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Santa Clara County, CA November 4, 2008 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Jean H. "John" Mordo

Candidate for
Council Member; Town of Los Altos Hills

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JEAN (JOHN) H. MORDO

27693 Vogue Ct. Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 Mobile: (650) 279-8461 Home: (650) 559-9401 email: jeanmordo@yahoo.com _____________________________________________________________________________________________ CURRENT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

  • TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS Planning Commissioner Member, New Town Hall Committee
  • LOS ALTOS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Founder, Board Member
  • SUPPORTERS OF WESTWIND COMMUNITY BARBoard Member & Treasurer
  • BUS BARN THEATER COMPANY Board Member & Treasurer
  • RED CROSS- PALO ALTO CHAPTER Board Member

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

1997- 2000 THE SCOTTS COMPANY, Columbus, OH World leader in Consumer Lawn and Garden products and Professional Horticulture.

Group Executive Vice President + International 10/1/98 - 10/00 Led a worldwide organization with operations in 15 countries and sales of $600 Million. Scope included all consumer lawn and garden business outside of North America and worldwide professional business.

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer 1/1/97 - 4/1/99 Key member of the executive team who transformed this $700 M Midwest company into a $2 Billion global leader.

1978 + 1996 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION UTC- PRATT & WHITNEY, East Hartford, CT Senior Vice President Finance & Chief Financial Officer, 1992 - 1996 Led a financial organization of 800 within this $6 Billion division-included all financial functions plus customer financing and aircraft remarketing. This division was unprofitable in 1992 and I was brought in as part of a new senior management turn around team.

UTC- OTIS ELEVATOR - LATIN AMERICAN OPS., Farmington, CT President 1989-1992 Responsible for a 5000 employee, $200 M business with operations in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay and agents in all other countries.

UTC- OTIS ELEVATOR WORLD HEADQUARTERS, Farmington, CT

Vice President Finance & Chief Financial Officer,1985-1991 Vice President, Controller, 1984-1985 Vice President, Financial Planning, 1982-1985

Led the finance organization for $4 Billion corporation with operations in over 50 countries.

UTC- OTIS ELEVATOR - LATIN AMERICAN OPS., West Palm Beach, FL

Director of Finance (CFO), 1980-1982 Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, 1979-1980 Director, Business & Strategic Planning, 1978-1979

1972- 1978 McKINSEY & COMPANY, New York/Paris Engagement Manager Managed and planned assignments for the top management of both European and American corporations in consumer goods, chemicals, textile and electrical industries. Specialized in finance and strategic planning for international corporations.

1969-1970 ELECTRICITE DE France, Paris, France Financial/economic analyst

EDUCATION

1970-1972 STANFORD BUSINESS SCHOOL, Stanford, CA Top 5 percent of MBA class, with concentration in Finance. Awarded French Government scholarship.

1967-1969 ECOLE NATIONALE DE LA STATISTIQUE ET D'ADMINISTRATION ECONOMIQUE, Paris, France Master's Degree in Economics and Statistics.

1964-1966 ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, Paris, France Diploma from this leading French engineering school.

PERSONAL

U.S. Citizen. Fluent in French, English, and Spanish. French army, Second Lieutenant, commanded 10-man unit, honorably discharged. Hobbies: Gardening, Cooking. Wife: Barbara; married since 1985. 3 children altogether.

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