Bob Cannon

• Age: 60
• Gender: Male
• Astrological Sign: Sagittarius
• Zodiac Year: Boar
• Industry: Consulting
• Occupation: Consultant, Speaker, Author
• Location: United States

About Me

Certified Management Consultant with 20 yrs. Hardware / Hardlines experience. co-founder of ToolSource.com former V.P. of Channellock, Inc. Patent # 4,238,871. Initiated the successful NASCAR and World of Outlaws Racing Program at Channellock. Increased revenues at Tencon division of Gannett from $14 million to $21 million in less than 3 years. Accelerated profitability at AMF Wheel Goods from 3.9% in 1979 to 7.7% in 1981 on sales of $80 million in an increasingly tightening market. Redirected advertising program from agency to in-house, from trade to consumer advertising and from print to television which greatly affected bottom-line sales. Doubled order entry capacity and slashed processing time; concurrently reduced per-order costs 40% through introduction of MRP and EDI procedures. Initiated relationships with Atlas Copco and Milwaukee Electric Tool Company resulting in development of a new line of battery powered caulking guns.

Interests

• Marketing Strategy
• Meeting Speaker
• Decision-making
• Change Management
• Business Strategy

Favorite Movies

• What the Bleep Do We Know!?

Favorite Music

• Jazz
• Big Bands

Favorite Books

• Global Mind Change by Willis Harman
• Birth of the Chaordic Age by Dee Hock
• Leadership and the New Science by Margaret Wheatley
• Blue Ocean Strategy
• by W. Chan Kim & Rene'e Mauborgne

Bob Cannon's Blogs

	Blog Name	Team Members
	Marketing Strategy Blog from The Media Mix	Linda Yarbrough
	Taking Aim at Hardlines	Linda Yarbrough