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New Prague, Minnesota, Us

Albert Lea, Minnesota, Us

Provide strategic direction, evaluate and approve acquisitions and fiscal oversight for a five company, $100 million corporation consisting of contract engineering, fabrication, product design and manufacturing.Chairman: Governance Committee.401K Committee member

As a Engineering Consultant, provided consulting services to growth-oriented, innovative technology companies. Leveraged background in engineering and technology leadership to initiate and execute various innovation new product development programs and processes. Reliable resource and go to for top leadership to fill business gaps as needed.TECHNOLOGY AND MANUFACTURING CLIENTS:Stratasys• Championed eighteen month, critical new product development effort - 900mc for a world-class 3D printing company. Provided overall project planning, daily direction and decision-making to the fifty-plus person cross-functional team. Project successfully transitioned to production.• Selected to lead two strategic projects reporting directly to CEO. Both projects were custom requests with aggressive deadlines. Spearheaded and executed end to end project plan which upon completion resulted in solidifying a strategic alliance with a key partner.• Overcame internal contentiousness and led cross functional team of 30 in corporate-wide engineering change process creation and implementation. Resulted in 5x improvement in change accuracy within 6 months without interruption to business.• Created and implemented Intellectual Property creation, documentation, and management process. Transformed to fully documented, on-line stream-lined process in three months.• Formulated an organizational design including functions and skill set requirements for an engineering organization to meet corporate objectives. Small Data Storage Device Company• Created a streamlined, disciplined, and stage-gate type new product development strategy and process that expedited product time to market. Engineering Services Software and Company• Developed new business concept for a local technology company. Created a technical plan and go-to-market strategy that created deeper penetration into existing accounts as well as an expanded market footprint.Contactlarryk2@frontiernet.net

Chaska, Mn, Us

Primary executive responsible for creating and executing a strategic plan that will lead Solid Design to sustainable, profitable, YOY growth. Direct responsibilities for all company functions including Engineering, HR, Finance, Marketing, lead generation, customer engagement, proposal process, and project execution.• Transforming culture from an internal-focused, control-based culture to client-first model with focus on employee empowerment and accountability.• Transformed inefficient project estimation and execution process to an Agile-based methodology resulting in significantly improved project schedule and budget performance.• Developed and implemented client “Partnership” model that has resulted in significant repeat, ongoing revenue from three major clients with nearly all relationship “overhead” removed.

Lentilly, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, Fr

Chief executive responsible for business strategy and financial performance, as well as marketing, sales, new product development, process engineering, and manufacturing operations. Responsible to integrate and transform a stagnant, small, family-owned business in an accountable, growth-oriented company following a corporate acquisition.• Successfully maintained revenue and margin targets following abrupt departure of multiple, critical family-owners.• Revitalized company product-line portfolio and roadmap to allow focus on high-margin, core business and key growth initiative while eliminating low-margin, distractions.• Credited with transforming from control-based culture to collaborative model resulting in significantly higher employee engagement and significant operational improvements.• Achieved four successive quarters of year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter revenue growth.• Successfully recruited, hired, and integrated high quality team members in less than 5 weeks. This has allowed company to remain responsive to market.

London, Gb

As the Global Director of Engineering, led engineering for a +$500M global business. Provided direct leadership for six global, engineering sites with engineering staff of 125 and $10 million budget. Member of leadership group accountable for long-term strategy while also managing overall day-to-day business. Responsible for overall business meeting ISO-compliant New Product Development process. Reported to Vice President and General Manager. KEY LEADERSHIP ACCOMPLISHMENTS•Transformed global engineering sites through mentoring regional managers into highly functional, accountable organizations resulting in over 200% increase in global NPD output with minimal investment increase.• Created culture of Innovation that has resulted in 2X annual patent applications submissions through a visible, focused program highlighting and incentivizing new idea creation.KEY NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Spearheaded and drove largest strategic new product in 20 years. Successfully met key deliverables while overcoming significant internal obstacles. Expect to account for significant new product revenue and seen as “most innovative new product in 10 years”.• Initiated a process that captured and prioritized all new product opportunities. The result transformed the Hoffman new product opportunities from a non-existent “idea funnel” to a qualified, ranked and dynamic opportunity system that now serves as the basis for all global NPD projects.

Us

As Director of Global Engineering, directed engineering for a >$500M global business. Provide direct leadership for all global, engineering sites with staff of 85 and $7M budget. Provided informal product management leadership. Reported to VP of Engineering.KEY LEADERSHIP ACCOMPLISHMENTS• One of four cross-functional leaders to rollout global manufacturing and design capability introduction to four global sites. Successfully implemented in under 12 months which fueled key global growth.KEY NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Successfully championed first product roadmap which led to the establishment of the first multi-year, global, product portfolio plan.• Championed Value Engineering methodology to capture critical material savings that resulted in significant annual productivity gains.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Led global corporate engineering function. Staff of 45 engineers, managers, and technicians in four different locations, including three Asian locations with direct management of $12 million budget. Established strategic direction and provided day-to-day corporate leadership as part of seven-member Executive Management Team.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Championed complete corporate engineering restructure and relocation from a domestic headquarters to an Asian operation. • Created and directed complex transition plan for entire staff, ensuring all business objectives met.• Transition completed three months ahead of schedule with no negative impact to engineering project schedule.• Teamed with Operations leader to plan and execute complete physical asset move while not impacting customer delivery commitments. • Recruited and hired Philippine-based leader replacement and executed leadership hand-off.• Championed comprehensive project reporting system and associated management process and tools, which enabled the senior leadership to objectively measure engineering results for the first time.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Directed overall corporate engineering function. Staff of 40 engineers, functional/project managers, and technicians in three different locations, including U.K. with $5 million budget. Focal point for all critical engineering project staffing, trade-off, and priority decisions. Set strategic direction and supplied day-to-day corporate leadership.• Championed successful new product initiative that became corporation’s highest priority strategic initiative, received very positive customer reaction at introduction and has created a new market niche.• Credited with “breaking-down” existing company barriers between engineering and sales, marketing, manufacturing and purchasing bringing much more efficient decision-making and project execution.• Successfully transitioned four multi-year new products to market which accounted for over 50% of 2004 revenue.• Led engineering group through four staff reductions over two years while still achieving critical project milestones, while meeting 100% of corporate budget targets. Recognized by Senior Management as key leader ensuring successful transition.• Achieved very low critical staff turnover - less than 4% per year - through creating a group culture based on individual empowerment and trust backed by growth opportunities and accountability.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Directed initial research, development and support/continuation engineering for $40 million Business Unit. Staff of 35 functional/project managers optical, electrical, mechanical, software engineers and technicians. Reported directly to BU GM. Member of Business Unit and Corporate leadership teams.• Created novel “New Product Technology” approach that worked seamlessly with business “Voice of Customer” process for new market and technology initiatives that rapidly accelerated realization of revenue.• Institutionalized high accountability, disciplined, nimble engineering group and associated processes and practices that resulted in 100% ISO audit success.• Spearheaded very successful and cost-effective integration of $1 million acquisition including new product and staff that enabled corporation’s largest new product introduction.• Created and led internal “Engineering Summit” initiative that led to formal “production readiness” process which improved transition time-lines from months to weeks along with significant increase in first-pass quality.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Directed 20 Electrical, Mechanical, Optical and Software Engineers. Worked closely with Sales and Marketing to achieve critical business objectives. Led all new proposal efforts. • Led very successful recruiting process that doubled size of engineering group, hiring approximately 10 strong engineers during a very competitive recruiting market to create capacity. • Created and championed Engineering intern program, establishing relationships with several local Universities. Resulted in successful, high quality, new grad hires.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Rosemount Aerospace was acquired by Goodrich Aerospace, which was acquired by UTC. Served in various Engineering leadership roles.

Mini Mba, Executive Leadership

Bsee, Electrical Engineering