John Spillane

About John Spillane

DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL BUSINESS RESULTS THROUGH STRATEGY, EXECUTION AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCEWhen you grow up in Canada, work and attend graduate school in the US and live and work in China for eight years, you understand that success is built upon understanding and adapting to the cultural and business practices you find in your work environment. As an experienced CEO and Board Member specializing in private equity, private and public company shareholder value creation, I’m at my best breathing new life into underperforming global businesses.With a record of success optimizing cash flow generation and balance sheet management, I’ve helped Industrial, Automotive and Consumer Product businesses grow profits and revenue in North America, Asia, Latin America, and EMEA while building and leading the world class teams that make this possible. Some notable contributions include:• Tripling sales and EBITDA of PE owned industrial products business in 8 months.• Doubling a company’s sales and EBITDA in only four years while significantly lowering operating costs. Lowering another company’s operating costs while expanding operations and markets in the rapidly growing China market.• Turning around the performance of a Private Equity owned global group of industrial product businesses to pay down more than 50%($60M) of debt in only three years.• Leading acquisition negotiations that enabled the sale of a global $1.5 billion tier 1 automotive parts supplier to a Private Equity Group at $180M more than initial offer. Skills: Turnarounds | Restructurings |C-Level Private Equity (PE) Assignments | Operational Excellence and Improvements | New Product Development & Launch |Cost Reduction and Avoidance | Revenue Optimization | EBITDA Growth | Strategic Planning | Change Management |Mergers, Acquisitions & Integrations |Business Transformation |Global Supply Chain Optimization |Lean Manufacturing | Six Sigma |High-Performance Global Teams | Training, Coaching & Mentoring j••••••••@outlook.com

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Serverlift Llc

   Apr 2025 — Present · Phoenix, AZ, US

   ServerLIFT is the leading manufacturer of purpose-built material handling and lifting equipment, specializing in solutions designed for data center servers and other critical IT infrastructure. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, the company’s innovative solutions serve global technology and data center customers to help support their rapidly growing physical data center operations. ServerLIFT’s purpose-built lifting equipment and accessories allow IT equipment operators to safely and efficiently transport and install high-value servers and other IT equipment in rack storage environments, with a focus on operator safety and equipment protection.

Education

• University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business

  MBA, Finance

• University of Windsor

  BASc, Industrial Engineering

• University of Virginia Darden School of Business

  Executive Leadership Series

Skills

• Team Leadership
• Industrial Engineering
• Supplier Management
• Negotiation
• Market Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Organizational Development
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Restructuring
• Supply Chain
• International Business
• Change Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Poka Yoke
• Product Management
• New Business Development
• Toyota Production System
• Global Sourcing
• Joint Ventures
• Kanban
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Cost
• Business Strategy
• Customer Relations
• Cost Reduction
• Business Process Improvement
• Lean Manufacturing
• Team Building
• Manufacturing
• Supplier
• Strategy Development
• Product Development
• Engineering Management
• Problem Solving
• Operations Management
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Automotive
• Manufacturing Management