Candidate for Ohio’s 10th District—U.S. House fo Representatives

Opponent: Dennis Kucinich

Candidate Biography
Peter J. Corrigan
Married 27 years, three children
Irish ancestry, Roman Catholic

Education

Case Western Reserve University (1990) - Masters of Business Administration with concentrated curriculum in Finance and Operations Management
Wake Forest University (1981) – Bachelors Degree in Physics
Harvard Business School (2005) – (AMP168 Executive MBA)
St. Ignatius High School (1976) – Cleveland, Ohio
Additional coursework: Cleveland State University, John Carroll University

Business Background
Harvard educated senior executive with 30 years of experience including profit and loss responsibility for up to $300M organizations. Corporate board membership in both domestic and international holdings. Extensive experience with mergers, acquisitions, and divestures of globally located businesses. Senior level experience in operations, manufacturing, sales, and engineering with logical progression of promotions and achievements within different industries. Extensive background in strategic planning and marketing. Extensive experience with distress situations and bankruptcy turnarounds in both domestic and international locations. Significant and extensive experience in negotiating with state and local entities, foreign governments, unions, employees, customers, shareholders, investment banks, and lenders.

International Experience

Chief Operating Officer and Board Director for a multinational corporation with functional responsibility for facilities in the United Kingdom, China (JV), Hong Kong, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, India (JV). (2003-present)
President, Prestolite South America - Buenos Aires, Argentina (2001-2005)
Student, University College of London, - London, England
Extensive travel and business negotiations in more than 50 countries.
Spanish-speaking with some proficiency in Portuguese, French, and Italian
Corporate Board Memberships:
Prestolite Electric, Inc. (First Atlantic Capital Ltd., USA )
Prestolite Electric Beijing Limited (Beijing, China)
Motores de San Luis (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Butec, Ltd. (London, England)

Other Key Business Successes

Worked on development and launch team for one of the world’s first commercial Magnetic Resonance Imagers
Worked on development and launch team for the world’s first Automated Immunoassay blood chemistry analyzer
Sr. Vice President/shareholder hired to help rescue $300M bankruptcy
Presided over $50M business salvage/rescue/turnaround in South America
Presided over $50M business salvage/rescue/turnaround in the United Kingdom
Managed international operations in North America, South America, Asia, and Europe
Forged international licensing and procurement agreements in more than 30 countries

Awards, Recognitions, Honors, and Memberships

Case Western Reserve University Graduate School of Business Academic Scholarship
Beta Gamma Sigma International Academic Honor Society (GPA 3.95)
Chairman’s Award at both Prestolite and Ciba-Corning
Board of Advisors – Cleveland Central Catholic High School
Membership in Harvard Clubs of NY City and NE Ohio and SE Michigan
2010 Cuyahoga County Republican Party Executive Committee Plus membership
Wake Forest University Deacon (letterman) Club
High school varsity track athlete with multiple conference championships
John Carroll University varsity; 1977 conference pole vault champion w/school record
Wake Forest University (NCAA Div I) varsity track letterman as walk-on athlete
National Taxpayers Union member and contributor
Cleveland West Side Irish American Club member
Member, NRA and Buckeye Firearms Association