Bill Knable is an experienced cross-functional leader who consistently improves shareholders’ profitability and stakeholders’ experiences.As the President and CEO of ERNI Electronics, Inc., Bill came on board to implement change as a turnaround strategist for the Americas aspect of the global organization.In this role, Bill led the team to exceed the revenue goals and do so in the focus markets set by the Board of Directors. He had full profit and loss responsibility and through a variety of in-housing and outsourcing decisions, as well as streamlining employee benefits for additional cost saving solutions, the company reached profitability targets month over month.Bill’s vision of localizing production became a reality with the on-boarding of many US based suppliers as well as the purchase of fourteen acres in the Richmond area for the newest ERNI production facility, calling for significant investment by the company plus the addition of more than one hundred new jobs. Bill is not new to leading teams domestically and internationally to success. This former Dräxlmaier Automotive leader has established sales, production and prototype offices on the American West Coast to support the electric and self-driving market. He also opened sales, purchasing, and production locations in China to meet the growing demand for Western engineered Dräxlmaier products. Bill is at home working with both corporate as well as civic leadership, giving him valuable insight on how businesses and communities work hand in hand, insight most leaders do not gain until much later in their careers.With a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration, more than twenty years of hands on experience ranging from procurement to sales, engineering to logistics, production to mergers and acquisitions, plus four years with the U.S. Army, Knable is the leader with whom every growing and healthy organization needs to connect.