Alan K Tope MBA, PMP
President
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Corporate IT headquarters in Fortune 500 companies (12 years) |
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Founder and CEO of systems-integration consultancy serving small- to mid-size businesses (16 years) |
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Private, independent consultant (7+ years) |
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| After leaving Owens-Corning, Mr. Tope built a successful company from scratch into multi-million dollar regional systems integration firm with nearly 100 employees in multiple cities. He sold that business, and for the past several years has worked as an independent consultant. |
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Tackling nebulous and unstructured problems |
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Diagnosing underlying causes |
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Developing and executing action plans |
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Leading people to define and implement change |
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Blending tech and people skills |
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University of Toledo (Ohio) |
MBA Finance, summa cum laude |
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University of Michigan |
BS Science (Math, Physics, Operations Research),
magna cum laude |
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Schoolcraft College (Michigan) |
AS Science, Valedictorian |
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| Traditional Employment: |
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Owens-Corning Fiberglas (Toledo, Ohio) |
10 years. Corporate IT Department. Fast-track advanced to Management Systems Analyst (youngest person, by 10 years of age, to hold that position). Responsible for simultaneous management of multiple projects, each exceeding 100 person-years effort. Voluntarily resigned to begin self-employment. |
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Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Mich) |
3 years. Engineering and research software development . |
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| Self-Employment: |
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ProAktive Consultants, Inc. |
Founded in 1994 upon selling interest in AKTion Associates. |
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AKTion Associates, Inc.
www.aktion.com |
Founded in 1979. Still in operation. Provides hardware, software, and consulting services to select vertical markets, focus on small- to medium-sized businesses. One of first companies in USA to earn IBM's prestigious Premier Business Partner award. Served on numerous regional and national IBM business partner advisory councils. |
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Liberty Software Systems, Inc. |
Founded in 1982. Develops and supports vertical market software applications. Sold interests to co-founders in 1987. Remains a successful operation, with clients throughout North America . |
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SIM – Society for Information Management |
One of very few consultants / vendors accepted for membership. www.simnet.org |
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PMI - Project Management Institute |
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AITP - Association of Information Technology Professionals |
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Nancy J. Tope
Vice-President
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Experienced accountant, financial analyst, project manager, business operations analyst and systems implementation consultant. Skilled business manager as co-founder and Treasurer of two successful IT product and services companies. Self-motivated and results oriented with a focus on quality and profitability. |
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Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration (Accounting) |
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NFO Research, Inc.
Vice President of Finance
Manager, Corporate Projects |
Manage all aspects of project accounting, job costing, billing and pricing, including the development of custom pricing for non-standard studies of this major international market research firm.
Provide financial analysis of internal operations, subsidiary companies, standard costing, pricing, and multi-tiered profitability reporting.
Propose and implement procedures across the company to maximize profitability. |
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World Trade Division of Dana Corporation. |
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Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. |
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Frito-Lay Division of PepsiCo Japan, Ltd.
(Tokyo, Japan) |
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| Self-Employment: |
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ProAktive Consultants, Inc.
Accounting, Business Software, and Operations Consultant |
Assist construction and property management clients with the implementation and usage of software accounting and job costing applications. |
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AKTion Associates, Inc.,
Vice President/Treasurer (Co-founder) |
Treasurer and Financial controller through rapid growth from start-up to multi-state presence of this Information Technology and Information Systems provider.
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Liberty Software Systems, Inc. |
Develop, market, and support a proprietary integrated accounting and inventory control software package throughout the United States and Canada. |
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