Ghassan Hamade

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Volunteer Experience

  • Mission Trip

    Led To Serve

    Children

    Making a difference in this world is why God put us on this earth. Doing a Service Journey and helping children in another part of the world. Traveling to Costa Rica to provide serving hours and labor on one or more community service projects. These projects are designed to help meet certain needs in impoverished neighborhoods & build trust among families & youth. Spending time working with the children through sports ministry, helping to improve the community, leading devotionals, and…

    Making a difference in this world is why God put us on this earth. Doing a Service Journey and helping children in another part of the world. Traveling to Costa Rica to provide serving hours and labor on one or more community service projects. These projects are designed to help meet certain needs in impoverished neighborhoods & build trust among families & youth. Spending time working with the children through sports ministry, helping to improve the community, leading devotionals, and whatever else is needed. The impact on children’s lives I hope will be priceless and irreplaceable. Looking to make a significant difference in every child’s life!

Publications

  • Leadership & Change

    Marcella Bremer

    In Issue 2 The article I authored is how to lead an organization to profitability with 8 ingredients, including physical health and fitness for employees?

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  • 5 Tips for reconstructuring a performance appraisal system

    Fabricator/Dan Davis: Editor In Chief

    The article I wrote is 5 tips for reconstructing a performance appraisal system.

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  • Business Insights

    PNC

    All leaders may not be managers - but managers can help natural leaders develop their skills.

    To understand the difference between management and leadership, Mark Hamade, COO of a group of manufacturing companies, suggests thinking about the construction of a new road. Managers see that workers are trained, motivated, understand what to do and have tools and machinery that work properly. Leaders see that the road is going in the right direction, and continue to do so despite changing…

    All leaders may not be managers - but managers can help natural leaders develop their skills.

    To understand the difference between management and leadership, Mark Hamade, COO of a group of manufacturing companies, suggests thinking about the construction of a new road. Managers see that workers are trained, motivated, understand what to do and have tools and machinery that work properly. Leaders see that the road is going in the right direction, and continue to do so despite changing conditions.

    To identify the natural leaders in your company - whatever their job level may be - Hamade recommends looking for those employees walking down the right road. They're the ones who aren't just following you, but are seeing the road themselves and helping others make their way along it.

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Projects

  • P&L, M&A, Growth Strategies, Turnarounds, International, Forecasting & Planning, Performance improvement, Lean, Operations, Fundraising

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    Regardless of the industry, project, or issue I have transferable skill sets across multiple industries that provide sustainable results & a solid foundation for the future. Strong at building/managing high performance teams. Deep operational and efficiency skills to lower cost and raise productivity. I Infuse passion to create, meet, communicate direction, strategy, & vision. Deep success in transforming companies. I solve problems, and achieve performance.

    A Few Notable…

    Regardless of the industry, project, or issue I have transferable skill sets across multiple industries that provide sustainable results & a solid foundation for the future. Strong at building/managing high performance teams. Deep operational and efficiency skills to lower cost and raise productivity. I Infuse passion to create, meet, communicate direction, strategy, & vision. Deep success in transforming companies. I solve problems, and achieve performance.

    A Few Notable Examples:

    1)Ignited sales growth from $12M to $30M, increased productivity 38.5% the first year, further improved productivity 15% the second year, and continued an upward trend in following years.
    2)Implementing lean manufacturing principles in a non-lean environment in several organizations.
    3)Man hours per ton significantly without avoiding complex projects.
    4)Saved seven figures per year and prevented seven figures of potential charges without compromising production speed and efficiency by instituting quality assurance principles; also saved several hundred thousand on existing vendor contracts.
    5)Built project management departments from the ground up.
    6)Created world-class maintenance team and built system to track equipment costs and schedule inspections. Maintenance team worst could be argued worst in the country.
    7)Reorganized production department to strategically plan an increase in the company's productivity through making optimum use of the available resources.
    8)Turned several companies around from weekly losses to 20% profit, increased market share 15%, expanding organization. Some stats higher.
    9)Established company as DOT compliant and focused on safety through restructuring initiatives, thereby saving it from being shut down and delivering impact of several million.
    10)Drove improvements in high volume environments within complex organizations and achieved proven record of profitability and cost efficiency in operations and administration.

  • P&L, M&A, Growth Strategies, Turnarounds, International, Forecasting & Planning, Performance improvement, Lean, Operations, Fundraising

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    1) Developed and implemented corporate HR strategies and programs, including strategic recruitment and selection plan, employee retention, relations, training and compensation programs, and harassment prevention training program.
    2) Negotiated and saved $200K on insurance contract. Reduced net transportation cost 20% and lost used equipment 10% by initiating back hauls and implementing reverse logistics strategy.
    3) Achieved fuel savings by…

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    1) Developed and implemented corporate HR strategies and programs, including strategic recruitment and selection plan, employee retention, relations, training and compensation programs, and harassment prevention training program.
    2) Negotiated and saved $200K on insurance contract. Reduced net transportation cost 20% and lost used equipment 10% by initiating back hauls and implementing reverse logistics strategy.
    3) Achieved fuel savings by governing trucks, installing GPS system, and rewarding drivers for excellence.
    4) Improved customer deliveries through national KPI of three business days from initial shipment to customer delivery in a client driven, customized configuration environment
    5) Performed major role in opening company’s first international office, including compliance, contract negotiation, site selection, and hiring procedure initiatives.
    6) Facilitated growth as part of company’s overall strategic plan by assessing, coordinating and implementing HR practices and programs, and developing newsletter that helped shaped positive culture.
    7) Delivered significant improvements in profitability through achieving savings by renegotiating contracts. Saved, negotiated, & procured phone contract , IT equipment & software licenses.
    8) Generated sales revenues by introducing company to prospective Fortune 100 and startup clients.
    9) Built, architected and implemented world-class IT infrastructure. Architected backbone to be “greener” with back-ups, and negotiated 30% to achieve delivery.
    10) Leveraged company growth opportunities through fulfillment and management of the consulting lifecycle that include staff planning, development and deployment and administration of staff selection, retention and training.
    11) Hired 94% of company staff that exceeded all expectations.
    12) Established best-of-breed processes (e.g., “what are the results 12-step hiring processes”) and specific testing to assure candidates fit the position).






  • P&L, M&A, Growth Strategies, Turnarounds, International, Forecasting & Planning, Performance improvement, Lean, Operations, Fundraising

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    Recruited 55+ employee staff members at a high level from Fortune 500 / 1000 companies (Sony, Accenture, TPI, McKinsey) and played key role in recruiting contractors.
    Established SharePoint platform company-wide and utilized SaaS platforms.
    Built HR department from scratch.
    Re-structured & reorganized failed M&A.
    Capture large complex multi-million dollar deals.
    Secured & negotiated complex multi-million dollar deals.
    Led, managed & saved multi-million dollar deals from…

    Recruited 55+ employee staff members at a high level from Fortune 500 / 1000 companies (Sony, Accenture, TPI, McKinsey) and played key role in recruiting contractors.
    Established SharePoint platform company-wide and utilized SaaS platforms.
    Built HR department from scratch.
    Re-structured & reorganized failed M&A.
    Capture large complex multi-million dollar deals.
    Secured & negotiated complex multi-million dollar deals.
    Led, managed & saved multi-million dollar deals from court, loss & led to profitability in a hostile environment.
    Build Grass Root Marketing & Branding Campaigns.
    Helped company achieve number 2 ranking industry wide.
    Recruited a Rock Star team in a start-up environment.
    Helped several organizations gain funding.
    Helped several organization change direction to grow & be profitable.
    Helped organization market, brand, gain big box chain and gain FDA approval.
    Re-structured & reorganized failed M&A. Capture large complex multi-million dollar deals. Secured & negotiated complex multi-million dollar deals.
    Led, managed & saved multi-million dollar deals from court, loss & led to profitability in a hostile environment.
    Build Grass Root Marketing & Branding Campaigns.
    Using lean principles restructured several businesses.
    Opened offices & hired staff both nationally & multi-nationally.
    Multi-Year profitable exclusive agreements.
    Managed P & L as small as $1 Million to as large as $80 Million.
    CEO, President, and Founder coaching to increase performance.
    Created 1-5-10 year vision, strategy, and plan.
    Recreated mission, marketing, branding, website, PR.
    Analyzed each area of the business for several businesses & optimized savings, reduced safety concerns, and installed best practices to achieve optimum success with-out slowing down the business.
    Evaluating the right software, service, vendor & negotiating contract.

Honors & Awards

  • Pioneered Revolutionary Employee Wellness Plan

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    Pioneered a new approach to a comprehensive wellness program for employees that could serve as a model for other companies to follow. The program’s goal is to deliver meaningful long-term improvements in employee health that can reduce time lost due to illness as well as making for happier and more productive workers.

    Those in the program receive a blood test twice a year that checks close to 60 different factors, including numerous vitamin and mineral levels. A nutritionist will meet…

    Pioneered a new approach to a comprehensive wellness program for employees that could serve as a model for other companies to follow. The program’s goal is to deliver meaningful long-term improvements in employee health that can reduce time lost due to illness as well as making for happier and more productive workers.

    Those in the program receive a blood test twice a year that checks close to 60 different factors, including numerous vitamin and mineral levels. A nutritionist will meet monthly with each participant to help them set goals and keep them on track to meeting them.

  • Greatest Steel Day In The World

    3 YEARS IN A ROW

    Created the greatest STEEL DAY in the world 3 years in a row! Built the vision, creativity, & plan entirely from my head in the middle of the night when a vision came to me in the sleep. I woke up wrote it & executed on it!

  • Weight Loss

    Humphrey's Gym

    Through hard work, passion, support & Humphrey's Gym I lost a total of over 160lbs & hear is a picture of the last 122lbs! Growing, turning around companies are very hard but nothing is has hard as battling obesity & keeping it off! I am proud of the accomplishment & those I inspired & have accomplished amazing results.

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  • Arabic

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