Executive Snapshot:• Capitalizing on strategic planning and innovative product development skills, along with out-of-the-box thinking, I have delivered significant business turnarounds and customer-centric solutions that outpace the competition.• By using an affiliative and participatory leadership style, I have succeeded in improving customer experience and delivering high-quality, industry-leading products.• Currently, I lead the bulldozer product value chain with full accountability for NPI product development through end-of-life (EOL), including aftermarket, product quality, velocity and cost. Quality and Supply Chain Development:• With clear action plans and goals and the support of company leadership, I enabled the organization to instill a quality management discipline within product development to deliver products with over 80% reduction in defects and multi-$MM value chain improvements.Innovative Product Development:• Leading innovation and transformative efforts from the front, I hold seven Caterpillar and Siemens patents.• In the past eight years, I led Design for Manufacturing for dozens of NPI programs, leading to simplification, commonality and modularity for multiple product lines resulting in significant margin improvement.Organizational Alignment:• In a highly visible role, I aligned cross-functional resources to deliver both customer and shareholder value through best-in-class collaboration methods, including both development and execution, leading to significant cultural change management (across multiple VPs).
Listed skills include Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering Management, Engineering, Continuous Improvement, and 6 others.
