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Bay Minette, AL

Houston, TX

• Manage portfolio of industrial products to address creative solutions to specific customer needs and activities. Product lines include:
• Thermal imaging cameras
• Fire training structures
• Mobile fire training props
• Interior fire training equipment and controls
• Air compressors and related equipment

Houston, Texas Area

• Managed product development of new products from inception to launch for critical products that became market leaders in a highly competitive industry segment
• Collaborated with Purchasing and Design departments to ensure new product specifications were cost effective without sacrificing final product quality
• Managed product health of global product families, representing over 50% of the industry and successfully exceeded warranty objectives
• Led cross-functional teams and global partners in the development of new products, including Product Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Sales
• Served as industrial project team member communicating critical product, manufacturing, and testing requirements to team, resulting in the design and completion of state-of-the-art manufacturing and test facility
• Conducted regular product and applications training for internal and external sales partners, averaging over 500 trained partners during each launch activity

Richmond, Virginia Area

• Managed a unique range of European lift trucks for distribution in North America, providing critical product and performance information to Marketing Team to quantitatively justify the relative value of these products
• Collaborated directly with European design team as North American product expert, giving critical market and product requirements during design phase that maximized efficiency of local product design
• Successfully educated sales personnel to market electric pneumatic lift trucks via conversion sales, replacing internal combustion trucks (key catalyst sales included 3 market-leading power companies)
• Created and utilized comprehensive lifecycle cost comparison analysis to justify use of electric lift trucks in traditional IC applications, using actual customer data to calculate up to 50% lifecycle ownership savings
• Applied for and received multiple state incentive grants totaling over $200,000 to convert IC fleets to electric fleets by calculating the emissions reduction levels
• Trained North American dealers on the advantages of our European-designed products, including in-depth competitive comparisons, presentations, and professional videos, educating over 50 independent dealers to overcome.

Houston, Texas Area

• Successfully managed product development from inception to product introduction for numerous new electric lift truck models, meeting both schedule and functional specification requirements
• Acted as primary liaison between cross-functional teams to ensure project priorities and deadlines are met
• Negotiated daily with global design partners to reconcile product and project-related issues, resulting in globally-designed products that met local requirements, such as UL qualification, electrical limitations, and.
• Served as product and applications expert for several product families, providing critical information to design teams and distribution network, from creation of functional specifications to periodic product and.

Muscatine, Iowa

• Developed, created, executed, and analyzed company’s marketing programs, authoring previously unavailable marketing materials that summarized product features, resulting in a concise, accurate sales presentation
• Accumulated and dissimilated market and competitor information to Sales to successfully facilitate comparative product positioning
• Analyzed, corrected, and updated previously dormant company customer listing (over 22,000 entries), in order to more accurately track warranty validation dates, saving valuable warranty dollars, while creating.
• Integral member of new product development team, communicating field feedback to International Design Team to meet market requirements
• Worked as US representative of global IMS (Intelligent Marketing and Sales) team, acting to localize global corporate strategies

Orange City, Iowa

• Designed, executed, and analyzed survey research with over 25 Fortune 500 customers and prospects, as well as over 50 other companies
• Served as integral member of new product development team, able to bring apparel product designs from concept to product stage via customer research and dissemination of research results
• Managed all facets of marketing research for a promotional products firm, with a successful track record in both qualitative and quantitative research methods
• Performed extensive competitor intelligence and market positioning in a very price-competitive market
• Developed strategic corporate plans with other management personnel, collaborating with Director of Sales and Director of Marketing to penetrate non-traditional markets (e.g. Insurance and Retail)

Master Of International Management, International Management With A Marketing Emphasis, 3.97

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Applied French (Business Track); Business Administration, 3.71

Certificate Of Completion – Translation And Business, 4.0