Candidate for the State Senate for District 18 in the state of Oregon. For more information please go to brianfororegon.com

Operating Partner in the Health, Wellness, Longevity, and Health Technology areas.

Operating partner with private equity assessing and identifying business opportunities focusing on technology enabled businesses.

Global COO responsible for overall operations of billion dollar enterprise. Jacuzzi is a multi-branded consumer durable good organization with Jacuzzi being the flagship brand. Brands include (Hydropool, Sundance, Sunrise, and D2C brands of ThermoSpa and Jacuzzi Bath Remodel).• Directly responsible for strategy, manufacturing, operations, supply chain, innovation, research and development, retail store openings, safety, quality, ESG, and Information Technology organizations. • Led and restructured global multi-site manufacturing footprint to support record growth, while driving efficiencies improving EBITDA. • Redesigned the supply chain to support rapid growth while leveraging the buying power of the global organization. This included a full revamp of supplier agreements, selection processes, quality qualification processes and transition.• Crafted the strategic plan (Twenty Plus) for the business to drive profitability up by over 6.5%, plan touches virtually every aspect of the business, including material procurement, innovation, pricing strategy, core ERP and master data processes and organizational simplification. • Designed the inventory management programs to flex the inventory strategically during peak demand and then scale appropriately with changes in business conditions. Led the transition of a portion of the business to Vendor Managed Inventory to improve cash conversion cycle.• Crafted the ESG strategy for the business. Gave keynote presentations globally on the embracing ESG initiatives and how they can be a business multiplier.• Provided the vision for the expansion of our eCommerce platforms and offerings. Partnered with the marketing and sales organizations to determine the offerings, then designed the both the IT and operational/logistics fulfillment side of eCommerce to dramatically expand revenue through this channel.

Operating partner with private equity assessing and identifying business opportunities focusing on technology enabled businesses.

Directed the strategic, operational and support elements of two of the three business units of a $300M leading aviation services business providing manufacturing, aircraft operations and engineering services in some of the most remote and austere countries around the world. Global scope includes full P&L management, asset optimization, personnel selection, supply chain, logistics, sourcing/production, IT, and international real estate/construction.• Grew the manufacturing business by over 100% year over year through focusing the sales organization on market-differentiated capabilities. Crafted critical relationships with large manufacturers to leverage invested capital.• Reduced on hand inventory levels by >20% and, coupled with an increased focus on cash management, releasing and generating greater than $40M in cash for enterprise.• Restructured the fleet plan eliminating under utilized capital assets resulting in $6M of EBITDA performance improvement.• Created and executed a business strategy to reinvigorate Defense Services business, end result was the award of over $400M in government contracts.

Led strategic, operational, and infrastructure groups of the largest privately held SaaS based, pre-employment background screener, serving the Fortune 500 and global multinational corporations. Specifically accountable for the $350M P&L, business strategy, screening operations, drug and health screening, software development, data centers, outsourcing strategy, Information Technology, real estate/facilities, global sourcing and direct accountability for all revenue producing activities.• Established a cohesive management team through organizational change. Drove the team to stay focused and grew top line by 8% and improved profitability by 100 bps.• Transformed and restructured the business, taking control of an organization that underwent serial leadership changes and varying strategies and turning it into a repeatable highly profitable growth business. The business during my tenure posted 14 consecutive quarters of year over year growth in revenue and profitability.• Led the transaction team that prepared the business for a potential sale. Oversaw all data activities and authored the high-resolution transactional model that allowed for increased valuation of the enterprise and increased the technology multiple.• Redesigned the software release processes and refined the software sprint process to result in a 45% increase in code quality saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in testing and speeding time to market.• Created the senior executive customer sponsorship program to address a key differentiator for the business customer intimacy. Redesigned the approach toward customer management and drove a service based customer centric shift in product offerings. • Directly responsible for the data integrity, security and management for the business. Ensured the highest level of captive data security while laying the foundation to move to cloud based services.

Senior executive of a leading capital equipment manufacturer of Electron Microscopes, led operations, research and development, and information technology elements of the largest electron microscopy supplier with $500M+ in revenues and over 1500 employees globally. Accountable for business strategy, manufacturing, research and development, global sourcing, information technology, real estate/construction, product prioritization, inventory, and direct accountability for gross margin.• Drove infrastructure and cost improvements through creation of the multi-discipline SYNERGY program resulting in overall corporate operating income improvement by 400 bps in less than one year. Increasing operating income from 6% to 10%.• Outsourced the supply chain from European based suppliers to global suppliers reducing material costs by 150 bps and significantly reducing the exposure to currency fluctuations by directing the move of all contracts to dollar based.• Created and successfully implemented a multi-year business strategy increasing overall gross margin from 39%to 45%. Unified a global team brought together through acquisition. • Successful led the deployment of SAP business modules to improve workflow and processes.• Designed the infrastructure plan for the company’s future growth. • Led the research and development team in the design and troubleshooting of transmission electron microscopes and the associated software. Both redesigning the engineering prioritization process for project selection and introduction new approaches in engineering trouble shooting. • Recruited and on-boarded leadership team members to refresh the organization and infuse new concepts in the business to drive performance. Embracing change management and utilizing defined change management techniques expedite change and buy-in. This resulted in accelerating the post merger integration process as the business had come together through acquisition.

Executive for Applied Materials the leading manufacturer of capital semiconductor equipment, with revenues in excess of $10B, during my tenure served in a variety of executive positions of increasing responsibility; beginning with manufacturing, operations and supply chain, ultimately progressing to senior executive roles and major program management in being entrusted with corporate restructuring, heading operations for the $2B field and customer service operations and business process redesign and transformation, each focusing on increasing efficiency and driving down cost. • Expanded the gross margin and revenue performance of the service division from $1.6B to $1.9B and ~30% to ~32% through more efficient management of the over 2500 service engineers and the focus of upselling services and higher margin spare parts.• Headed restructuring the infrastructure of the corporation. Designed a board supported plan in excess of $300M, resulting in streamlining the fixed costs of the enterprise. Led the organization through the closure of 50+ facilities worldwide, relocation or transition of over 3000 employees and rationalization of 16 applications labs totaling over $3B. Net result was the removal of over $30M in fixed costs and over 100 bps of operating income.• Led the company through process redesign and change management for a full Business Transformation including a full SAP implementation across 15 business units and 20 countries, the implementation was recognized as one of the few SAP transitions that was accomplished on time and exceeded business objectives of driving over $200M in cost out of the business.• Selected to turn around a newly formed manufacturing division that was underperforming. Within six months had the group producing effectively 100% on time and increased margins in line with expectations. Was selected by the employees as the Leader of the Year for the division.

Commissioned officer in the United States Army, serving around the globe leading Corps of Engineer soldiers and programs. Led soldiers at a variety of levels up to company command (200+ employees). Gained early international experience by living and managing in Europe, supporting construction efforts of facilities and infrastructure while working with international government agencies.• Successfully commanded a combat engineer unit and deployed the organization to Iraq in support of Desert Storm and designed the equipment support to aid in the Kurdish Relief mission.• Identified and selected ahead of peer group by the battalion commander to serve as a primary staff officer as the battalion adjutant as a lieutenant, a position traditionally filled by a tenured captain.