• Leading corporate venturing and innovation initiatives in Simpson. Contact me with new ideas and collaboration opportunities! - Manage venture fund investments and deal flow from VCs for internal review - Completed Simpson's first direct venturing investment with Higharc• Manage acquisition and market development process• Structure and negotiate deals with potential acquisition targets. Completed projects include: - QuickFrames (Structural steel roof opening solutions) - Monet DeSauw (Automated saw systems) - Calculated Structured Designs (CSD, Canadian design software development company) - PMJ-tec AG (Swiss bi-metal fastener manufacturer) - Pieresearch (industry leader in rebar reinforcing alignment products) - KlevaKlip (Concealed fastening systems for decking with custom designed clips) - EstiFrame (Automated saw systems for framing and design services for home builders) - Etanco Group (Acquisition of a leading designer and manufacturer of fixing and fastening solutions for the European building construction market for $800 million) - SpecItUp (Pricing and business intelligence software for home builders) - ML Beslag (Hardware manufacturer in Denmark) - DPP BV (Carbon fiber parts manufacturer in the Netherlands) - LotSpec (Options management software for home builders)• Other responsibilities - Lead the acquisition due diligence process and create preliminary business plans before acquisition - Manage the integration progress for the new entities - Define, track and communicate appropriate performance measurements to project team and stakeholders

• Managed the daily operations of the concrete restoration and strengthening products division (coatings, epoxies, grouts and other construction chemicals) including finance, sales support, technical support, customer sales and sales made to other Simpson branches• Supported the manufacturing team who is responsible for production, fulfillment of orders, purchasing and quality control• Established integration of new location to Simpson Strong-Tie including sales, marketing, finance and administration functions• Managed setting up Simpson's new 160,000 sq.ft. construction chemicalsmanufacturing facility in West Chicago, IL

• Managed in-house and buyout mechanical anchor product items by coordinating sales, marketing, manufacturing, sourcing, and engineering functions• Worked with Simpson's own manufacturing facility in China as well as numerous Asian vendors in order to reduce costs and gain market share against the competitors• Completed ICC code approvals for key product lines

• Established Simpson’s first manufacturing facility in China located in Greater Shanghai area, 150,000 sq.ft. facility manufactures mechanical anchor products for North America, Asia, Middle East and Europe as well as structural connectors for residential housing market in North America• Setup Simpson’s distribution center in Dubai located in Jebel Ali Free Zone for improving service levels in Middle Eastern countries• Worked on several acquisition target and identified new business opportunities.• Developed metric mechanical anchor product line for Asia, Middle East and European markets

• Investigated product opportunities that will complement Simpson’s product offerings to the construction industry and conducted financial analysis.

• Supervised consulting teams for several e-business and CRM related projects for large multi-national clients• Developed an integrated customer support service system which combined the online and telephone banking customers for a local bank in Turkey, resulting in a 400% increase in on-line payment services in one year.