I'm a global leader with twenty years’ experience managing and motivating advanced technical teams to deliver robust, innovative solutions across a broad range of product, process, and equipment applications. My early work in robotics, control system design, and software development has given me a strong multi-disciplinary foundation from which to approach new technologies, with current interests including Digital Strategies and Machine Learning. Product experience includes medical (Class 1/2), juvenile products, premium consumer goods, and toys, with development roles in US, Netherlands, and Hong Kong, and manufacturing sources across US, Canada, Mexico, Netherlands, UK, China, Vietnam, and India. EXPERTISE:Organizational Development and Change Management, Product Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, Automation and Robotics, Digital Transformation, Data Science, DFSS, Statistics, and Operational Excellence.PERSONAL STRENGTHS & EXPERIENCE• Product design, development and portfolio management expertise including R&D, manufacturing and sourcing.• Digital transformation leader experienced in developing commercial/specialized products and digital innovation breakthroughs into practical solutions and business processes that improve performance and user experience.• Serial history rebuilding and bringing technical credibility to globally distributed technical teams through competence development, effective communication, and disciplined execution.• Balanced approach of strategic vision and hands-on implementation to create and execute innovation/capability road maps and actively support individual and team development while relentlessly pursuing business commitments.• Strong analytical skills including data science expertise with emphasis on machine learning, numerical methods, statistics, and visualization using both commercial and open-source tools.• Broad design, development, and industrial application history using Six-Sigma, Shainin, and related methodologies for complex problem solving and optimization.• Systems Engineer with practical and management experience integrating mechanical, electrical, and software domains in new product and equipment designs.• Global citizen with experience and expertise in US, Europe, China, and APAC; strong business and commercial acumen.