Bob Cannon
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consulting |
| Occupation | Consultant, Speaker, Author |
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | Certified Management Consultant with 20 yrs. Hardware / Hardlines experience. co-founder of ToolSource.com former V.P. of Channellock, Inc. Patent # 4,238,871. Initiated the successful NASCAR and World of Outlaws Racing Program at Channellock. Increased revenues at Tencon division of Gannett from $14 million to $21 million in less than 3 years. Accelerated profitability at AMF Wheel Goods from 3.9% in 1979 to 7.7% in 1981 on sales of $80 million in an increasingly tightening market. Redirected advertising program from agency to in-house, from trade to consumer advertising and from print to television which greatly affected bottom-line sales. Doubled order entry capacity and slashed processing time; concurrently reduced per-order costs 40% through introduction of MRP and EDI procedures. Initiated relationships with Atlas Copco and Milwaukee Electric Tool Company resulting in development of a new line of battery powered caulking guns. |
| Interests | Marketing Strategy, Meeting Speaker, Decision-making, Change Management, Business Strategy |
| Favorite movies | What the Bleep Do We Know!? |
| Favorite music | Jazz, Big Bands |
| Favorite books | Global Mind Change by Willis Harman, Birth of the Chaordic Age by Dee Hock, Leadership and the New Science by Margaret Wheatley, Blue Ocean Strategy, by W. Chan Kim & Rene'e Mauborgne |