Resume

Senior Consultant for Authentic Leadership Institute

December 2007 to present

Co-facilitates workshops on Bill George's "True North" including recent engagements in Cambridge, Massachusetts and the Treasury Executive Institute in Washington D.C. For more information see Authentic Leadership Institute.

Senior Coach in global network of TNM Coaching

January 2007 to present

Experience coaching in Argentina, Brazil, Egypt and Qatar. For more information see TNM Coaching.

Principal of The Caskey Consultancy

July 2000 to present

Company offers executive, team, political and spiritual coaching.

Over 1500 hours coaching Board members, CEOs, senior executives and entrepreneurs. Coaching experiences include global metals processing and trading, plastic pipe manufacturing with global distribution, global economic development consultant, global law firm, global shipping, logistics, transportation, oil and drilling (through TNM Coaching), intercultural trainer, energy conservation, telecommunications, commercial finance, insurance, banking and venture capital, wealth management, real estate title and brokerage, retail grocery, food distribution, graphic design, medical doctor, medical collections, medical call center software, assisted living facilities, diagnostic laboratory, public relations, defense consulting, political lobbying, trade association, organization development and global not-for-profit.

Member of the elite international Executive Coaching Summit for 5 years, and recipient of certifications from multiple coach and coach training organizations. Authored monthly column in smartCEO magazine for 5 years. My multidimensional coaching is profiled in The International Journal of Coaching in Organizations (2007) and also in Macleans, the Canadian newsweekly (2006).

Nationality and/or Domicile of International Clients

Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Germany, Netherlands, India, Iran, Qatar, Russia.

Facilitation

Development and facilitation of leadership and team coaching programs delivered to CEO and business unit head executive teams, and entrepreneurs.

Senior Vice President of Reservoir Capital Corporation

1992 to 2000

Recruited by Founder and President of this startup $30 million gross purchase commercial factor, which grew to over $500 million during tenure. Responsibilities included sales and marketing, underwriting, credit, workouts, acquisitions, heading joint ventures, and internal management consulting to President on strategic planning, organizational design and development, corporate finance, negotiation strategy and personnel matters, and choice, employment and oversight of various consultants. Reports were portfolio managers, account administrators and sales personnel.

Accomplishments:

• Grew sales by 150% in first two years.
• Added 70 new clients in last two years.
• Underwrote $45 million in new business with minimal losses.
• Successful workout sold to Nortel with premium to Reservoir.
• Planned, designed and implemented purchase of State of Florida receivables in Underground Storage Tank Program.
• Planning and oversight of North American focus groups for new product roll out with partners American Express and UPS Capital.
• Led UPS Capital joint venture that yielded over 40 new clients in 9 months.
• First on-line Internet credit scoring in industry implemented, allowing applications to be processed in seconds.

President and CEO of Business Funding Group

1991 to 1992

Recruited by two founders (Chairman and Executive Vice President) of this $50 million gross purchase commercial factor to succeed to operating duties. Initially responsible for sales, marketing, and quality assurance of financial services product and processing of cases in corporate office, through ten reports. Individually responsible for joint approval, with credit officer, of purchases. Responsibility evolved to general supervision of business, reporting to Board of Directors.

Accomplishments:

• Introduced operational budgeting and strategic planning.
• Supervised introduction of direct mail, telemarketing, organized networking and print media marketing, as well as variations of radio marketing.
• Attained two highest sales months in company history, prior to cash flow crisis.
• Managed operations through cash flow crisis with minimal client loss.
• Negotiated sale of company when cash flow crisis continued.

President and CEO of Mulberry Child Care, Inc.

1989 to 1991

Recruited by venture capitalists and entrepreneur to head child care company start-up. Reports were real estate, finance, sales and marketing functions, and two operations personnel. Responsibilities included leading and directing operating officers in achievement of minimization of loss during start-up while laying groundwork for achievement of business plan.

Accomplishments:

• Attracted in excess of $3 million in investment.
• Opened or acquired a total of eleven centers in fifteen months, placing company in top twenty chains in US.
• Reformulated real estate strategy to take advantage of real estate development crisis and banking collapse.
• Led sales and marketing strategy, which resulted in over 700 inquiries regarding service in six weeks prior to openings.
• Formulated annualized cost reductions of more than $450,000.
• Negotiated acquisitions of five-unit chain and one additional unit with paybacks on respective investments of two years and one year.

President and CEO of Unigate Restaurants, Inc., subsidiary of Unigate PLC

1984 to 1988

Recruited to head UK parent service company subsidiary, which doubled in size, sales, and profits during four-year tenure to 190 units, in excess of $150 million revenue and $10 million operating profit. Reports were four presidents and chief operating officers of separate divisions (Mexican fast food, home-style cooking, pizza and Mexican family entertainment), finance/administration vice president, and general counsel. Responsibilities were to lead and direct operating officers in fostering strategic plans, growing the organization to accomplish them, through unit sales growth and acquisition, achieving budgeted annual sales and profit, report to American Board, on which I sat regarding results, and make Fleet Street analyst presentations.

Accomplishments:

• Led one regional subsidiary to threshold of being first national home style cooking chain, with opening of Washington, DC market, franchising of Orange County, California, and initiation of negotiations for purchase of national chain.
• Increased market share of another subsidiary more than 30% with multi-unit acquisition in Dallas-Fort Worth market, achieving co-market share leadership.
• Maintained internal growth in excess of 15% per year.
• Led marketing effort which increased market share in #1 and #2 volume markets by more than 10% and 25% respectively.
• Increased operating profit more than 49% and return on invested capital 38% in first full fiscal year.
• Negotiated purchase of fifty-unit chain of home-style cooking restaurants for $45 million.
• Cost reduction savings of approximately $2 million achieved in first eighteen months.
• Disposed of under-performing assets with book value in excess of $5 million.

Group Operations Vice President of Universal Foods, now known as Sensient Technologies Corp.

1980 to 1984

Promoted to head approximately 60% of this Fortune 500 NYSE company’s $500 million volume with P&L responsibility for five of its seven operating divisions (yeast, cheese, soft-drink bottling, pretzels, cookies). Responsibilities included focusing strategic planning efforts in each division, involvement in preparation of division business plans, quarterly reports to company’s Board of Directors, attendance at financial analyst conferences and direct responsibility for acquisition/disposition program of divisions.

Accomplishments:

• Operating profits increased in primary profit-producing division in excess of 350% over three years, with revenue doubling.
• Led new product introduction which captured more than 15% national market share within one year.
• Achieved productivity improvement of over 100% per man hour.
• Responsible for disposition of key plant and related inventory coupled with processing agreement by purchaser, which increased return on invested capital more than 37%.
• Negotiated acquisition of manufacturer, increasing national market share from less than 25% to more than 37%.
• Cost reduction savings of over $3 million.

Vice President, Corporate Development

1979 to 1980

Responsible for developing acquisition possibilities and for strategic planning.

Vice President of Krause Milling Company

1976 to 1979

Responsible for all non-financial staff services at this $150 million grain miller, including international shipping and railroad traffic, legal, personnel, office services, labor relations, and Congressional lobbying. During chaotic period, when Company and its CEO were subject to civil and criminal actions, I served as public relations spokesperson for national and local media. After actions concluded, I was appointed US Department of Agriculture Compliance Officer.

Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary of Interstate Bakeries, Inc.

1976

Responsible for all non-financial staff services for this $450 million 11,000 person Fortune 500 NYSE baking company, including legal, public relations, shareholder relations, real estate and personnel. Signed 10-K SEC Reports as Corporate Secretary.

Director of Industrial Relations

1973 to 1976

Head of personnel. Programs which 15 person staff administered were management development, training, compensation, counseling, testing, labor relations, affirmative action, community relations and safety.

Manager Labor Relations

1969 to 1973

Responsible for the negotiation of company’s 250 collective bargaining agreements nationwide, and for arbitrations arising under them. Co-spokesperson for national industry-wide multi-employer negotiations.