John has over 18 years of financial management experience. His capabilities are in the area of practical solutions to financial and operations issues. His hands on style allows him to successfully process the many details facing a company in transition as well as communicate the big picture to a broad audience.

Prior to consulting John served as CFO of a $150 million manufacturer of molded and extruded plastic office products. In this role he led bank and lease relationships using off-balance sheet leasing, securitized receivables and interest rate derivative products to significantly reduce interest expense for this privately held company.

Ultimately, competitive pressure forced the sale and exit from 3 different lines of business. John was instrumental in analyzing the components of the business and structuring deal presentations that maximized shareholder return. In addition, some of John's financial advisory experience includes:

Led a project to analyze inventory and reduce SKU count by 40% including such features as packaging commonality and product simplification.

Managed a substantial project that allowed ad hoc reports to be generated from an ERP system on a daily basis for customer and product profitability.

Managed pre- and post-bankruptcy supply chain issues and cash flows for an industrial products company. Helped prepare offering materials and participate in the client’s successful going concern sale. Dramatic price increases and supply constraints in the client’s key raw material, steel and specialty alloys, contributed to many of the challengesthis client faced.

Provided an assessment to a hedge fund that was making a Tranche B investment in a $90 million privately-held cosmetics manufacturer. Mr. Sanders has been retained by the client to coach and advise the incumbent CFO in developing the finance team, forecasting and monitoring performance.

A successful business owner helped out a friend by buying the assets of a struggling business. When it became apparent that a revenue plan could not be developed to support the assets, Mr. Sanders was brought in to conclude a sale of the assets and work with vendors on payout terms in an out of court liquidation of the business.

A private investor has retained Mr. Sanders to advise several of his family owned businesses in a Chief Financial Officer role. Two of the businesses are manufacturing, one declining due to older commodity type technology, the other business is expanding rapidly due to high tolerance, custom technology. The third business is a service industry in the leisure market that has had significant capital investment, but needs operational monitoring to meet performance targets.

Mr. Sanders was part of a team asked to assess the performance of a $1.0 billion division of a $3.0 billion privately held firm. The business leaders were relatively new in their positions and had not gelled with the old line culture of the firm. As a result it was not understood what was causing a 20% decline in operating income. The assessment identified a number of weaknesses for the management team to address in performance measurement, project financial analysis and volume/price drivers of the business.

On behalf of the controlling bond-holder, advised on viability, wind down options and sale strategies for a hospital.

Provided litigation support services for several lawsuits, including testimony as the company representative in federal appeals court.

Managed domestic and international procurement and supply continuity to allow a consumer durable goods manufacturer to restructure its debt while continuing to operate. Controlled cash and disbursements. Made investor and lender presentations.

Negotiated a line of business divestiture. Prepared offering documents. Controlled cash. The result was a successful sale of the product line, 100% payment to trade creditors, full repayment of bank debt and an equity disbursement to the owner.

Mr. Sanders has substantial corporate experience as a liaison with all functions of the enterprise, having worked in finance, sales and operations. As CFO his responsibilities included accounting, finance, information systems, human resources and administration. He has worked in electronics manufacturing, the personal computer industry, OEM production, OEM contract negotiation and management, food service, manufacturing, health care, and the plastics industry.

For the magazine of the Association of Financial Professionals, Exchange, John is a co-author of an article on the implementation of the Euro for US based companies. He is an active member of the Turnaround Management Association and is completing requirements for his Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP) designation. John received his B.S. from Purdue University in Hospitality and Tourism Management. His MBA is from the Krannert Graduate School of management at Purdue.