PRESIDENT / CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER / EVP of OPERATIONS Extensive experience in rapidly changing business environments ranging in size from multi-billion dollar public companies to private start-ups. Focused on high-growth and restructuring environments within medium-sized to larger technology firms. Impact leader affecting both the performance of direct organizations and peers to achieve customer and financial results which consistently exceed expectations. Global executive having worked extensively with teams across: Japan, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Western Europe. Lived and served as GM in Seoul, Korea.Key qualifications include:Transformation- Ramped Chip Scale Atomic Clock business to $28M while driving costs down 70%- Successfully restructured Acterna Operations through bankruptcy. Company emerged profitable, and growing- Member of Executive Team that took Agilent Technologies public- Led multiple international and domestic divestitures at Acterna to drive > $25M in annual COGS savings- Led 2 high-volume products from idea to commercialization in less than 1 year- Managed leadership change in German Operations and worked with Works Council ensuring successful transitionBusiness Leadership- As General Manager in Korea, profitably grew Hewlett Packard’s Power Supply business- Transformed Symmetricom’s Operations into a competitive advantage with >95% fulfillment rates, lead times half the industry standard, margins > 65% and $20M inventory reductionOperations Expertise- Led Operations for Telecom and Government products and systems for Agilent, Acterna and Symmetricom- Routinely shipped >10,000 units a week to large retail home improvement chains in U.S.- Managed 35 operations in 12 countries. Reduced costs >$300M annually at Agilent- Managed > 100,000 SKU’s, from suppliers in 15 countries
Listed skills include Cross Functional Team Leadership, Product Management, Strategy, Start Ups, and 14 others.