Discussion with Tom Prater - Senior Managing Executive

Thomas Prater has more than 20 years of executive experience leading Fortune 100 organizations to high performance and operational excellence in challenging global markets. Tom has a passion for creating and executing growth strategies that deliver outstanding results. He has a reputation as a turnaround specialist with an amazing ability to recognize talent, motivate workers, overcome limitations, innovative successful outcomes, meet every deadline and objective, and increase corporate value. He inspires, recognizes, and rewards strong performance and encourages workers to try different approaches and continuously improve. He personally holds a Green Belt status in Six Sigma and has worked for GE and The Boeing Company on mission critical projects driven by the belief avowed by NASA flight director, Gene Kranz, who said: "Failure is not an option."