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Scott Hoover
Scott Hoover began his business career in the 5th grade, working
everyday after school in his family’s retail and wholesale business. Scott
computerized the family business in 1977.
He graduated from East Carolina
University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration. His studies concentrated in Finance, Accounting, and Systems.
Since that time he has gained over 25 years of professional business management
experience.
From 1982 to 1985 Scott worked as a Consultant for
FMI (Fails Management
Institute and its affiliate Concord Management Systems,). FMI is a
consulting firm specializing in contractors and the construction industry.
Concord is a construction accounting and management system developed by FMI
Consultants. Scott specialized in implementing these management systems in
mid-sized construction companies (20 to 500 million in sales). From 1985 - 1990 Scott
worked as an independent management consultant, specializing in systems
and internal procedures. He has helped literally hundreds of businesses
implement systems and improve their internal operations.
In 1990 Scott joined one of his clients to fix the heavy construction,
mining, and manufacturing company B&B Excavating. Due to poor internal
procedures, and an unsuccessful accounting system conversion, the company had not seen a financial statement in over 12 months,
and it had other issues. The company had approximately 100 employees. After
solving the company’s internal reporting issues, Scott became the
company General Manager in 1991.
As General Manager, Scott was the business manager and chief spokesman for the
company. He managed the efforts of 4 construction divisions, business
development, accounting, human resource, safety and environment, systems, and
contract administration. He also managed the legal, insurance, bonding,
and banking relationships. Scott significantly increased the company's working
capital and bonding capacity. He focused the company on building
relationships with resort developers and negotiating contracts for turn-key
infrastructure projects. Under Scott’s leadership the company successfully
completed many of the major infrastructure projects in the resort areas of
Colorado, including: Vail, Beaver Creek, Bachelor Gulch, Strawberry Park,
Arrowhead, Cordillera, Avon, Spraddle Creek, Aspen, Snowmass, Frisco, Dillon, Silverthorne,
Keystone, and
Breckenridge.
By 1997 Scott had become the Company President and been elected to the Board of
Directors. The company had
grown to over 350 employees and more than tripled in volume. As President, Scott assumed responsibility for all manufacturing divisions,
equipment divisions, and continued his construction and general management
responsibilities. Scott was also charged with maximizing shareholder value
and providing an exit strategy for the shareholders.
In 1999 Scott located, negotiated, and completed the sale of the company to
Oldcastle Materials,
a US arm of the publicly traded international conglomerate
CRH plc. After the sale, Scott
remained as President and also served as Vice President, Acquisitions for the
Southwest
Group of Oldcastle Companies. Scott honored his continuity commitments to
Oldcastle and continued as President until 2001.
In 2001 Scott formed Endeavor, Inc. and began developing Copedia. After 2
years in development, Scott published Copedia in December of 2003. Copedia
is a standard framework of templates that provide businesses and consultants the
tools, text, and framework for implementing an organized and integrated system
of formalized policies and standard operating procedures. Copedia is complete
with internal controls, best management practices, and division of duties
defined in the templates. Copedia is already used by over 7,000
businesses, non-profits, educational institutions, and governments worldwide.
Scott has been involved in many local community organizations. He has been an
officer in and served on the Board of Directors for the Chamber of Commerce,
Rotary, and Homebuilders Association.