John Burgess
Director, Strategy & Innovation @Walsworth
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WORK HISTORY
Director, Strategy & Innovation @Walsworth
Serve as a critical partner on the Leadership Team that lifted revenue by 90%+ from $110M in 2009 to $210M in 2021 through organic and acquisition growth. Strategic planning and business intelligence • Partner with COO to facilitate annual strategy and operating plan process; lead strategic assessments and initiatives; manage corporate development and innovation activities; and deliver business intelligence objectives • Led an organizational initiative to evaluate current business intelligence applications, structured and unstructured data sources, and practices of leading companies with successful multiple analytics capabilities, which has resulted in deployment of Qualtrics and multiple value add projects. Corporate development and revenue growth • Managed due diligence and integration planning and implementation for Ripon Printers and IPC Printers acquisitions, adding $86M+ annual revenue and 400+ employees to Walsworth • Directed enterprise assessment and recommendation to integrate Ovid Bell Press as a wholly-owned subsidiary to maximize enterprise value – increasing revenue by $20M and employee headcount by 100 • Oversaw enterprise assessment of digital printing and fulfillment capability determining current revenue and profitability and developing a 5-year growth plan Product and technology strategy • Defined, implemented, and socialized management and improvement processes for Innovation, New Product Development, Product Management, Interaction Design, and Customer Research • Positioned Walsworth Yearbooks to achieve smart fast follower market strategy for customer facing applications, including revolutionary mobile products, such as Yearbook 3D, Yearbook Shout, and High5 • Headed enterprise-wide initiative to modernize CRM system; conducted a utilization diagnosis one year after implementation via Salesforce that ranked Walsworth at the highest Salesforce utilization score level possible for an organization with 380 users
EDUCATION
Rockhurst University
Masters Business Administration, Business
The University of Kansas
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
The University of Kansas
Bachelors, Spanish Language and Literature
SKILLS
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