Ken Calhoon is a global business executive with deep experience as a management consultant and a general manager.  He is the Managing Partner of Calhoon Global Management Consulting (www.CalhoonGlobal.com), a firm dedicated to “Helping Companies Grow, Manage and Produce Results Around the World.”  His firm focuses on market entry strategy and competitive differentiation, implementation tactics and planning, organization development, and executive coaching.  He has extensive international management experience based abroad and in the US including: Bain & Company (San Francisco & London), Mitsubishi Electric (London and Paris) and eBay (VP of International based in San Jose, CA).  He earned his MBA at Harvard Business School.

eBay. Ken was a VP with eBay for 7 years working in the international business. He initially led the International Headquarters team focused on M&A, acquisition integration, product launch, and project management support. He played instrumental roles in the highly successful purchases and integrations of two $100M+ acquisitions in Europe and Korea.  Ken subsequently built out and managed eBay’s International Trust and Safety function, charged with protecting the integrity of transactions. This program spanned 30 countries and operated in multiple languages, improving the user experience for over 100 million customers. He grew the team to 35+ team members, based in 13 countries.

Mitsubishi Electric Company. Based in London, Ken pioneered a new Strategic Planning function, reporting to the President of the $1.5B enterprise operating across multiple business lines in 10 countries. He then went to Paris, where he led the turnaround of Mitsubishi Electric’s Air Conditioning Business Unit by expanding revenues through changing product line strategy and investing in the distribution network. Over 4 years, sales quadrupled and market share tripled.

Bain & Company. Based in San Francisco and London, Ken developed implementable solutions for clients in strategy, operations and organizational design.  Some examples include: a pan-European medical products strategy and organization for Baxter, a post-merger product line and manufacturing rationalization strategy for Genstar Roofing, a product line forecasting and production optimization strategy for Cilco and a portfolio management and mergers/divestiture strategy for a UK conglomerate Hawker Siddley.