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Pewaukee, Wi, Us

I successfully led the integration of three privately owned businesses into a Private Equity portfolio by implementing common financial, commercial, operational, and human resource processes to establish a unified language and approach, creating a strong foundation for collaboration and performance.Key accomplishments include:- Commercial Leadership: Conducted a comprehensive market share evaluation and developed an organic growth strategy based on customer needs. Strengthened top customer relationships, improved supplier ratings, and secured our position for future growth through share gain and cross-selling. - Operational Transformation: Turned around an underperforming site by deploying Lean methodologies such as 5S, standard work, A3 problem solving, and daily team alignment through an Obeya room framework. Results included an 80% reduction in past-due backlog and profitability.- Strategic Expansion: Acquired and integrated a complementary product line, diversifying market and customer concentration while driving EBITDA growth by nearly 50%.- Financial and Organizational Alignment: Led the development of the C25 financial and organizational plan, ensuring alignment with banking requirements and setting a roadmap for continued lending compliance.

Waukesha, Wi, Us

I directed the development and execution of enterprise commercial strategies and processes, drivingannual and strategic objectives to accelerate organic growth and profitability. I also led the StrategicBusiness units and the Communications teams ensuring alignment with the corporate mission.- Developed relationships with top customers, improving customer intimacy and shifting salesefforts from transactional to strategic, driving $30-50M incremental revenue per year.- Championed innovation activities of targeted growth initiatives increasing New Product Vitality tomore than over 20% while receiving three industry innovations awards.- Acted as interim President/Integration Leader for $390M acquisition of Carlisle Brake & Friction.

Waukesha, Wi, Us

I presided over America’s P&L and cross-functional organization, increasing sales from $165M to$210M and improving EBITDA by 550 BPS. In collaboration with the Executive Committee, I led the Commercial aspects of a corporate carve out selling to Private Equity In October 2019.- Mapped new customer platforms and redirected sales focus towards early engagement for longsales cycle programs, catalyzing accelerated organic growth and gaining market share, includingtwo programs contributing $25M of incremental sales in 2022.- Enhanced operational performance in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Inventory (SQDCI) byimplementing site transformation strategies, elevating safety, enhancing efficiency, improvingdelivery, and achieving an annual productivity run rate of ~$2.5M annually.

Menomonee Falls, Wi, Us

I oversaw and advanced the continuous improvement operating system corporate-wide, providingoperational excellence expertise and support to 60 facilities across 30 countries while leading a team of thought leaders who created processes and executed key value creation strategies.- Designed and executed Actuant’s “Growth + Innovation” process with industry experts, buildingsystemic, scalable organic growth processes contributing ~$50M annually.- Developed and implemented a strategy in collaboration with business unit presidents to improveSQDCI, generating ~$10M in annual savings.

Anacortes, Wa, Us

I led integration and assumed leadership following acquisition of a group of private independentcompanies, doubling revenue from $55M to $110M while expanding operating profit by 300 BPS.- Unified 3 independent sales and engineering teams into one cohesive global organization,facilitating scaling of new acquisitions, enhancing cross-selling efforts, and concentrating on keyaccounts, resulting in a sales expansion of more than $20M.- Championed a Lean Transformation improving Delivery, Quality and dramatically reducing scrap ($1M+) while transforming operational productivity.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business & Communications

Executive Education School Of Business

Lead Lean Certificate