. He is capable of training teams to share their data to develop an aligned plan for discussion with senior management.

Expert has worked with product development and process development teams to develop new concepts for testing and implementation. He has continued the process to develop an introduction strategy for the business.

Expert has led teams to develop new concepts for products and/or manufacturing to make significant improvements in operating or construction costs.

Expert has worked with new product development groups to mesh new technology with consumer product ideas. This has been taken from concept through process development to commercialization in the paper products business, the food products business and the pulping business.

Expert has led the devlopment of technology portfolios for the paper products business, evaluating the market size and profit potential of each and including them into a strateic plan for the business. This plan was shared with senior management and implemented successfully to increase the profit of the segment.

Expert's primary experience is in the through air dried tissue paper making business. He has experience with all creped through air dry paper making processes, and facilitated the licensing of one of the processes for a paper machine vendor.

Expert has led the design and installation of several sanitary tissue paper machines, and in the process has evaluated several papermaking process options throughout the process.

Expert has led the fast-tracking of a converted tissue product and an innovative food product, both of which were produced at required production quantities, quality and rate within 9 months of the start date.

Expert led the development of a 5-gate project management process, starting with ideation, and ending with verification of the process at rate. This process received the client company's Gold Key Award for the the impact it had on their capital implementation approach.

Expert has facilitated complete business teams, from product development through engineering, manufacturing, sales and distribution in a strategic planning process that develops alignment in approach and results in a plan that all disciplines support.

Instituted a Project Management approach that leveraged vendor engineering and saved over 40% on a paper engineering job originally estimated at $200 millionSupported an Italian company's licensing of a technology that successfully started up in a new, $70 million plant in the statesPerformed due diligence on a $1.2 billion pulp and paper business acquisitionTrained engineers in mutlivariable experimentation and cause and effect process diagramming to bring process efficiencies from 27% to 95%.Developed options analyses and cash flows to help a Fortune 100 company decide on plant siting.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1970 Degree: BSME Subject: Mechanical Engineering Institution: University of Illinois
Year: 1972 Degree: None Subject: MBA Courses Institution: Xavier University

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1998 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: President Department: Strategic Consulting & Project Management
Responsibilities:
Leads business development and client interface, networking with other consultants, as required, to accomplish the task.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1988 to 1998 Employer: Industra, Inc Title: Sr. Vice President Department: Strategic Planning & Project Management
Responsibilities:
Led operations of three US offices and the Strategic Consulting business with a focus on Sanitary Tissue
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1970 to 1988 Employer: The Procter & Gamble Company Title: Director of Engineering Department: Paper Products
Responsibilities:
Led Bounty Towel Business, as well as responsible for process developemnt, engineering and construction for Charmin, Puffs, Attends and Alwaysbusinesses.

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 2005 to 2006 Country / Region: China Summary: Led the evaluation of Chinese manufacturing options for a European firm
Years: 1997 to 1999 Country / Region: England Summary: Led the design, construction and startup of state of the art tissue machine design in Manchester, England
Years: 1980 to 1982 Country / Region: Japan Summary: Led the design, construction and startup of a Pampers plant in Akashi, Japan

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Depositions on two cases that were settled out of court. The first was a Fortune 200 Cookie suit settled for $400,000,000. The second was a services disagreement settled for $400,000. Both were state courts
Training / Seminars
Project management training for leading paper producer received their Gold Key award for Suppliers.
Turnkey training for Owner saved 0ver $30,000,000.
Vendor Selection
Know all vendors in Tissue industry, and have contacts in China for new process and equipment development at low costs.
Marketing Experience
Led the Bounty business, brought numerous products to market.
Started up new engineering company in the northwest US with operations and sales responsibilities. Grew to over 300 engineers at its peak.
Other Relevant Experience
Currently focusing on new ventures, company startups, etc.

Fields of Expertise

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