Gregory Pasquale Ciminera

GREGORY PASQUALE CIMINERA, MBA Greater Philadelphia Region (PA/NJ/DE) |-| - | LinkedIn STRATEGIC BUSINESS LEADER | CHANGE AGENT ➢ Proactive and influential change agent with over 25 years of experience in key business management, financial, marketing, and strategic consulting roles through a wide range of organizational phases, including start-up, hypergrowth, integrations, and revitalization / turn around. ➢ Multi-faceted career in non-profit and for-profit management and consulting, including hospitality management , small business operations , non-profit executive leadership. ➢ Intuitive Leader with proven ability to train, develop and mentor business associates and teams across multiple functional areas to produce highly successful organizations, and furthering growth potential. ➢ Strong relationship builder and collaborator with a reputation among internal teams and external clients as a highly ethical, hardworking and extremely resourceful business partner and solution developer. ➢ Respected thought leader on factors key to immediate and long-term organizational growth and success, including analytics, strategic action plans and partnerships, technology implementation and people / team development. RECENT PROFIT AND NON-PROFIT EXPERIENCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP | EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP | PROGRAM MANAGEMENT | TURNAROUND STRATEGY CIMINERA CONSULTING GROUP - FREELANCE MBAS FOR HIRE | THORNTON, PA FOUNDER & SENIOR MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT 2001 – PRESENT Boutique management consultancy providing start-up activities and continuously driving on-going business development for small and mid-sized businesses. Provides organizational and team leadership services; financial, marketing, and operational counsel; and problem solving, profit improvement, efficiency implementation, business planning, and analytical strategies. Collaborate with senior-leadership clients of small- to mid-sized businesses and non-profits in various growth phases from start-up to revitalization to identify and achieve organizational goals. (Some consulting projects (1099 contracts) have led to temporary full-time (W-2) roles within the client organization.) Client Projects and Temporary Full-time Roles Assumed: ● ● ● ● Senior Management Consultant and Executive Trainer (Avalon Foster Group): Designed and led business community training and preparations for the 150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address and Battle of Gettysburg reenactment and commemorations; hired by the Gettysburg Convention & Visitors Bureau. Facility Consultant / Corporate Director—Hospitality & Entertainment Operations (Gibson Guitar Corporation): Coordinated corporate food and beverage operations for three existing venues and two venues under active development; created plans for national rollout expansion; managed buildout, budget and operational planning of all culinary and nightclub/entertainment operations for new 64,000 square-foot complex. Interim COO (Innovative Schools of Wilmington, Delaware): Helped grow non-profit through operational restructuring and strategic partnership development. Managing Director / Program Director—Catholic School Development Program (CSDP) / (The Healey Philanthropic Group):Revamped pro-bono business advisory program, targeting the revitalization of financially failing K – 12 Catholic schools nationally; created Camden Diocese’s Inner-City Consortium which saved six inner-city schools from closure. ASCENSION PUBLISHING, LLC (DBA ASCENSION PRESS) | EXTON, PA 2014 – 2017 CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER / CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (COO / CFO) | DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Quickly transitioned from an independent management consulting role to senior executive leader, orchestrating growth from small business into strategically positioned international Catholic publishing company. Led extensive reorganization efforts, creating new short- and long-term strategic planning, enhanced team building and associate development, and superior fiscal management and strategic partnership development. ● ● ● ● ● Credited as the primary driver and architect of the complete overhaul from small firm to nationally-recognized, professionally-operating and technologically-advanced organization. Expanded revenues from $8 million to over $12 million and improved EBITDA from $450,000 to over $1.8 million. Built highly-functioning team from 25 loosely-defined employees to over 75 full-time, highly-specialist associates. Created the first annual operating budget ($10+ million) and capital improvement plan and refined financial controls. Established new cash management and financing processes, including the conversion to a Lockbox service, an RFP procurement system, saving over $750K annually in print purchasing alone. Gregory Pasquale Ciminera, MBA | Page 2 ADDITIONAL RECENT EXPERIENCE, CONTINUED ASCENSION PUBLISHING, LLC (DBA ASCENSION PRESS) ● ● ● Internalized previously outsourced Sales, A/R, and Customer Services departments, for substantial savings and improved operational efficiencies and customer performance. Transitioned warehousing operations with superior vendor selection across key performance indicators. Significantly increased marketing operations and strategy, fully funding the creation of a social media department and channel and advancing digital (online) content platform launch. ORDER SONS OF ITALY IN AMERICA | PHILADELPHIA, PA STATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2007 – 2009 Recruited to devise and drive revitalization efforts of failing operations and troubled finances for nationally-affiliated, state-wide fraternal organization representing over 100 local chapters and 60,000 members. Served as the face of the organization and public representative enhancing community outreach, strategic partnerships, fundraising and growing new membership. ● ● Improved operational health and efficiency, enhanced member communications, developed short- and long-term strategic plans, innovated and implemented new PR and marketing strategies and implemented fundraising programs. Key contributor in stabilizing leadership turmoil and establishing the first new chapter in the state in over 12 years. ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA 2001 – 2006 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR—BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ORGANIZED FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS (BLOCS) SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST—ARCHDIOCESAN TEMPORAL SERVICES PARISH BUSINESS CONSULTANT & FINANCIAL ADVISOR (SEVERAL LOCAL PARISHES) (2005 – 2006) (2004 – 2005) (2001 – 2003) Tagged to drive the rebuild of the organization’s floundering BLOCS program following demonstrated expertise and significant results in business and financial consultancy across various entities and parishes of the organization. ● ● Identified operational breakdowns and untapped growth opportunities, resulting in the complete restructuring and expansion of business outreach and significant increase in financial support for the diocesan school system. Mentored pastors to adopt more structured business practices and critical business leadership mentalities, resulting in better fiscal prudence across parishes, including stabilized financial positions, reducing risk profiles and developing comprehensive management plans. EDUCATION DREXEL UNIVERSITY | PHILADELPHIA, PA MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA (STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT & MARKETING) BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HOTEL, RESTAURANT & INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT) PROFESSIONAL ADULT EDUCATION / COLLEGE TEACHING CERTIFICATE DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE | MEDIA, PA ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE (ACCOUNTING) WITH HIGH HONORS ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE (HOTEL, RESTAURANT & INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT) WITH HIGH HONORS CORE COMPETENCIES / AREAS OF EXPERTISE • • • • • Profitability & Expansion Operational Improvements Team Development Change Management Intuitive Problem Solving • • • • • Key Constituent Management Strategic Planning Targeted Marketing / PR Special Event Planning SWOT / Market Analysis • • • • • Company Culture Process Improvements Talent Identification / Acquisition Best Practice Development Vision and Strategy Refinement Earlier Career Addendum and/or References available upon request.