DI FRANCES & ASSOCIATES, LLC

Managing Partner of DI FRANCES & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., a Wales (Milwaukee), WI professional services firm founded in 1983.  Mr. Di Frances is a senior executive advisor and Chief Strategic Innovator of the Red Door Innovation Center.  He assists a wide range of corporate, not-for-profit, government agency and academic institution clients, including Fortune 100 companies.  Clients served are located in the America's, United Kingdom, Europe and Asia.   Off-shore organizations have historically constituted a significant portion of the firm's client base.  His focuses include:

        Strategy & Strategic Problem Solving

        Leadership & People

        Ideation and Innovation
 



SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Industry Specific Experience
Twenty-five years of experience providing strategic consulting and advisory services to large and middle market corporations, government agencies and nonprofit organizations across a broad array of industries including defense and aerospace, manufacturing, technology, pharmaceutical, healthcare, banking, insurance, and securities. Clients have included FMC, Textron Corporation, FHL (United Kingdom), U.S. Bank Corporation, Urdan Industries (Israel), Merck/Medco Pharmaceutical, Sonceboz, S.A. (Switzerland), Vista Controls Corporation, Aegis Services Ltd., National Rx Service, Kaman Aerospace, and PPG Industries, among others.


Strategic Advisory and Professional Speaking Experience
As the Managing Partner of DI FRANCES & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., John provides strategic consulting and professional speaking services for clients internationally.  He supports the firm’s clients through the development of multifaceted stratagems to address problems faced by executive decision makers across a wide spectrum of complex issues.  On multiple occasions he has assumed the direct operational responsibility for the U.S. operations of overseas based client corporations.  


Professional speaking experience encompasses keynote presentations and facilitating multi-day business seminars for corporations, universities, industry associations and federal government agencies on a broad range of cutting edge business topics.  Clients have included AOL Time Warner, U.S. Government, Scholastic Corporation, International Association of Accounting Firms, Nextel, Thrivent, Insurance Accounting & Systems Association, and Tulane University Law School among others.


Other specialty consulting services have included federal acquisitions (including appeals before the General Accounting Office and Board of Contract Appeals), obtaining International Traffic In Arms (ITAR) weapons technology export licenses from the Department of State as well as high dollar white collar fraud recovery in U.S. and off-shore jurisdictions.


Professional Writing
Author of numerous articles on issues pertaining to various strategic issues and executive decision making topics.  Publications include: The Financial Times (U.K.), Dallas Morning News, The Performance Magazine, Government Contractor’s Bulletin, Wells Fargo Business Advisor, Negotiator Magazine, Elite Meetings Magazine, Sales & Marketing Executive Report, Asset & Risk Management, Texas Technology, Contract Management, Money ‘N Profits, Opportunity World, San Diego Union Tribune, PR Week, Smart Workplace Practices, BLR’s HR e-lert, Journal of Compensation & Benefits Management, Dartnell’s Sales & Marketing Executive, Across the Board – The Conference Board, National  Association of Homebuilders, National Association of Chemical Distributors, CitiBank Private Banking, Industry Week, and many more.  Also a frequent interviewee by print and broadcast media.

Author and co-author several books including:  

Bids and Proposals in Electronic Contracting
Jackbilt™ a Company: Of Happy, Successful People
Reclaiming the Ethical High Ground: Developing Organizations of Character
Minding The Giraffes: The People Side of Innovation






MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

American Bar Association     National Speakers Association
Turnaround Management Association     Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
National Contract Management Association     American Defense Preparedness Association
National Defense Industrial Association     Wisconsin Professional Speakers Association
Association of the United States Army     Meeting Professionals International



EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

Education
Business Administration/Economics
(Honors Graduate)
University of Wisconsin

Professional Credentials

Faculty Member
National Contract Management Association
American Gas Association

Professional Management Consultant (PMC)
The Consultants’ Bureau

Instructor at the FBI Academy -

Gerson Lehrman Group – Expert (Instructor)

Certified - Premier Expert Network – Dunn & Bradstreet