Hands-on, collaborative, and entrepreneurial creative leader with extensive experience establishing functional vision and game-changing, data driven strategies for top tier brands. Twenty five years of demonstrated excellence in directing large, complex, and integrated programs with geographically dispersed teams for a variety of product and brand organizations. High performing, goal orientated, creative, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, passionate, and strong team leader. Self-aware, approachable, and progressive industry thought leader with strong brand instincts and a solid understanding of the product and innovation pipeline, key drivers, and the role of program management across operations.Core Competencies:• Agile and Waterfall Project Management Expert• Product Innovation• Strategic Long-Range Planning • Innovation / R&D Pipeline Management • Portfolio + Program Management • Design Think • Product Lifecycle Development • Process Improvement • Organization Design and Talent Development • New Business Development • Relationship Management w/accelerators, start-ups and incubators • Change Management • Cross-functional Team Leadership • Negotiations and Vendor contracts • MS Project, Miro, Mural, Service Now PPM, Slack, Jira, Centric PLM, Tableau, Smartsheet