PAX Group, LLC
Safe People Thrive™️
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Phil Andrew

Passion. Experience. Values.

Principled

PAX Group takes pride in service to country and communities. PAX Group values people and relationships and believes that listening and engagement are the foundations of resilient, healthy and efficient organizations. Every organization thrives where physical and emotional safety is prioritized.

 

Mission

Dedicated to helping leaders and organizations engage challenging circumstances and conversations to build healthy, resilient organizations and achieve better outcomes.

 

Our Team

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Education

DePAUL UNIVERSITY
Juris Doctorate

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
B.A. History and Political Science

Phil Andrew

Phil Andrew is Principal of PAX Group and has over 21 years of experience as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He’s served throughout the Midwest, New York and overseas with expertise in crisis negotiation, undercover work, counterterrorism, national security, violence prevention, crimes against children, and social media. He has deployed regularly on domestic and international kidnappings and hostage takings and has received numerous FBI and US Department of Justice awards. Phil leads the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Violence Prevention Initiatives where he is responsible for safety programs and partnerships for 209 schools and 316 Parishes. He is also an Adjunct Instructor of Negotiation, Business Intelligence and Leadership at DePaul University’s MBA School and Department of Management & Entrepreneurship. He has served on the City of Chicago’s Office of Violence Prevention Advisory and the Governor of Illinois’ Public Safety Transition Committee and Chicago Mayoral Public Safety and Accountability Transition Committee.

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He is an inspiring speaker with a unique personal story of resilience and survival that motivates individuals and organizations to prepare and engage in positive and effective ways. He served as an instructor at the FBI Academy and as an expert in crisis management, negotiation, behavior analysis and undercover work. Phil has keynoted, consulted and trained clients globally.

Prior to the FBI, Phil practiced law in Chicago and managed a violence prevention organization. He is a graduate of DePaul University College of Law and the University of Illinois, which he attended as a scholarship athlete - twice captaining the Illini Swim Team.

Phil is a recipient of a U.S. House of Representatives Award for Outstanding Courage and Heroism, a nominee for the NCAA Valor Award, a recipient of the Illinois State Bar Association Service Award and is an inductee into Loyola Academy's Athletic Hall of Fame. He remains avid about water sports and directs an annual open water swim race and coaches age group swimming.

Unique Experience

  • Special Agent at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 21 years driving successful investigations and operations throughout the US and overseas

  • Director of Violence Prevention Archdiocese of Chicago

  • FBI and MBA Instructor

  • Crisis negotiation team leader, expert in undercover investigations, counterterrorism, national security, violence prevention, crimes against children, and social media

 

 
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Education

NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY
Juris Doctorate

ST. THOMAS COLLEGE
BA in Business with honors

Paul Pasin

As a founding partner of PAX Group, LLC, Paul brings his 30 years of professional experience and expertise to advise on building more effective teams, driving organizational change, coaching for performance, creating alignment within organizations operating in diverse, complex and global environments allowing your organization to grow and achieve better outcomes. 

Paul has over 25 years of experience as owner, senior business leader and Chief Operating Officer of Radio Flyer, Inc.  Paul co-lead the process of transitioning Radio Flyer from a manufacturing driven Chicago-based metal stamping factory to a profitable, award-winning global consumer products company. 

His years of experience in complex and new environments honed Paul’s skills as a cross-functional, multi-skilled leader. Paul selected, built, and led high performing operations teams in both the US and China that included product engineering, cost engineering, manufacturing engineering, procurement, logistics, and QA/QC, successfully integrating these functions to create a united Radio Flyer organization.

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Essential to this success was the development and implementation of best business practices. Perhaps most importantly, he was integral to the building of an award-winning high performing company culture.

Additionally, Paul oversaw the conversion of an antiquated manufacturing facility into award-winning corporate offices and product innovation center. In partnership with his brother, at the company created by their grandfather, Paul, created and developed an award-winning workplace with honors and recognitions that include: Fortune Magazine’s #1 Best Places to work, The Wall Street Journal Top Small Workplaces, 4-time Winner of Inc. 5000’s Fastest Growing Companies, , 2017 Emmy Award Winner, Crain’s Chicago Business Patents Per Capita Award Winner, and Crain’s “The 15 Coolest Offices in Chicago” Award Winner and more.

Unique Experience

  • Selecting, building, and leading high performing teams

  • Creating organizational alignment to drive results

  • Leading with vision, mission, and values

  • Creating award winning innovative engaged and fun company culture

  • Ability to create effective strategy and drive implementation to achieve results

  • Coaching individuals and small teams for improved performance

  • Creating and leading with vision, mission, and values

  • Driving organizational change

  • Designing and implementing great process

  • “How to Build a Better Wagon”; The Radio Flyer story of reinventing an icon.