Maarten Houben Email & Phone Number

Rochester Hills, Michigan

• Define, plan and manage project timelines, objectives, goals and milestone activities to ensure both customer satisfaction and Molex project objectives are met
• Manage both general market as well as Tier one projects by means of global cross functional teams
• Resolve customer, supplier & production related issues
• Supervise project activities for conformity to project scope, adherence to customer specifications and other constrains
• Communicate timing issues to responsible parties to maintain customer timing schedule
• Oversee multiple internal production-related projects to reduce employee health risks and comply with government Hazardous Air Pollutant regulations

Plymouth, Michigan

• Directed a team of Project and Senior Project managers while maintaining Senior Project management responsibilities
• Developed new product locally with manufacturing line in Romania and Brazil
• Lead cross-functional, cross cultural project teams
• Launched project on accelerated timeline, on time, 27% under budget, and increased profitability from 5.1% to 29.9% gross margin
• Accountable for project in its entirety including project cost, timing, and quality related items necessary to ensure both customer satisfaction and Hella project objectives were met
• Resolved customer, supplier & production related issues

Northville, Michigan

• Responsible for Sales and Scanning Services departments.
• Managed to increase revenue 40% by using an innovative way to market to prospects
• Directed the planning of marketing strategies
• On target for 20% growth FY2012-2013
• Responsible for reseller relationships and direct hardware sales of the Konica Minolta 3D scanners as well as post-processing software systems in central and eastern North America
• Traveled to generate new accounts

Northville, Michigan

• Managed direct sales, marketing, and reseller channels of the Rapidform reverse engineering and first article inspection software for eastern North America
• Traveled to generate new accounts and maintain existing key accounts
• Grew reseller network
• Set-up structured action plans for distributor sales teams penetrating a highly competitive market
• Pursued and retained strong relationships with strategic partners

Troy, Michigan

• Designed and optimized automotive assembly lines

Santa Clara, CA

Cologne, Germany

Heerlen, The Netherlands

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Design

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Automation Technology