• Leading a team of Project Managers (from 3, up to 11) and coaching each for a successful outcome of planning, controlling, and managing project deliverables to meet or exceed customer needs, project schedule, scope, and budget expectations. • Conducting monthly project reviews for the project team, with a total portfolio consisting of over 90 projects worth $60M, to gauge and direct project success throughout the project lifecycle. • Directing improvements to our project delivery processes, including Quality Project Plan and Risk Register updates, as well as coordinating collaboration among our various project team functions of Engineering, Manufacturing, Installation, Sales, and Service.• Achieving repeat client business due to successful project deployments.• Coached and sponsored two engineers to achieve their Yellow Belts. Performed SWOT analysis for each team member and supported development plans. Coached two team members on a “Start-Stop-Continue” HR program. Mentoring others outside of the team for organizational growth.• Effectively managed over 30 Process projects totaling $7.8M, in the Chemicals, Metals, Mining, Power & Energy, and Life Sciences industries, with focus on PlantPAx and FactoryTalk software while integrating HMI, controller and I/O Hardware, Intelligent MCCs, VFDs.

•Successfully planning, controlling and managing over 40 projects, while achieving customer needs within planned scope, time and cost parameters.•As an outcome of excellent project management, obtained quadruple additional sales orders from a new customer. •On average, improving As-Sold margin levels over project lifetime and Booked Change Orders at 5.6% above As-Sold margin levels. •Led and developed a training program to transition the Submittals and Operation and Maintenance process from the local project administrators to the Global Engineering Center for cost and lead time improvements.•Providing continuous improvement by leading a Lean Six Sigma project to improve proposal quality and accuracy and project efficiency and implementation. •Teamed with Quality to improve the Gate Review On-Time metric by 65% for W/WW projects.•Meeting monthly with North American Southern Sales teams to provide project updates and to discuss new potential business opportunities for growth.

•Globally led the IEC and SMC Enclosed Starters, NEMA Enclosed Disconnect Switches, and Enclosures product lines. Managed prices, forecasts, profitability, product issues, and sales inquiries; performed market analysis for these product lines. Supported the Modified Standards business for these products.•Designed and implemented a business strategy to grow the IEC Enclosed Starter business globally; doubled the business within one year. Expanded the Compact Class product offering, (targeting the European market), and provided availability solutions with a global stocking and late-point-configuration program. Managed the project and led the global cross-functional team to establish manufacturing in SAP at the Katowice, Poland facility.•Collaborated with a cross-functional team to create the Canada Regional Configuration Center for Late-Point-Configuration. Included IEC Enclosed Starters (Bulletins 103H, 109 metal, 112) to build and ship within 1-day. •Grew the Safety Switches business over 250% through commercial activities and collaborating with Sales and Negotiations on establishing price agreements for our distributors and customers.•Led project management activities for expanding RA distributor-led panel building program in North America by adding IEC Enclosed products. Developed the technical instruction manual.•Launched General Duty Safety Switches – coordinated the resolution of critical supplier issues; finalized activities with our internal cross-functional team; prepared commercial marketing materials and communicated the launch to our sales team; coordinated competitive pricing initiatives with our Negotiations team.

• Sr. Advance Manufacturing Engineer, Milwaukee Operations - Industrialized contactor products (IEC 95Amp - 860Amp, NEMA Vacuum 25Amp - 90Amp, and NEMA Definite Purpose 25Amp - 120Amp). (Feb 2001 - Apr 2004)• Supervisor, A-B Champaign, IL Distribution Center - Formed and managed the Kitting Department at the A-B Distribution Center. (May 1999 - Jan 2001)• Manufacturing Engineer, Mfg. Engr. Dept - Provided support to the Bul. 592 Relay and Starter products while implementing Continuous Improvement Processes to the lines. (May 1997 - Apr 1999)• Manufacturing Engineer, Strategic Mfg. Engr. Dept - Co-developed a strategic manufacturing plan for the Industrial Control Group. (Feb 1996 - Apr 1997)• Associate Manufacturing Engineer - Provided Manufacturing Engineering support in four departments - Floor Supervision, Relay Assembly, Plant Engineering, PCB Assembly. (Jun 1994 - Jan 1996)