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Lead MarCom, Product Management and Strategic Marketing teams for the Horticulture Business unit, ensuring effective employee engagement, strategic leadership and Business unit growth.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Lead Global Vantage™ Food business unit, managing global P&L, ensuring effective employee engagement and strategic leadership.• Accomplished top- and bottom-line growth with 50% improvement in EBITDA on a $160M P&L.• Implemented new strategic planning process, producing updated strategy and 3-year plan.• Boosted employee engagement across 100 person global business unit, increasing Annual Engagement scores over 100%.• Improved customer experience and sales execution by… Show more Lead Global Vantage™ Food business unit, managing global P&L, ensuring effective employee engagement and strategic leadership.• Accomplished top- and bottom-line growth with 50% improvement in EBITDA on a $160M P&L.• Implemented new strategic planning process, producing updated strategy and 3-year plan.• Boosted employee engagement across 100 person global business unit, increasing Annual Engagement scores over 100%.• Improved customer experience and sales execution by reorganizing and talent development of Food Commercial team. Show less

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Oversaw team to ensure portfolio of products achieved sustainable commercial growth.• Achieved 50% improvement to EBITDA on $130M P&L by accelerating value creation through enhanced product management processes. Led Product Management while directly managing other functions.• Interim Customer Care manager Nov 2020 - Nov 2021 and Quality Director Sept ’21 Jan ’22 completed departmental reorganization and transition group to reporting structure.• Interim Business Unit Leader Feb ’22… Show more Oversaw team to ensure portfolio of products achieved sustainable commercial growth.• Achieved 50% improvement to EBITDA on $130M P&L by accelerating value creation through enhanced product management processes. Led Product Management while directly managing other functions.• Interim Customer Care manager Nov 2020 - Nov 2021 and Quality Director Sept ’21 Jan ’22 completed departmental reorganization and transition group to reporting structure.• Interim Business Unit Leader Feb ’22 May ‘22 drove closure of talent gaps in Food organization and supported C-suite with restructuring while managing BU. Show less

Pittsburgh, Pa

Managed large portfolio of products and global P&Ls to drive revenue and profitability growth on $250M annual revenue business.• Achieved financial results of 40% improvement to EBITDA by driving bottom-line growth through improved asset utilization, novel commercial strategies, market management and supply chain strategies.• Attained a sustained 50% price improvement by implementing new Bromine sales and supply strategies in Asia Pacific region.• Completed CapEx growth strategies… Show more Managed large portfolio of products and global P&Ls to drive revenue and profitability growth on $250M annual revenue business.• Achieved financial results of 40% improvement to EBITDA by driving bottom-line growth through improved asset utilization, novel commercial strategies, market management and supply chain strategies.• Attained a sustained 50% price improvement by implementing new Bromine sales and supply strategies in Asia Pacific region.• Completed CapEx growth strategies for Bromine and Brominated derivatives, including $75M expansion of Bromine infrastructure and $15M in Bromine ISO assets.• Instituted new North American logistics strategy, resulting in best-in-class service levels while reducing annual spend over $1M for Oil Field products. Show less

Middlebury, Ct

Accountable for relationship management and performance of Industrial Performance Products division.• Drove value creation in $170M divisional strategic alliance portfolio through commercial, operational and technical excellence projects.• Improved supply-side co-manufacturing agreements from breakeven to over 16% gross profit margin in less than 1 year.• Created key agreements for $1B M&A transaction ensuring post divestiture performance of Agrochemical business.

East Hartford

Managed engineering projects and process performance for Polycrete and Mixed Aggregate product lines. Led CapEx projects from Financial justification through implementation, managing continuous improvement.• Increased capacity in Mixed Aggregate 50% and Hardener cells 20% by implementing process improvements.• Reduced turnaround time on complaints over 60% and warranty claims over 20% by delivering new Quality Complaint System and Supplier Qualification Program and serving as plant Lean… Show more Managed engineering projects and process performance for Polycrete and Mixed Aggregate product lines. Led CapEx projects from Financial justification through implementation, managing continuous improvement.• Increased capacity in Mixed Aggregate 50% and Hardener cells 20% by implementing process improvements.• Reduced turnaround time on complaints over 60% and warranty claims over 20% by delivering new Quality Complaint System and Supplier Qualification Program and serving as plant Lean Six Sigma expert. Show less

South Windsor, Ct

Responsibility for market development of the Hydrogen Generation and Transportation market segments within or adjacent to the fuel cell industryKey Accomplishments• Development and implementation of Strategic Planning Process• Development and implementation Black Hat Initiative (competitive intelligence gathering and planning process)

IPD Team LeadManage Molded Components and Fuel Processing System (FPS) Integrated Product Development (IPD) teams with overall responsibility for the design, development, verification, validation, and delivery of key modules for the Purecell® 400 Stationary Fuel Cell.Key Accomplishments• Took over FPS IPD team after Q1 which had a 100% over run and ended the year on budget and with all key objectives complete• Molded Component IPD team consistently delivered on their key… Show more IPD Team LeadManage Molded Components and Fuel Processing System (FPS) Integrated Product Development (IPD) teams with overall responsibility for the design, development, verification, validation, and delivery of key modules for the Purecell® 400 Stationary Fuel Cell.Key Accomplishments• Took over FPS IPD team after Q1 which had a 100% over run and ended the year on budget and with all key objectives complete• Molded Component IPD team consistently delivered on their key objectives on target and on budget every year while I was team lead Show less

Manage tailgate operations transition • Lead transition of manufacturing processes to outside supplier from supplier selection through FAI• Achieved $5 million annual savings from activityManage development and implementation of an electrodes rapid prototyping lab • Budgetary responsibility of $0.6 million capital project• Manage project to successful completion by target online date

Overall responsibility for operations development and operation of production manufacturing cell for Molded Components. I was responsible for all capital and labor in the cell as well as ongoing continuous improvement activities. In addition to day to day activities, I was the ACE pilot responsible for continuous improvement activities across the plant and acted as back-up site supervisor (20 operators/labor) and business unit manager (10 engineers).

Conducted metallurgical evaluations on Turbine parts (high pressure and/or high temperature stage) to determine compliance with internal quality requirement. Additionally, lead several continuous improvement projects in the department, including training and implementation of a new EDM cutting machine.

Mba, Strategic Management

Ms, Finance

Ms, Engineer Science: Applied Statistics

Bs, Chemical Engineering