Carolina's Midas - People

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Ted Huneycutt

Ted Huneycutt is the founder and managing principal of four businesses in three industries, including a manufacturing business in the textile industry, a surplus-parts distribution business in the airline industry and an income tax preparation business in the financial services industry. With more than 20 years in business ownership, management and operations, Ted is a strategic thinker who knows how to leverage network resources to achieve established goals. He has been involved in a number of industry organizations, fulfilling varied committee responsibilities, such as publicly presenting on a wide range of associated industry topics. Ted earned his MBA degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

 

 

 

 

Dan Keenan

Dan Keenan has over thirty years of professional experience in executive management, sales, marketing, financial, and restructuring advisory services.  He draws on experience across many industries including: light and heavy manufacturing, distribution, financial, and medical services. Dan is currently the President and CEO of Cimtec Automation, a regional automation and product sales company.  His expertise in turnaround management enabled the successful transformation of this company within nine months of its purchase. Prior to acquiring Cimtec, Dan was a partner of a professional corporate restructuring firm, where he advised companies in need of financial and operational restructuring. His experience also includes having been the COO of a multi-state heating and air conditioning wholesale distribution company where he applied strategic planning, business development, and best practice strategies to increase revenue production by 115% in four years. Dan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Plattsburgh State University of New York.

 

 

John MacQuarrie

John MacQuarrie owns a Charlotte, NC based Advisory practice whose primary focus is Business Strategy and Organizational Engineering. John has a 20+ year track record of turning around and growing enterprises for S&P/Global 500 concerns like Stanley Black & Decker, Atlas Copco, Danaher and Grainger. John’s progressive career experience encompassed senior leadership roles in Industrial Manufacturing and Distribution companies across worldwide markets.  Strategic industry focuses include Power Generation, Petrochemical, Automotive, Aerospace, Healthcare Facilities and Construction/Agriculture Equipment. John has successfully implemented Strategic Goal Deployment, Working Capital Transformation, Emerging Market Activation, Global Supply Chain and Lean initiatives across various business platforms. John also has significant Business Development, M&A, and Integration experience. John helps business leaders define immediate and long term drivers of performance and align people/functions to achieve desired results. John earned a degree in Economics from the University of Notre Dame.

 

Stephen P. Miller

Steve Miller is the vice-chairman of the executive committee and executive vice president of The Biltmore Company, which owns and operates Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC. A 33-year veteran of the company, Steve is Biltmore’s top non-family executive.  Revenues at Biltmore have increased 40 fold during his tenure there. In his current role, Miller is responsible for new business development and for developing the long-range strategic direction and corporate planning for Biltmore’s various business divisions, including Biltmore House and Gardens, Biltmore Estate Wine Company, the Inn on Biltmore Estate, and Biltmore’s For Your Home branding business. Miller currently serves on the boards of Asheville Savings Bank; Celebration Associates, a real estate development firm operating in the Carolinas and Virginia; and Draper and Kramer, a family-owned real estate management and development firm headquartered in Chicago. He is past chair of the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce and past chairman of the board of Mission Hospitals in Asheville. Miller holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated in 1991 from The Executive Program at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he now serves as an adjunct professor for family business in the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Kenan-Flagler Business School and is co-founder of the KFBS Family Enterprise Institute.

John Parks

Hans E. Peterson

Robert P. Rhen

Robert Rhen has led the commercialization of new technologies for over twenty-five years. He is a Managing Principle at KRBS Ventures Ltd. in Wilmington NC and mentors early stage companies that seek to monetize new technologies. Robert was also a Managing Member at Evidence Based Associates and led growth initiatives of the company starting with the original collaboration of FFT, MST, MTFC and NFP model programs to form EBA; and start / sponsor the semi-annual Blue Prints for Violence Prevention Conferences. During his career, Robert has been a board member or mentor for over ten companies and created meaningful changes in business models and value. Prior to moving to Wilmington, Robert was a senior executive at Westinghouse for fifteen years managing new technology business start-ups in electronic components, construction products, market research and corporate development / mergers and acquisitions. Robert earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Pittsburg.

Barry Saltzman

Barry Saltzman has been a hands-on leader throughout his career, having experience in both public and private global companies. Barry has been responsible for Global Sales, P&L, Business Development, Closing Multi Million dollar transactions, leading and managing Complex Project Teams, Service Delivery, Service and Sales Operations and Customer Relationships. During Barry’s career he has succeeded in a major financial turnaround of a $60 million dollar privately held business, grew revenue from $35 million to over $200 million for a large IT services business, managed a $535 million dollar P&L with over 1500 technical and sales employees for a large services division of a public company and taken a leadership sales role in closing global deals valued at over $25 million dollars. Most importantly Barry has succeeded at developing the key attributes of a great executive leader - Integrity, Excellent Decision Making Skills, Leveraging Experience, Business Acumen, People Acumen, Organizational Development Skills, Global Mindset and Never Quits. Barry also serves on many Advisory Boards including the Chicago IT Roundtable as Board Member/Treasurer and Illinois Technology Partnership as Board Member. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Computer Information Systems from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.

Barbara Sheridan

Barbara Sheridan has more than 20 years experience in the Human Resource and Business Process Outsourcing industries. She spent several years working as a human resources executive for several large companies from the Commodities Exchange in New York City to a large Hospital Corporation in Nashville, TN. She also worked as a consultant for Towers Perrin specializing in employee benefit and retirement plans. She then moved to Charlotte, NC and co-founded her own company, HR XCEL, LLC. She created a unique HR outsourcing model to address the needs of mid market employers. Barbara and her sales team competed against fortune 500 companies and put HR XCEL on the map through her innovative, customer service driven, yet cost effective business model. After approximately 10 years, in early 2010, Barbara and her business partners decided to exit the business and sold to Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP), a publically traded billion dollar payroll, benefits and business process outsourcing firm.  In 1986, Barbara received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the Sigmund Weis School of Business, Susquehanna University, in Pennsylvania. Additionally, in 2003, the Charlotte Business Journal awarded Barbara as one of the top “40 Business Executives under 40” as well as being recognized as one of the” Top 25 Women in Business” award recipients in 2004. Additionally, she was selected as one of the “HRO (Human Resource Outsourcing) Superstars” in 2007 and 2008 by the National HRO Today Magazine.

Jeffrey G. Tennyson

Jeff was, most recently, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EquiFirst Corporation from March 2004 to October 2009. He led the company to become one of the largest residential mortgage lenders in America and ultimately sold EquiFirst to Barclays Capital in 2007. Prior to 2005 he was President and Chief Operating Officer and presided over EquiFirst’s growth and operations. He joined EquiFirst in February 1997 and led virtually every functional area of the company as it grew from a startup to a large national lender. Prior to EquiFirst, Jeff was Treasurer and Controller for Anchor Glass Container Corporation, a Fortune 500 industrial company, where he negotiated and restructured the company’s senior debt and credit facilities, navigated the company through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and successfully negotiated the sale of the company. Jeff’s background includes corporate finance and investment banking experience with Stephens Inc., in Little Rock, AR and Salomon Brothers in New York. Mr. Tennyson is a Certified Public Accountant, and holds a business degree from Harding University and an MBA from Harvard School of Business.

Todd D. Wiebusch

David Zerfoss