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Mr. Frank Oropeza is an experienced senior executive and one of several NORELLI GROUP principals who has been a successful CEO.  His areas of concentration with NORELLI GROUP include manufacturing strategy, continuous operations improvement, inventory and working capital management, quality systems planning, LEAN manufacturing, ISO certification processes, acquisition assimilation, international sourcing and procurement, and U.S. import/export regulatory compliance.

Until his family’s company (Transpo Electronics, Inc.) was sold in mid-2004, Mr. Oropeza tirelessly advanced through a succession of management and executive positions from sales to manufacturing, and ultimately to President and CEO.  In addition, during those twenty-two years, Mr. Oropeza also developed a special appreciation for both the advantages and challenges of a family business, acquiring critical skills in family business management and governance, another specialty of THE NORELLI GROUP.

During his years at Transpo, Mr. Oropeza utilized his extensive operations knowledge and strong technical abilities to reduce manufacturing costs, implement a major inventory reduction program, execute “LEAN Manufacturing”, and transfer some domestic manufacturing operations to the China acquisition.  He assimilated three acquisitions in one year, resulting in double the revenue for the parent company.  Mr. Oropeza’s leadership ability is demonstrated by his leading of the team effort to be the first U.S. automotive aftermarket company to achieve “QS9000” certification.  His career at Transpo culminated during his twenty month term as CEO, with the negotiation and structuring of the very successful sale of his family’s business to a strategic buyer.

Mr. Oropeza was Senior Vice President when Norelli became interim President and CEO of Transpo in January 2001.   For the subsequent one and one-half years, Mr. Oropeza and Norelli worked side-by-side to dramatically improve profitability, strengthen working capital management, enhance quality systems, build infrastructure and talent in the company’s growing Chinese facility, and restructure the company’s balance sheet.  Upon completion of this Norelli engagement, Mr. Oropeza was named by the company’s board to succeed Norelli as CEO.   

Mr. Oropeza graduated with a B.S.B.A. from the University of Central Florida in Orlando and achieved his M.B.A. from the same institution in 2004.  He has successfully completed training in “QS9000,” “APQP,” “Mistake Proofing,” and “QOS.”