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• Engaged with top quartile performing Private Capital/Equity firms building thesis ideation, performing due diligence on carveouts and stand-alone entities, building value creation plans, participating in management.
• Partnering as the executive of choice to support work and provide insight to select Private Equity firms leading them to optimal decisions on over $6B of potential investments.
• Deploying corporate carveout experiences to assess opportunities for strategy optimization, leadership team enhancement, and value creation opportunities in underinvested corporate platforms.
• Engaging with first generation institutional investment privately held businesses to drive professionalization, strategy, and scalability.

Tampa, Florida, US

Works with Board of Directors to oversee management of this publicly-traded company and it's affairs, directly and through committees, always acting with a view to the best interests of the organization and shareholders for this $3 billion leading innovator and manufacturer of home solutions. As Member of Human Resources & Compensation Committee, works to.

US

• Recruited by Board as first non-family CEO to lead comprehensive transformation for this publicly traded global capital equipment company with $1.3 billion revenue and over 4,100 employees. Developed focused strategic.
• Grew revenue through 2022 by adopting strategic pricing actions, driving operational efficiency, launching new products, leveraging acquisitions, and growing aftermarket sales.
• Improved GM 400bps & EBITDA margins 500bps by reducing costs via restructuring efforts, leveraging capacities across global manufacturing facilities, implementing lean initiatives through key value streams, strategic.
• Increased order book through commercial excellence initiatives, leveraging the OneASTEC business model, and launching value-added solutions.
• Simplified business by changing structure from 16 independent subsidiary companies to two reporting segments. Justified strategic decisions to divest of non-performing product lines and manufacturing operations.
• Led acquisition of two premier full-line concrete plant manufacturers with highly regarded brands and worldwide service capability and two industry-leading tech companies to drive best-in-class controls and automation.

Omaha, Nebraska, US

• Valmont Industries, (NYSE: VMI) is a global leader with revenues of $3.5B from the design, manufacturing, and distribution of engineered products and services for infrastructure and irrigation equipment.Quickly.
• Carved out key growth segments, created new vision/direction, and built a culture of collaboration and value generation across highly decentralized businesses
• Delivered year-over-year operating profit improvement within the Energy & Mining segment while operating in stagnant markets
• Leveraged cross-business tie-ins to re-engage the North America Structures business, and drove cross-selling across the telecom, government, commercial lighting, utility and other segments
• Actively engaged with the Board, shareholders, investors and analysts on business strategy, corporate restructuring, acquisitions and operational improvements
• Delineated Valmont’s “story” and strategic road map to a variety of stakeholders, and improved external business perceptions as a diversified, global enterprise

Omaha, Nebraska, US

• In a newly created strategic role given autonomy to drive business transformation, performance improvement and shareholder value creation. Led corporate staff overseeing corporate strategy, operational excellence.
• Spearheaded an enterprise-wide restructuring that created an agile, cost-effective business model, improved best practices, and drove a culture of cross business segment communication and employee engagement.
• Delivered significant annual savings through facility consolidation and operational improvements.
• Generated significant cost savings, and reduced headcount by centralizing back office and corporate resources.
• Developed and shared the rationale behind forming the new Energy and Mining segment to optimize both corporate and shareholder value creation.
• Created mindset, culture and systems/processes that provided division heads with the accountability and tools to continue to drive operational excellence in a sustainable way.

Omaha, Nebraska, US

• Recruited by the CEO to lead business transformation and growth strategies. Following success leading the largest business, requested by the Board to turnaround a struggling business. Held P&L accountability for each.
• Developed and executed a business, financial and marketing plans that led Lindsay to achieve milestone revenue, profit and shareholder value within 5 years
• Shifted Infrastructure business to positive 20% growth in emerging markets and 15% operating margins in 15 months
• Identified and acquired 3 accretive companies, and transitioned a North America centric, product-oriented business into a global solutions-focused enterprise
• Expanded international distribution to represent 33% of total revenue with key successes across Europe, the Middle East, Australia and Latin America
• Drove global product launches for industry leading machine remote monitoring and control platform, and new precision equipment

• Earned four promotions in four years and transitioned into combined product management and general management roles. Gained operational experience in labor relations, technology investments, and facility.
• Turned around a highly complex $325M, 500-employee specialty tool equipment facility producing 8+ different product lines with ~80 different product configurations
• Established a best-in-class operations within a $350M, 160-employee New Holland facility catering to the retail market by creating an empowered, team-oriented group, and instilling a “can do” operating culture
• Negotiated supply agreements and sustained strong relationship with Japanese JV partner, which reduced component lead times and improved ordering flexibility
• Drove a series of performance improvements within a $400M, 400-person union facility supporting Case IH’s market leading agricultural equipment business

Master Of Science - Ms, Industrial Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biomechanics