Accomplishments/Responsibilities:Produced and driving implementation with a global leadership team of a business model designed to bring sustainable profitability of > $100M annually to our business unit.Successfully managed and owned the overall program P & L for all global GM Telematics and Connectivity products, including OnStar, realizing sales over $500M.Led a team that quoted and negotiated several global GM products, with total sales in excess of $1 Billion, resulting in the award of the carryover North America OnStar and OnStar China businesses (~$230M).Developed and executed cost reduction plan to counteract automotive market recession improving a -4% 2009 profit margin forecast to +5.5%.Managed and mentored a team of program managers who achieved:The first OnStar to launch “on time” and with full customer approval followed by several more “green” launches.Development of OnStar Analog-to-Digital conversion program to replace modules with analog phones resulting in unplanned sales of greater than $50M with >10% EBIT.Achieving and maintaining product quality levels at or below targets.Developed and maintained bi-yearly strategy meetings for North American Segment to roll out new business opportunities.Drove a collaboration with commercial vehicle division to lead connectivity into this new marketplace resulting in one quoting opportunity to date.Initiated several customer meetings, demos and presentations to educate OEMs on our technical capabilities and product portfolio while gaining understanding of customer needs. This tenacity has lead to one quoting opportunity and several other possibilities.

Lucas Sports is the full youth sports training experience with services ranging from personal training to group and team training classes. Lucas Sports has training programs for all youth sports and focuses on basketball, baseball/softball and golf. The Lucas Sports mission is to understand your child's specific needs then teach the skills and work ethic necessary to take your son or daughter to the next level and "make the team".Lucas Sports recently branched out in starting a Sports and Recreation Company for adult sports enthusiasts in the Chicago Suburbs called PLAY Sports & Recreation. This includes all recreational sports including The PLAY amateur Golf Tour which is the golf Tour for "the rest of us" which will start Spring 2012.

Accomplishments/Responsibilities:- Successfully managed the reduction of BMW Telematics warranty by 88%, resulting in cost avoidance of over $100M. - Successfully managed the launch of over 30 products for industry leading $200M North American and $150M European Automotive Telematics businesses, which has been recognized with the Continental “Flawless Launch Achievement Award” in 2006.- Active ownership of the product development cycle to meet or exceed technical requirements, key milestones and launch quality targets resulting in continuous timely program launches.- Implemented risk and change management strategies to mitigate resource, technical and material constraints through regular meetings with customer management. utilizing a priority system, change control board, horizon process and statistical tools.- Developed and directed an international cross-functional team of engineers and sales account managers to manage customer expectations and ensure customer satisfaction. - Owned the overall program P & L for BMW Everest and presented monthly on program status and operations with various levels of management, outlining key financial, program, production and quality metrics, successes and issues.- Initiated several written agreements and participated in various negotiations with automotive OEMs which have resulted in multi-million dollar savings.- Pioneered a product warranty program designed to identify field issues earlier in the process to improve quality and reduce costs. To date this innovative program has saved over $13M and has been adopted by several of our customer’s automotive electronics suppliers.- Developed a warranty return improvement initiative designed to improve quality, reduce costs and strengthen the customer relationship by creating a cross-functional team comprised of representatives of both companies working together to resolve top warranty issues.