Don Legatt Email & Phone Number

Brooklyn Park, Mn

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

An innovative and results-driven Engineering Leader. Extensive expertise in leading development of commercial and industrial products, including department management ownership. I am a hands-on manager that is strategic and customer-focused and able to balance technical and practical project ambitions. Demonstrated success in bringing new products from the idea stage to the market, meeting or exceeding customer expectations.Clifton StrengthsFinders strengths:IntellectionResponsibilityConnectednessLearnerAchiever

Management oversight of mechanical and electrical engineering, continuation engineering, technical publications and test lab team members supporting a substantial product portfolio• Planned and managed annual department budgets• Aligned Product Development project sequencing, team member allocation and skills to support annual corporate growth and cost savings targets with 50% of revenue from products less than 5 years old• Implemented improved and aligned processes in project planning, product specification guidelines, design robustness and product development objectives and deliverables for improvement in project KPI accuracy• Achieved product VA/VE cost reduction target of 11% resulting in multi-million annual savings• Known for ability to hire strong talent and high-performing personnel, mentoring them to be sought-after and promotable leaders with a near 100% retention rate• Ownership for development and launch of 26 product platforms (70+ model variants) in this role; consultant and mentor to European team for 5+ platforms

Project leader for multiple cross-functional development teams, spanning the range of simple to complex product features, functions and construction• Directed all cross-functional project team activities to achieve project financial and timeline objectives• Led engineering team to achieve repeated challenging step-change product features, functions and quality objectives• Achieved measurable material and assembly cost-reduction targets for subsequent generational replacements

Technical leader and hands-on engineer of mechanical and electrical teams in numerous development and update projects• Led development team in launching a new product every 12-18 months• Collaborated with manufacturing in a vertically integrated production company to ensure achievement of design-for-assembly reduction goals