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Keith Cooper is a senior managing director and the Southeast region leader in FTI's Corporate Finance practice and is based in Atlanta. In addition, Mr. Cooper is the national leader of FTI's Performance Improvement practice. Mr. Cooper has more than 25 years of experience in providing operational, financial and business process transformation services to global companies.
Mr. Cooper is an expert in linking operational strategy to the day-to-day reality of how work is completed and delivering accelerated value creation through the elimination of redundant and non-value added processes.
Mr. Cooper's experience in creating and implementing strategy execution programs that deliver sustainable performance improvement includes revenue enhancement, product portfolio optimization, strategic sourcing, strategic realignment of business units, shop floor improvement, inventory optimization, cost realignment, SG&A optimization, and working capital maximization. His experience covers a wide range of industries, including manufacturing (furniture, textile, consumer goods, medical products and steel), freight and logistics, health care, retail (clothing, specialty, and automotive), and information technology distribution.
Mr. Cooper has served as an advisor to both chief executives and board of directors of companies as well as in interim management roles as chief executive officer, chief operating officer and chief restructuring officer.
Select examples of Mr. Cooper's experience include advising a $1.2 billion carpet manufacturer and a $450 million trucking company, as well as serving as the chief restructuring officer of a $200 million furniture manufacturer. For the $1.2 billion carpet manufacturer, Mr. Cooper led the development and implementation of a company-wide operational improvement plan. The plan involved the consolidation of manufacturing operations, labor efficiency improvements, reduction of waste and re-work, SKU rationalization and a sales realignment program. The operational improvement plan resulted in the company's core operations improving from a loss of $6 million to a profit of $60 million the following year.
Further, Mr. Cooper was responsible for the development of the performance improvement plan for a $450 million trucking company. The plan addressed improvement in tractor utilization, yield maintenance improvement, integration of multiple business units and divisions, and overhead cost reductions. As the chief restructuring officer of a $200 million furniture manufacturer, Mr. Cooper was responsible for a profit improvement plan that resulted in reduction of overhead costs, significant improvement of labor efficiency, streamlined the new product development process, SKU rationalization, and the realignment of the sales and marketing organization.
Prior to joining FTI, Mr. Cooper was a partner with the U.S. division of PricewaterhouseCoopers' Business Recovery Services practice.
Mr. Cooper holds a B.S. in accounting and a B.A. in management information systems from the University of Missouri in St. Louis. He is a certified public accountant in Georgia and Missouri.
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