Strategic & Innovation Director For Americas
Brazil
Designed, developed, and implemented the lighting for the Olympic Village for the 2014 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Recognized as the top project companywide in 2014.• Designed, and developed effective 1 million luminaires in 4 years.• Over 500 million Euros in sales through 10 years with all the products I designed and developed with my team.• Oversaw the management of the Marketing Regional teams and the R&D center, providing direction and guidance in the development and implementation of new portfolio solutions for the Americas market in the lighting industry • Hands-on collaboration with key stakeholders, entities, and suppliers, focusing on establishing an improved chain of value through the outdoor lighting market. • Hired, trained, and developed 25 global resources, traveled internationally to mentor each one of them to ensure the understanding of the needed knowledge to support organizational top performance• Developed and launched the brand strategy and intellectual property for the Americas region, ensuring marketing concept alignment with each country• Definition of the brand strategy and intellectual property around each country across the Americas region Designed, developed, and implemented the lighting for the Olympic Village for the 2014 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro. Recognized as the top project companywide in 2014.• Oversaw the management of the Marketing Regional teams and the R&D center, providing direction and guidance in the development and implementation of new portfolio solutions for the Americas market in the lighting industry • Hired, trained, and developed 25 global resources, traveled internationally to mentor each one of them to ensure the understanding of the needed knowledge to support organizational top performance • Developed and launched the brand strategy and intellectual property for the Americas region, ensuring marketing concept alignment with each country