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Reston, Virginia, United States

Manage Motorsports Strategy and Market Presence for all Lamborghini Squadra Corse business in Region.

Carson, Ca

Manage the Workshop team and our services for Porsche Motorsport North America. Including engine rebuild & dyno, gearbox rebuild & dyno, and the historic race car services in the PMNA shop; located beside the Porsche Experience Center in Carson. Reporting to the CEO, carrying forward the company mission and vision in how we serve the customer. Ensure that Porsche and ANDIAL continue as pinnacle brands in motorsport through our teams service. Define, measure and then improve the KPI performance of the Workshop with focus on product performance and customer satisfaction. Provide support and resources to the world class team members. Implement new quality systems and manage new Workshop projects that will bring new options to our racers and new business opportunities to our B2B customers.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Manage the Technical and Business Development Departments for a global leader in motorsports safety products. Build market share by developing direct relationships with manufacturers and teams connecting them with OMP R&D in Italy. Contract negotiation and management with customers and sanctioning bodies; management of FIA and SFI US relationships. Explore new markets for the Americas; recommend and follow development of new high growth potential products. · Secured exclusive fire-resistant gear supply to Honda Performance and Acura Motorsports and the Pirelli World Challenge series.· Developed series production R&D and first sales of safety equipment products with Pratt& Miller, Ford Performance, FCA SRT, HPD as well as large professional motorsports teams.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Hired by co-owners to finish establishing a new racing series; with both away races and daily onsite lapping, licensing and competition events. Build a plan for customer development with a ladder through the system. Develop infrastructure to sell and service race cars. · Successfully launched racing series and led team through first two race series events with no operational or vehicle issues.

Centennial, Co

Complete leadership and operating control of race car and engine manufacturing subsidiary of the Sports Car Club of America. Developed and established policies and strategic vision in accordance with directives created in concert with the Board of Directors. · Updated / Relaunched Spec Racer® brand with 85% of customers ordering the upgrade. Created Strategic Plan to address new market needs and long-term company viability: the resulting Product Plan doubled annual revenue. · Operated seamlessly with a volunteer Board of Directors to rebuild the company from near certain failure, achieve sustainable profitability and later guide the company through a recession that eliminated virtually all similar companies. · Revised pricing strategies and reduced supply chain costs to affect customer savings and increase profitability. Achieved the highest net margin in the company’s 25-year history. · Made organizational changes that reduced overhead by 18% yet achieved improvements in productivity and operational efficiencies.

Livonia, Mi

Led Business Development activities for thermoplastic component systems; also responsible to develop Daimler Chrysler as a new customer. Reported jointly to North American General Manager and Global Leadership Team in Germany. · Completed Strategic Plan for North American thermoplastics components growth. Booked business in three of the four primary business units in less than 12 months

Farmington Hills, Mi

Led the Technical Marketing and Automotive Support Team in North America. Responsible for new product marketing efforts and future product planning. Reported jointly to Automotive and Global Technical Marketing Directors in France.· Reorganized North American Technical and Marketing Team for improved customer support. These changes were subsequently adopted globally. · Developed and implemented detailed Strategic Account Plans for eight key global accounts with growth results of 15% to 75% in market share.

Southfield, Mi

Led Business Development activities for Electromechanical Components. Identify customer base and current material supply positions of competitors. Managed Application Development Engineers technical support and product technology development.· Developed and implemented Strategic Plan that grew market share by 20%.

Auburn Hills, Mi

Responsible for Account Management of Siemens Emission Products and Induction Systems Division business with Ford Motor Company. Coordinated competitive positioning, recommended technology roll out, created forecasts and identified new business opportunities. · Played a significant role in the new business awards and interviews that resulted in Ford Sales Team being awarded “Fab 5” award from the Sales and Marketing Executives of Detroit. · Prevented the planned phase out of my product division at Ford by leading joint executive meetings. The division subsequently became leader in customer satisfaction and obtained 50% of Ford’s business - $20 million annually.

Bsme, Honors Mechanical Engineering

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