Mr. John A. Chaya This is Me

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1. 1. Alignment Consulting International

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   John A. ChayaBen Franklin Technology Partners - Entrepreneurial Advocate of the Year 2006
   
   Mr. Chaya earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Seton Hall University in 1967, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing and Industrial Relations from the W. Paul Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University in 1973.Upon graduation in 1967, he served two years as an Officer in the United States Army, a year as an undercover agent stateside and a year as an Interrogator of Prisoners of War in the Republic of VietNam.
   
   Mr. Chaya started his career with Johnson & Johnson in 1969.His first assignment was with the Chicopee textile division holding positions in both Human Resources and Finance.He moved to the Ortho Diagnostic Systems division in 1972, and in 1974 was part of an acquisition team to purchase a medical instrument division in Massachusetts.Subsequently he held positions in Sales (#2 nationally in 1976 & 1977), Distribution, Product Management and Market Management for this high technology laser hematology blood cell counter.He was product manager for the development and introduction of the most revolutionary product in the cell counter market in over 20 years, the ELT-8 Laser Counter that for the first time offered pathologists a platelet count along with the routine seven red and white cell parameters.
   
   In 1979, Mr. Chaya joined the Cardiology division of Becton-Dickinson, Inc. as Director of Marketing and Sales of their computerized arrhythmia detection and analysis division.These product systems sold for over $1 million per installation, and sued the most sophisticated algorithms for the monitoring and detection of life threatening arrhythmia's in the post myocardial infarction patients.He played a large role in the acquisition and integration of a company in Boca Raton, Florida; and subsequently introduced the first totally computerized 24 hour ambulatory arrhythmia monitoring system to the domestic and international markets in 1982.
   
   In 1983, Mr. Chaya joined the Baker Instruments Corporation, a division of Richardson-Vicks, Inc. as Director of Marketing and Sales for a new generation of clinical chemistry analyzers.In 1984 he was named Vice President of Marketing and Sales for the newly created Monoclonal Antibody Products Division.In this position he was responsible for the strategic and tactical marketing plans for the introduction of these highly successful, advanced technology, medical laboratory tests, and achieved 154% of sales forecast in the first year.
   
   In 1986, Mr. Chaya joined Mainstream Access, Inc., a national restructuring consulting organization as the Director of Entrepreneurial Development working with dislocated executives who wanted to start or purchase businesses.He was appointed Director of the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley offices in late 1986.The offices were the most profitable of the 13 company offices for both 1987 and 1988.
   
   In 1988, Mr. Chaya formed Performance Resources, a strategic planning, Total Quality Management and Cycle Time Reduction consulting firm based on the platform of research obtained from working with many Fortune 50 companies that failed to realize their strategic goals in the mid to late 1980's ...
   
   In 1998, Mr. Chaya and two partners founded Alignment Consulting International, to merge the expertise and industry knowledge of the founders.This was driven by a set of values and core services proven to be of benefit to start-up, early development and existing organizations seeking to maximize their impact on the markets they serve.Concentrating primarily in the Middle Atlantic region, ACI has performed projects for organizations in the for-profit, not-for-profit, state government and local development authority market segments.
   
   Combining over sixteen years of corporate experience and twenty-one years of executive level consulting experience, Mr. Chaya has implemented broad based solutions in strategic planning, performance improvement, and cycle time reduction in the engineering, service, manufacturing, food, retail and health care industries.
   
   Mr. Chaya also has extensive background in working with community and religious based not-for-profit organizations in home health care, acute care and nursing home environments to achieve customer focused continuous performance improvement processes, connected with JCAHO accreditation.
   
   He has been a part-time faculty member in the School of Business of The Pennsylvania State University, and an adjunct faculty member for Continuous Quality Improvement at the Seton Hall University graduate schools of Business, Public Administration and Nursing.

2. 2. Alignment Consulting International

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   John ChayaJchaya@ac-llc.com

3. 3. Alignment Consulting International

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   The 2006 Entrepreneurial Advocate Award was presented to John A. Chaya, Co-founder and Senior Partner, Alignment Consulting International, LLC, Allentown.The Entrepreneurial Advocate Award is presented to an individual from the community who has contributed his or her leadership, time, and expertise to helping entrepreneurs and the Ben Franklin Technology Partners accomplish their goals.This person demonstrates a sincere and selfless desire to see the region thrive, and backs up his or her commitment with appropriate action.
   
   John Chaya has been a key resource in the Ben Franklin Solutions Network for several years, both as a volunteer business plan reviewer and as an astute company advisor.He has served 13 clients in the Ben Franklin portfolio through various efforts, from helping companies identify ways to increase productivity and capacity through innovation, to creating a process to monitor key sales indicators.Chaya has developed several business plans and marketing plans for clients, and has catalyzed beneficial partnerships among clients.His excellent interpersonal skills allow him to interact effectively with both management teams and hourly workforces.John Chaya's conviction and commitment to help Ben Franklin clients is outstanding.He consistently searches for ways to support clients, and is therefore developing and growing the region's technology economy as a whole.