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Louisville, Ky, Us

Louisville, Ky, Us

Leads commercial operations for LINAK U.S., the largest subsidiary of a world-leading electric linear actuator manufacturer. Overseeing and motivating strategic business units, R&D, marketing and sales to drive growth for both LINAK and our customers.

Louisville, Ky, Us

Toledo, Oh, Us

Promoted with full responsibility for leading and executing a global 5-year new product development strategy (launch of 4 new products) including all areas of management and development resulting in +$100MM of sales annually. Accountable as the key leader of a technical team that included applications engineers, materials development and the sourcing unit. Championed the research and development efforts employing appropriate engineering tools, procedures and methods and the use of new products technologies as well as robust design engineering efforts. ► Charged with designing and executing new organizational structure that included the hiring, building and coaching of peers and team members to ensure long-term sustainable growth.► Proactively aligns objectives to focus on opportunities within the core and 1-step adjacent markets; prioritized opportunities based on strategic fit, probabilities of success, and market momentum. ► Planned, developed, coordinated and implemented all facets of project including spearheading a series of new business processes and aligning resource allocation—a process that has been adopted company-wide. ► Serves on the inter-functional business National Leadership Team while continuing to lead the materials development and sourcing groups as identified below.

Toledo, Oh, Us

Strongly led the direction of the business unit resulting in substantial revenue growths with a complete unit transformation over 12 months that delivered multi-million dollars in revenue and organization growth. An integral part of the national leadership team that successfully influenced the team to restructure unit operations which resulted in 35%+/- improvement in operating margins. Earned 2014 Owens Corning Slayter Award for “Top Consumer Inspired Innovation. ► Research & Development: Depended upon consumer insights to drive the reinvention of a commoditized product line and a new segment; conducted thorough analyzation of prior business model to create a theoretical business model—predicted the probabilities of success for any opportunity resulting in a >40% improvement in hit rate.► Led the material development & sourcing group; reinvented a $35MM product line with doubled margin results.► Created world-class solutions development lab that focused on identifying consumer’s needs; addressed the needs and delivered appropriate solutions.► Launched new product line resulting in $5MM+ in new sales annually; EBIT margin levels increased 5x’s greater than baseline business.

Toledo, Oh, Us

Led comprehensive restructure of 75% of the sales team that included the extensive evaluation of account needs, interviewing and hiring of top talent and creating a step-change model for engineering performance and customer support. Restructure resulted in $20MM in new sales over 2 years.► Conducted several ‘Voice of Consumer’ events in collaboration with the sales and applications engineering teams to successfully build out an innovative pipeline and reestablish strong customer relationships. ► Expansion into Adjacent Markets—Developed, deployed, and executed a strategic growth initiative; increased growth by $2MM in growth within the first 18 months.

Toledo, Oh, Us

Promoted to direct the planned closure of manufacturing facility within 22 days. Successfully closed with zero customer interruptions, 40% under budget and the relocation of $8MM+ in business across international borders. Utilized all large-scale project methodologies to organize and coordinate the launch of a $10MM product line, assisted in both process and supplier development to ensure on-time completion. Used lean process tools to facilitate the annual capital budget and prioritize areas for expenditures.

Toledo, Oh, Us

Negotiated first-ever Owens Corning purchase order for $3MM with Collins & Aikman Corporation within first 12 months of employment. Increased sales by $7MM following building a relationship that led to persuading the large truck manufacturer to switch to non-traditional PET non-woven for use as a cab back panel. Directed application development of new headliner composite, resulting in $2MM in new sales at launch. Earned 2006 Owens Corning Pinnacle Award for customer inspired innovation.

Led a team of product and tool designers from China (remotely) who supported the first ever interior ‘acoustical integration’ package for the organization, resulting in over $1.5MM in new sales annually. Carried out the development and coordination of production equipment and tooling to deliver new product launch 20% under planned budget and no missed dates.

Southfield , Michigan, Us

Sr. NVH Applications Engineer—Negotiated and directed approval on Lear’s first light weight acoustical package.Product Engineer—Saved $3MM+ annually by persuading internal/external partners to implement cost savings solutions.

♦ Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

♦ Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Chemical Engineering