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Recent Experience - Mark Sweeney
McCallum
Sweeney Consulting
Senior
Principal
Mark Sweeney
provides site selection services and economic development consulting to
companies and organizations worldwide. Recent MSC clients include LM
Glasfiber, PACCAR, Berg Pipe, Cytec Materials, Oreck, Nissan, and Michelin.
With more than eighteen years of experience in site selection and economic
development, Mr. Sweeney assists companies identifying, evaluating, and
selecting the optimal location for their capital investments. Such projects
cover a wide array of related factors, including sites, infrastructure,
transportation, labor and demographics, state and local taxes, utility
services, incentives, etc.
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Contact Information:
Mark Sweeney
Senior Principal
McCallum Sweeney
Consulting
550 South Main Street, Suite 550
Greenville, SC 29601
TEL : 864-672-1600
Fax : 864-672-1610
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Website :
www.mccallumsweeney.com
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Previous Experience See
economic development services, below. |
Scope of Professional Services
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Industry specialization |
Types of projects supported |
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Examples of professional support of major projects
Mr. Sweeney has assisted clients in a wide variety of
industries, from automotive manufacturing to software development and
internet services. Recent clients include Nissan (headquarters; auto
assembly; engine; distribution), Michelin (tire and rubber mfg;
distribution), Dollar General (distribution); and Oreck (headquarters;
appliance manufacturing). |
Sample list of clients served Of particular
note are the Nissan headquarters relocation from Los Angeles to Nashville,
Tennessee (November 2005) and the Nissan auto assembly project that
announced in Canton, Mississippi (November 2000). Mr. Sweeney has conducted
siting projects in Europe and Asia as well as most regions of the United
States. |
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Economic Development Consulting Services
Mr. Sweeney also provides consulting services to leading
economic development organizations across the United States in such areas as
strategic planning and organizational design, site certification, adaptive
reuse, target industry programs, incentive strategies, and sustainable
development.
Economic development clients include the Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA); Southern California Edison; and Duke Energy; the States of
Oklahoma and Tennessee; and Alexandria, Louisiana; Topeka, Kansas; and
Macon, Georgia. |
Economic Development Strategy, GIS tools, market research
Mr. Sweeney spent more than five years at the South Carolina
Department of Commerce, serving as Director of Research and Communication.
There, he directed departments providing project management support,
information management (including world’s leading economic development
application of Geographic Information Systems), and communications. Mr.
Sweeney was also one of the authors of Approaching 2000 – An Economic
Development Vision for South Carolina, a state strategic plan for economic
development. |
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Articles published by McCallum Sweeney consultants
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 |
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Academic background Mr.
Sweeney has a Masters in Business Administration from Clemson University and
a Bachelor of Science from Appalachian State University. In addition, Mr.
Sweeney was a recipient of a Murphy Fellowship for graduate work in
economics at Tulane University. |
Language skills and Personal Interests |
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