Von Hatley

Experience

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  Safety Technology and Oilfield Protectors

  Jan 1981 - Jan 1984

  Safety Engineer

  Served as a Hydrogen Sulfide safety engineer on onshore and offshore operations in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf.

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  Intralox

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1991

  Operations Manager

  • Overall responsibility for a team of 250 employees in a multiple plant, round-the-clock operation, performing plastic injection molding, fabrication and assembly achieving six-sigma quality.• Managed production, engineering, quality, materials and logistics supervisory staff.• Budget responsibility of more than $30 million.• Led international expansion from start-up to full production. Opened new facilities in Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands in addition to dotted line responsibility of several more international locations. Show less

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  United China and Glass

  Feb 1987 - Dec 1988

  Vice President Operations

  •Served as the overall operations manager for a large import/export warehousing and distribution facility encompassing over 700,000 square feet. Managed team of 100 personnel providing all phases of logistics including packing and shipping up to 3,000 packages daily. • Responsibilities also included serving as landlord of the entire location managing over two dozen industrial park tenants.

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  George S. May International

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1994

  Project Director

  • Guided market development and performance improvement projects for small to medium business clients throughout the United States and Canada.• Directed up to 10 concurrent project teams, and expanded 90% of projects beyond original scope.

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  A.T. Kearney

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1998

  Senior Manager

  • Served multiple Global 1000 clients in the U.S., South America and Western Europe for an international consulting firm with more than $1 billion in annual sales.• Led operations improvement effort in Master Production Scheduling for Rolls-Royce Aerospace in Great Britain. Identified $80 million in savings within 6 months during SAP implementation.• Authored global change management blueprint for EDS at the Plano, Texas headquarters.• Led a human resource information system selection project for the national oil conglomerate PDVSA at the company’s Caracas, Venezuela headquarters, and American Axle and Manufacturing in Detroit, Michigan.• Led a benchmarking effort for the United Negro College fund, and presented findings to 41 university presidents and the corporate board, consisting of 10 CEOs from Fortune 100 companies. Show less

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  Pritchett Rummler Brache

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2001

  Principal Consultant

  • Managed business development, project methodology and service delivery for a boutique business process improvement and change management consulting firm.• Implemented a process improvement effort for a global semiconductor manufacturer in U.S. and Singapore locations.• Managed a policy issuance and billing process improvement project for AIG, the global insurance conglomerate based in the New York City headquarters.

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  Louisiana Economic Development

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2012

  Cluster Director (Durable Goods/Manufacturing)

  • Served as the senior state manufacturing director for three separate governors winning projects and developing policy that resulted in 169% GDP growth during a 10-year tenure, propelling Louisiana to be ranked the #1 state in the nation in manufacturing momentum, and contributing to numerous other awards.• Responsible for improving the business environment for over 6,400 manufacturing companies, employing over 600,000 in the supply chain. Led overall efforts in the maritime and aerospace industries, among others. Built research and development facilities, transformed workforce delivery system, oversaw the purchase, installation and monitoring of over $250mm in port and airport infrastructure and coordinated domestic and international industry show participation. • Served as team lead in developing and implementing the state project management process, negotiated over $3bn in incentive offers (several single project offers over $100mm) and $6bn in investment, provided economic policy support to staff members representing the Obama and George W. Bush administrations.• Developed all proposals, wrote legislation, performed financial payback analysis, negotiated contract terms, developed and implemented strategy for public, private and media stakeholder management.•Led project management process improvement effort and team, implemented metrics for database maintenance, contract monitoring and compliance. Coordinated project manager interface with client C-Suite teams in addition to local, federal and state stakeholders. Show less

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  Jones Walker Consulting, LLC

  Jan 2012 - Mar 2022

  Managing Director

  • Full P& L responsibility of an economic development site selection division, part of the 75 year old law firm, Jones Walker, with 15 offices in the United States. Provide all phases of site selection and economic research support to C-suite executives of multinational corporations. Coordinate and lead project management teams along with public and private stakeholders in areas including; contract negotiations, proposal development, contract compliance, cost and financial analysis. Coordinate the interface of functional areas such as finance, manufacturing/supply chain, legal, tax, human resources, business development, real estate, environmental, government affairs, public relations and others.• Secured over $1bn in incentive offers from federal, state and local programs in the aerospace/defense, petrochemical and consumer goods manufacturing industries resulting in over $4bn in investment. Evaluated sites in over 20 U.S. states and multiple international locations.• Perform speaking engagements, publish articles and provide thought leadership on economic development topics. Show less