The firm was founded in 1989 and is located in Park Ridge, Illinois. It has conducted assignments in a variety of industries including such as: manufacturing, distribution, retail services, software publishing, construction, consumer products, health care, food products, building supplies and financial services. Much of Wilkening & Company’s work is conducted with private and/or family-owned companies.
Robert J. Wilkening is the founder of Wilkening & Company. Prior to establishing the firm, Mr. Wilkening was the Midwest Practice Director, Sales and Marketing Consulting for Hay Management Consultants’Chicago office. He began his career in consulting in 1982. Prior to that, Mr. Wilkening also held several executive positions during eight years with Gould, Inc. of Rolling Meadows, Illinois. At the Gould Fluid Component Division, he was General Manager for Imperial Tool Company, a manufacturer of hand tools sold in both domestic and international markets.
Since its founding, Wilkening & Company has conducted 150 consulting engagements with over 75 clients. Further, Mr. Wilkening has designed over seventy compensation systems for executives, managers and sales representatives and has also assisted clients in the design of long-term executive incentive plans such as phantom stock. Wilkening & Company has also consulted clients regarding: organization design, formulation of business strategy, sales-territory realignment and evaluation of market potential and share. Mr. Wilkening frequently lectures on sales force compensation at the University of Wisconsin Business School (Executive Education).
Mr. Wilkening earned a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois (Urbana), and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business; in Finance.
Firm contact information—
Wilkening & Company
Management Consultants
1580 N. Northwest Highway, Suite 220
Park Ridge, Illinois 60068
(847) 823-5090, fax- (847) 823-5091
bob@wilkeningco.com
www.wilkeningco.com
