Loading Preparing Cameras

Louise O’Sullivan

About

Louise O'Sullivan founded Prime Advantage in 1997, following a 22-year management career in industrial manufacturing. Prime Advantage is a manufacturer's buying consortium, dedicated to: 1) reducing the overall costs of doing business, and 2) to increasing profitability for both buyers and sellers in our network. Prime Advantage negotiates programs with its Endorsed Suppliers in the areas of raw materials, components, services and supplies for its 750+ Members. Prior to Prime Advantage, she was president of a Dover Corporation company, Groen, an OEM manufacturer of commercial food service and industrial processing equipment, a position she held for more than 12 years. A former elementary school teacher, she joined Groen in 1975 as a part-time writer in their advertising department. During the next 10 years she rose rapidly through the ranks, serving as Vice-President of Sales, Marketing and Engineering immediately before being appointed President in 1985. O'Sullivan has a distinguished history as an industry leader. She was the 2013 "Pro to Know of the Year", awarded by Supply and Demand Chain Executive Magazine. She is past President of NAFEM (the North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers) - a national trade association with over 700 corporate Members, and past member of the Illinois Racing Board. Louise is the 2005 winner of NAFEM's highest honor, the William W. Carpenter Award, Louise served on the boards of Taylor Capital Holdings, the parent company of Cole Taylor Bank, and The Entrepreneurial Advisory Board for the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. She was Vice President of the University of Chicago's Executive Program Alumni Club, and a recipient of the "Pacesetter of the Year" award for Women in Marketing. O'Sullivan and her career are referenced in General Managers in Action, 1992, by Harvard Professor Frank Aquilar. She is also noted in Managing Corporate Ethics, published in 1994 by Oxford University Press, and in Lessons in Leadership by Charles Bernstein, 1993. In 1987, Harvard Business School published a case study on O'Sullivan and her management challenges at Groen. The study is currently in use at U.S. universities.

She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago; an MA from Northeastern Illinois University; and a BA from the College of St. Teresa in Winona, MN.

Videos (1)
Value Employees As Much As Customers
Company Spotlight in Tech
SMB Help Desk, Inc.
videos (1)
Matthew Cleaver
Chicago Interactive Marketing Association (CIMA)
videos (1)
Eric Whobrey
Rippleshot
videos (1)
Canh Tran
EagleRail Container Logistics
videos (1)
Mike Wychocki
1871
videos (2)
Howard Tullman
Accretive Health Inc.
videos (1)
Dr. Emad Rizk
Dolphin Rose Music and Media Worldwide
videos (1)
Dylan Jordan
Codeverse
videos (1)
Katy Lynch
Sentact
videos (1)
Chris Dube
LED Gaming
videos (1)
Steven De Mar
Steadfast Networks
videos (2)
Karl Zimmerman
Inquidia
videos (1)
Steve Miller
AMPY
videos (1)
Tejas Shastry
King Devick Technologies, Inc.
videos (1)
Danielle Leong
Shift7 Digital
videos (1)
Andrew Walker
Eved
videos (1)
Talia Mashiach
Framework CareFree IT
videos (1)
Ben Kohn
Fooda
videos (1)
Orazio Buzza
SiNode Systems
videos (1)
Samir Mayekar
CALIBR Merchant Solutions
videos (1)
Raymond Siffel
Multiple, Inc.
videos (1)
Dave Mason
RedShelf
videos (1)
Greg Fenton
Earlybird Software
videos (1)
Andrew Parnell
doc&i
videos (4)
Brad Becker
ITPeopleNetwork
videos (2)
Amit Dutta
Emmi Solutions
videos (1)
Devin Gross
Mediafly
Carson Conant
Helix
AAron Dannenbring
Scientel Solutions
videos (1)
Nelson Santos
Eat Purely
videos (2)
Jeremiah Green
AutonomyWorks
videos (1)
David Friedman
MotherG
videos (3)
Dave Davenport
Clear Automation, LLC
videos (1)
John DeBlasio
Kamea Networks & Technology
videos (1)
Chach DalSanto
Adage Technologies
videos (2)
Roy Chomko
RKON Technologies
videos (1)
Jeff Mullarkey
Cleverbridge
videos (1)
Craig Vodnik
Pro Material Solutions
videos (1)
Jerry Freeman
Blue Nova Technology
videos (1)
Nathaniel Smith
SP+ (SP Plus)
videos (1)
Marc Baumann
Malwarebytes
videos (1)
Marcin Kleczynski
Forte Group
videos (2)
Steve Kreynin
MSDSonline
videos (1)
Glenn Trout
Truss Holdings, Inc.
videos (1)
Bobby Goodman
Mattersight
videos (1)
Kelly Conway
Braviant Holdings
videos (1)
Stephanie Klein
Seller Labs
videos (1)
Jeff Cohen
Geofeedia
videos (1)
Phil Harris