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United States

Turntide Technologies designs and manufactures breakthrough electric motors, power electronics and energy storage solutions that optimize performance, reliability, and efficiency in all things that move.

Wixom, Michigan, United States

• Drove growth through OEM partnerships in existing and new product lines• Spearheaded the partnership between XL and Curbtender (refuse body provider) driving the teams to create a full ecosystem including the vehicle, charging equipment, CMS/VMS, installation and financial instruments

Plymouth, Michigan

• Increased revenue, profit and market share for military, commercial vehicle, agriculture and construction businesses• Reorganized group to increase core customer content and expand customer base leading to 3x order intake in 1 year

Plymouth, Mi Usa

• Grew existing military, passenger and commercial vehicle businesses; expanded into new markets with existing product lines and worked with affiliates to grow global accounts• Doubled revenue for existing military, passenger and commercial vehicle businesses

Galesburg, Mi

• Led channel development, marketing and sales strategy for EMEA and APAC• Planned, managed, coordinated and supported worldwide strategic alliance and JV processes including project management, strategy development, contract creation and negotiation and financial analysis• Created city bus application/market for Truck group, increased revenue 15x in 2 years• Doubled battery, motor and inverter manufacturing throughput to meet increased demand

Galesburg, Mi

2nd Year - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER (Truck Group)• Planned, managed, coordinated and supported Truck group M&A, JV and divestiture process including project management, strategy development and financial analysis1st Year – MFG ENGINEERING MANAGER (Aerospace Group)• Led a team of 7 senior engineers to maintain current product processes and drive continuous improvement on machine shop floor through the use of LEAN, Six Sigma and strategic capital planning• Aligned Engineering Roadmap to division strategic plans; Created and controlled all CAPEX; Led TPM/Set-Up reduction teams

Amherst, Ma

• Founded company, grew then sold company at 10x investment• Invented fully automated meter for measuring fouling potential of water sample on membrane systems• Designed meter with AutoCAD, C++, C#, Assembly (Z180), Illustrator and Pagemaker; sourced parts from 32 different vendors and outsourced sub-assembly manufacturing to 4 different companies• Established distribution network spanning 12 countries with 12 distributors and 2 representatives

Tokyo, Japan

• Hired and trained local staff; P&L forecasting, strategic planning, marketing, operations and sales negotiations and day-to-day operations in Japanese• Drove sales revenue to 40% CAGR from 1998 to 2003• Created network of over 70 distributors, 30 system integrators, 40 OEMs and 10 end users to sell and maintain company’s product

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

• Maintained communication with overseas suppliers, P&L forecasting and sales targeting• Established sales network in Japan, Korea and Taiwan

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

• Translated and wrote technical manuals for dealers, distributors, service engineers and end users• Implemented ISO9001 as Quality Control leader for QC section of manual department

Tokyo, Japan

• Wrote technical training program for Japan Radio Co. for Angle Modulated Systems

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General, 3.92/4.00

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical And Electronics Engineering