Experience

Connecting for Results

• Canada
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO & President

  • Oct 2019 - Present



Gordon Group Enterprises Ltd.

• Canada
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal

  • Oct 2006 - Oct 2019

  Believing in the theory that from time to time every business needs a helping hand, a consulting firm, Gordon Group Enterprises Ltd., headed up by Gordon Griffiths was formed to help organizations in the following areas: Revenue Building; Mergers/Acquisitions; preparing companies for sale; Print Audits for the end customer; Buying Services; Operations Improvement; Recruiting and Succession Planning. Believing in the theory that from time to time every business needs a helping hand, a consulting firm, Gordon Group Enterprises Ltd., headed up by Gordon Griffiths was formed to help organizations in the following areas: Revenue Building; Mergers/Acquisitions; preparing companies for sale; Print Audits for the end customer; Buying Services; Operations Improvement; Recruiting and Succession Planning.



Cenveo

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• President & COO, Cenveo Commercial Group (Mailwell)

  • Apr 2002 - Oct 2006

  Reporting to the Chairman & CEO, had full responsibility for the commercial group which represented USD$1.4B of the organization’s USD$1.8B business. As Cenveo was a roll-up with many different cultures and previous owners, introduced integrated Sales Management Processes, Manufacturing Bench Marking, and Standard Operating Procedures. Improved the bottom line while building a national sales force to compliment the local sales departments.• Replaced 75% of the 33 General Managers within the printing division to assist in making Cenveo a Performance driven organization.• Turned many of the companies within Cenveo from a major loss to profitability within difficult circumstances relative to funds available



Pareto

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chairman, CEO & Co-founder

  • 2000 - 2002

  As a co-founder of this $50M company founded in 2000, raised the funds for acquisitions and invested personally. As the first employee, hired a team to build a start-up marketing services company. We made three initial acquisitions. Once we took the business public, we hired a C.E.O. from the marketing services area to manage & grow the business. Remain a major shareholder. As a co-founder of this $50M company founded in 2000, raised the funds for acquisitions and invested personally. As the first employee, hired a team to build a start-up marketing services company. We made three initial acquisitions. Once we took the business public, we hired a C.E.O. from the marketing services area to manage & grow the business. Remain a major shareholder.



St. Joseph Communications

• President & COO

  • 1998 - 2000

  Full operating responsibility for 1,300 employees and 5 business units in Ontario, Quebec and the U.S., with a full range of graphics industry state-of-the-art technologies from pre-media through to product delivery. Mandate included leading the organization through major organization change, an dramatic increase in commercial sales, expansion and acquisitions. Member of the Executive Board.• Increased profit levels eight-fold through the successful turnaround of St. Joseph Printing and Canada Communication Group.• Increased sales from $220M to over $300M in two years• Participated in raising $75M to ensure ongoing growth.• Put in place a first-rate senior management team including a separate and new USA sales team which increased USA sales from 7% to 30%.



Quebecor World Printing

• United States
• Warehousing and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • 1990 - 1998



Ronalds Printing

• Canada

• President & CEO Case-Hoyt Corporation (New York)

  • 1987 - 1988

  Case-Hoyt, a quality Web printer with sales of $100 million, was a subsidiary of Ronalds Printing, based in the USA. Clients included Architectural Digest and Nieman Marcus. Mandated to turn around this operation and deal with several unions.• In ten months, took the operation from a $4M loss to breakeven.• Overcame significant local resistance to a non U.S. manager.• Asked to serve on the Board of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

• Executive Vice-President, Ontario Operations & Western Canada

  • 1985 - 1988

  Seconded to effect a turn around in BC operations while continuing to hold responsibility for Ontario operations.• Within one year, turned the $40M sales Vancouver plant from breakeven to $3M profit organization.• Integrated BC and Ontario into a seamless operation which necessitated building a national accounts sales team for the retail business.

• Vice-President & General Manager, Richmond Hill Operations

  • 1981 - 1984

  Responsible for the Richmond Hill operations, which printed telephone books, Canadian Living Magazine, Consumers Distributing Catalogues and other publications. Led a team of 400-employees in two plants. This was a turnaround situation of a business initially struggling with several particularly difficult issues.• Increased capacity to 95% from 65% by building a commercial sales group.• Increased the sales force and selling prices growing both sales and profit, and leading to being named BCE Publitech manager of the year.• Reduced overall waste by 3% and increased net production by over 15%.



Southam-Murray Printing

• VP Sales

  • Jul 1974 - Dec 1981

  Served at VP Operations followed by VP Sales. During 7 years at Canada's largest Printer using Offset and Rotogravure process with revenue over 100 million from US and Canada. Served at VP Operations followed by VP Sales. During 7 years at Canada's largest Printer using Offset and Rotogravure process with revenue over 100 million from US and Canada.