Lead Team of program managers and engineers supporting all Ford programs.

Lead Ford sales team in full commercial relationship management.

NAO Seat Structures Systems (S3)Manage team of senior managers, program managers and deputy program managers on new vehicle development and special projects for traditional and new entrant OEMs. Responsible for team’s development goals and growth, chair of monthly executive level reporting on projects by my team, and supporting business acquisition by customer business unit teams.

Responsible for Ford and Fiat Chrysler business units for NAFTA division. Doubled each customer account by leading new business acquisitions, including expanding beyond the existing product portfolio at each customer.

Award to Post-Launch leadership of project team. Perform Account Manager functions in addition to standard Program Manager responsibilities. Key customer contact for all issues during project development phase.Launched GM Gamma SUV project at 3 Gestamp facilities. Worked with global GM product development team.Currently assigned 4 new programs with launches in 2014 and 2015.

Managing 2 key launches for Q3 2010 SOP. Manage complex connector systems in high voltage applications. Experience managing outside vendors for both components and tooling (molds and progressive dies). Lead internal team activies of cross-functional team.

Led a $4+ million dollar cross-vehicle line (7 plants, 11 vehicle lines) door striker project at Ford to ensure on time launchLed final launch phase of $1.5 million steering system hardware project at GMPrepared market analysis and business case to fund development of unique, value-added product in automotive door hinge market. $6+ million annual sales volume with initial customer project

Managed multiple Ford vehicle lines of hinges. Worked on both new product development and continous improvment of existing production parts.Launch experience on multiple new vehicle launches.