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Hamilton, On, Ca

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Develop relationships with stakeholders to establish customer’s value drivers and expectations. Utilize voice of customer for optimal selection of products from existing portfolio and guide new opportunities for product development. Research insights for new business opportunities to understand where value added products could differentiate company’s offering. Manage product life cycle to maintain technology leadership and associated margins. Partner with customers to troubleshoot product performance issues, driving continuous improvement and training with best practices.➢ Manage $35M business annually, maintaining in-excess of 80% market share.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Led, mentored and developed high-performing team of technical professionals optimizing refractory solutions for the steel industry via physical and computer modeling. Client-lead for customers, defining needs, customizing core solutions, and ensuring successful project implementation and performance. Advisor to Marketing and sales organizations to identify and capture new business opportunities with existing customer base.► Directly led value-based selling program which identified and collaborated with customer decision makers to demonstrate benefit of resolving pain points. The program deliverd $2M in new-new revenue.► Advised the marketing organization to drive brand awareness and boost sales. Lead the creation of marketing materials and product launch presentations that engaged customers and provided clear technological understanding of new products helped to sustain company’s high market share of 80%+.► Directed and created the design and development of highly innovative monitoring equipment to extract real-time product performance analytics to report and reinforce product/solutions to customers.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

I relocated from Ontario, Canada to Pittsburgh to build a technical team and centralize resources for advanced flow simulation following multiple acquisitions. I interfaced with customers regularly, supported marketing with product visualizations, and worked with intellectual property to patent new technologies. ► Helped company maintain dominant market share by driving continuous improvement of flow simulation capabilities.► Directed physical modeling lab upgrade, gaining competitive advantage and enabling 50% increase in project capacity.

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

I was promoted to lead the commissioning of a highly innovative process control system that optimized quality and yield in the steel continuous casting process. I traveled abroad extensively to oversee product installations and train a global team of product support engineers. I collaborated and built relationships to overcome diverse language and cultural barriers. ► Gained buy-in for $150K software investment that reduced commissioning time by 60%.► Successfully commissioned 24 systems in 4 years, realizing 200%+ sales growth and generating $2.5M sales per year.

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

When I first started at Vesuvius, I was designing and developing refractories that improved the flow properties of molten steel. I conducted physical and computer-based simulations and presented the findings to customers. I developed new analysis techniques and pioneered the utilization of 3D printing to create prototypes.

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Master Of Science - Ms, Chemical Engineering