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James R. Altfeld, President


Jim Altfeld has 35+ years experience in business-to-business management, marketing, advertising, and sales. During much of that time, he has involved himself in the strategic analysis of how to get companies up to speed and keep them there. He is adept at transferring his understanding of marketing in one industry to support growth in another. His skill is seen in his results.

For example, using a combination of strategic planning and marketing skills, Jim has helped to dramatically increase sales for many of his clients, while simultaneously, proving instrumental in employee motivation and customer retention - - two key areas of concern for any rapidly growing company. As the President of Altfeld, Inc., Jim sees each account as an opportunity to help create excellence and success for his clients.

His enthusiasm and his ability to inspire others to clarify their vision and achieve their goals have been a major factor in the success of both Altfeld Inc. and those it serves. As a marketing and sales veteran of both General Electric Plastics and Silicones, Jim has shared his marketing talent with an eclectic variety of business entities in the chemical, aerospace, plastics, electronics, rapid prototyping, service, and OEM manufacturing industries. He is a member of the American Management Association, the Institute of Management Consultants, the Consulting Alliance of Albany NY, the CEO Club, the Chief Executive Network, YPIO, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Albany/Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce, Asian Business Association, Asian Society, Asian Pacific USA Chamber of Commerce, China Global Ventures, and the British American Business Council.

jaltfeld@altfeldinc.com



Lawrence P. Grasso, Mergers & Acquisitions

Lawrence P. Grasso established L. P. Grasso & Company, Inc. in 1974 as a Commercial Real Estate and Insurance Brokerage Company. By 1980 the Company's focus shifted to business sales and financial consulting.

Since 1988, the Company has been a member of NationList, a consortium of 60 business brokers in the United States. This affiliation provides access to potential buyers on a regional, national, and international level. The Firm is also a member in good standing of the New York Business Brokers Association (NYBBA).

L. P. Grasso & Company, Inc. specializes in the purchase and sale of small and medium size, usually privately held, companies engaged in manufacturing, distribution and business-to-business services. Transactions most frequently involve companies with sale values over $1 Million.

The Company is proactive, energetic and tenacious in representing clients. The principals offer significant business seasoning. They know their strengths and utilize strategic relationships with professionals in the legal, financial, accounting and investigative fields to better serve their clients. The results are effective, accurate, timely and cost efficient.

751 State St.

Schenectady, NY 12307

1-518-372-6477

lgrasso@lpgrasso.com

www.lpgrasso.com

John M. Tomich, Consultant

Mr. Tomich is the Principal Consultant of North Star Consultants of New York, LLC, a business created to further promote and foster excellence in the field of workplace safety & health. In addition, he is also a founding partner of EHS Excellence Consulting, Inc., whose mission is to help work sites become VPP “Stars.” His private sector experience includes five years as a small business owner, which enabled John to see the importance of keeping safety & health as a “value” for the successful entrepreneur. With over 32 years of federal service with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), he honed his skills in the art and science of workplace safety & health and its vital importance as a core value in every successful business.

John’s national reputation will ensure that your organization, whether large or small, public or private sector, open shop or union affiliated, will experience greater success than in the past. Finally, his extensive professional experience includes the improvement of working conditions and labor-management relationships in numerous Construction, Industrial and Maritime facilities throughout the United States and its Territories.

1-518-312-3312

northstarconsultants@nycap.rr.com


Don Sheldon, DHSheldon & Associates

About DHSheldon & Associates DHSheldon & Associates is a NY consulting business with a global reach. Mr. Sheldon started his career at The Raymond Corporation, a world class manufacturer of material handling equipment. In his 23 years there he was continually promoted and ended as General Manager of the After Market Services Division reporting to the CEO. In 1994 Mr. Sheldon left Raymond to become Vice President at the Buker, Inc. consulting company in Chicago, a firm that had successfully advised the Raymond Corp on process improvements, ERP performance and S&OP. For the next 6 years Mr. Sheldon traveled the world helping companies improve performance. Client companies include: Sweetheart Cup, AlliedSignal, Honeywell, Electrolux Home Products (Frigidaire), Grafco PET Packaging Products, Livernois Engineering, Bayer Corporation, Mathews Inc., the NCR Corporation and many more. Countries worked/consulted in include Brazil, Romania, France, England, Ireland, China, Japan, South Korea, Canada and the United States. In 2000 he left Buker to join one of his clients, NCR. In his position of Vice President of Global Quality and Six Sigma, he worked with the NCR plants worldwide to achieve standards of excellence. During 2003 he left NCR to start his own firm, DHSheldon & Associates. www.sheldoninc.com

Presently DHS works with a network of consultants throughout the US helping companies achieve excellence. Last year his sixth book, Lean Materials Management, J. Ross Publishing was published. This follows other books: Achieving Inventory Accuracy, J. Ross Publishing, 2004, Class A ERP Implementation, Integration with Lean and Six Sigma, J. Ross Publishing, 2005, World Class Master Scheduling, J. Ross Publishing, 2006 and World Class Sales and Operations Planning, J. Ross Publishing, 2006. All are available on www.Amazon.com.

Mr. Sheldon has a Master’s degree in Business and Government Policy Studies from The State University of New York and is certified by APICS (Society for Operations Management) in the following areas: CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP. He served on OMBOK (Operations Management Body of Knowledge) and is the Chair of the BOK (body of knowledge) at APICS international and has been a speaker at several conferences and conventions including APICS international conferences. He also holds a green belt certification in Six Sigma from NCR.


Anthony Mathews

Creating an Employee Owned Company

UC San Diego

Beyster Institute

Rady School of Management

1-858-822-6010

northstarconsultants@nycap.rr.com


Doug Anton, AEM Consulting

Lean Manufacturing Principles

www.aemconsulting.com

Andy Pattantyus, Strategic Modularity

Manufacturing Process Efficiencies

www.strategicmodularity.com

Peter Crosby, CGR Management Consultants

Supply Chain Reengineering

www.cgrmc.com

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