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1. 1. Craig Collins

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   Published on: 6/19/2002   Last Visited: 1/7/2005

   Craig Collins is currently serving as a special advisor to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the USDA. The CFO has asked Craig to develop and provide implementation oversight of IT and organizational strategies for the cost and performance management needs of the Department, an organization with over 100,000 employees and a budget in excess of $80 billion (roughly the size of General Electric). The CFO has also worked previously with Craig in business process redesign projects for private sector organizations that generated tremendous savings and benefits to the companies from those efforts.
   
   BMH Americas - Operations Design and Improvement
   
   BMH Americas (BMHA) sells and delivers turnkey and component, engineering and commissioning services of cement manufacturing plants. The company had entered a line of business that became unprofitable in the prevailing global economic conditions, and laid off 60% of its workforce in efforts to improve its financial condition. As an independent consultant, Craig Collins worked closely with the CEO and CFO in revising business and operating strategies, creating corporate communications, coaching executives, developing new business processes, achieving executive consensus on strategic direction, and obtaining employee buy-in to operating strategies.
   
   Zale Corporation - Turnaround Strategy and Implementation
   
   Craig Collins was a member of project team responsible for reorganizing the Zale Corporation, the world's largest retail jewelry chain with annual sales of $1.2 billion, and preparing the 1993 business plan which served as the operations guideline approved by the company's creditors and the bankruptcy court once Zale was forced into bankruptcy in December of 1992.
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   Craig Collins
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   Craig has had great success over the last thirteen years, working with numerous organizations to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations. He has provided insight and execution for his clients in the areas of business strategy, e-commerce, IT strategy, process reengineering, organizational design, and the development and use of cost/profitability and performance management systems. He has led numerous projects focused on designing business processes that meet an organization's strategic objectives while utilizing appropriate investments in technology, then determining the optimal organizational design to support those processes in terms of both resource levels and required skill sets.
   
   His professional experience includes being a Partner with marchFIRST (formerly USWeb/CKS) in the Dallas Strategy Consulting practice, where he led development of e-commerce and IT strategy for organizations including Tenet Healthcare, American Airlines Cargo, AIMCO, and Dallas County. Prior to that, he was a Senior Manager with Arthur Andersen where his clients including American Express, Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments, Pennzoil, and the Zale Corporation. Additionally, Craig is a contributing author to four books in the areas of cost and performance management, and has spoken often on these subjects.
   
   Craig is also currently serving as a special advisor to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The CFO of the USDA, a former client of Craig's, has asked him to develop and provide implementation oversight of organizational and IT strategies for the cost and performance management needs of the Department, an organization with over 100,000 employees and a budget in excess of $8 billion (roughly the size of General Electric). His previous experience includes:

2. 2. The Galt Group Web Site

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   Published on: 3/25/2002   Last Visited: 12/3/2006

   Craig R Collins Craig brings to clients a strong understanding of executive needs he has developed over the last fifteen years working both as a management consultant and an executive charged with growing and improving businesses. He has provided insight and execution for organizations in the areas of business strategy, brand strategy, IT strategy, e-commerce, process reengineering, organizational design, and the development and use of cost and performance management systems. ,
   
   Craig has been a Partner with marchFIRST (formerly USWeb/CKS) in the Dallas Strategy Consulting practice, where he led projects ranging from developing strategies for businesses to better utilize emerging technology, to leading a 70- person team in the development of a new operating division from the ground up for a $6 billion company. Prior to that, he was a Senior Manager with a Big 5 consulting practice where he was the Dallas business performance management practice leader. It was while at the Big 5 that Craig refined his approach of focusing on "storytelling" as a means of sustaining positive change in an organization. Recognizing that in a successful project a substantial portion, if not the majority, of efforts were focused not on the technical aspects of the solution, but on realizing the benefits of the solution, and that the most effective way to achieve this was through "telling the story" of how the change benefited all the parties involved. He put this into practice not only with his clients, but also internally, leading the "Culture Committee" for the 400 person practice, a key result being turnover of 6% vs. an industry average of over 25%, during his four year tenure in this position.,
   
   Craig has also been a founder and Vice President of an Austin Ventures funded start-up, interim CEO of a record label and music company, and a contributing author to four books in the areas of cost management and performance improvement. He is currently serving in a part-time role as a special advisor to the Chief Financial Officer of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), providing oversight and assistance with the development and implementation of organizational strategies to meet the performance and cost management needs of the Department. ,
   
   His clients include American Express, Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments, Pennzoil, ServiceMaster, Tenet Healthcare, American Airlines, AIMCO, Dallas County, and the Zale Corporation. ,
   
   Craig is a graduate of Texas A&M University where he received both his BBA in Finance and his MBA. He has also attended the Washington Campus Executive Development Program at Georgetown University. E-mail Craig.