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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Conyers, Georgia, United States

Leading and setting the strategic direction and overseeing all aspects of product life cycle management for Acuity Brand's nLight lighting controls platform. This includes managing a team of product managers to deliver new products and manage the lifecycle of the existing portfolio, leading marketing objectives for the brand, understanding market demands, technology trends, and competitive field, managing the strategic product roadmap, providing strategic input for business objectives, and providing industry thought leadership.

Conyers, Ga

Product leader with rapid movement into high technology and growing business units at North America’s leading LED manufacturer. Oversaw product lines up to $80M in commerical outdoor luminaires, Acuity’s first IoT/Smart City product (ROAM) and now our major C&I lighting control wireless product (nLight AIR). Areas of responsibility include: creating product strategy, leading development of products, analyzing competitive landscape and market needs, crafting marketing messaging and demand generation objectives, educating sales teams and customers as subject matter expert, managing product life cycle, and executing on business goals.

El Cajon, Ca

Responsible for high impact product development, program management, and marketing strategy for thermal management systems in Aerospace, Defense, and other commercial markets. Created and led the marketing strategy for $30M business unit, and owned the vapor cycle system product category, creating proposals and mangaging active development programs.

Greater San Diego Area

Managed 25% of $40M business unit through program management or direct account management, including product identification, cross-functional team management, complex business negotiations, and overall program communication with customer and senior leadership.

Greater San Diego Area

Champion of new product development and customer focused projects for air mover manufacturer that focused on commercial electronic cooling applications. Responsibilities included execution of product launches, forecasting, marketing development, product strategy, competitive analysis, and training across the organization.

Greater San Diego Area

Responsible for purchasing and contract management for a variety of components including gaskets, hinges, welding supplies and gases, maintenance supplies and replacement parts, and outside process management. Highlights include successfully implementing entire kanban system for new business unit and negotiating double-digit inflation from largest supplier in commodity list.

Operations Management Leadership Program consisting of 4 6-month rotations within GE business, including Engineering, Sourcing, Technical Direction, and Sales and Marketing. Course completion included various Leadership training sessions and projects.

Bs, Electrical Engineering

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