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A Senior Management Professional and strategic thinker, who has significantly increased visibility, improved marketing operations and enhanced profitability for over 25 years in a competitive manufacturing environment. May 2006 LINK MANUFACTURING, LTD. – Sioux Center, IA Vice President EngineeringResponsible for Product Design and Tooling design. I have reorganized the Engineering department, installed PDM and Project Management Software and built a new 10,000 sq. ft. engineering lab. The end result thus far has been a very large improvement in Engineering Department efficiency metrics; a very large drop in warranty expenses; a large improvement in COP3 metrics and have improved customer relations.July, 2004 – March 2005 FINISH LINE FLOORS CHICAGO, LLC – Loves Park, IL(Subsidiary start-up - bringing a revolutionary hard floor finishing technology to market) Chief Executive OfficerComplete P&L, technical and marketing responsibility for subsidiary whose regional responsibility includes all of Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin• $250,000 in sales in 8 months from cold start• 170 Customers including 60 Hospitals• Severe cash flow problems at corporate headquarters caused the closing of most subsidiaries during 1st Qtr of 20052002 – July, 2004 WILLIAM E. OTT CONSULTING – Belvidere, Illinois ` Product Liability and Patent Litigation Product Engineering Product Design, CAE Tools, Quality Standards, Departmental Organization and Minimizing Product Liability Exposure, 1984 – 2002 GUNITE CORPORATION – Rockford, Illinois ($200+M Manufacturer of wheel-end components to the heavy duty trucking industry.) Vice President of Engineering (1984 – 2002)Complete product design and support responsibility for Engineering department as well as Marketing direction for Product Development. Extensive senior management team budgetary and planning responsibilities. Business acquisition analysis.Specialties: Product Design, Product Development, Product Liability Litigation, Marketing, Business Development, Business Start-up

Listed skills include Product Development, Manufacturing, Engineering, Continuous Improvement, and 17 others.