Ted Hooper brings to our clients more than twenty-five years experience with manufacturing and high-tech companies. He has extensive experience in general management, marketing, sales, finance, IT, and operations with domestic and European-based multinationals selling industrial products to Fortune 500 companies.

Ted started his career as a software technologist and then did a leveraged acquisition of a private manufacturing company. After tripling its sales and selling the company, he has worked primarily with European corporations expanding and improving their operations in North America. This has included the startup of new divisions, sales channel development, M&A's, reorganizations, and turnarounds, with the main focus on strategy implementation, organization development and automating internal processes.

Ted has also served as CIO and CTO for emerging and start-up companies. He has led software development teams and implemented ERP, CRM, and Finance systems. His most recent assignment was leading a major merger and restructuring for a foreign multinational in North America that included the relocation of manufacturing to Mexico and the roll-out of a global IT strategy, as well as serving on a steering committee for eCommerce deployment.

His formal education includes a BS in Mathematics from McGill University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He recently attended the CIO Academy, sponsored by the University of South Carolina.