Gallery Gold (Australia) was transitioning from only an exploration company to a gold producing operator. The first venture was the Mupane Gold reserve in Botswana Africa. The WPI Team was brought in to help get the project up and running. Botswana has a population of 2 million, and its largest city is only 200,000. The Read more about Gallery Gold Pty Ltd[…]
LPG Environmental (now Kleinfelder) is a consulting company that provided exceptional service (9 out of a scale of 1-10), but their marketing effectiveness was very limited (3 out of a scale of 1-10). WPI was brought in to bring in more business. Our approach was to bring the marketing effectiveness closer to the quality of Read more about LPG Environmental[…]
Carraway Mineral Company was involved in a dispute with an international mining company (250 times larger) over contractual and environmental issues. WPI was able to develop an effective “Pressure Point” strategy that quickly forced the opposition to capitulate. Kay Winn, the Executive Vice President summarized the negotiations below. “In what would be best described as Read more about Carraway Mineral Company[…]
Vermont Marble Power was made up of four (4) Hydro Electric Facilities. The Company and its Hydro Electric Facilities were underperforming. Michael Phillips was tasked with the responsibility to: Market the sale of the Company Sales Agreement – Negotiate the sales agreement Regulatory – Navigate through the complex Federal and State regulatory issues surrounding the Read more about Vermont Marble Power[…]
Pangborn Corp. was acquired by Atlas Holdings LLC and needed a new CFO. WPI was engaged to provide interim CFO Services. In addition to serving as CFO, handling purchase accounting and the audit, WPI interviewed CFO candidates and after selection, trained the new CFO. Within 2 years the CFO was promoted to CEO at Pangborn. Read more about Pangborn Corp[…]
DuPont’s White Pigment Mineral Sands operation in Stark, Florida was nearing exhaustion of its ore body. It was imperative that the adjacent property mineral rights be acquired to enable continued operations. In order to do so, DuPont need to re-open negotiations with the property owners that previously rejected the project. A decade earlier, DuPont failed Read more about DuPont[…]
Taylor Communications (formerly Standard Register Inc) was acquired by Taylor Corp in a Bankruptcy 363 sale in mid-2015. Turnover was high, and Taylor Communications need an interim VP – Controller of Operations Finance. WPI was engaged to address the following challenges: Maintain Continuity of Operations Coaching – Performance Improvement Efficiency – Reduce Month End Close Read more about Taylor Communications[…]
WPI was engaged by SK Capital Partners for the acquisition / carve-out of Johnson & Johnson’s Noramco Division where WPI’s Mike Phillips served as Project Manager. Several critical path items were identified as potential deal breaker issues. However, the most significant was the new ERP requirement for Noramco’s European Operations. The task was completed successfully Read more about Noramco (division of Johnson & Johnson)[…]