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Lake Zurich, Illinois, United States

lead and oversee the development, execution, and prioritization of new product development, voice of customer, continuous improvement, and corporate enterprise projects/processes that drive strong business decisions resulting in revenue, profitability, and market share growth for the Outdoor Power Equipment and Industrial Power Equipment businesses.

Helping others and seeking a new opportunity where I can lead teams in product development, continuous improvement and business transformation through my skills in project management, change management, product development and product management.

Lake Zurich, Illinois, United States

• Managed Program Management and Regulatory Compliance Organizations and responsible for implementing and executing best practices in project management, portfolio management, change management, and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinated and maintained a highly effective project management team.
• Led the program management team in best practices and execution through thoughtful and consistent direction, training, mentoring and support.
• Oversaw project managers leading and actively led projects resulting in the creation of products or business improvements that were developed on time, within budget and that optimized project results with 91% on time.
• Partnered with stakeholders and the leadership team in the prioritization of programs and projects using risk/reward and hurdle rates resulting in 41% less projects and increased profitability.
• Provided leadership of our product life-cycle management (PLM) systems.

Lake Zurich, Illinois

• Managed Program Management and Data Management Organizations and responsible for implementing and executing best practices in program management and data management.
• Coordinated, and maintained a highly effective project management team.
• Led the program management team in best practices and execution through thoughtful and consistent direction, training, mentoring and support.
• Partnered with stakeholders and the leadership team in the prioritization of programs and projects.
• Prioritized and executed product development programs resulting in the creation of products that are developed on time, within budget and that optimize project results.
• Provided leadership of our product life-cycle management (PLM) systems.

Lake Zurich, Illinois

• Managed the Program Management Organization and responsible for creating and leading the NPD PMO and implementing and executing best practices in program management for product development and continuous improvement.
• Created, coordinated and maintained a highly effective and integrated program/project management office.
• Led the program management team in best practices and execution through thoughtful and consistent direction, training, mentoring and support.
• Worked collaboratively with cross functional partners to achieve mutually agreed to goals.
• Partnered with stakeholders and the leadership team in the prioritization of programs and projects based upon quantitative and qualitative criteria to align critical resources with the optimal projects.
• Prioritized and executed product development programs resulting in the creation of products developed on time, within budget and that optimize project results.

Oak Creek, Wisconsin

• Managed Product Development, Project Management, Program Management and Portfolio Management.
• Led organization in the development of new products from concept through shipment that achieved cost, scope, time and quality objectives and monitored for continuous improvements.
• Implemented global Stage Gate® process resulting in a 10% improvement in speed to market in one year.
• Instituted global portfolio and resource management systems enabling classification and prioritization of projects and assignment of critical resources resulting in a reduction in projects of 24% and improving focus.
• Launched 13 programs in 2015 resulting in over $5M in new sales in launch year with full year sales of over $14M.
• Managed a project to improve an electronic access control system requiring leadership of electrical, mechanical, firmware, and software development teams targeting over $10M in three-year incremental contribution.

Oak Creek, Wisconson

• Managed Engineering, Product Development and Program Management leading the development of tool storage products.
• Led team in the development new products from conception through shipment and monitored for continuous improvements.
• Managed product portfolio and evaluated the prioritization of projects and allocation of resources.
• Led program management team in the execution of projects to achieve cost, scope, time and quality objectives.
• Oversaw development of complex tool storage products for Cornwell Industries resulting in sales increases of 20%.

Oak Creek, Wisconsin

• Managed Engineering, Product Development and Product Marketing with P&L responsibility and responsible for driving growth in sales and profitability.
• Interacted with business teams, supply chain, manufacturing, finance and sales to facilitate cross functional collaboration.
• Developed new products from concept through shipment and monitored for continuous improvements.
• Evaluated and developed technology and processes for new and existing applications.
• Developed multi-generational Product Plans enabling the introduction of over 80 new products..
• Directed improvement efforts in inventory reduction, cost reduction, functional improvements, quality improvements and top-line growth for all product lines.

Chicago, Illinois

• Managed New Product Development and led the corporate new product development process with responsibility for innovation and achieving performance, timing and cost objectives for new product introductions.
• Instituted new product development tracking to enable executive and team access to status of more than 80 development programs, reducing meeting times by 50% while improving speed to market and adherence to schedule.
• Responsible for maintenance of existing products within the entire portfolio of storage, garment care and home organization product lines.
• Responsible for compliance of children's products to Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and customer requirements
• Created a process documenting 100% compliance of children’s products to legal standards, enabling retailer placement.
• Consolidated product documentation, providing global access and reducing shipments of defective products.

• Managed marketing, channel and product development for the garment care business with P&L responsibility and responsible for driving growth in sales and profitability.
• Increased sales while improving margins by 11% and SKU productivity by 55% through product development, marketing and channel management leadership.
• Partnered with Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target, Sears and other mass retailers to maintain leadership in the ironing board category as the top ironing board manufacturer in the world.
• Directed execution of consumer research programs to identify needs and frustrations to facilitate the development and introduction of new indoor dryers, ironing boards and covers and pads at major mass retailers.
• Introduced more than 20 ironing boards to enable HPI to continue as the top ironing board manufacturer in the world.
• Developed an ironing board channel strategy for Wal-Mart, K-Mart, and Sears to maintain 100% of business in 2011.

Oakbrook, Illinois

• Responsible for the product development, productivity improvement and quality improvement of products within the Prismacolor, Papermate and Foohy brands.
• Led cross-functional team that developed a Stage-Gate® process, created documentation, trained over 300 people, and instituted continuous improvement, resulting in improved efficiencies and increases in speed to market.
• Introduced hundreds of new children’s and artists’ products, producing over $10M in yearly sales.
• Utilized consumer research to develop patented and innovative products: mood pens, invisible ink, school accessories filled with “lava” solution, and others to enable creation of a new children’s brand and over $1M.
• Developed more than 100 new fine art pencil and marker colors, including the first pencil with a formulation development to meet ASTM lightfast standards.
• Managed the business unit’s intellectual property and protected innovations through filing more than 10 patents.

Oakbrook, Illinois

• Responsible for the product development, productivity improvement and quality improvement of products within the Prismacolor, Papermate and Foohy brands.
• Utilized qualitative and quantitative consumer research to develop patented and innovative products: mood pens, invisible ink, school accessories filled with “lava” solution, and others to enable creation of a new.
• Led design, engineering, prototyping and manufacturing efforts to achieving cost targets, performance targets and 100% on time delivery to major mass retailers.
• Participated in the roll out of six sigma black belt and the design of experiments training, resulting in more than $100K in savings.PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:Early experience includes Engineering Manager at Fellowes, Inc..

Ms, Industrial And Systems Engineering

Bs, General Engineering