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Dallas, TX, US

Plano, TX, US

Plano, TX, US

• Reporting to the Multimedia Chief Engineer, my team creates next generation multimedia product strategy by:
• Defining head unit hardware lineup with corresponding Connected Vehicle service product bundles
• Navigating the Cost Planning process to achieve profitability targets
• Working across vertical product teams within our Agile, matrix organization

Plano, TX, US

• Owned Toyota and Lexus strategic product planning for multimedia hardware and financial planning for associated Connected Vehicle services.
• Secured corporate executive approval to adopt CarPlay & Android Auto by collaborating with the user experience (UX) team.
• Managed business models and pricing strategy for Connected Vehicle services.

Plano, TX, US

• Created pricing strategy and led negotiations for GX 460 Minor Change that produced six of the model’s ten best sales months and increased market share by 6 percentage points.

Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, JP

• Managed market position, volume, lifecycle and pricing strategy for five Lexus products.
• Led product development by collaboration with Sales, Marketing and Engineering to launch new and future vehicles; Lexus IS sedan won Car & Driver and Road & Track comparisons.
• Produced and presented product launch presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
• Led product development market research utilizing various tools including customer focus groups, dealer visits and quantitative market analysis for several products.
• Oversaw new product launch activities including marketing clinics, media events, interviews and TV and print collateral.

Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, JP

• Created an action plan to improve dealership Finance & Insurance processes that moved Lexus from 5th to 1st in J.D. Power’s Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) for 2007.
• Led comprehensive Cost of Ownership project utilizing data from dealerships, Edmunds, IntelliChoice and Consumer Reports that culminated in successful marketing campaign.
• Partnered with dealerships to improve customer satisfaction through new technologies (RFID)

Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, JP

Six Month Rotations in: Truck Marketing and Advanced Product Strategy

San Diego, CA, US

• Responsible for three product lines of Industrial Gas Turbines, created proposals with engineering and sales input to sell $120 million of custom products per year.
• Field commissioning support for prototype gas turbines in Germany, France and US.
• Created an 11 member cross-functional team to streamline product specification creation leading to the creation of a Six Sigma team with projected savings of $200k.
• Presenter for two Turbine Technology Seminars, 2001 Japan and 2003 Australia for an audience of over 100 customers.

San Diego, CA, US

• Planned and oversaw a testing program for the New Product Introduction (NPI) of new technology used to power the world’s tallest building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Designed, tested and executed a production change that enabled a $4 million gas turbine package to ship before the close of the fiscal year.

San Diego, CA, US

Six Month Rotations: Development Test, Mechanical Design, and Combustion engineering

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