Overall P&L responsibility for Midwest Regional of NV5 business unit. Lead the region both strategically and operationally to ensure financial and business metrics are achieved, while integrating more broadly with other areas of the company.Led initiative to increase client sales activities in the region, resulted in sales increases of >10% year over year for top ten clients.Sponsored as executive leader project management initiative to improve PM performance on projects to improve both operational and financial performance of projects.Coached and developed regional management team to improve engagement with staff. Results have led to strong employee retention, while improving external recruiting results.

Lead Electrical Engineering department to achieve business operational goals, achieved increased profitability for group by integrating teams across two previous departments.Developed technical staff by internal cross-training initiatives, leading to increased client satisfaction and team integration.Led peers through internal leadership development initiative to improve leadership skills for organization.

Lead team of Electrical Engineers in support of Target owned Stores & Distribution Centers, guiding work priorities and long-term strategies while meeting short term project requirements.Established strong partnership with Target Energy Management team to evaluate technology and deliver energy reduction projects. Lead Target Property cross-functional Innovation process in delivery of over 30 tests of new technology impacting Target properties, leading to the optimal use of resources to deliver rollouts across the chain. Managed cross functional team in planning, strategy and use of resources to deliver most efficient tests of new technology.Developed and implemented process changes to better manage, track and deliver engineering work on time and budget.

Overall responsibility for delivering a strategic technology initiative which will enable the Power Systems business unit to achieve growth targets of doubling revenue in 5 years.Ensured successful delivery of two new products while concurrently planning and launching three new programs.Managed strategic planning for all elements of initiative, including business case development, technology roadmap and program level scope, schedule and resources. Focused team on risk mitigation to ensure successful delivery of business objectives. Ensured successful communication to organization including senior leadership, cross BU and cross-functional areas. Serve as key escalation point for program issues to all stakeholders.Direct responsibility for project management and technology teams totaling 20 people and annual budget of $4.5M (2013). Serve as Project Management Functional Excellence Steering Committee member to identify and drive PM process and tool improvements. Coach other PM's to improve skills.

Manage global ATS Engineering team - responsible for a staff of 20 in two countries with an annual budget of $2.5M. Team responsibilities includes product development, launch, improvement and current product support.Improved department efficiency by increasing throughput of ECO’s by 60% from 2009 to 2010 while simultaneously improving quality metrics.Lead global ATS product architecture standards & development. Set design goals and boundaries.Review and approve engineering change documents.Work across multiple business areas and organizational levels to prioritize work and identify team needs and resolve issues.Concurrently lead cross functional product introduction programs on interim basis from July 2009 - July 2010.

Managed creation of transfer switch Program Management Review Group to provide oversight & accountability for new product introduction programs. Group operated for one year. Success led to expansion to include all of Power Electronics business unit.Led cross functional project teams developing new transfer switch products. Successfully launched two new transfer switch products in 12 months, led to annual increase in revenues of $2M annually.Presented program review updates to senior management, requesting appropriate management response to resolve program issues as necessary.Managed & planned portfolio of future ATS programs – developed program charters & worked with BU leader to prioritize program work. Resulted in improved resource utilization across multiple functions to support ATS product launches in future.Taught Cummins Project Management Training class to employees, resulting in increased knowledge of PM tools & techniques across the business.Developed scorecard for ATS business. Scorecard publishing began in Oct 2008. Resulted in better awareness of state of business and improved utilization of data in management decisions.

Provided Electrical Engineering data center design and consulting. Partnered with clients to analyze data center needs, determine strategy and recommend solutions. Led to satisfied customers with appropriate data center plans.Created data center commissioning electrical system test documents, managed completion of tests and created final reports for customers. Commissioning work led to issue resolution prior to building startup and increased customer satisfaction.Created monthly financial reporting package that helped firm owners better recognize financial performance and improve profitability. Led to improved understanding of company performance and more effective use of cash.

Led selection and managed successful implementation of financial reporting and budgeting system. Managed migration of all budgeting and financial reporting to new system saving the Accounting Department 20 hours per month. Reduced amount of time spent on annual budgeting by 50% while increasing data integrity.Developed customer profitability analysis that resulted in segmenting customers into groups in order to better meet customer needs and increase the number of profitable customers.Created economic profit based acquisition valuation model of previously acquired companies. Results were presented to company executives. Model was used for valuing future acquisitions.

Performed engineering tasks related to providing regional transmission tariff service. Tasks included analyzing transmission service requests, ensuring software tools are working correctly and properly calculating load levels on the transmission system. Periodically provided 24x7 on-call engineering duties. Was responsible for calculating and publishing transmission service bills on a monthly basis.Collaborated with MAPP region electric utility committees to support and improve tariff management. Seasonally calculated and published regional electric transmission rates. Migrated transmission billing publishing to an electronic format, saving two hours each month while improving billing accuracy.Specified and managed implementation of upgraded transmission billing system. New system was completed on schedule and within budget.

Designed and specified large-scale data center power systems. Experience included working on multiple design-build style projects in Brazil where facility was successfully completed with a 50% time reduction over a typical project.Performed construction inspection of facilities to ensure that work was being completed in conformance with design intent. Calculated available short-circuit currents and performed circuit breaker coordination studies for multiple data center facilities. Verified that electrical equipment was specified to proper short-circuit withstand ratings. Selected circuit breaker and relay trip settings to ensure proper device coordination.Reviewed shop drawings to ensure that electrical equipment met specifications.