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Murrieta, Ca, Us

Palmdale, California, United States

Greater San Diego Area

Providing Innovation and growth consulting and CEO coaching across multiple industries.•Launched 2 product lines for B2C lifestyle client projected to double sales in 2020•Developed budgeting and resourcing model for healthcare client which increased bid closure 400%•Go to market strategy for medical device client with new to market technology•Strategic realignment for growth for a financial services company

Southern California

Implemented business processes in management, product development, customer service, and lean manufacturing to improve a family owned enterprise.•Instituted processes in Lean Operations, Agile Management, Innovation, and Teamwork•Built an Innovation Process for product ideation, pipeline prioritization and portfolio balancing•Launched a new-to-the-industry technology, projected to add 14% to topline•Instituted Lean manufacturing for scalability, reduced inventory by 50% and increased throughput by 20%

Greater Los Angeles Area

Led a clean tech company who custom designed and manufactured LED electronic printed circuit boards selling through multiple sales channels.•Choreographed Business Restructuring from loss to profitability•Reengineered supply chain to Asia to reduce costs by 21%•Established a new OEM channel to market and grew revenue by 80%

Greater Los Angeles Area

Led a medical device company including FDA license, GMPs, ISO 13485, manufacturing, sales management, key domestic healthcare distribution relationships and an international portfolio.•Grew business revenues by 20% and EBIT by 582% year over year •Successfully executed exit strategy by selling Burton Medical to Philips, NV

Greater Los Angeles Area

Led an architectural lighting company as part of the Hubbell group, including one manufacturing plant with 150 employees, a sales management team and nine direct reports.•Grew business 50% and $18M in two years through targeted selling, key account attention, market segmentation, image projection, and innovation.•Grew EBIT $5M and 86% by lean transformation, leverage, and strategic pricing.•Built high-performance cross-functional team•Reinvigorated innovation planning to yield $2.5M business impact through new design focus and portfolio approach, including new-to-industry technology.•Implemented lean manufacturing: reduced lead time 37% while improving on-time to 92%.•Installed the SAP ERP system with minimal customer disruption.

United States

Established small business that sold germicidal, air purification equipment for residential applications.•Successfully developed new-to-industry residential air treatment equipment.•Developed contract manufacturing sources.•Crafted a web site with integral e-commerce and executed a regional marketing campaign.

Directed a $200M division of the Genlyte Corporation, with autonomous P&L responsibility including three manufacturing plants and five distribution centers with over 1000 employees and managed an independent rep selling network.•Overhauled the sales network to drive brand presence, resulting in three points of increased market share and 28% e-commerce penetration. Closed over $100 million in contracts with Wal*Mart.•Created an innovation methodology that resulted in over $1.2B in new product sales over 10 years.•Pioneered velocity as a strategy, improving order to cash cycle; leveraging the supply chain to yield 20% inventory reduction and improved customer order fill rates by 350 BP.•Implemented lean business transformation including agile automation

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Management

Bs, Physics

Activities and Societies: Mortar Board - leaderhip asssociation; Bison Band; President of SPS, Society of Physics Students.