C-level / CEO company builder with history of growing manufacturing companies serving blue-chip aerospace, medical, military and energy, clients across US, Europe, and APAC. Strong P&L and business development success, outpacing competition in severe downturns and growth markets through market-leading product quality, on-time delivery, customer service, and EBITDA.Private equity expert with over 30 years of successful transactions with NO FAILED DEALS or legal battles during all business climates, including dot.com bust, 9/11, 2008 recession and the Covid crisis. Led multiple large acquisitions and divestitures, negotiated over $2B in complex long-term, global contracts. • Growth: Built Advanced Precision Products into competition-beating, precision medical manufacturing segment leader, then negotiated sale to private equity firm, achieving between 300% and 400% for each lender with 100% return of capital.• M&A / Sales: Negotiated and closed sale of Advanced Precision Products to Precision Engineered Products; merged Bumstead Manufacturing and Hansen Machine into Primus Auburn while maintaining 99% on-time delivery and quality metrics in conjunction with industry leading EBITDA and net profits.• Turnarounds: Led critical turnarounds at multiple organizations as board member and CEO; drove ~27% increase in EBITDA, delivered 5Xs growth in long-term sales pipeline, and drove major productivity and efficiency increases.• Leadership: Maintained workforce engagement to optimize productivity by effectively "reading" employee values and creating cultures of clear communication, accountability, and support with incentives aligned to employee needs. • Productivity: Transformed productivity with performance increase from 113K per employee to 220K per employee output, boosting EBITDA ~27%.• Compliance: Implemented aggressive plan to fully resolve all legal and environmental complaints pending upon arrival, training all staff to meet strict, current compliance requirements.
Listed skills include Leadership, Six Sigma, Precision Machining, Aviation, and 45 others.