General & sales/engineering management at companies making automated and flexible production machinery, automated handing equipment, tooling and integrated systems. Focus on achieving significant growth and profit through improving sales/marketing, project and product management, engineering and design, using flexible automated processes with hard or soft tools and automated handling/processing (prototype, low volume, high volume). Experienced with public company SEC reporting, board of directors, strategic planning, corporate formation and acquisitions, M&A, and corporate financing. Broad international experience and travel including establishing and winding down international offices in China, Germany, Sweden, Italy, France, UK, Spain, S. Korea, and Australia.Extensive experience with auto, appliance, defense, machine tool, stamping and assembly. Established domestic and international sales/service offices and engineering/manufacturing ops. Grew business from $2M annual domestic sales to $36M annual global sales (1995 $). Penetrated and gained market leadership position in critical growth segments by building a strong organization to execute strategies. Developed new press shop automation product lines including quick die change, transfer and tandem press automation, blank washing/oiling, automation tooling, front of lines, end of lines. Developed BIW automation products (shuttles, gantries, and complete resistance and MIG welding production lines). Experienced in electrical and fluid power engineering, mechanical engineering, and build and installation services for internal companies and to other machinery companies.Recent experience in steel/aluminum sheet metal prototype, LV stamping/assembly, roller hem, MFDC RSW, remote laser weld, tailored blank laser weld, major body panel/structural stamping tool and die design, build, tryout, launch, and Hot Stamping.Extensive experience in all major markets using sheet metal - auto OEM, Supplier, Metals, other.