John C.

Mihalic
4511 Battleridge Road **McDonald, PA 15057
Cell (724) 350-7949 Email:
jcmihalic@comcast.net

SUMMARY

Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer with twenty plus years of extensive manufacturing, general
management, plant management project and production management experience directing multi-locations, employees
ranging between 50 to over 6,000 employees, between $15 million and $650 million in annual gross revenues. Expertise
in: Startup/turnaround situations, Operational Management accountability including P&L, Strategic Planning, Budgeting,
Corporate and Business Development, Strategic Alliances and repositioning value-added product/service offerings design to
drive market and earnings growth. Convincing and credible communicator able to determine organizations’ operational
needs, in order to define, establish and deliver appropriate solutions in a timely and cost-effective manner. Working in Union
and Non-Union environments. Demonstrated record of generating additional revenue for multiple companies from $15
Million to $160 Million in two years. Additional strengths include but not limited to:

* High Standards of Ethics & Integrity * Leadership by Example

* Identifying Niche Market Opportunities
* Extensive experience in managing Sales & Marketing
* Process Reengineering / Change Management / J.I.T.
* Client & Vendor Management and Development
* Subcontractor Negotiations & Acquisition
* Solving Profit-draining Problems
* Cost Control – Change Management
* Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma
* Forming & Leveraging Strategic Alliances
* Improved Customer Satisfaction

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

EAST HAVEN DEVELOPMENT GROUP - EAST HAVEN INVESTMENTS – EAST HAVEN REALITY - GUZIK
MGMT. Pittsburgh, PA Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer 2004 – 3-2008

Position initials developing and overseeing day to day operations of four separate companies that operate out of a twelve
county area in Western Pennsylvania, including operations in Florida. Developed a formal communication process, verified
work to time relationships. Enhanced production scheduling, developed training needed to create an atmosphere of
teamwork and continuous improvement. Company growth in excess of 25% in one year. Hands on Management, leading by
example to all employees to boost moral and setting standards for all employees to follow. Resulting in employee loyalty to
company annualized savings in excess of $3,000,000., increasing investment potential to $15,000,000 +.

 Developed procedures and policies where none existed, including training guides / manuals, benefits and human
resource guidelines, also including operational controls unique to our diverse environments.
 Developed in-depth job descriptions covering all existing positions and new positions created in the growth and
development of these companies, improving overall company performance by a 28% gross revenue increase.
 Oversaw and developed total stand alone specialized software to better aid operation giving us the ability to go from
manually reviewing twenty (20) leads daily to automatically reviewing and scoring over two hundred (200) leads daily
with minimal human intervention. This new System encompassed the development of wireless field communications
from the Acquisition Team and Field Production with the uploading of evaluation worksheets, schedules, bill paying and
digital photos from the field to reduce cycle time from two days to only two hours also elimination of wasted time with
travel to corporate. Driving operational improvement.
 Created new critical pathways for production keeping all homes underconstruction within a thirty day build-out cycle
while insuring all budgetary requirements per project were strictly adhered.
 Developed Subcontractor base, negotiated contracts with subcontractors and vendors to better serve companies current
and future needs and requirements.
 Setting development goals for the continued success of growth and future development. Implement systems,
procedures, practices, and controls to increase productivity / quality levels and establish a culture of continuous
improvement.
 Open lines of communication, upgrading of supervisory and management skills.
 Designed, developed, and implemented production, quality, staffing, and inventory control systems resulting in on-
time deliveries increasing by 25%.
 Reporting system installed for continuous improvement, proper inventory levels with minimum and maximum reorder
points being established thus increasing productivity by 35% and additional cost savings.

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ABC COMPONENTS OF AMERICA & AA HOMEBUILDING, Pittsburgh, PA

President & CEO 2001 –
2004

Established companies to manufacture build and sell all components for the construction of new home, patio home,
townhome and commercial construction industry within a 200-mile radius of Western Pennsylvania along with managing
construction process with delivery of components and materials to the job site and hire all crews for the timely and
controlled assembly and sale of products which would reduce production cycle time from five to six months plus to between
90 days to 120 days using our proven management systems.

 Created in-depth Business Plan covering experience, how we do business, our products / cost, marketing area and
financials to obtain additional operational funding and set company Bench Marks.
 Brought on all Senior Management COO, CFO Engineering, Drafting, Sales, Transportation and Logistics, Plant
Manager and all pre-trained Supervisory Staff. All Professionals assembled including supervisory staff, who previously
worked for me. I have personally trained all of them. This gave us a combined experience level of over One Hundred and
Eighty years (180). Additional new hires included thirty-two (32) within the first six months and within a year over One
Hundred + (100+). Implementing Lean Manufacturing, J.I.T., Six Sigma.
 Contacted and had meetings with numerous Venture Capital Groups and Angle Investors including Area
Developers and Banks to raise investment capital for the company.
 Met with State, County and Local Governments to find financial support and Grants. Was able to receive over
$1 Million in funding with established Banking Relationship.
 Established and sold business with Developers with guaranteed contracts of over $99 Million in first year of
operation. In addition to these contracts, the possibility of $66 Million in additional contracts existed for a total of over
$162 Million.
 Found and negotiated land and building deals, one 131,000 Square Foot building for the Manufacturing Side and
one 24,000 Square Foot office building for the Homebuilding Side.

MARONDA INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES, Pittsburgh, PA

Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer, and Director of Planning, Budgeting and Development. 1997 to 2001

 Developed totally new Business Plan for a National Construction Company while holding all locations, Headquarters
Regional, Divisional, Plants, and Foundation responsible for Operational Strategies, Planning and Benchmarks.
 Implemented Strategic Development Initiatives to ensure growth remained at a constant sixty-five plus percent
each year where prior company was realizing eighteen percent. Increasing revenue from $190 Million a year to
over $650 Million.
 Reengineered operations for better service, quality, productivity and image; lowering manpower and operational
costs; and phenomenal increasing revenue and bottom-line profitability.
 Set-up control systems to ensure employees, sub-contractors and vendors were held accountable with their work
or products to better meet the needs of the company and our valued customers.
 Increased production and reduced cycle time, without increasing manpower via system controls, raw
material flows and equipment layout.
 Reengineered Bonus structure to ensure all Performance Management Criteria was reached by using easily
measurable categories critical to company success. At the same time making it fair and equitable for all bonus
eligible employees
increasing production to over seventy-five percent.
 Spear head new concepts and ideas to help increase operational needs through research of products and equipment
 Negotiated deals for equipment, material and land ranging from thousands of dollars to multi-million dollar investments.
 Successfully built manufacturing facilities, regional headquarters and divisional offices. Completing all
projects ahead of schedule and well under budget, while still supervising all national operations.
 In a development role for the company implemented new Policies, Procedures and Controls not only for
Production but also for every facet of the corporation’s environments including IT, accounting, engineering, drafting and
sales.
 Wrote numerous training guides for Performance Management, Planning, Employee Relationships, Employee Safety,
Interviewing, and Hiring.
 Trained all Regional Presidents, Vice Presidents, Sales Managers, Plant Managers and Supervisors
throughout our National Corporation. Implementing J.I.T., Lean Manufacturing, and ERP Systems through-out all
plants.
 Improved communication throughout the corporation, via presentations, correspondence and developing
company newsletter increasing both employee and customer contact, restoring employees loyalty to the company.
  Motivating and managing with leading by example and hands on management, creating better understanding
with employees, higher morale and improved teambuilding.

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AMERICAN INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC. Pittsburgh, PA

EVP Operations/Business Management Consultant (Sr. Project Manager). 1994 to 1997

 Planned, coordinated and managed multiple departments throughout the United States and Europe with companies
like Harley-Davidson, Steelcase, McQuay Int’l., General Electric, 3M, General Dynamics, Burns Aerospace, GM, etc.
 Led and controlled all of the company’s national and international day-to-day operations with full profit and loss
responsibility.
 Conceived and implemented state-of-the-art training programs, which produced customer focus through, quality
improvements, leadership, teambuilding, employee involvement and productivity.
 Lean Manufacturing, Process Reengineering / Change Management, J.I.T., Six Sigma, ERP and ISO 9000 training
and implementation .
 Managed facilities in many diversified industries, improved cycle time with on time delivery and decreased
product returns.
 Managing and motivating employees at all levels professional, union and non-union.
 Designed, developed and implemented closed loop management control systems unique to each business
environment to improving productivity and employee satisfaction with increased Customer Satisfaction.
 Recommended and implemented proven management systems to CEO’s, Presidents and Managers in a variety of
businesses.
 Provided clients on average 2.8 to a 4.2 ROI.
AMERICAN INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC. Pittsburgh, PA
VP / Director Marketing and Sales 1993

 Directed and improved all business development and sales via telemarketing, direct marketing and strategic planning.
 Launched a highly successful corporate image design campaign that focused on increasing consumer
identification with the full array of company products. As a result, achieved 4% higher national market share.
 Sold and marketed services to CEO’s and Senior Management throughout the Untied States, Canada, Europe.
 Developed exciting new products for key customer base.
 Improved customer service to past and current clients.
 Improved sales by thirty percent (30%) in less than twenty-four months, leading to four hundred percent profit increase.

MELLON BANK, N.A., Pittsburgh, PA

Manager Risk Management / Fraud Investigator - Community Banking 1992 to 1993
MELLON BANK, N.A., Pittsburgh, PA
Telecash Flow Coordinator / Securities Processing Manager - Trust and Investment. 1990 to 1992
MELLON BANK, N.A., Pittsburgh, PA
Senior Accountant of the Institutional Trust Service Group - Trust and Investment 1985 to 1990
MELLON BANK, N.A., Pittsburgh, PA
Supervisor Wholesale Lock Box - Corporate Banking. 1982 to 1985

----------------------------------EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT------------------------------------
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Major: Administration of Justice/Political Science Minor: Business Administration
St.Basil’s College, Stamford, CT
Major: Philosophy Minor: Psychology
Pittsburgh Metro School of Real Estate, Pittsburgh, PA

Authorized to work in the United States.

Executive Director Maronda’s Foundation 1997 - 2001

Allegheny County Sheriff’s Reserves 1990 - Present
Washington County Sheriff’s Dept. 1981 - 1993
Criminal Investigator Allegheny Security 1976 - 1981
Commonwealth of PA Dept. of Justice C.I. 1976 - 1980
Criminal Investigator, Universal Security Consultants. 1975 - 1976
Spokesman for the United Way. Mellon Bank 1990 – 1991