FRANK FEATHER

Current

• President/CEO/Co-Founder/Director at NorthStar Stadium Resorts Intl.
• Interim CEO/CFO (periodic contracts) at Fortune 100-500 Companies
• Special Advisor, Economic Reform at Govt of China

• CEO & Chief Trend Tracker (unmatched 30-yr forecasting record) & Keynote Speaker at Future-Trends.com
• President & CEO at Glocal Marketing Consultants
• Co-Founder & President at Global Futures Network

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Past

• CEO (Turnaround) at Fortune 500 Company (confidential)
• Program Host, 'Fast Forward' at Modavox
• Board Member at Claxson Interactive Group

• Superintendent - Regional Corporate Credit (Today would be EVP level position) at CIBC
• Superintendent - Domestic Banking (Today would be EVP level position) at CIBC
• Snr Mgr Admin, Intl Divn (Today would be SVP level position) at Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)
• Asst. Chief Accountant at Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)
• Asst. Chief Accountant at Barclays Bank

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Education

• York University

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Industry

Management Consulting

FRANK FEATHER’s Summary

—► SLOGAN: The future belongs to those who get there first!
—► MISSION: Help you "See + Map + Simulate" your future.

Thanks to an uncanny ability to "see" the future, over various time horizons, I will help you "map" out and "simulate" your future in a highly-strategic and effective manner, and to implement focused strategies that achieve optimal results.

► E-MAIL: Frank.Feather@Gmail.com

► TOP-4 LINKED-IN Q+A CONTRIBUTOR
11,000+ Answers ... 5,000+ Good ... 2,000+ Best

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► CHANGE AGENT, CATALYST, GROWTH STRATEGIST
● Futuristic Innovation Leadership + Change Management.
● World-leading Business Futurist - Unmatched 30-yr track record.

► INTERIM CEO or CFO (Contract basis - Examples below)
● Start-Up, Re-Invention, Turn-Around
● 120-day "STEP-SWOT" process guarantees fast results.
● Any sector / size, Any location / duration

► BOARD of DIRECTORS / AUDIT COMMITTEE (Available to serve)
● Experienced public company Director, SOX expertise.

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► IN-DEMAND KEYNOTE SPEAKER
(See website: http://futurist-keynote.blogspot.com)
● Next Economy: 2010-20 ... ● Future of Marketing ... ● China in 2020
● Futuristic Leadership ... ● Future of Web ... ● Future Media
● Innovation Leadership ... ● Change Management
>> The future of any topic ... always customized.
>> 30% Commission for any 3rd-party referral.

► TESTIMONIALS

● "Unsurpassed by any presentation on the future I've ever heard."
... (John Cranor, President, KFC Intl)

● "Simply Fabulous! Grand-slam! You'll be back!"
... (David Wano, EVP, Bank Admin Inst)

► SAMPLE VIDEOS (http://futurist-keynote.blogspot.com)
● Seminar ☛ http://tinyurl.com/5ncexb
● Keynote ☛ http://tinyurl.com/55qgpk
● Keynote ☛ http://tinyurl.com/5owks4
● Webolution ☛ http://tinyurl.com/cmfhd9
(see also SlideShare module, below)

FRANK FEATHER’s Specialties:

✔ Ex-banker, C-level executive (all industries)
✔ Decisive, no-nonsense, goal-driven, team leader
✔ Clients: IBM, Nokia, Nissan, Shell, Fortune 500 companies.
✔ China Expert: Special Advisor, Chinese Govt (since 1984)
✔ CEO Expertise: Start-ups, Turnarounds, Change, Innovation, Orgnl Devt, Bd Directors/SOX/Finance, Marketing.
✔ Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Strategist, CEO Coach, e-Commerce, Social Media, Economy, Stockmarket.
✔ Toronto based, travel the world.

FRANK FEATHER’s Experience

• President/CEO/Co-Founder/Director

  NorthStar Stadium Resorts Intl.

  (Commercial Real Estate industry)

  December 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  Start-up which will design, develop, build, own, operate a series of $10-billion real-estate mega-projects in the sports, recreation, entertainment, hospitality, and healthy lifestyle sectors worldwide.

• Interim CEO/CFO (periodic contracts)

  Fortune 100-500 Companies

  (Management Consulting industry)

  January 1992 — Present (18 years )

  ► RESPONSIBILITY:
  Routinely serve (as independent strategy consultant) as Interim C-Level executive and/or Advisor to Board of Directors or CEO of start-ups, phase-ups, re-inventions, and turnarounds of companies in any industry, of any size, in any geography.
  
  ► ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  ● Project typically completed in fast-track 120 days (with some contracted and scheduled for 240 or 360 days).
  ● Start-ups / Next-stage companies (obviously not all are Fortune 500 firms), goal is to set path to min 20% annual growth.
  ● Re-inventions / Turnarounds, goal is to revamp strategy to achieve a 4x4 growth plan (quadruple profits in 4 years).
  
  ► TYPICAL EXAMPLES (only 4 of some 40+ successful cases):
  ● Fortune 500 Company: Within 100-days, grew P&L from $281M to $327M and EBITDA from $6M to $64M (annualized).
  ● Fortune 300 Company: Within 120-days, grew P&L from $394M to $480M and EBITDA from $23M to $98M (annualized).
  ● Fortune 600 Company: Within 240-days, grew P&L from $147M to $204M and EBITDA from $(19M) loss to $42M profit (annualized).
  ● Start-Up Company: Within 360-days, grew P&L from zero to $60M and achieved immediate EBITDA of $12M (annualized).

• Special Advisor, Economic Reform

  Govt of China

  (Government Administration industry)

  October 1984 — Present (25 years 3 months)

  ► RESPONSIBILITY:
  Provide strategic policy advice, continuously since 1984, to China's top "think tanks" on desirable policy changes to achieve aggressive goals in economic modernization and market reform.
  ► ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  Contributed significant ideas on economic policy and other matters, that have helped China grow GDP (currently 10+% annually, after inflation), and to achieve a 30-year record of sustained growth that is unmatched by any country in history.

• CEO & Chief Trend Tracker (unmatched 30-yr forecasting record) & Keynote Speaker

  Future-Trends.com

  (Management Consulting industry)

  November 1981 — Present (28 years 2 months)

  ► RESPONSIBILITY:
  Forecast social, technical, economic, political trends, impacting all industry sectors, local to global. Special expertise on socio-economic / consumer marketing impact of "Webolution" (Internet Revn). Deliver expertise as Custom Reports, Seminars, Books, Articles, Keynote Speeches.
  ► ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  Use proprietary trend-tracking/forecasting tools to accumulate a 30-year track record, unmatched in accuracy. Use software believed to be 2nd-only to that of CIA in its analytic/catalytic power. Collate special "inside" trend-relevant knowledge through a diverse global network of human intelligence contacts. Cross-analyze / synthesize this knowledge using a "4-STEP" process to yield "future-proof" strategies that often defy conventional wisdom. This allows us to help clients to "See + Map + Simulate" their future with clarity, and thus to set / achieve extraordinary growth in revenue, market share, and profit — well ahead of competitors.

• President & CEO

  Glocal Marketing Consultants

  (Management Consulting industry)

  1981 — Present (28 years )

  ► RESPONSIBILITY:
  Use proprietary strategic planning and marketing tools:
  • "4-STEP" Planning
  • "GLOCAL" (Global + Local) Thinking
  • "6Ps" of Marketing
  Provide clients with custom-tailored, "future-proof" business and marketing strategies. Specialize in governance, organization design, corporate development, change management, marketing mix strategies to create effective "Biznet" strategies. Also draw on banking industry expertise to serve (on contract basis) as a CEO in start-up, re-invention, and turn-around situations.
  ► ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  Successfully helped an A-Z of global firms with an array of significant strategies. They include: AT&T, Barclays, BICC, Chase, Citibank, Ericsson, First Data, Ford, GM, IBM, J&J, KFC, Kodak, Marriott, Mars, Nissan, PPG, Radisson, Shell, TD, Toyota, VW, Xerox. Also major consulting companies, industry associations, non-profits, governments.

• Co-Founder & President

  Global Futures Network

  (Management Consulting industry)

  July 1980 — Present (29 years 6 months)

  Global think tank on future global trends, co-founded by Frank Feather and the late Rashmi Mayur.

• CEO (Turnaround)

  Fortune 500 Company (confidential)

  (Financial Services industry)

  September 2008 — December 2008 (4 months)

  ► RESPONSIBILITY:
  Turnaround CEO: Short-term Contract at Fortune 500 financial services company (identity is confidential). Responsible to shore-up liquidity, restructure balance sheet, reallocate resources, initiate "4x4" plan (quadruple profits within 4 years).
  
  ► ACCOMPLISHMENT:
  Project completed in 100 days. Company back on track and will achieve 4x4 growth plan, despite 2008-10 recession. Within 100-days, grew P&L from $281M to $327M and EBITDA from $6M to $64M (on annualized basis).
  
  ► NOTE: This role is provided as just one example, typical of my consulting practice since 1992, and in my prior banking career. I periodically fill similar roles in Fortune 100-500 companies, as well as medium-sized businesses of various kinds. This can be for start-ups or next-phase-growth, and for re-inventions or turnarounds. I work with the Board of Directors, or as Advisor to CEO, and in Acting/Interim C-level roles. (All such assignments are client confidential, though generic details can be provided in some cases.)

• Program Host, 'Fast Forward'

  Modavox

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry)

  November 2007 — February 2008 (4 months)

  Former program host of "Fast Forward" weekly Internet radio program on the Modavox "VoiceAmerica" business channel. Produced and delivered a 13-week series of 1-hour programs, broadcast over the Internet to a worldwide audience.

• Board Member

  Claxson Interactive Group

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  2005 — 2008 (3 years )

  ► RESPONSIBILITY:
  Independent Board Member, Member - Audit Committee, Member - Compensation Committee, Member - Independent Committee (to take the company private).
  ► ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  Helped drive effort to turn around this start-up public company, restructure debt, implement Sarbanes Oxley processes, focus on asset growth, build assets for sale.

• Superintendent - Regional Corporate Credit (Today would be EVP level position)

  CIBC

  (Public Company; CM; Banking industry)

  1980 — 1981 (1 year )

  ► RESPONSIBILITY:
  Oversee all corporate lending in Region of 100+ branches. Review / approve all lines of credit above branch lending limit ($1-mn in 1980 dollars). Personally review / approve all credit lines $5-mn and above, setting interest rates / terms, ensuring loan safety, company viability, security. Manage challenging / bad debt situations to avoid loss or recover against security.
  ► ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  Overall corporate portfolio rose 7% during year, but we boosted interest income 11% (annualized), recovered $39-mn in previously "irrecoverable" debt, reducing the delinquency rate to zero. Rescued dozens of small / medium businesses. Turned-around 3 major companies with credit lines totaling $180-mn. Personally took control of largest company ($100-mn credit line), enabling it to survive and prosper on credit line of $50 million thereafter. Region won Head Office award for "Best Regional Corporate Credit Performance" that year, even with economy in recession.

• Superintendent - Domestic Banking (Today would be EVP level position)

  CIBC

  (Public Company; CM; Banking industry)

  1979 — 1980 (1 year )

  ► RESPONSIBILITY:
  Reported to Vice-Chairman, Domestic Banking. Executive Oversight of a Canada-wide network: 1,800 branches, 18 geographic regions, 31,500 employees. Recommended various policies / strategies, measuring performance, reporting results, recommending corrective action. Approved all IT initiatives.
  ► ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  Recommended / helped implement a decentralized structuring of entire Division (previously 8 regions), in only 2 years. Recommended / implemented several major profit improvement initiatives. Over a 3-yr period:
  • Cut Operating Expenses 14%.
  • Boosted Other Revenue 11% (excl. interest).
  • Raised Net Profit 25% (pre-tax).
  • Boosted Market Share 50%. Turned around sliding market share in Consumer Lending portfolio, from 12.5% national share to 25%, using a special marketing incentive program.

• Snr Mgr Admin, Intl Divn (Today would be SVP level position)

  Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)

  (Banking industry)

  1977 — 1979 (2 years )

  ► RESPONSIBILITY:
  Administer brand new, fast-growing division, TD's first move into Intl Banking. Oversee all accounting / IT systems for settlement with branches and foreign correspondent banks, incl. LCs, foreign currency drafts, account reconciliation, internal audit. Initiate, arrange, finalize all Correspondent Bank relationships, ensuring security systems in place. Set up Investment & Merchant Banking unit. Oversee inter-bank Deposit / Loan transactions and forex settlements.
  ► ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  Set up staffing / organizing of the Dept., on time / within budget. Personally set up first-time relations with 300+ banks globally within 6 months, including their account / security keys. Installed essential IT systems within 2 months. Initiated / set up Investment and Merchant Banking Depts by month 8 (target was month 12). Wrote $500 million in new business by month 12.

• Asst. Chief Accountant

  Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)

  (Banking industry)

  1974 — 1977 (3 years )

  ► RESPONSIBILITY:
  Accountable for all operating expense budgeting and control for the entire bank. Supervise the collection and consolidation of reports of operating expenses from all branches, regions, and divisions. Review and analyze all line-item expenses against budget and initiate any required corrective action.

• Asst. Chief Accountant

  Barclays Bank

  (Public Company; BARC; Banking industry)

  1972 — 1974 (2 years )

  ► RESPONSIBILITY:
  Oversee the collection and consolidation of all weekly financial reports from branches (statements of assets and liabilities, operating expenses, and other sundry information), for merging into the Bank's weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting.

FRANK FEATHER’s Education

• York University

  MBA , Business Strategy , 1977 — 1979

  1st-yr "drop out". Also completed BA (Admin) with Honors at York University (Canada)

  Activities and Societies:

  Fellow, Bethune College (a China-related connection);
  Adjunct Professor, 1982-3 (taught Business Ecology for Prof Eric Trist).

Additional Information

FRANK FEATHER’s Interests:

Future trends, forecasting, change management, innovation, keynote speaking, leadership, corporate governance, economic cycles, stock market cycles, futuristic investing, future of the Internet, e-commerce, online shopping, doing business in China.

FRANK FEATHER’s Groups:

•    NorthStar Group
•    Student Career Advisory Network
•    China Innovators

FRANK FEATHER’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals