Alan M. Kahn is an experienced senior leader with a background in business turnaround, restructuring, sales, marketing and operations. He has led companies through change to increase shareholder value. He is skilled at identifying core strengths and exploiting them to increase revenue, profit margins and market share. He has experience in manufacturing, service, non-profit and government sectors serving national and global markets.

1. Alan M. Kahn... SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND COMPETITIVE DOMINANCE
Long Beach, New York 11561 • 917.652.2323 • akahn516@gmail.com • linkedin.com/in/alanmkahn
primesourcecg.com
Senior Sales, Marketing and Operations Leader/Chief Transitional Officer experienced at leading
companies and people through change and restructure to increased shareholder value. Strategic
architect and P&L owner with proven success at designing the business models and implementing the
mission critical solutions that restore focus, vitality and sustainability to high growth companies.
Integrity, persistence and a solid network of trusted partnerships across Fortune 1,000 companies,
financial institutions, law and accounting firms and non-profits. Deep sales and marketing management
background. Skilled at identifying, assessing and exploiting a company’s core strengths to increased sales
revenue, profit margins and market share.
Adept at motivating, influencing and aligning people and teams to improved performance. Expert at
creating, implementing and continuously optimizing best practices, policies and overall documentation
and internal controls. Strong technologist with an extensive background in the manufacturing, service
and not-for-profit sectors serving national and global markets, federal gov’t. and department of defense.
Capabilities and Skills
 P & L and Budget Oversight  JV’s, Strategic Alliance Development
 Business Turnaround, Restructure & Revitalization  Sales Management & Marketing Campaigns
 LEAN Operations – Tactical & Strategically  Vision, Strategic Planning & Implementation
 Product Design / Development / Management  Organizational Development & Leadership
 M&As / Post-Merger Integrations  New Business Development & Retention
Successful Career of Repositioning Companies to Prosper
PRIMESOURCE CONSULTING GROUP, LLC 1999 – Present
Provide ‘hands-on’ solutions, as well as crisis interim management, business recovery and renewal services to financially distressed and
underperforming businesses. In addition, offer transition management for businesses planning their next level of sustainable growth.
FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL
Advise and mentor start-ups, early-stage and mature companies in transforming their marketing, branding, sales,
finance, technology, operations, products and services, HR, supply chain, business and manufacturing functions
into viable, sustainable, competitive and profitable businesses.
Pursue strategic business alliances and uncover new opportunities to open untapped horizontal and vertical
markets. Design and execute business plans for new and expanded products and services. Lead adoption of
technologies, processes and cost-reduction programs and enhance overall workflows. Optimize facilities to
achieve outstanding growth and increased profit margins. Selected engagements include:
 JV- Partner/Executive Vice President, Harbor Consulting Group, LLC – Initiate and manage JV between
PrimeSource Consulting Group and Harbor Consulting, a domestic boutique M&A firm. Identify and analyze
businesses for sale and or acquisition. Facilitate initial recommendations and sales. Deal structure support.
 JV- Partner/Regional Director and Executive Mentor, Hudson Valley Center for Innovation, Inc. (HVCFI) – Identify
and mentor emerging early stage alternative renewable energy and Information Technology focused
companies on growth initiatives, intellectual properties and accelerated global commercialization as well as
prepare grants and Angel Investor presentations for this not-for-profit organization.
 Vice President, Operations, Champion Rescue Tools/Patton Hydraulics, Inc. – Led and successfully delivered
multi-million dollar standardization/compliance project for international client who purchases highly customized
and specialized hydraulic cutting tools for service and dismantling of critical nuclear powered facilities.
 JV- Vice President – Sales, Cowan Financial Group, New York, NY – Sold financial and insurance products of
Mass Mutual and competitors under Primesource. Set up additional JVs with prestigious NYC multi-partner
Manhattan accounting firms serving corporations and high net worth individuals. These value-added services
retained and attracted new clients.
 Interim General Manager, Scott Printing Corporation – Retained to manage NY sales office, operating facility
and overseeing working groups of investment bankers, law firms and Fortune 500 companies working on multi-
million dollar deals. Regained $3.5M in lost and new client sales, increased product turnaround by 35% and
profit margins by 20%. Performed disaster recovery of business that was one block away from WTC during 9/11.

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 Interim COO, Director of Marketing and Sales, Association of Graphic Communications (AGC) – Led transition of
this nonprofit, 501c-3 group. Promoted successful branding JVs between Fortune companies and AGC.
Established MBA pilot program (Fairleigh Dickinson) consolidated NY/CT branches and organized two “Graph
Expos” at Madison Square Garden with 3,500 attendees and 157 notable vendors including Xerox and Apple.
 Acquisition Specialist, Cannon Solutions – Retained to identify and approach prospective acquisitions on
behalf of Cannon Solutions who chose to be anonymous until opportunity was quantified and qualified.
Performed initial due-diligence and published recommendations. Successfully acquired three competitors.
 Interim Managing Director of U.S. Operations – Prepared a UK-based financial research report firm for sale.
Regained lost accounts and grew new investment banking business domestically and globally. Sale Pending.
DATA COMMUNIQUÉ INTERNATIONAL (Previously Metro Seliger Industries), Carlstadt, NJ / NY, NY
PARENT: HAVAS INTERNATIONAL, Paris, France 1997 – 1999
A division of the world’s Sixth largest advertising conglomerate ($3B+ in annual sales). Data Communiqué is a technology provider of
content management solutions and communication processes for the financial services, pharmaceutical, healthcare and insurance
industries and Fortune companies.
CO-FOUNDER/PARTNER/COO AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Recruited to participate in turnaround and rebranding of Metro Seliger Industries in face of non-existent profitability,
no direction and plummeting client base. Merged three distinctive businesses into one highly profitable entity to
benefit from economies of scale and combined product offerings. Participated in two acquisitions and led post-
merger integration. Contributed to sales and marketing management and improved overall operations. Reported
to vice chairman of Havas International, Paris, France.
 Grew revenues and profitable sales to over $25M by developing and implementing new business model and
boosted operating profits 22%.
 Acquired $10M New York-based financial printing company with major accounts in the mutual fund industry
and an operating profit margin of 35%.
 Strongly influenced award of RFP $3.5M multi-year contract with Deutsche Bank. Appropriated business away
from long-time incumbent and larger competitors who participated in RFP process based on my reputation.
 Acquired $9.5M customized document management and solutions group with a 37% operating profit margin.
 Facilitated joint marketing venture with former employer, Bowne, creating $3M in sales and 23% profitability.
 Reduced operating overhead 22% and square footage from 250,000 to 75,000 through consolidation.
 Proactively managed two bargaining units. Gained concessions that reduced operational overhead 12%.
SCOTT PRINTING CORPORATION, New Providence, NJ / NY, NY / PA/ Mexico 1994 – 1997
International financial and commercial printing and communications company with $52M in annual revenues.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/COO
Hired to complete post-merger integration with regional manufacturing facility of Prudential Insurance and update
methodologies. This acquisition had tripled size of Scott Printing ($52M in annual revenues).
Managed sales office (New York and satellites), main production facility of 250,000 square feet (New Jersey) and in-
house facility management programs at Prudential Insurance Company. Oversaw 250+ employees. Built
relationships with investment banks that included Citigroup, Goldman Saks, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, as
well as Fortune companies, accounting and law firms. Reported to chairman of board and president.
 Created successful multi-year business plan that increased sales, reduced real estate holdings, created
economies of scale yielding 17% additional profitability.
 Created JV’s domestically & globally. Added $2.2M in sales by creating facilities management programs.
 Managed three bargaining units and negotiated contracts that reduced operating costs by 11%.
 Updated all technology, created streamlined workflows, attracted industry’s best talent, invested in state-of-the
art manufacturing equipment yielding additional profitability. Published revised audits and S.O.P’s.
WILLIAMHOUSE-REGENCY, INC., New York, NY 1993 – 1994
National manufacturer and distributor of personal and corporate stationery, invitations and paper products; a $500M company with 3,200
employees.
STRATEGY ADVISOR TO CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD (CONSULTANT)
Retained by chairman of board to investigate questionable profitability of $500M corporation and publish report
with recommendations based on my six months of exhaustive due diligence. Advised regionalization and
consolidation of multiple national manufacturing plants into East, Central and West Coast facilities to improve
overall quality, efficiency and profitability of operations.

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BOWNE BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS (BBC) – BOWNE & CO.,
INC.,
NY, NY/Secaucus, NJ 1984 – 1993
(Now RR Donnelley) a Fortune 500 Company, Chicago, Illinois
A former $100M+ division of $1B publicly-held Bowne & Co, a financial and communications corporation established in 1775, serving
fortune 100 through 1,000 corporations, law firms, investment banks and mutual fund groups worldwide.
FOUNDER/PRESIDENT/CEO – BOWNE BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
Built company (BBC) whose sole purpose was to create financial and commercial products and services that
complimented and had synergy to Bowne’s core business from the ground up. As founder/CEO of this new start-up
division, created joint sales ventures to partner with all Bowne divisions domestically as well as “cutting-edge”
technological communication companies globally. Successfully closed hundreds of “Mega Deals” working 24/7,
with investment banks, fortune companies, law and accounting firms. Spearheaded acquisition of three
competitors and two under producing sister divisions as well as key sales representatives, manufacturing talent and
equipment. Created first operational model facility for regional manufacturing centers thereby eliminating the
need for redundant facilities in sister sales centers across U.S. and abroad. BBC eventually grew sales in excess of
$100M and became the largest division of Bowne & Co., Inc. prior to the sale to RR Donnelley.
AMERICAN CYANAMID/LEDERLE LABORATORIES, Wayne, N.J.
(Now Pfizer, Inc.), a fortune 500 Company, New York, NY 1979 – 1984
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR-GLOBAL PRODUCT ADVERTISING & PACKAGING
Education and Professional Training
THE AMERICAN COLLEGE – Bryn Mawr, PA
Financial and Estate Planning, Planning for Business Owners and Professionals, and Taxation
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY – New York, NY, major Business Administration
Additional Training:
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission – SEC Compliance
Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis & Retrieval – EDGAR SEC Compliance
U.S. Food & Drug Administration - FDA Compliance
U.S. Department of Agriculture – USDA Compliance
Department of Environmental Protection – DEP Compliance
Occupational Safety & Health Administration – OSHA Compliance
U.S. Department of Labor, Standards Bureau – Collective Bargaining Agreements
Total Quality Management (TQM) and Statistical Process Control
Tremper Tregoe: Problem Solving and Investigative Skill
Sandler Sales Institute: Sales and Sales Management
Hewlett Packard – Manufacturing Analysis and Improvement
Dale Carnegie: Effective Communications and Human Relations,
How to Win Friends and Influence People in Business
Xerox Corporation: Human Resource Development
Kaplan Financial: Investment Company Products, Variable Contracts, and Uniform Securities State Law
LEAP: Personal Finance, Business, and Estate Engineering
Military/Domestic Service
US Armed Forces, Honorably Discharged
Certified Contractor for US Government and Department of Defense
Affiliations
Former Chairperson, United Way of Greater New York, Rockland County Campaign
Former Chairperson, Red Cross Greater New York Blood Program, Rockland County Chapter
Fundraiser, International Cancer Research Foundation
Memberships:
Big 4 Accounting Consultants, Restructuring and Turnaround Consultants, Institute of Management Consultants-USA,
Strategic Planning Exchange, Consultants Network, NA, Game Proven Executives, Executive Round Table