At OEE Datawatch, we help smaller manufacturers punch well above their weight with innovative, affordable industrial automation solutions that rapidly increase efficiency and competitiveness. Our plug-and-play control systems -- combining PLC/HMI/SCADA -- unleash the innovation potential on the plant floor and provide a solid foundation for the Industry 4.0 journey.

With a focus on small to midsize businesses, I help clients develop and improve in my areas of expertise – primarily sales and marketing, product management, data analysis, and quality. Clients have included startups and mature companies in manufacturing, IIoT, healthcare, and government.

Go-to subject matter expert and product evangelist for the Companion product line.

Tapped for new position to unite professional services under one coherent vision. Managed Training, Consulting, Custom Development, and Technical Support departments.

Led the development and execution of the global product strategy. Innovated to revitalize 40-year-old flagship software while also creating new SaaS products. Increased company proficiency in cloud technologies to set up for modern app development. Prioritized corporate initiatives to meet business objectives and communicated the product vision throughout the company and to industry analysts. Managed Product Management, Research & Design, and User Experience Design departments.

Recruited back to Minitab’s Marketing department to create a disciplined product management function and pursue new product opportunities presented by growth of Six Sigma. My titles during this time reflected my progression from hands-on product marketing to strategy development and product management.

OmniComp was a small company with big market share in energy management software. It was acquired by Enron to pursue opportunities created by the deregulation of energy markets in the US. I learned a lot about working in a huge organization during a time of frequent acquisition, managing culture clash, and staying effective in an environment of constant change. (Fortunately, this was well before the scandal for which Enron eventually became infamous.)

When I began my first tour of duty at Minitab, it was a small company (fewer than 30 people) producing software that was popular for teaching basic statistics. I was the first salesperson hired to develop commercial business at a time when more than 90% of sales were to academic institutions and data analysis in industry was quite limited. By focusing on engineers responsible for quality in manufacturing instead of statisticians who thought Minitab was a toy, I was quite successful growing the commercial business to parity with our academic sales and was promoted to Sales Manager with responsibility for commercial and academic sales teams. That bet on the quality market turned out to be a pretty good one when Six Sigma reached fever pitch in the 90’s.