Aaron Fowler

Experience

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  United States Navy, Supply Corps

  Dec 1994 - Mar 1999

  United States Naval Officer (Lieutenant)
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  Cintas

  May 1999 - Jul 2002

  Service Manager

  * Grew assigned account portfolio of over 600 uniform rental and facility services clients to over $5.0M in annual revenue. Led a team of nine Service Sales Representatives.

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  Recall

  Jul 2002 - May 2010

  Progressively and rapidly promoted to roles of increased responsibility during eight-year tenure. Specific role details below.Recall is a global leader in information management solutions, servicing more than 80,000 customer accounts in over 300 dedicated operation centers, spanning five continents in 23 countries. Progressively promoted to positions of increased responsibility. * P&L responsibility for a $22M business unit providing document management services in the largest of Recall’s 28 US markets, consisting of 70 employees, 26 vehicle fleet, and 800K sq. ft. of warehouse space across six operating facilities. * Led the Business Solutions Group (five Business Analysts) for the Americas Business Unit, responsible for being the business and customer link to IT, to include demand management, business analysis, requirements gathering and documentation, and project delivery management.* Delivered over 130 business solutions requested by business stakeholders in FY2009. * Selected by North America Business Unit President to lead highly visible national implementation of a best-in-class document management program for a high-profile financial institution, Recall's newest and largest global client at the time.* Developed implementation strategy, led all project planning, change management, technology requirements/support, and execution of this highly visible $4M implementation project across 28 markets in North America. * Led development and launch of Recall's first formal Six Sigma continuous process improvement program across the North America business unit, executed Black Belt Projects, and trained/mentored nine Green Belts. * Led productivity, efficiency, and best practice sharing initiatives across all North America operating facilities. Drove the development and implementation of enhanced Standard Operating Procedures across the organization, and managed compliance. * Led successful integrations in Atlanta, Houston, Las Vegas and Washington DC in just 5 months, including three comprehensive IT operating system & customer database conversions with zero interruption to client services. * Held P & L responsibility and led operational and service quality turnaround for $8M Atlanta market comprised of three secure Information Centers, 28 full-time employees, fleet of 11 service delivery vehicles, and portfolio of 550+ clients.

  • Sr. Management / Director

    Jul 2002 - May 2010

  • Area Operations Manager

    Oct 2009 - Apr 2010

  • IT Business Solutions Manager (Americas)

    Feb 2008 - Sept 2009

  • Director, Key Account Implementation

    Apr 2006 - Feb 2008

  • Six Sigma Black Belt (North America)

    Oct 2005 - Apr 2006

  • Quality & Standards Manager (North America)

    Jul 2004 - Oct 2005

  • Business Integration Manager (North America)

    Feb 2004 - Jul 2004

  • Operations Manager

    Jul 2002 - Feb 2004
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  Cornerstone Records Management

  Jul 2010 - May 2013

  Vice President, Special Projects

  Led all post-acquisition integrations for this private equity backed Records & Information Management company that went from $0 to $55M annual revenue and sold for $191M (9x). Directed business process improvement programs (Lean/Kaizen) to maximize deal synergies and drive standardization. Held additional responsibility for capacity utilization planning, operations support, and best practice sharing across Cornerstone's 10 regional markets in the U.S.* Key member of high-powered Corporate Development Team that sourced, negotiated and closed 24 acquisitions in 36 months. Planned and led the integration of 19 acquired businesses during my tenure. Executed buy side operational due diligence, integration strategy and plan development, Day 1 activities, and hands-on execution of 100-day plans.* Planned and facilitated 16 Lean Six Sigma "Kaizen Blitz" events to streamline and standardize processes across the Cornerstone's integrated network of acquisition businesses. Show less

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  White Oak Consulting, LLC

  Aug 2013 - Oct 2014

  Principal (Consultant)

  Provided independent business consulting and contract services to small and mid-market companies. Specialties included business process improvement and optimization, operational excellence and program/project management.

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  Alvarez & Marsal

  Nov 2014 - Nov 2024

  Director - Private Equity Services Operations Group

  Focused on commercial and operations improvement, SG&A, post-merger integration (planning & execution), operational due diligence and driving business performance improvement for Private Equity portfolio companies.