Executive Leader with expertise in global research, development and manufacture of internationally distributed technical products. Skilled at leading large multinational cross functional teams while creating and institutionalizing knowledge based tools and measurement metrics with continuous improvement. Experience includes: strategic product/technology planning, staffing, program management, design and operations. Consistent record of delivering profitable, benchmark quality products in record cycle times. Extensive financial background with direct profit and loss responsibility in both fortune 100 companies and ‘start-ups’. Have developed business plans and secured private investment, government funding and commercial credit to manage cash in order to execute these plans effectively. Product design and qualification experience for military, aerospace, commercial and medical markets.