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Product Development, Innovation, Program Management, IP, and Business Consulting for private clients.

Oldsmar, FL, US

Drive customer-centered innovation, product management, product design, and development of retail loss prevention solutions. Staff includes mechanical, electrical, embedded design engineers. Report to President/CEO⇨ Create, direct, execute roadmap of innovative loss prevention solutions for OEM’s and retail customers⇨ 25-30 concurrent projects, 15-20.

Dublin, Ireland, IE

Direct and execute technical strategy including research, NPD, IP management, sustaining engineering, VA/VE and quality initiatives for the Division. Lead multiple-site staff of electrical, software, embedded firmware, mechanical, regulatory, SaaS support engineers and managers. Report to GM/Global VP⇨ Improved organizational capability, alignment, NPD.

Provide technical leadership and organization for crisis turn-around of late-stage US startup division to become profitable, growing. Solve complex electronic & mechanical problems, organize & strengthen engineering organization, implement design control processes. Drive communication and collaboration. Leverage capabilities of the Chinese parent company.

Durable goods product development consulting⇨ Focus on identifying and removing barriers to accelerate development of ideas from raw concepts to generating revenue⇨ Consultation may include situation assessment and implementation of a structured cross-functional NPD process tailored to the client's business, assistance with tools to select, prioritize and.

Thorofare, New Jersey, US

Lead global new product design and development for the $140M leader in retail loss prevention. Manage IP portfolio and advanced R&D. Staff of 20 including mechanical, electrical, RF, embedded firmware engineers and software developers. ⇨ Generated $135M in ’09-’12 incremental revenue from 25-30 new products introduced each year including SpiderWrap.

Thorofare, New Jersey, US

Led global new product design and development for the $140M leader in retail loss prevention. Manage IP portfolio and advanced R&D. Staff of 16 including mechanical, electrical, RF, embedded firmware engineers and software developers.

Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, DE

Led Accessories Engineering Organization for $300M US BU for new product development, cost reduction, advanced development and quality improvement for drilling, driving, threading, hole saws, circular saw blades, router bits, router tables, and woodworking accessories.⇨ Established new engineering organization in Chicago, drove down direct costs 25%⇨.

Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, DE

Led engineering organization for $190M Skil core power tools including circular saws, jigsaws, router.⇨ Delivered new Skilsaw and Jigsaw programs on time, under cost, with higher margin and market share.

Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, DE

Led Time To Market Initiative for North American Power Tools (Skil, Bosch, Dremel).⇨ Installed Time-To-Market tools and metrics⇨ Reduced schedule slippage, improved speed to market, and with greater reliability – 19 of 22 active projects completed in 2001 vs. only 4 of 22 in 2000.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), International Business - Southeast Asian Business Systems

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering - Machine Systems