Innovative Executive & Technical Solutions
Most managers like giving performance reviews about as much as getting a root canal surgery. Early in my career, I was charged with developing a new performance appraisal system for a regional bank. The current system was not working: it demoralized people; it did not measure performance that was related to the business of banking. [...]
A general contractor had grown his business working primarily on public works projects in the $2 – 4 million range. The growth of his company, combined with his 20 years of experience, gained the confidence of those awarding sizably larger projects, some in the $10 – 50 million range. Unfortunately, the company applied the same [...]
Bryan Hyzdu was given regional management of The Bank of California (now Union Bank) in Stockton. His challenge was daunting: clean up problem loans, rebuild the employee team, increase the deposit and loan portfolio, and improve the bank’s image. Bryan knew the country was in a recession and this was not going to be an [...]
Paul Wright was retained by a Northern California Credit Union to help guide the board through the acquisition of another financial institution. The acquisition was part of the organization’s growth strategy, which was not unlike those used by other credit unions to survive. Due to losing some of the competitive advantages enjoyed by credit unions, [...]
CFO Mark Vanlerberghe was entrusted by an agricultural grower in the California Almond Industry to find software that could be designed to deliver real time financials for multiple ledger entries. Mark began interviewing several software candidates, searching for the right relationship. He settled on AgVision Agribusiness Software. Then he implemented presenting the vision of his [...]
A well known non-profit faced a number of challenges. A former Executive Director was at arm’s length from the board resulting in foggy operations. Staff morale was low. Funding commitments were unclear. A new Executive Director was needed. External Resources interim executive Russ Hayward stepped into the non-profit’s Executive Director position and went to work. [...]
