RICHARD K. QUEEN

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Dick has extensive experience as a CEO in the development and implementation of successful turnaround and transition strategies.  Dick has provided interim executive management and consulting services to numerous clients involved in the manufacturing, retail, and service industries.  His expertise in operations, marketing, finance, and strategic planning has generated superior profit improvement and enhanced the overall financial condition of many companies in crisis / transition mode.

• CEO / President of a $100MM division of a public European company.  The business was successfully transformed from an annual loss of $3MM to a sustainable annual profit of $3.75MM and subsequently consolidated with its International counterpart.

• President / General Manager of a $400MM subsidiary of a Fortune 500 company.  Led turnaround of this failed LBO.

• Chairman / CEO of a $55MM consumer products company.  Led reorganization, restructure, and sale resulting in a substantial return of shareholder equity.

• President / CEO of an upper tier licensed sportswear company—a division of a public financial services company.  Profit improvement of $6MM in eighteen (18) months.

• Vice President / General Manager of $150MM public consumer products company.

• CFO for a privately held textile / apparel manufacturer.  Successfully directed financial restructure and management buyout.  Sold business to a division of a Fortune 500 company.

• VP Corporate / Strategic Planning for a branded consumer products division of a Fortune 500 multi-national business and directed mergers and acquisitions.

• Expert testimony—Testified to a U.S. Senate Sub-Committee on China Sanctions and World Trade Organization candidacy.

• Currently serves on the board of directors for a number of organizations including an advisory board at Miami University and three privately held corporations. 

• Graduate N.C. State University in Industrial / Operations Engineering and MBA from University of North Carolina.