Expert No. 161185 – Business Expert – CA(S)
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert with more than 45 years of experience in the fields of Apparel, Fashion, Garment, and Textile industries. Fulfilled a multitude of roles, including retailer, manufacturer, key executive, consultant, and college instructor. Expertise consists of areas related to apparel manufacturing, such as entrepreneurship, sales and marketing, purchasing and inventory control, total quality management, and production planning. Other consultations include reorganization, restructuring, or reengineering of business processes for failing or growing companies in need. Worked with major American companies as well as companies in France, England, Australia and USAID (United States Agency for International Development) sponsored projects in Romania, Egypt, Russia, Thailand, El Salvador, and Bulgaria. Renown “apparel expert” specializes in financial development, customer service, warehousing, distribution, and domestic and international manufacturing and sourcing. Past projects have resulted in drastic increases in sale volumes, profitability, and overall corporate growth. Multiple awards and publications. Over 18 years of expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.
Areas of Expertise:
Representative Litigation Experience:
- All aspects of garment and fashion industry
Representative Consulting Services and/or Projects:
- product development
- restructuring and streamlining business operations
- developed concepts and established licensing for future stores a Junior Sportswear store
- delivered seminars nationally about information on computers in and for apparel industry
- long range and immediate planning and manufacturing
Licenses & Certifications:
| Certified Arbitrator by American Arbitration Association & Los Angeles Bar Association |
| Certified Mediator by American Arbitration Association & Los Angeles Bar Association |
Education:
| Degree | Subject | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Arts | Economics | Barnard College, NY | |
| Bachelor of Science | Education | University of Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Graduate Studies | Business | Xavier University, Ohio |
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations:
- Instructor and Guest Lecturer
- Board of Directors - Fashion Business Incorporated
- Advisory Board - Los Angeles Trade Technical College
- Advisory Board - Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
- Board of Directors - LCA Intimates
- Business Volunteer - Los Angeles Arts Council
- Business Volunteer - Executive Service Corps of Los Angeles
- Member of American Production and Inventory Control Society
- Member of Executive Board of California Apparel Industries Association
- Chairman Information Technology Committee
Awards & Honors:
| Elected to Who's Who of American Women |
| Elected to Who's Who in the West |
| Elected to Who's Who of American Teachers |
| Elected to Who's Who in California |
| Received "Faculty of the Year" award 3 years in a row |
Other Career Highlights:
| "To Boost Profits, Take a Closer Look at Customer Service," Apparel Industry Magazine |
| "Making It in Middle Management," Bobbin Magazine |
| "Small Company View of the Computer," AAMA Publication |
