Larry C. Kleinschmidt

240 Amherst Road
Sunderland,  MA 01375
413-665-6766

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SUMMARY:

* Management Professional with Networking Technical Skills.

* MBA with experience in Finance, Marketing, Sales Support and Systems Administration.

* Proven skills in communication, financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, TQM and systems.

* Excellent leadership and team management ability.

* Technical Expertise (MCSA, MCSE and Network+ Certifications)

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EXPERIENCE:

LARRY C. KLEINSCHMIDT CONSULTING SERVICES,  Sunderland, MA

1999 - 2006
* Serving small business clients. Projects mostly in networking and training.
CHEMFAB CORPORATION, Merrimack, NH (now owned by St. Gobain)
Chemfab Corporation is a $150 million company in the high performance flexible composites industry.

1998 - 1999    Manager, Sales Force Automation
* Reported to Manager of Sales and Marketing.
* Automated sales force customer contact and customer service order entry.
* Used GoldMine contact management software in network and remote synchronization settings.
* Linked GoldMine to J.D. Edwards accounting software to achieve order entry from front-end system.

1992 - 1998     Manager, Information Systems
* Reported to the Vice President of Finance and Administration.
* Managed and coordinated all Americas information systems including AS/400, two programmers, four remote site administrators, one PC specialist and one telecommunications specialist.
* Migrated from Model 45 to Model 500 RISC system with the implementations of J.D. Edwards accounting software.
* Developed Chemfab website. Wrote and implemented web site for subsidiary company (Canton Biomedical).

1990 - 1992     Manager, Business Analysis, U. S. Sales and Marketing Department
* Reported to the Vice President of Sales.
* Responsible for budgeting, planning, forecasting and developing incentive programs and cost savings programs for $28 million domestic business.
* Led cost control team for mature product line. Achieved margin level improvements worth $60,000 annually.
LARRY C. KLEINSCHMIDT CONSULTING SERVICES, Harvard, MA

1988 - 1990
* Served a variety of small business clients. Projects included financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, accounting, LAN hardware and
   software assessment, design and implementation
G. E. - AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENT DEPARTMENT, Wilmington, MA
G. E. Aircraft Instrument Department is a $155 million business that builds instruments for government and commercial applications.

1986 - 1988 Business Operations Analyst
* Reported to the Manager - Financial Analysis
* Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, analysis and reporting, division liaison and development of PC based business models.
* Designed and implemented financial decision support system using System W (Comshare). This PC/mainframe based three dimensional database system accumulated data by product line, allowing in-depth business analysis and saving $27,000 annually.

G. E. - PLASTIC SALES DIVISION, Pittsfield, MA
G. E. Plastic Sales Division is a multi-site operation delivering $600 million in sales annually.

1981-1986 Manager, Division Business Analysis
* Reported to the Division Manager - Finance
* Responsible for sales and orders budgeting, forecasting and reporting, sales incentive programs, operational reporting, capital expenditures, information systems liaison and PC coordination.
* Developed and implemented multi-site computerized system to gather, consolidate, analyze and report sales data, resulting in timely, accurate  sales forecasts and savings of $30,000 annually.
* Led the division in development of PC applications for sales, orders and expense analysis, increased reporting accuracy and timeliness, achieving savings in excess of $50,000 annually.
* Computerized the US Sales Incentive Program. Reduced the quarterly pay-out cycle by two weeks and improved accuracy on this program disbursing over $600,000 annually.

1979-1981 Manager Finance, Detroit Auto Polymer Center
* Reported to Division Manager - Finance.
* Responsible for sales analysis, budgeting, planning and reporting, capital expenditures, landlord activities, general accounting interfaces and informational systems liaison.
* Active member of Center's marketing staff.
* Developed orders target system to track $100 million of potential business. This system presented target data in an efficient, timely manner and saved over $40,000 annually.
* Planned and implemented sales reporting system for $76 million automotive business. Produced timely, accurate sales reports and saved $15,000 annually.

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EDUCATION:

Microsoft System Engineer Courses
Coursework completed at UMASS, Amherst, Jan. 2002
MCSA achieved  March, 2002, MCSE achieved   July,  2002
MCP ID: 2579392.  See linked Transcript.

CompTIA Network+ Certification
CompTIA ID No.:  COMP001000202117  See linked Certificate.

CLARK UNIVERSITY, Worcester, MA
MBA, Beta Gamma Sigma

SALEM STATE COLLEGE, Salem, MA
BSBA, Cum Laude

G. E. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

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