It's About You
The world of consultants is full of firms that are full of
themselves. They are delighted to tell you all about them.
"We do this . . . our talented team that . . .blah blah blah". As a
matter of fact, you may end up a few months (and a few thousand bucks)
into the project before they stop talking about themselves, and begin to
address what's going on with you. It's kind of exasperating isn't it? It's your
situations, your challenges, and your checkbook. The work we'll do is
about you.
OK - About Me
If you've read this far, you're considering giving me a call.
Thank you for your interest. I'll give
you both the "Official Company Line" and the informal, "no BS" one.
First, the Official Stuff
[From the Willenbrink Associates Website] Willenbrink Associates exists to provide
excellence in senior management level/strategic level consulting, with an
emphasis on business development for environmental, chemical, petrochemical,
heavy industrial, and manufacturing firms.
Mr. Willenbrink possesses the unique quality of having a multi-disciplinary background,
achieving tangible, measurable results through hard work diligently,
relentlessly, and intelligently applied - and has surrounded himself with a
core team of individuals who share his capabilities and work ethic, but who
are empowered to challenge his opinions and conclusions (and often do).
We believe that this atmosphere is the launching point for your
success.
Mr.
Willenbrink's credentials include
a BS (Chemistry) degree in addition to an MBA from a top 10 university.
Mr. Willenbrink combines the quantitative consulting experience to analyze situations
with the management expertise to implement approved recommendations.
He has Mexico and South America experience.
At
Willenbrink Associates, we take full
responsibility and accountability for all of our hard work.
Now, the Straight Talk
I am good at what I do because I look at things differently. In the
heyday of my career, people would refer to me as the "Zen Consultant".
(This was before LA Lakers Coach Phil Jackson was christened "The Zen
Master".) I
have a very high IQ; I am sharp, shrewd, analytical and calculating! But I believe that kindness is the
greatest wisdom, and everything I do comes from that philosophy. I
used to have a "Type A" personality - I worked 80 hours a week and drove a Maserati. Then, I had a
life-threatening injury and some life crises, went
broke and rethought everything. Now I live a very humble "beach bum" life in Venice
- I work doing things I love to do and only because I love doing them! I
pay the rent, buy some groceries and meditate a lot. I surround myself
with a team of people who are experts at what they do - but most importantly -
who have integrity.
I've listed some of my consulting successes below. They are all quite
old, really. In the past years I have been doing mainly financial
analysis projects for high net income individuals. I also volunteered as
President of my local Alumni Club Chapter - at which I quadrupled membership
and participation, and raised revenues (via contributions to our scholarship
fund) by over 500%.
More Company Line from the Willenbrink Associates website
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- A major due diligence study of a Mexican hazardous waste facility for a
potential US purchase, reporting directly to the CEO. Based on WA analysis of both joint venture and purchase possibilities, complete
with business plan and pro-formas, the "go, no-go,
valuation" decision was made. As this was the first
international venture for the client firm, the entire scope of the pros
and cons of the prospective venture were under Mr. Willenbrink's authority.
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- Reorganizing an environmental laboratory, turning it from a money loser
to a money maker. Then, the company was marketed and sold to a
national lab firm. For this project, Mr. Willenbrink served as
interim COO (the buck
stopped with us) with respect to all facets of the project;
internally - operations, administration, finance, management; and
externally - locating buyers, developing the short list, doing all
negotiations, closing and signing the deal.
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Reorganizing an $8 MM environmental services firm coming out of
bankruptcy.
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Preparing numerous Business and Marketing Plans.
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Operations Analysis for UNOCAL
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IT/Marketing restructuring for UNOCAL.
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Starting up a Logistics Management firm from scratch, which reached $1.6
MM it's first year, $ 2.3 MM in year two.
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- Web
Site and e-commerce management for a real estate development firm
revitalizing an historic section of Downtown Los
Angeles.
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These are the kinds of things we do very well. We would make
poor
government bureaucrats, cubicle dwellers, or staff accountants.
But should you need a key decision maker who
loves high travel, long hour, hazardous duty situations, who thrives on stress
with a track record of prosperity in ambiguous situations;
and who has the innovation and technical sophistication to take ideas
and vapor, and from them to create value . . . then I hope we can get together
to discuss more specifically how Willenbrink Associates can provide
excellence for you.
[Close Quote]
If you
want to know more . . .
I still keep my old
"Willenbrink Associates" website up. (And I still even have an
associate or two!) It's a little out of
date, but it will give you all the information you want. Go here . . .
www.WillenbrinkAssociates.com
Better yet, contact
me 310-392-9395 -
joseph@MBADayLabor.com
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