Eugene J. Gillespie, Jr. JD, CTP
ejgillesjr@gillespieandassociates.com
Association of Certified Professionals - Member Profile
Gene, President of
Gillespie & Associates, Inc., received his BS degree from Georgetown University
and his Law Degree from Catholic University School of Law. Gene is admitted to
the bars of New York, New Jersey and the U. S. Supreme Court. Gene practiced
law with a Wall Street firm and for four years was General Counsel for Dun &
Bradstreet Inc.
In 1980 he completed his
first turnaround as President of Dun & Bradstreet-France where, in four years,
he drove the company from the 26th least profitable foreign subsidiary to the
2nd most profitable. He then became Senior Vice President of Marketing for D & B
in the United States where the company sales doubled and profits quadrupled
within five years. Gene then joined the Washington Post as Senior Vice President
of Marketing where he helped turnaround Newsweek International. He then became
CEO of Kaplan Educational Centers where he initiated the growth in sales and
profitability that has led it to become the Washington Post’s largest sales and
profit unit.
Gene’s recent work has been
with public and private companies where he focuses on crisis interventions,
strategic planning and profit improvement through restructuring and redeployment
of assets. In this area he has performed the roles of board member/chairman,
interim CEO, consultant, receiver and special consultant to the U. S. Trustee in
a bankruptcy proceeding. Industries served include management/business
services, healthcare entities including hospitals, assisted living facilities
and health risk management as well as international publications, financial
services, educational institutions, real estate, newspaper publishing, airlines
and other transportation companies.
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