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Burlington, Vermont Area

Designbook is an online platform for crowd contribution and equity exchange where entrepreneurs post concepts and solicit input and then build a team of fiercely passionate contributors to execute on the platform. Designbook matches people with common passions and complementing expertise. Designbook offers tools for technical and business collaboration and optimizes the creation of a startup business.Responsible for day-to-day operations and finance functions. Also managed human resources, purchasing and contract activities.

Williston, Vermont

P&L responsibility for $250M business area. Developed relationships, secured new business, and negotiated contracts. Led cross functional teams consisting of procurement, contracts, programs, business development, strategic planning, finance, manufacturing engineering and program quality.• Managed 25 procurement professionals with $75M of annual spend. Eliminated under-performing suppliers and reduced supply base by 25%. Developed new suppliers for emerging programs. • Led project team that captured $250M multi-year competitive award. • Increased EBIT by 30% through continuous improvement initiatives. Strengthened 2013 cash position by 50% with focus on milestone payments and reduction of inventory/work in process. • Improved customer relations. 99% on time for all deliverables.

Williston, Vermont

P&L responsibility for $250M business area. Provided leadership for manufacturing facility in Saco, Maine, with 300+ employees. Led cross functional teams consisting of operations, program management, and business development.• Reduced internal defects by 30%. Focused on defect prevention and elimination of defects via employee involvement and KAIZEN blitz.• Nurtured a culture of employee empowerment to improve customer service and reduce costs. Achieved $3M in continuous improvement related savings.• Created product-line focus teams to improve quality, on-time delivery, and overall customer satisfaction.

Williston, Vermont

Managed strategic direction of IR&D, CAPEX, and B&P investment portfolio for $700M business unit. Established and maintained relationships with domestic and international customer community for Department of Defense and commercial markets. Identified and advocated strategic acquisitions that supported overall business unit strategy and financial goals.• Created detailed strategic plans for each market segment.• Implemented business strategies into two adjacent market segments.• Established functional monthly BD reporting structure to add vigor to process.• Reduced travel and consultant costs by over 30% while maintaining effectiveness.• Initiated quarterly meetings with key customers to solicit feedback, measure customer satisfaction and identify opportunities for improvement.

Burlington, Vermont Area

Responsibilities included operations, supply chain, quality, EHS, master scheduling, and contract delivery for four manufacturing sites with 350+ employees. Managed all related budgets and capital expenditures. • Managed 30 Supply Chain professionals with $400M of annual spend. On-time delivery of purchased material was 98%. Averaged $10M of material related savings.• Led the establishment of three distinct manufacturing/assembly sites. All sites were completed on time and within budget constraints.• Improved output by 100% while improving unit production cost by an average of 30%.

Burlington, Vermont

Provided leadership for supply chain, material planning, and advanced manufacturing engineering. Lead interface between operations staff and program managers.• Acted as operations interface and provided leadership on all key proposals. Led proposal team that captured highly competitive ordnance contract valued at $30M • Led continuous improvement activities for business unit.

Burlington, Vermont Area

Developed and implemented program team strategy. Provided leadership of cross-functional teams that included supply chain, engineering, business development, program quality, finance, contracts and operations. • Negotiated and managed collaborative business agreements, interfaced with customers and led new product development efforts.• Developed strategy and led proposal effort for entry into shoulder-fired rocket market segment.• Managed highly complex missile, rocket and warhead programs.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Bachelor Of Accountancy

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba) - Business Management, Accounting And Business/Management

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

M.B.A.