William P. "Bill" Kuehn

 

Over the past three decades Bill Kuehn has been an innovative change leader with both growth and underperforming businesses including middle market manufacturing, distribution and service companies. He has been a hands-on, turnaround consultant, board director and/or Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Kuehn has worked with companies in several industries including: healthcare, wellness, foods/beverages, consumer products and services, industrial manufacturing and distribution/reselling, electronic components and instrumentation, commercial printing, aerospace/defense, software, energy and construction/real estate.  Previous experiences include owning and operating an industrial equipment manufacturing and distribution company for seven years and serving seven years as a management consultant at KPMG and Price Waterhouse.

He stimulates management teams to improve their operational and financial performance through sales and gross profit organic growth; management reorganization; expense and asset rationalization; strategic growth by acquisition; merger integration; sale of non core divisions or assets; and corporate refinancing.   Recent assignments include:

• Profit improvement consultant to a high growth, profitable construction services company to reorganize management and revitalize management reporting and controls;

• Strategic advisor to noteholders preparing to take equity control of a leading, international specialty food franchisor;

• Interim CFO of a high growth, profitable personal health improvement company preparing for an IPO; and

• Interim CFO of the diversification subsidiary of a major national healthcare company with significant M&A activity through acquisitions, start ups and strategic partnerships.

Kuehn is a Director of Catalina Freight Lines and an Executive Committee member of Moore Industries. He received his MBA from Harvard University; his BA with Distinction from Stanford University; and served in Vietnam as an officer aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer.  He has been active in leadership positions with several community organizations including the American Red Cross, Harvard Business School Alumni, Stanford Junior Alumni, and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles