Dennis R. Brink
Dennis R. Brink is a seasoned senior financial and operations executive with
an in-depth background in both Fortune 500 and multinational companies as
well as several years as a senior consultant in business turnarounds,
restructurings and strategic growth environments. The industry breadth of
his experience encompasses capital equipment to consumer products and
services, as well as reengineering, acquisitions, divestitures and
refinancings. His experience has included major roles in the U.S., Europe,
North Africa, Japan and Mexico.
Brink’s consulting
career has included clients ranging from $10 million to over $700 million.
Brink’s particular skills include operations management, strategic planning,
cost reduction and containment, financial systems design, and banking
relations/negotiations. Industries have included electronics, equipment
manufacturing, general construction, garment, hospital and nursing home
furniture, medical healthcare products, software development, snack food
packaging and distribution, direct mail and order fulfillment, and trucking
and logistics.
Clients have included Peck Jones Inc. (Los Angeles
based general contractor) during the reconstruction of the Beverly Hills
Hotel; Barco of California (designer and distributor of professional
uniforms) taking the lead during its turnaround; LH Research Inc.
(manufacturer of integrated power supply units) taking the lead during its
turnaround, sale, and resolution of employee 401(k); Sunrise Medical
Inc.-Bio Clinic Corporation (manufacturer of air therapy beds and foam
overlay products for the medical and consumer markets) during the
restructuring, partial spin-off, and SEC and audit re-compliance for this
major division of a NYSE company; Prepco Snack Foods during its downsizing
and sale; Sound Source Interactive (software developer of children’s games)
to develop a strategic business plan for the board and executive team of
this public company; Sunrise Medical Inc.-Corona France completing a year
end audit for the public parent company, all tax filings, and business
turnaround with a strategic business plan going forward; Towne Inc. (direct
mail, order fulfillment, warehouse management, and outsource printer)
developing comprehensive quotation and cost system and provided requirements
for ERP systems conversion; WorldPoint Logistics Inc. and Expedited Delivery
Services completing the asset sale of trucking subsidiary and
liquidation/resolution of residual assets and liabilities as well as leading
the financial turnaround of parent company.
Prior to his consulting career, Brink held several
executive positions, including Vice President-Finance for the Rockford
Corporation ($70 million consumer electronics manufacturer); Vice
President-Controller for Fairchild Corporation ($500 million manufacturing
supplier for commercial aerospace, industrial and communications services
markets); Director of Finance and Worldwide Group Controller for AMCA
International Inc.-Koehring Company ($1.4 billion company specializing in
industrial and construction products, farm implement equipment, as well as
financing and engineering services).
Brink received a BBA from the University of
Wisconsin, majoring in Finance and Accounting, an MBA from the University of
Dayton, majoring in General Management, and completed a Senior Management
Program from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He
has been a member of Financial Executives International since 1983.
