Matt H. Email & Phone Number

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

• Product Manager for Ergodyne's Storage & Organization, Mobile Device Solutions, and Carrying & Lifting Straps product lines

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Define and execute global product strategy for technical products including sensors and controls
• Manage a product portfolio of standard and custom products, including private label; this includesproduct roadmaps, P&L, and identifying and driving improvement plans
• Track sales funnel and profits, participate in sales and operations planning, proactively addressing issues,and implementing actions to ensure revenue and margin targets
• Interface with customers on specifications and technical requirements and refinements, for new productsor improvements to existing products
• Develop go-to-market pricing strategies and proposal creation
• Create and deliver technical product training and presentations supporting the sales force and channel

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Lead the generation of business cases for new product development projects- Develop product specifications by collaborating with sales channel and voice of customer (VOC) research- Investigate product feasibility by.
• Guide product development projects through defined milestone processes (initial approvals, design andproduct reviews, launch)
• Collaborate with sales and engineering teams to support ongoing product development projects
• Conduct market research and competitive product analysis
• Investigate new business opportunities via VOC activities and make recommendations for product ideasand requirements
• Track and vet new product requests from our global sales channel (internal and external)

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

St. Paul, MN

• Responsible for driving product margin improvements, drove an overall 2% margin improvement from FY12 to FY13
• Maintain and adjust product pricing and profitability, including customer quoting
• Execute customer and internal changes on production parts
• Developed standardized reports using a corporate data warehouse (bookings, billings, margins, etc.)
• Facilitate and coordinate efforts and actions with a variety of customers (travel included)
• Facilitate and coordinate efforts and actions at all global sites (US, Mexico, China, Taiwan)

Goodyear, AZ

• Founder and leader of the Test Engineering department in our Phoenix location. Designed and implemented organizational changes to streamline operations and operational efficiency of engineering departments
• Managed growth of the Sub-Zero Phoenix facility from 15% to 50% of total company production over five years through the implementation of efficient systems and superior quality control processes
• Managed one Test Engineer and two Test Engineering Technician resources
• Planned and executed the transfer and activation of $750,000 worth of critical production test equipment cross-country on two separate occasions
• Core team member responsible for the reduction of customer service rates by 50%
• Performed statistical analysis on a wide variety of data sets, processes and performance metrics

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Mba

Bs, Electrical Engineering