Consulting partner and business leader with strong track record of profitable growth for global companies, developing complex business solutions in five continents.With a background in engineering, marketing, sales and business consulting, I work with consumer brands, retailers, service providers and technology companies to remove barriers to growth and accelerate time-to-revenue. Recently, my focus has been improving go-to-market models to bring consensus on product and service development priorities in alignment with company strategy. Additionally, I help companies to improve their global supply chain operations through more sustainable global sourcing, product lifecycle management and import logistics practices.Retail and consumer brand clients include four of the six largest US big-box retailers and leading apparel manufacturers. High-tech clients include leaders in telecom and supply chain technology solutions.Authentic experience in other sectors includes ocean transportation, logistics, IT services, energy, automatic test equipment, life sciences, aerospace & defense and high-tech electronics manufacturing.My functional leadership expertise includes:Business Consulting | Product Management | Product Marketing | Marketing & Sales | Startups | Innovation | General Management | P&L Accountability | IT Services & OutsourcingI have an international business perspective gained from four world-class global employers and have leveraged this in my leadership of product, services, marketing, sales and business development initiatives in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia.Proud of my engineering roots and business skills, I have a bachelor’s degree in Communications Engineering (BSc) from the University of Plymouth, UK and completed the Program for Executive Development at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. I am a Member of the Institute of Engineering & Technology and Chartered Engineer (CEng MIET) and have enjoyed thought-leadership opportunities such as: white papers, co-authoring / co-editing a supply chain book, speaking at major industry conferences and being published in media articles.More details at www.cleaca.com
Listed skills include Strategy, Business Process Improvement, Product Management, Management, and 36 others.