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Recent Experience - Ed McCallum  

 

McCallum Sweeney Consulting

Senior Principal

 

Ed McCallum provides site selection services and economic development consulting to companies and organizations worldwide.

Twenty years of experience in the site selection industry includes a myriad of industrial, headquarters and warehousing site selection endeavors.

Contact Information:

Ed McCallum

Senior Principal

McCallum Sweeney Consulting
550 South Main Street, Suite 550
Greenville, SC 29601

TEL : 864-672-1600

Fax : 864-672-1610

e-mail

Website : www.mccallumsweeney.com
Previous Experience

Before starting McCallum Sweeney Consulting, Inc., Ed was the Managing Principal of Fluor’s Global Location Strategies Group, having dedicated 14 years performing site selection and economic development consulting.

Scope of Professional Services
Industry specialization Types of projects supported
Examples of professional support of major projects

Mr. McCallum has assisted clients in a wide variety of industries, from manufacturing to warehousing and distribution. Recent clients include PACCAR (engine manufacturing), LM Glasfiber (wind energy), Austal (shipbuilding), Atlantic Marine (maritime transportation), BP (petrochemical spin off), Weil McLain (hydraulic heating), Boeing
(aeronautics), Kasle Steel (steel blanking auto supplier), Mitsubishi (auto assembler), Tower Automotive (auto frame assemblies), Vought/Alenia (aircraft manufacturing), and International Shipholding Corporation (headquarters relocation).

Sample list of clients served

Mr. McCallum has conducted siting projects in Europe, Asia, South America, Mexico as well as most regions of the United States and Canada. Specific experience includes location analysis, economic research, financial analysis, site evaluation, real estate negotiations, incentive negotiations, computer modeling and programming, strategy
assessments, and marketing analysis. International experience includes project investigations in Mexico, the Netherlands, Caribbean, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Belgium, Austria, France, Luxembourg, Vietnam, Canada, Taiwan, Argentina and the United Kingdom.

Economic development consulting services

Mr. McCallum also provides consulting services to leading economic development organizations across the United States in such areas as strategic planning and organizational design, site certification, incentive strategies and sustainable development strategies.

"Certified Sites" programs for large industrial sites

He was responsible for designing and heading up Pennsylvania’s Certified Sites program – known as “Select Sites”TM and continuing with Phase II of the same program in a web enabled environment. In addition, he managed Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) automotive mega-site certification program within the entire TVA service territory and helped Duke Energy with comprehensive mega-site identification for the automotive industry and a site qualification program for select
target-market industries. Due to the TVA megasite program PACCAR, Toyota and Servcor have invested within TVA’s service territory.

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News and press releases about McCallum Sweeney Consulting

Biographic profiles for other McCallum Sweeney professionals

Association memberships

Information on request - active in various professional associations.

Speaking engagements

In September 2008 he was a speaker at Cityscape USA.

Academic background

Mr. McCallum has a Masters in City and Regional Planning from Clemson University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from James Madison University. Ed received an athletic scholarship to Indiana University and later a vice-presidential appointment to the United States Air Force Academy while serving active duty.

Language skills and Personal Interests
This Biographic Profile has been compiled for convenient reference from information openly published on their website or provided personally by the individual for such publication.  Refer to the company website as above for the most current information.  The Profile makes it easier for users to Search for relevant experience and specialization. Participation does not involve any express or implied warranty by such participants about our services, nor by us about theirs.   To suggest corrections for any of the content above, or to provide testimonial or other feedback about this professional, please contact Bruce Donnelly at 847-304-4655.

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