Bill Forster

CEO Zones

Chief Executive Officer

Shotgun Willies LLC dba CEO Zones 

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Maine Pointe, LLC

Maine Pointe is an operations management and implementation firm with offices in Boston, Mass. (USA), Canada, Europe and Asia. We are rapidly becoming a leader in sustainable global supply chain transformation.

Maine Pointe helps clients maximize profits, improve cash flow, and free up working capital while developing a sustainable approach to business practices. We accelerate value creation by leveraging our frontline operations expertise across multiple industries to break through the barriers to improved growth and profitability.

Our methodologies, processes, and collaborative knowledge transfer capabilities help transform how companies actually operate on the ground. Maine Pointe teams work with all personnel to seize opportunities through operations excellence, strategic procurement, logistics, leader and organizational improvement, and sustainability that drive significant cash, profitability, and EBITDA enhancements to the bottom line.

As a key member of the firm’s senior leadership team, I leverage our robust processes and proven methodologies, along with our team of industry-specific specialists, to help clients achieve their most pressing operations, procurement and logistics/distribution goals – all with an approach to sustainability that drives new sources of value creation.

Executive Vice President

I am responsible for attracting and delivering excellence within our Consumer-Packaged Goods practice. Serving Executives within these sub segments:
Retail, Consumer Goods, Packaging, Manufacturing, Distribution, Crop Nutrients & Ingredients, Food & Beverage Distributors, Wholesalers, Quick service and casual dining restaurants, Grocery, C-Stores, Warehouse Clubs & Omni-Channel retailers
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About Maine Pointe 

Maine Pointe, a member of the SGS Group, is a global supply chain and operations consulting firm trusted by many chief executives and private equity firms to drive compelling economic returns for their companies. We achieve this by delivering accelerated, sustainable improvements in EBITDA, cash and growth across their procurement, logistics, operations and data analytics. Our hands-on implementation experts work with executives and their teams to rapidly break through functional silos and transform the buy-make-move-fulfill digital supply chain to deliver the greatest value to customers and stakeholders at the lowest cost to business. We call this Total Value Optimization (TVO)™.
Maine Pointe’s engagements are results-driven and deliver between 4:1-8:1 ROI. We are so confident in our work and our processes that we provide a unique 100% guarantee of engagement fees based on annualized savings. 
About SGS
 
SGS is the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company and is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 97,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world.

Executive Vice President CPG

As CCO, I was responsible for the firm’s three practice areas – Operations Excellence, Strategic Procurement and Logistics – developing, promoting, and executing a differentiated client services delivery strategy. I also oversee innovation initiatives around client tools, the data acquisition function, knowledge management in the field, and consulting team recruiting.

Chief Consulting Officer

Fypon

Led the HR unit for this worldwide leader in the manufacturing of urethane millwork and PVC trim. Products are designed to assist consumers, builders, remodelers and architects in adding style and elegance to their residential and commercial projects.

Made significant contributions to their turnaround initiative by increasing EBITDA some 260% in the first year.

Executed on a Balanced Scorecard process that reduced lead times from ten to five days while increasing productivity by over 20%.

Implemented a company-wide performance metric program; started an e-business site that broke even within three months of startup.

Vice President, Human Resources

Entirety Management Services, Inc.

Served as chief executive for this national implementation firm that provided clients with repeatable sales process, operations improvement and transformation services, planning and due diligence capabilities. Key responsibilities included formulating the corporate vision, building out of the national leadership team, revenue generation, and profitability.

Company eventually merged with the team that established Maine Pointe, LLC.

IMPAC Global Consulting RSA NA UK Europe SA Asia

Served in a key leadership role for an international implementation firm engaged in helping clients improve their efficiency, productivity, and profitability through reductions in operating costs and incremental margin enhancement. Firm achieved annual consulting revenues in excess of $100 million from a base of clients ranging between $40 million and $15 billion in revenue.

Chief Operating Officer - North America

RSA Wines, Inc.

Capitalized and developed the business with a strategy focused on creating a new niche category of fine wines from South Africa. Firm grew into an international operation with wholesalers in over 30 countries and more than 40 U.S. states.

Certified more than 35 South African vintners while securing long-term agreements.

Expanded to 3,800 employees with 155,000 acres under vine and 1999 sales revenue of $540 million.

Chairman, Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Byrne Fleming

Led the global sales operation, including the recruitment and management of sales personnel, for a $150 million management consulting firm that provided reengineering and change management services for clients in the manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications, and retail industries.

Growth strategy included a business concentration in Southern Africa, Europe, as well as the Southeast and Western U.S.

Executive Vice President Global Business Development

Commonwealth Communications Services, Inc.

Chief executive for a $600 million holding company with over forty sub-business units across a range of industries that included broadcasting (a midmarket CBS-TV and radio affiliate), printing, publishing, manufacturing, public relations, graphic arts, telecommunications investments, franchising, and real estate operations.

Key responsibilities included directing sub-business unit presidents and general managers while achieving profitability and operating system enhancements.

US Army & US Air Force

US Air Force - converting all records from paper to microfiche late 70's.
Proudly served our country in the U.S. Army and Air Force as well as the U.S. Air Force Active Reserves

US ARMY to US Air Force to US Air Force Acitve Reserves

I am the Chief Executive Officer at CEO Zones, a platform that connects and supports CEOs, board members, and business owners with creating a high performance culture and achieving results the right way. I have over 35 years of P&L experience, including turnarounds and lean environments, in multiple industries across five continents. I am also a certified CEO (Culture, Execution, and Optimization)TM, a trademarked methodology that helps leaders align their vision, values, and strategy with their people, processes, and performance.

My passion is to empower CEOs with the tools, insights, and resources they need to transform their organizations and deliver sustainable value to their stakeholders. I have worked with leading names such as Astec Industries, Bunge, Chick-fil-A, Domino's, McDonald's, Suncor, Mosaic, Nurtien, and Novartis, as well as Maine Pointe, America's best Supply Chain and Operations implementation firm where I served as Co-Founder & Executive Vice President. I have demonstrated expertise in organizational development, leadership development, operational optimization, change management, sales effectiveness, strategic sourcing, talent selection, digital transformation and talent retention.

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