THE TIME HAS COME FOR A NEW POLITICAL PARADIGM
Leadership and Educational Experience
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Decades of senior-executive experience spanning a variety of business sectors and a wide range of organizational structures (from privately-held start-ups to publicly traded multi-national corporations) coupled with a current focus on America’s political issues yields a new type of leader … a leader with demonstrated skills in situational assessment, building consensus, and articulating winning new strategies both internally and externally within turnaround environments … the type of leader America need now more than ever before.
2008 – 2011 Strategic Consultant and Political Author, Columnist and Media Personality
- Executive consulting services in the areas of:
- CEO coaching and mentoring
- Contract optimization (to facilitate negotiations and compress sales cycles)
- Performance optimization (behavioral change at the individual and organizational levels)
- Strategic assessment and planning
- Strategic marketing communications (brand positioning, articulation and promotion)
- Author of the political trilogy:
- The Left isn’t Right (a satirical assessment of the Democratic National Committee’s Platform)
- The Right is Wrong (a satirical assessment of the Republican National Committee’s Platform)
- The National Platform of Common Sense (a satirical platform based upon the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and a little common sense)
- Writer of the political column, The Common Sense Czar, for The Communities of The Washington Times
- Radio and Television guest and guest host (politically-themed shows)
2004 – 2008 Bachrach & Associates, Inc. (Professional development firm in the Financial Services industry)
- President and Chief Executive Officer
2000 – 2004 SupplyPro, Inc. (Automated inventory control and supply chain management systems – HW / SW / ASP)
- President and Chief Executive Officer (2003 – 2004)
- President and Chief Operating Officer (2002 – 2002)
- Executive Vice President, Sales and Business Development (2001 – 2002)
- Executive Vice President, Business Development (2000 – 2001)
1999 – 2000 Corporate Express, Inc. (B2B division providing document and print management systems)
- Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
1997 – 1999 Moore Corporation Ltd. (Business forms and information management systems including Auto-ID and BPO)
- Vice President, Marketing / Corporate Strategy – Moore Corporation Ltd. (1999 – 1999)
- Vice President, Marketing – Moore Document Solutions (1998 – 1999)
- Vice President, Marketing and Business Development – Moore Labels and Label Systems Division (1997 – 1998)
1996 – 1997 Barcoded Management Systems (BMS), Inc. (Auto ID systems integration company and Platinum-level VAR)
- President and Chief Operating Officer (Concurrent with The SPECTRA Group, Inc. – BMS was owned by a SPECTRA Principal)
1990 – 1997 The SPECTRA Group, Inc. (C-level consulting boutique: M&A, strategic planning and strategic marketing)
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1995 – 1997)
- President and Chief Operating Officer (1990 – 1995)
1981 – 1990 The Reynolds & Reynolds Company (Business forms, document management & distributed print architecture)
- Vice President, New Development (Acquisition Integration and Advanced R&D) (1987 – 1989)
- Vice President, Chief Strategic Officer (Acquisition Integration) (1986 – 1987)
- Vice President, Sales and Marketing – Business Forms and Systems Division (1984 – 1986)
- Managing Director, Business Forms and Systems Division (1983 – 1984)
- Assistant to the President / Director – Acquisitions and Divestitures (1982 – 1983)
- Manager – Manufacturing (1982 – 1982)
- Supervisor – Inventory Control (1981 – 1982)
1984 – 1989 American Management Association (concurrent with The Reynolds & Reynolds Company)
- National Lecturer on Financial Analysis
1979 – 1981 Private Law Practice and Of Counsel to Schmieg & Weill (Principally litigation and contract negotiation)
1973 – 1978 Tennis Professional (various Clubs)
1971 – 1973 Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (Planning, Transmission Design, Central Office, and PBX/CENTREX Engineering)
BOARD EXPERIENCE
T.J. O’Hara has served on numerous Boards and Committees for corporate, charitable, educational and social organizations in a wide variety of sectors including:
- Cancer Research
- Computer Hardware, Software and Application Service Providers (ASP)
- Consulting Services
- Financial Services
- Multi-Media Production
- Private Club and Resorts
- Professional Development Services
- Retail Merchants
- Systems Integration Services
- University Advisory Boards
EDUCATION
JURIS DOCTORATE – University of Cincinnati (1978)
Distinctions (partial listing):
- C. Fleishman Scholarship
- College of Law Honors Scholarship
- John P. Rattigan Award (Medical/Legal Jurisprudence)
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, Industrial Management – University of Cincinnati (1975)
Distinctions (partial listing):
- Summa Cum Laude
- Dean’s List (Industrial Management)
- Dean’s List (Electrical Engineering)
- Professional Practice Dean’s List (Electrical Engineering)
- Beta Gamma Sigma (National Business Honorary)
- Sigma Iota Epsilon (National Management Honorary)
MOORE EXECUTIVE MBA PROGRAM – Northwestern University (1997)
Corporate Program through Kellogg Graduate School of Management
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