• 100x EXECUTIVE BIO

    STEve johandes

    steve@100X.LIFE | 616.403.2554

    Steve Johandes is a successful entrepreneur (his company grew from $40M to $400M under his leadership) turned executive coach, Vistage Chair, Advisory Board Member and specializes in working with legacy driven Family Offices, PE and Venture Funds .

     

    He is a CPA who went to film school to learn the art of communication and storytelling. He summarizes his multi-faceted 100X practice in a few simple words. “Serving others : life, leadership and legacy." He serves 10,000 employees through the leaders he serves.

     

    Quick BIO | Strengths

    passion

    • Serving others: Life. Leadership. Legacy.
    • Key belief: Growth is good and fundamental to creating opportunities for others.
    • Stewardship focused: Strong earnings + multiple expansion = value creation.  If the Company or the Individual is not growing they are dying.
    • Favorite quote: "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." - African Proverb

    ENTREPRENUER

    • Proven record of driving successful business growth as well as enterprise value.
    • Acquired The Empire Company with two partners. Increased sales from $40M to $400M. Shareholder investment saw exponential growth, with a total increase in enterprise value of $150M.
    • Navigated multiple challenging economic markets, downturns & customer bankruptcies.
    • Facilitated multiple financing packages, 2 acquisitions, 2 greenfield operations, & The Empire Company's sale to Tenon Limited, which was a $500M public company from New Zealand with five subsidiaries worldwide before the sale mentioned above.

    INNOVATION / IDEATION

    Innovative and technology leader focused on bridging legacy thinking with current tools to produce REAL, TANGIBLE, EXPONENTIAL change.

    • Focused on best practice thinking including Design & Systems Thinking, AgileSCRUM and Integrated Business Planning (IBP).
    • Recognition that all roads must lead back to Sales and Real Cash Generation
    • CPA who understands the value of these practices and balancing Tangible Value Creation with costs.
    • Tools such as Common Language, API and best in class cloud-based products in areas such as Forecasting, Logistics TMS & E-Commerce are integral parts of my wheelhouse.

    EXPERTISE

    Mergers & Acquisitions, technology design and innovation, rapid facility expansion, and vendor managed inventory systems that aided the companies that I have worked with to become fast growing disruptors.

    MENTOR / ADVISOR

    Strong desire to "step up" and lead the next stage of West Michigan's growth. West Michigan has created so many opportunities for me, I feel responsible to assist the next generation of business leaders in their personal and professional growth. This will ensure that talent & business growth remain strong in our community.

    ROLES

    100X Founder/ CEO - 2017 - Present

    • Serving legacy-driven Family Offices, PE Firms, Organizations and Executives determine "What's next?".
    • Exponential Thinker, Change Leader, Visual Facilitator, Communicator, and Storyteller. Exploring, Collecting and Connecting resources and business.
    • Vistage Executive Peer Group Chair (2 active groups in West MI - 29 members).
    • Serve 4 Advisory Boards
    • Facilitate and mentor legacy driven family offices, venture funds and PE firms.
    • 10,000+ employees impacted through the leaders I serve.
    • 100X KPI's

    SVP - Novo Building Products 2016 - 2017

    • Blue Wolf Capital Acquired North American Business of Tenon Limited on December 1, 2016.  The journey was extensive as we turned the company around and grew from $40M to $400M and then worked with the larger $500M Tenon Limited group. I have done everything imaginable in the Companies and the Investors and Partners I have worked with.  EXPONENTIAL THINKING, CONNECT THE DOTS & LEARN SOMETHING NEW EACH DAY are my mantra's.
    • After 26 years, I am personally spinning off myself to start a new venture 100X which seeks to enourage others to have the same exponential growth I experienced myself.  Whether it be working with companies, families, individuals or executives as a Vistage CEO Peer Group Chair in West MI.  My goal is to return the favor that my Business "Dads" gave to me.

    SVP - Tenon Limited ($500M Global Company) 2011-2016

    • Focused on connecting the dots between strategies, projects and cross functional teams aiding in the North American spin-off from Tenon Limited.  
    • Drove technology innovation, system & process improvements for all of Tenon's Companies as well as its 1000+ employees worldwide.
    • Focus on cloud based systems initiatives in the areas of, Forecasting and Integrated Business Planning, E-Commerce and  Logistics to grow market share and meet changing customer demographics and needs.
    • Continued integration of 9 DC's and manufacturing operations (1.5M + SQ FT) & 1600+ "Big Box" retail store inventories using “Big Data” analytic tools, allowing for predictive as well as immediate response to consumer needs.
    • Mobile Platform App Development: In-Field Store Management App for retail locations, used by 110+ Home Center Service Representatives for improved communication on value-added inventory management, SKU and Plan-O-Gram optimization. Development of App to aid in omni-channel goals for various business units.
    • Management of Disaster recovery plans & systems failover sites for Asia Pacific and North America.

    EVP - Tenon Limited 2006-2011

    • Led "One Company Platform" using Empire as core infrastructure to consolidate all of Tenon's worldwide holdings.
    • $9M+ of hard dollar cost savings

    CFO / CIO / Owner - The Empire Company 1990-2006 (Tenon Limited Acquired Empire)

    • Returned 100X+ to shareholders including myself over that time period

    Arthur Andersen 1988-1990

    Advisory Boards : DeWys Manufacturing 2019 - Present, Feyen Zylstra 2017 - Present, Comfort Research 2011 - Present, Kamps 2008 - 2013

    BOTTOM LINE

    I’m known as a:

    • Exponential thinker
    • Dot connector
    • Change agent
    • Cross-silo collaborator
    • Persistent, goal-driven leader
    • Challenge seeker 
    • “Chief Problem Solver”.