JIM TAGGART

 

Jim Taggart

Vice Board Chairman, Rayhons Global Initiatives

Jim Taggart is a leader, facilitator, and relationship builder. His domestic and international career has been a distinctive blend of strategic leadership in sales, marketing, after-market service, manufacturing, and supply chain in markets that include high technology, medical, oil & gas, and aerospace.

Jim has managed nearly every aspect of the supplier/client relationship, helping to build and nurture long-term, sustainable customer partnerships. He drives profitable revenue growth within businesses by:

  • Analyzing financials and service/product offerings

  • Enhancing efficiencies and/or addressing inefficiencies within the organization

  • Establishing strategic, long-range, and short-range operational plans

  • Creating business plans and documenting objectives so staff can clearly understand how to achieve aligned organizational goals

  • Implementing effective processes and procedures to meet objectives

By driving strategies into action, Mr. Taggart is renowned for growing any organization’s annual profitability in a short amount of time. He has led 130+ person organizations with a $45M P&L responsibility as well as startup companies with only a few employees – helping them grow from nearly zero to over $1M in annual orders in under two years. Furthermore, his recent efforts directly contributed to a medium-sized company’s cumulative net income growth of 800% within twenty-four months. Jim’s exceptional business savvy and fiscal responsibility, ability to bring new products to market, customer relationship management, and knack for adapting appropriate processes into businesses of all sizes brings a unique and valuable blend of experience.

In addition to holding a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University and a M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a concentration in Quality & Reliability Engineering (QRE) from Arizona State University, Jim is Six Sigma Green Belt Certified and an alumnus of Honeywell’s Executive Leadership Development Program.