George Elliott is a partner with Elliott-Luepker & Associates, Inc., a Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.-based consulting firm that specializes in reducing organizational structural cost. In his career, Elliott has served as vice president and group general manager of TRW's Aircraft Components Group; senior vice president of Sales and Marketing and vice president of Worldwide Purchasing at International Harvester; as well as works manager and a wide array of line and staff positions during a 13-year career at Deere & Co. He can be reached at (904) 285-9264 or gcellio@attglobal.net .