P. Kenneth Graves Jr. SCE, CME
President, Profiles East, Inc., Providence RI
Area Director, Profiles International Waco TX

Ken graduated from Northeastern University with BS in Marketing. For over 25 years, his focus has been to drive results by leveraging human potential through strategic selection and motivation performance improvement initiatives. A few of his accomplishments include pioneering a new division for a well-known, international, retail-focused company that currently has sales over $100mm and assisting a regional distributor struggling in a competitive market by tripling their sales in less than 5 years. He also worked on several quality performance teams of a national organization that went on to win a Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award.

He is currently concentrating his efforts on assisting companies build and sustain high performance by helping them understand and manage their organization. World-renowned companies such as the following have utilized Ken's consulting services & experience as a performance improvement strategist:

AIG Aramark Foodservice
Astra Pharmaceutical
BankBoston
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Bose Corporation
BSC Group
Community College of RI
CVS
Digital Equipment Co.
Various State's Dept of Labor-One Stop Centers
Morton Heath Care
E1-Fire Apparatus
Envirosource
GM - Chevrolet Division
GTE-Sylvania
Hasbro
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
Lotus Development Co
Manufacturers Jewelers and Suppliers of America
MetLife Auto & Home
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Perry Ellis
Pratt & Whitney
Reebok International
Sandler Sales Institute
Serono Laboratoires
The Engineering Center, Boston
Toray Plastics of America
Volvo USA

Ken resides in Rhode Island. He operates two very successful companies, namely; HR Performance Resources and TelproUSA, an outbound call center. Ken can be reached @ ken@hrprinc.com or by phone - 888.773.8832.