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 Areas of Smith Knox expertise:
Acquisitions &
divestitures
Business
start-up & strategy development
Corporate
strategy development & implementation
Project planning,
management and implementation
Organizational
development
Organizational design &
corporate
restructuring
Human Resource strategy & program design
Marketing and sales strategy & program development
New
product development
Executive
coaching
Compensation strategy & programs
Training and performance management
Smith Knox professionals are
executives..
 .
- with 'big picture' perspective
- with "hands-on" skill as implementers, mentors
and leaders,
- who provide bench strength, hit the ground running and
focus on results,
- with end to end experience in
-
 issue identification,
-
innovative solution
development,
- implementation,
-
productivity
improvement, and
-
transferring
new skills.
- who
allow businesses to
- stay
lean,
- minimize
cost and risk,
- enhance
productivity,
- improve processes,
- deal
with sudden or temporary vacancies, and
- manage
business crises.
Patricia Smith - Managing Director
 Pat
has over 25 years' experience in human resources, communications, public & media
relations, administration and information technology gained in
corporate, entrepreneurial and institutional environments. She has proven executive and general management skills developed in the financial services, high
technology, non-profit, service and manufacturing sectors, in international and domestic
organizations.
In the positions of VP Human Resources
& Organizational Solutions,
Senior VP HR and Communications, Senior VP Corporate Resource Services and
Senior VP Corporate Resources, Pat has demonstrated her ability to provide strategic solutions and
creative leadership
strength to
organizations in periods of high-level change, uncertainty, rapid growth, merger,
acquisition and divesture. She is process oriented and driven by a focus
on the bottom line.
Pat has planned and managed a significant
number of large organizational restructurings.
She also has extensive experience in analyzing the service delivery
capabilities of organizational support functions and has successfully
realigned and restructured them to provide alignment with organizational goals,
improved service levels and increased levels of satisfaction in client
business operations.
She has been a senior volunteer with
a variety of non-profit organizations focusing on health, cancer prevention and
the environment.
Philip Knox - Director
Philip
brings considerable experience to the clients of Smith Knox. He is a highly polished, energized professional
with over 20 years' business management experience in marketing, sales, human resource development, coaching and
business development gained in a variety of organizations, crossing a variety
of industries.
In his consulting and corporate roles of
Senior Project Manager, Project Consultant, Vice
President Sales, and Vice President Sales & Marketing, he has demonstrated the ability to provide marketing,
sales and technical projects with leadership, team
building and project management ~ experience acquired in international corporations, mergers and acquisitions,
start-ups and green field venture capital projects. He is an extremely innovative, creative process builder with a rare and unique marketing, technical
and profit and loss orientation.
Philip believes strongly in
"giving back" to his city and his community. As a volunteer he is actively involved, focusing on quality of life,
health and environmental issues and the arts.
Associates
Our senior professionals are actively involved in every client
engagement, taking responsibility for delivering results
 on every project, from
end to end. In addition, we have an extensive network of associate
consultants with considerable depth and breadth of skills, as well as experience
in a wide variety of market sectors. These strategic partnerships and contractual associations
enable us to apply
the appropriate level of skill and expertise to meet client needs.
Our partnerships are established to provide our
clients with the benefit of the expertise of the “best in class” on demand.
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