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    • Vision

    We transform people and organizations.

    Mission

    We provide experienced, results producing, executive level leadership and expertise for mid-market companies on a temporary, interim and transitional basis.

    Values

    Integrity - Accountability - Excellence - Reliability - Commitment - Community Service

    Operating Principles

    • Success begins at home
    • Teams out perform individuals
    • Improve everyday
    • Invest in education
    • In God we trust, all others bring data
    • Open, honest, communications
    • Life balance

    Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies. Nothing you desire can compare with it. Proverbs 8:10-11 (NLT)

    Bob King

    Bob King is a strong executive leader with over 30 years of experience leading organizations. The breadth of his experience ranges from Fortune 100 companies to $10M privately held concerns.
     
    Prior to starting C.O.O. Services, LLC, Bob served as President of a national manufacturer of office supplies. During his nine years there, sales grew over 300%. In addition to two mergers and subsequent integrations, Bob developed the strategic plan that called for the company to move from a small west coast only player to become a major factor in the industry throughout North America. Major clients included 3M, Costco and Staples.

    In the 1990’s, Bob served in several capacities, for Georgia-Pacific and Unisource Worldwide (or predecessor companies), a then New York Stock Exchange listed, $9B, distribution and logistics company.

    Bob also serves as Vice-Chair of the Board of Seametrics, a Kent, WA based manufacturer of magnetic metering systems.

    EDUCATION:

    BA in Economics and Political Science (double major) from Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT.
    M.B.A. from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
    Certified Management Consultant (CMC), Institute of Management Consultants.
    Certified Exit Planning Advisor, (CEPA) from the Exit Planning Institute.
    Certified Executive Coach.
    Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst (CPBA).
    Certified Professional Values Analyst (CPVA).

    Bob King

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    PERSONAL:

    Married for over 35 years, Bob and his wife, Jeannie, have three adult children; boy, girl twins and a younger daughter, all who are working professionals in Washington State.

    Community Service: Currently sits on the Board of C3 Leaders. Bob also serves as Vice Chair of the Board at Warm Beach Christian Camp and Conference Center. He is an avid sportsman who enjoys fly fishing, skiing, hiking, trap shooting, and golf.

    He tries to live his life by his 7-F Mission Statement: Faith, Family, Friends, Fun, Fluency, Fitness and Finances.

    Jim Gunlock

    For more than 30 years Jim has built successful consulting relationships as an executive search professional, serving publicly and privately held clients in a variety of industries. For 14 years he operated his own executive search practice in Denver and Seattle, with an interim three years as a Principal with the L.W. Foote Company in Bellevue, Washington.

    He has completed retained executive search assignments for leadership and operations management positions for public and private corporations as well as not-for-profit organizations. He has served a diverse group of small to mid-sized, privately held organization that require professionally managed assistance identifying and selecting effective leaders and managers within all functions of operations.

    Earlier in his career, he spent five years as a Partner in retained executive search in the Denver office of A T Kearney, a highly respected international operations oriented consulting firm. His initial exposure to search was in the late 1970s as a Managing Associate in the National Energy Search Practice in Houston with Korn Ferry International. 

    EDUCATION:

    Jim holds a BA in liberal arts degree from Cedarville University in Ohio and an MA in communications degree from Bowling Green State University, also in Ohio. 

    Jim Gunlock

    PERSONAL:

    Married for 44 years, he and wife Elizabeth have four adult children and three grandsons. Throughout his professional career Jim has given his time to civic organizations, including Rotary Club and various non-profit organizations. He served ten years on the Board of Trustees of Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, Colorado. He is currently on the Board of iSOEL, an educational enterprise in India and he chairs a C3 Leaders Forum in Kirkland, Washington.
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