Galen Killam Email & Phone Number

Appleton, Wi, Us

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

As GM, I ensure that the corporate strategic plan, mission statement, purpose and core values are the guiding principles for the StrataGraph division of Great Northern Corporation. In addition to guiding the vision and leadership for the StrataGraph organization, I am responsible for sales, manufacturing and administration of StrataGraph, including planning, capital expenditures, equipment purchases and facility modifications/improvements. Over the past two years the team has done a nice job turning around the division to significantly improve the profitability of the division.

United States

Senior manager responsible for technology and product management within the Shields group of Novolex.

Appleton Wi

Technology Manager at Novolex responsible for technical aspects of large customers and driving growth within the organization. Additionally, responsible for strategy development and helping the organization grow through that strategy either by capital expenditure or acquisitions.

Neenah, Wi

-Responsible for the implementation of project management best practices through the global KC organization.

Kimberly, Wi

-Successfully drive new business growth to improve the bottom line-Lead bid opportunities within Specialty Laminations-Leading the process to identify and develop new product & business opportunities. -Manage the Product Development team and process. -Leading cross functional project teams through the new product development process to assure good decision making. -Support acquisition activities, company's vision and business strategy to profitably grow the business.-Interact extensively with key customers and trade organizations to develop customer focused strategies.

Kaukauna

-Leading the process to identify and develop new product & business opportunities. -Manage the Product Development team and process. -Leading cross functional project teams through the new product development process to assure good decision making. -Support acquisition activities, company's vision and business strategy to profitably grow the business.-Interact extensively with key customers and trade organizations to develop customer focused strategies.

Leader in start-up company, developing key relationships globally to drive sales growth.

•R&D manager leading the Specialty and Food product development team of 8 engineers. •Successfully hired and trained new engineers into Alcan Product Development. •Leader of resin simplification and standardization team seeking to reduce the complexity of Alcan extrusion technologies.•Six Sigma Black Belt

Led product development team, coordinating R&D portfolio and portfolio management process. Six Sigma Black Belt and Green Belt training. Alcan Corporate Management Development Program. Responsible for blown film simplification and capital expenditures to assist in this process.

•Managed, led and presented the resulting analysis for numerous acquisitions including: oUS and Australian acquisition targets with $20MM - $40MM in annual revenues. oAssisted in a team analysis of a Mexican acquisition target with $100MM in revenues. •Developed the justification, from both a financial and market perspective, for several internal capital projects over $10MM. •Analyzed competitor P&L information to develop benchmarks and briefed senior management on competitor performance. •Led business units within Alcan in the development of their bi-annual strategy. •Prepared analysis and recommendation on the feasibility of entry into selected global and domestic markets.