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An expert in lean manufacturing, Rob Carringer has consulted with more than 200 companies throughout North America and Europe over the last 20 years, helping those companies improve operations, grow revenue, drive EBITDA and enhance working capital productivity. He has executive and board experience in industries such as: manufacturing, distribution, e-commerce and retail. Some of his roles and accomplishments include:

• Advised a $100 million cellular telephone provider through a refinancing of its senior and sub debt
• Advised a 37-store retailer of office supply products through store rightsizing, organization rightsizing, product line pruning and a real estate analysis culminating in a Chapter 11 filing and 363 sale to deal with the remaining store leases; reduced lease liability by $1.8 million
• Advised a $325 million LTL trucking company through a liquidity crisis and debt renegotiation
• Interim CFO/CRO of a $105 million consumer products company with 300 employees and operations in three states; under his guidance, revenue doubled within a year
• CRO/COO of a $100 million manufacturer of store fixtures, where Mr. Carringer successfully restructured operations, removing $12 million in annual fixed costs
• CEO and board member of a $100 million integration services business serving the telecommunications and medical equipment markets
• Chapter 11 Trustee for an e-mail marketing company; led a sale resulting in a transaction for eight times the initial offer
• Advised an aerospace machining business with $100 million in debt on a financial restructuring
• Managed the analysis, bankruptcy preparation and DIP financing for a public $135 million pharmacy chain
• Guided a home furnishings retailer in preparing for Chapter 11 by managing cash flow, preparing for an asset sale and negotiating with lenders
• Evaluated strategy, cash flow, debt restructuring and operations cost reduction for a $110 million international specialty alloy manufacturer

From 1989 to 1999, Mr. Carringer helped build a lean, enterprise-focused consulting firm, grew it to 100 consultants with executive roles in both operations and sales, and led projects with global manufacturing leaders such as GE, Stanley Works, Honeywell, Bell+Howell, Digital Microwave, Olin, Marion Merrill Dow and Halliburton. He began his career as an officer in the U.S. Air Force Manufacturing Technology program, where he led the technical development of an international data exchange standard (STEP). He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial engineering from Pennsylvania State University on full scholarship.

He was awarded the Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from SME in 1993. He served on the Board of Advisors for CASA/SME from 1994 to 1996 and chaired the SME Certified Enterprise Integrator Certification Committee from 1997 to 2002.