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Robert J. Kinsella, President, founded Kinsella Group in 1988. Over the past 25 years he has developed a broad range of experience in acquisitions, sales and turnaround management consulting. He currently serves on the board of directors for two client companies.
Mr. Kinsella began his professional career with a Fortune 500 company, negotiating both product and company acquisitions. In 1981, he began acquiring, building and then selling businesses for his own account, in the process gaining significant knowledge of the printing, metal forming and office furniture industries, as well as product sourcing in Asia.
In the 1990's he acquired eight business-form and specialty printing companies, consolidated all operations in Texas, established a focused sales effort, and added digital printing capabilities as well as direct mail distribution of stock and custom forms. Under his tenure, the businesses captured as customers some of the largest property management companies and largest associations in the United States. Mr. Kinsella exited the businesses via successful sales in the late 1990's.
Also in the 1990's, Mr. Kinsella acquired an auto accessory manufacturing company with metal stamping, nickel chrome plating and painting operations. He re-sourced all production from Taiwan, Hong Kong and some domestic sources, while retaining finishing operations and distribution in the U.S. He also began an office furniture importing operation, sourcing product of his design from Taiwan and South Korea and generating a flow of 26 container loads of product per month into the U.S. Both businesses were eventually sold successfully.
As a frequent traveler to Asia, Mr. Kinsella has developed significant, active contact networks in the primary industrialized areas of China, as well as Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore. In 2004, he joined Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Mr. William Daley, Vice Chairman JPMorgan Chase, Lester Crown, CEO Material Services, Bob Barnett, Executive Vice President, Motorola, Philip Condit, former President/CEO Boeing Corporation and other business and civic leaders on a trade mission to Shanghai and Beijing, where the delegation met with major Chinese political and business leaders.
Mr. Kinsella also has extensive experience in managing turnarounds in the construction industry and a wide range of manufacturing and distribution industries. He has successfully led a number of acquisition search initiatives for middle-market, privately held clients, divisional searches for billion-dollar-plus publicly traded clients, and platform searches for private equity firms.
Mr. Kinsella has a Master of Management degree from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, and a Bachelor of Science degree with majors in Economics and Finance from the University of Missouri. Upon receiving his bachelor's degree he entered the U.S. Navy Officer training program in Newport, RI, was commissioned an officer and subsequently completed Supply Corp training in Athens GA. He served as supply officer aboard the Destroyer USS Ozbourn in Vietnam. He is also a golfer and private pilot. | 