Ronald Baum and Richard Gordon are principals of the firm and account for over 60 years of experience between the two of them.  

Ron Baum

Mr. Baum has over 30 years of experience in various management roles including Sales, Materials Management and Operations. He has extensive experience in negotiating complex contracts, negotiating lower pricing, selection and sourcing of vendors, and a myriad of other skills.  Mr. Baum was involved in the travel industry and has maintained strong relationships through the years.  As the travel industry has rapidly evolved into what it is today, Mr. Baum has devised cost savings strategies for companies both large and small, with travel budgets ranging from $300,000 to over $10,000,000 per year. 

Recently, he took on a project whereby he recommended the consolidation of 6 warehouses into one single warehouse.  This project produced a savings of over $2,000,000 annually.  The client approved the project and asked THE DEWEY GROUP (TDG) to stay on and oversee the implementation of the consolidation.  In fact, TDG completed the assignment in less time than estimated, and at a slightly larger savings than was forecast.  His vast experience in negotiations, which began from the time he was the Vice President of Sales for a medical firm, had him directly involved with customers and distributors.  This skill played a large part in the success of this expanded project, as leases had to be terminated, employees had to be successfully relocated and a host of other issues required resolution.

Richard Gordon  

Mr. Gordon joined TDG after almost 30 years of working in the corporate environment, leading his companies to consistent profit improvement through the implementation of continuous cost savings programs.  As Executive Vice President of Global Operations for a large NASDAQ listed medical firm, he was responsible for leading the cost savings programs that he put in place.  He has led teams of employees and subcontractors through large and complex cost savings programs that have helped add tens of millions of dollars to the bottom line. These cost savings programs provided the dollars that allowed for the attainment of quarterly Wall Street projections numerous times.  An Accountant by profession, Richard worked for a Certified Public Accounting firm for several years.  He then began his corporate career as a Controller, moved to Director of Finance, eventually taking the company through to its successful completion of its IPO.  Immediately upon completion of a successful secondary offering, in 1991, Mr. Gordon moved into the Operations arena of the company.  He began as Director of Logistics, heading up the “supply chain function” of the company.  About 6 years ago, Mr. Gordon took over the additional responsibility of managing the manufacturing areas of the company, eventually taking over the Global responsibility of all company facilities.  As a result of these experiences, Mr. Gordon brings to TDG extensive experience in understanding all facets of the operations of a company.  This experience has proved to be invaluable to TDG’s goal of providing the expertise and vision to help deliver bottom line results for each and every one of our clients.