I’m among the fortunate few engineers with balanced passion and expertise in technical design, team leadership, and talent development. I’m an end-to-end project manager who can write, meet marketing challenges head on, and deliver exceptional customer service—all to increase sales, productivity, and market share.My accomplishments present in many forms:► DRIVEN LEADER: Given a swift promotion from application engineer to product line manager and strong growth directives, I turned a spartan staff into a top-performing team with expanded capacity. With a strategic plan, SWOT-driven marketing, and a revitalized sales network, we entered three Asian markets for $1M in annual revenue and increased sales by 25%. ► HIGH-MARGIN JUGGLER: As a new product line manager, I balanced business development, process improvement, quality assurance, and profitability. I led intensive new-hire training in design review, cost estimates, and operating procedures and used SWOT findings to create a three-year growth plan around sales forecasts, production, and team development.► HYBRID TEAM BUILDER: Of all my professional achievements, I take greatest pride in building strong teams made up of fresh graduates and experienced personnel they can learn from. I give direct reports the opportunity to do what they enjoy most—like the application engineer who loved marketing, whom I tasked with overhauling our website and marketing collateral.► PUBLISHED AUTHOR, WORLD TRAVELER & MARATHON RUNNER: I co-authored a well-reviewed (if not profitable) fantasy novel with my brother (find it here: tinyurl.com/theragaard). My travel to more than 30 countries often inspires my writing. I’ve dabbled in real estate and completed four marathons and am preparing for my fifth in 2020. Our second novel is slated for completion in late-2020.