·        Achieved strong customer loyalty, maintaining a nearly 98% repeat business over several years.

·        Maintained strong staff loyalty, reducing turnover in every operation managed, in many cases to less than 5%.

·        Maintained a better than 75% win rate for competitive proposals in the commercial and government sectors.

·        Hired and managed over 1000 employees in the past 17 years, and managed directly and indirectly over 3000 projects of up to $100 million each.

Major Assignments Undertaken

Principal - Sleeman, Hanley & DiNitto, Inc. (10/99 – Present)

 Sleeman Hanley & DiNitto, Inc. is a business operations services firm offering facility-wide and individual program management assistance to business leaders in their efforts to operate and control their facility and environmental management systems more cost-effectively.  As a Director, Mr. Sleeman’s focus is on improving the way companies operate, through targeted outsourcing or management systems improvements in the areas of:

·        Facility Environment Health & Safety Operations Management

·        International Facility Operations

·        Litigation Research, Analysis and Judicial Support

·        Project and Asset Management and Investor Relations

·        Strategic Planning and Technology & Product Development

Senior Executive in High-Tech Developmental Firms (1/98 – 10/99)

·        Board of Director & Senior Executive, Novem Corporation.  Start-up business to develop environmentally sensitive cutting-edge technologies to manufacture energy products for the metals and material sciences sectors.  Responsible for establishing the firm and arranging for financing.

·        Chief Executive Officer, Antaeus Energy Corp. CEO for this Australian publicly-traded firm operating in the US to develop carbon-based feedstock materials via innovative technologies for the iron & steel industries. 

Started with the firm as the COO, responsible for operating the firm’s two plants and three corporate offices, as well as all sales and marketing for the firm’s products.  Lead strategic partnering efforts with Energy and Engineering firms.  Developed the firm’s operating manuals and procedures, and managed all legal matters of the firm. As CEO, set strategy, directed financing efforts, and worked with shareholders for the firm’s publicly traded stock.

Senior Operations Manager for Engineering and Environmental Consulting Firms  (10/82 - 12/98)

· National Sales Director & Managing Director for Strategic Environmental Management Practice, ENSR Corp. (2½ years).  Responsible for all sales and marketing efforts for firm’s Eastern US operations including the Caribbean and Central America.  Grew total opportunities in the region from $45 million to over $100 million per year.  Developed a national facility management practice for the firm that resulted in over $3 million of revenues in the first year.

·        Vice President, National Sales & Northeastern US Operations, ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) (6½ years).  Managed local and regional operations of six offices, with over 300 employees that generated $45 in annual revenues.  Grew local office by 100 percent in sales and profit over a three-year period. Served as ABB’s regional lobbyist and developed two new practice lines for the Railroad sector and in Environmental Management for Fortune 500 companies.

·        Operations Manager for both GHR Engineering (2 years) and NUS Corp (5 years).  Responsible for local profit centers for each firm.  Increased sales and profits of each profit center each year.  At GHR developed a new operation from scratch to over $1.5 million in annual revenues in first year.  At NUS, managed the firm’s New England operations and achieved the lowest turnover rates for the firm and highest client satisfaction scores.

Geologist & Environmental Consultant  (6/77 –10/82)

·        Senior Geohydrologist for Hazardous Waste Site Investigation Team, Ecology & Environment, Inc.

·        Geologist for Particulate Materials Testing Laboratory and Mining Operations Investigations, GCA Technology.

·        Geology Lecturer for Introductory Geology Courses, Lowell University.

·  Geologist for the US Geological Survey

Presentations, Publications & Patents

Over 50 publications and invited presentations; selected list available on request.

Awards

1994 – Best Financial Performance for Profit Margins (ABB)

1993 – Best Office for Cash Flow and New Orders (ABB)

1992 – Operation of the Year, US (ABB)

Associations & Certifications

Iron & Steel Institute, 1998 – present

Director, Institute for Leadership & Institutional Development, 1998-present

American Society of Civil Engineers,  1995-1997

Academic Qualifications 

MS-Geology, 1983, Boston College.

BS-Geology, 1976, Boston College.

Field Geology, 1976, Iowa State University.

Environmental Science, 1974, North Shore Community College.