John Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, MN, US

General Manager of Business Unit P&L and all global business operations including Sales, Manufacturing Operations, Product Management, Marketing, Engineering, and Customer Service.

Responsible for Product Management, Engineering, Strategy, and Business Development for business unit.

Lead global engineering team of engineers, designers, and technicians developing fiber optic solutions for business unit.

Manage team of global segment leads (Hyperscale, Service Provider, Colocation, and Enterprise) along with team of regionally based Solution Architects. Responsible for developing and deploying the global data center strategy and execution of the strategic deployment plan.

- Lead Enterprise sales organization in western US, consistently exceeding assigned revenue objectives.- Developed S&OP forecasting methodology for Central and North America Region utilizing Salesforce.com and SAP data inputs.- Responsible for team personnel management, pricing, programs, and budgets for west region sales organization.- Achievement awards.

- Managed team of 10 account managers covering 21 states in west region of US.- Grew business in region 26% yoy exceeding quota.- Exceed sales objectives for region: Achieved over 100% of quota in region and in DAS Wireless solutions while meeting sales efficiency objectives.

- Responsibility for market management and technical direction of Enterprise product line- Integrated combination of ADC and KRONE products into cohesive Data Center solution- Launched ADC’s Power over Ethernet solutions- Awarded President’s Citation for exceeding quota in 2007 and 2008

- Responsible for Enterprise and Broadcast product line profit and loss.- Responsibility for pricing, margins, forecasting, inventory, and new product development pipeline.- Awarded President’s Citation for highest revenue growth in product line (68% improvement) in 2004.- Awarded Outstanding Achievement in Product Management for greatest increase in Gross.

- Designed ADC’s enterprise structured cabling product line.- ADC representative on TIA Standards committee responsible for category 6 standard.- Developed new line of video patching solutions for digital HDTV networks.- Assisted in development of fiber optic switch and testing system.- Awarded 15 Patents for telecommunications and networking product design.

Master Of Science (Ms), Management Science And Engineering

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Strategy And Finance

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering