Who We Are
Brian Kathenes is Principal and President of Progressive Business Concepts, Inc. He is a chemical engineer and a former Senior Manager of several consumer products manufacturing facilities. As a member of a Plant Design Startup Management Team for the Halston Fragrance division of Max Factor, the team designed and built a cosmetic manufacturing plant from ‘scratch,’ including staffing, startup, and implementation. During the course of his corporate career he has been through two LBOs and numerous reorganizations, including start-ups and closings. As a Director of Sales and Marketing for a major distributor, he has developed and managed a regional sales & service staff, designed a successful dealer network, and created a distribution system for one of the largest small engine manufacturers in the world....[more]