Rui “Ray“ Cai Email & Phone Number

Suzhou, Jiangsu, CN

Led the business expansion in North America and LATAM, driving market growth and establishing new strategic partnerships

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Owned the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the sortation and conveyance portfolio with annual revenues close to $1B at peak
• Successfully launched one new flagship product, two key products, and one new configuration of an existing flagship product, contributing to a total of $343M in revenue within three years of launch
• Provided valuable insights to executive leadership and collaborated with strategic marketing to devise the long-term corporate strategy for Honeywell Intelligrated
• Developed a strategy to achieve lower total cost of ownership (TCO) across the product portfolio, while maintaining a market-segment-focused product roadmap aligned with the corporate strategy
• Proactively identified product development and enhancement ideas based on external and internal VOC feedback, the understanding of technology evolution, and thorough competitor and market research
• Defined development scopes of NPI projects, include performance attributes, should cost (hardware and implementation costs), and key technologies

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Owned the product strategy and roadmap for specialty equipment portfolio with annual revenues of $150M+
• Defined the strategy to transform an innovative business unit from project-based philosophy to a solution-driven philosophy
• Promoted rapid-prototyping capability and incorporated standardization concept in solution design

Romeoville, IL, US

• Drove the continues effort on product standardization & optimization
• Collaborated with engineering & field service leaders on project execution and financial forecast
• Participated in roadmap & Kaizen initiatives with cross-functional teams to improve operation efficiency
• Optimized the PLC & robot programs of the robotic load balancer and improved the rate by 20%
• Standardized the design and programming of two robotic products, reduced proj. engineering hours by 30%

• Luon Energy is commercializing its breakthrough Adsorbed Natural Gas (ANG) technology which enables the increased use of natural gas in vehicles and presents a promising alternative to standard high-pressure Compressed.
• Created awareness in the niche market segment, attracted interests, and worked with one of the “Big Three”
• Raised $50K seed funding, received term sheets of a $1.1M equity investment and joint R&D agreement

• Effimax Solar developed a nanotexturing technique to create nanostructures on silicon wafers more efficiently and cost-effectively. The solar cells manufactured using the "black" silicon wafers created with this.
• Defined the go-to-market strategy, engaged with potential customers, secured a joint prototyping opportunity
• Established VC connections, raised $220K funding through biz-plan competitions and GOV research grants

• Led a team of six graduate students to estimate the market value of a cutting-edge Nanotechnology
• Identified three industries with billion dollars market potential and recommended key potential licensees

• Managed a team of four engineers and completed 15 projects from bidding to completion

• Responsible for PLC programming, HMI/SCADA development, and commissioning

• Executed the budgeting, production, and marketing of one EP, one album, one mixtape, and one biography film
• Expanded the business into music education and fashion industries, generated ¥300,000+ revenue in three years

Master, Technology Management

Bachelor Of Engineering, Electrical Engineering And Automation

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