john zurborg

president and chief executive officer

About

Strategic business planning skills, building high performance teams and cultures that lead to effective execution of business strategy. History of leading and working with teams at companies with an accelerated pace.

Country

united states

City

independence

Industry

aviation & aerospace

Skill

strategic planning, management, business development, business planning, lean manufacturing, leadership, manufacturing, new business development, strategy, continuous improvement, cross functional team leadership, process improvement, team building, contract negotiation, product development, supply chain management, sales, operations management, six sigma, supply chain, negotiation, sales management, mergers and acquisitions, key account management, electronics, project management, purchasing, mergers, logistics, change management, business process improvement

Experience

general manager

skilcraft llc

1999-1 - 2002-9 · 3 yrs 9 mos

General Manager of Company. Primary focus was Sales and Marketing of the company. Helped grow the company successfully as well as manage the P&L through difficult times in the economic slow down of 2001.

executive vice president business development

creation technologies

2007-8 - 2010-2 · 2 yrs 7 mos

EVP Business Development. Responsibility for growing new business for the company. I worked with a team of 10 Business Development Directors and 11 General Managers across North America. We successfully won new customers that contributed to our organic growth objectives of the company. As member of the Executive Leadership Team helped with the strategic and tactical business plans for a growing $400million dollar company.

vice president sales and marketing

smc events ltd

2002-9 - 2008-8 · 6 yrs

Responsible for new sales effots, sales and marketing strategies, 3 year business plan and was part of executive management team of 4 that grew the compan successfully. Company later became part of Creation Technologies through acquistion.

president and chief executive officer

skilcraft llc

2012-2 - Present · 14 yrs 8 mos

Responsible for P&L of Skilcraft LLC. Work with executive staff to accomplish business plans for operations and sales. Keep focus on strategic direction of the company to help ensure growth and work toward maximizing profit.