Innovative global leader with a track record of guiding businesses through dramatic changes. Successfully managed both fast growth and turn arounds in multiple industries in North America, Asia, and Europe. Recognized for the ability to rapidly evaluate a business’s strategy and organization, and implement changes for sustained improvement. A results oriented manager with deep experience in business development, mergers and acquisitions, all aspects of manufacturing and operations, and supply chain management. Fluent in German.

CEO @ CEO and Owner of Stencil Ease Leading manufacturer and e retailer of stencils serving the craft, home Decor, and Industrial markets. From May 2014 to Present (1 year 4 months) Old Saybrook, CTFounder @ Founded an private Equity company to identify and purchase small manufacturing businesses where I can devote my operations expertise and the expertise of my network of friends to drive profitable growth. Successfully completed the acquisition of Stencil Ease LLC in April of 2014. From February 2014 to Present (1 year 7 months) Greater Chicago AreaVice President of Corporate Development @ Responsible for global, corporate merger and acquisition activity. Developed acquisition strategies. Established and managed a stage gated merger and acquisition process which streamlined work flows and focused management attention on strategic and financially viable projects. Coordinated internal work flows from target identification throught he start of the integration process. From April 2012 to February 2014 (1 year 11 months) Greater Chicago AreaVice President of Global Operations @ Established a centralized Operations team to drive lower costs and more effectively support corporate growth initiatives across a global operations footprint that included 65 plants and 4000 employees. Developed a standardized balanced scorecard to measure and compare performance across our plants and to drive improvement. Improved the effectiveness of core processes by standardizing on best practices for: - Supply and Operations Planning - Process Safety Management - Equipment and automation selections - Product costing system • Refocused the capital budgeting process to focus on strategic growth initiatives. • Developed an operations strategy to support double digit annual volume growth in China and India. • Funded the expansion in emerging markets with asset consolidation in North America, From July 2009 to March 2012 (2 years 9 months) Greater Chicago AreaPresident of Asia @ From August 2004 to July 2007 (3 years) Hong KongManager @ Held multiple posts in both plastics machinery and metal cutting machinery over a 9 year career. Last two positions were as general manager of Service Parts for the Injection Molding Americas and general manager of Plastic Extrusion in Vienna, Austria. From 1990 to 1999 (9 years)

MBA, Business Admin @ Harvard Business School From 1988 to 1990 Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering @ University of Michigan From 1981 to 1982 AB, Engineering @ Dartmouth College From 1977 to 1981 James Randolph is skilled in: Business Strategy, Cross-functional Team..., Coatings, Strategic Planning, Operational Excellence, Sales and Operations..., Lean Manufacturing, Pricing Strategy and..., Product Management, Quality Management, Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Competitive Analysis, Acquisition Integration, International Business, Continuous Improvement, Operations Management, P, Process Engineering, Process Improvement, Product Development, Six Sigma, Strategy, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain..., Manufacturing