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Carpentersville, IL, US

OTTO Engineering is a privately held manufacturing company located in Carpentersville, IL.Executive leading worldwide Sales, Customer Service, and Marketing for the Communications Division of OTTO. The division designs, develops, and manufactures industry leading, mission-critical equipment for the communications market. Products include navigation.

Rosemont, IL, US

The Northridge Group is a management consulting firm that assists client companies to produce operational assessments, solve business problems and improve business outcomes.PROJECT: Evaluated short and long-term initiatives to achieve multi-billion dollar cost structure improvement for a Fortune 50 telecommunications company. Executed in a dual.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Reported to the VP of the global service organization with repair operations in 93 countries.
• Implemented organization's governance process to ensure that operational performance was on track to achieve committed goals.
• Reduced annual costs 21% by creating Program Management Office (PMO) and leading teams to implement 19 service network transformation projects encompassing multiple suppliers, product lines, and countries.
• Developed and implemented Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and established process for tracking performance relative to metrics.
• Led integration of service organizations for cell phone and CATV businesses resulting in $1.3M in annual procurement savings.
• Led service and repair integration initiatives associated with 7 acquired companies.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Managed portfolio planning for GSM cellular business, delivering 35-50 new cell phones per year.
• Led road map planning for multi-billion dollar cell phone portfolio resulting in market share growth from 11% to 24% and margin growth from 19% to 22%.
• Optimized $300 million investment capital. Managed staff of planners.
• Developed holistic planning process to identify product and market opportunities considering customer requirements, business unit objectives, competitive forces, emerging technologies, and resource constraints.
• Chaired cross-functional Product Review Board responsible for making portfolio decisions.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Launched two cell phones generating over $900 million in sales and $460 million in gross margin. P&L accountability.
• Delivered the highest gross margin products for the business in 2001, representing 43% of total business gross margin and exceeding margin plan by 26%.
• Launched refreshed models of the two products in 2002 to extend the product franchise, contributing an additional $115 million in gross margin.

Chicago, IL, US

• Built start-up business and developed communications solutions for Healthcare industry.
• Conceived strategy for development of clinical information routing system (DocLink) to improve the efficiency of communications among physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals. Secured funding and.
• Recruited talented team of marketing, product development, and business development professionals from Motorola and Healthcare IT industry.
• Developed channel marketing strategy, building and leveraging relationships with leading Healthcare IT companies.
• Created partnership with large hospital to evaluate opportunities for improving medical outcomes through the implementation of communications products. Negotiated terms of the partnership and served as the relationship.
• Managed $8 million operating budget.

Chicago, IL, US

• Completed market analysis to evaluate the opportunity for a strategic investment of Motorola’s new iDEN digital radio technology into the Japanese market (sold in the U.S. via Sprint/Nextel).
• Developed strategy and recommendations with respect to a non-core business unit that marketed and sold hospital-based clinical information systems. Prepared analysis recommending the divestiture of the business from.

Philadelphia, PA, US

Identified new business development opportunities to grow the core business beyond its traditional boundaries. Developed business plan and managed negotiations with potential partners.

Mba, Marketing And Finance

Bs, Electrical Engineering