Area Sales Manager for Pro-face America covering TX, LA, OK, AR, KS, CO, and NM.

Offer Manager responsible for Pro-face and Magelis HMIs, iPCs, and software for the US. Team leader of Product Managers responsible for Pro-face America and Schneider Electric Magelis HMI/iPC/Software Offers.

Pro-face America (subsidiary of Schneider Electric)Offer/Product Management for all Pro-face HMI, iPC, and software product lines.Close collaboration with design centers in Japan and France on product specification, market pricing, profitability, supply chain logistics, local inventory management, product strategy and roadmap evolution. Consistent communication with customers, channel partners, end users, and global & North American Headquarters. Duties include opportunity analysis, budget & forecasting, revenue generation, alliance fostering, competitive comparison & market analysis, feature prioritization, software & hardware solution sales, training.Development and management of local brand label offer and product customization activities outside the global product offer.

OEM Technology & Solution Center Marketing*Led and managed the launch of OptiM2M cloud-based remote monitoring solution.*Team Leader for successful U.S. "2011 Machines Now!" customer event (700+ attendees, $1.2M budget) in Orlando, FL. Close collaboration with the Global Business Unit and event leaders in Qingdao, China and Munich, Germany. *Core member of the OEM Local Product/Solutions Safety Review Committee.*Management responsibility for the OEM team content on company wide U.S. intranet site.

OEM Technology & Solutions Marketing*Launched: "Tested, Validated, and Documented Architectures" marketing and technical collateral. Collaborated with the Global team in Seligenstadt, Germany for North Amercia localization to adapt to the local product portfolio and industrial standards.*Provided ongoing technical solutions and application support to Management team for HVAC and Pumping Equipment segments to achieve rapid growth, elevate brand awareness and establish credibility.*Team member for HVAC and Pumping Equipment trade shows, participated in joint sales calls at customer locations and presented application specific solutions.*Identified gaps and recommend product development or supplied potential acquisition targets.

*Coordination and management of the Sensor Rep (manufacturer’s representatives) Program tasked with growing sensor sales in the Midwest and Southeast.*Member of a product management team responsible for the marketing and management of industrial sensor products. Assisted in driving sales over 10%.*Product management and marketing for the Human Machine Interface (HMI) hardware/ Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) product offering in North America. Served on the HMI Steering committee for the Digital/Proface acquisition. *Won the Corporate People Who Make a Difference (PWMD) award in 2000 for effectively overcoming international and internal SE divisional barriers to establish the customer technical support infrastructure, creating repair services, aligning product line engineering, establishing software subscription services for the Magelis HMI product line in the U.S. while doubling this business within a one year period.

Systems Integration Engineer – Industrial Applications Team*Design, programming, and start-up of industrial application systems involving PLCs (Modicon, Telemecanique, & Square D SY/MAX), SCADA, HMIs, VFDs, and other electrical control components. Projects included various MCC applications at Los Alamos National Labs, Automation Gateway interfaces for IBM and Tokyo Electron America, and expansion of the W/WW system City of Austin, TX.Applications Support Engineer – Technical Support Group*Application and technical assistance of automation products to the sales force, distributors, systems integrators and end users over the phone, web, and email. Onsite techincal support to resolve emergency downtime situations.

*Presales and post sales technical/application support and consulting to the New England automation sales team, area distributors, systems integrators, and end users. *Provided technical automation product training to distributors and key customers.

MOS:0311, Infantry. Motivated hard-charging devil-dog, Squad leader and proud veteran of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Charlie Co.1/3 2nd plt, Lima Co. 3/3 3rd plt, Echo Co 2/3 1st plt. MCAS Kaneohe Bay, HI. Received honorable discharge.