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Developing and executing robust vision and strategy to achieve the company's financial objectives and drive efficiency across all business functions. Serves as a member of the leadership team, reporting directly to CEO.

Steer 2 companies (Bellofram Diaphragm Corp. and Bellofram Silicones Inc.) in the production of fabric reinforced diaphragms, silicone extrusions, sheet goods, and elastomeric molded parts while managing $20M in revenue and 120 employees. Serves as a member of the leadership team, reporting directly to President. • Initiated sales team restructuring and implemented new sales strategies, building a high-performing sales team focused on acquiring new customers and developing authentic relationships with senior-level clients. • Increase overall product output by over 20% by shifting core competencies and changing order policies for raw materials. • Increased overall revenue on closed cell silicone sponge sheeting more than 30% YOY for three consecutive years.o Retrofitted compression press for additional output, capitalized a $300K investment in equipment to cut materials in house, eliminating external expense, reducing lead time from 6-8 weeks to 5-7 days, and reducing inventories.• Implemented custom workflow software facility wide to set production priorities in real time streamlining processes and gaining total visibility at each stage.• Owned and drove performance and profitability, increasing NOI by 23%.• Secured 3 significant new accounts in a new vertical market, achieving $1M in new sales revenue, and doubling the overall part volume in Bellofram Diaphragm Corp. • Implemented robust product development initiatives resulting in the roll-out of 4 new products and contributed to a more diverse product offering and allowed the group to break in to previously untapped markets.• Managed the ramp up of medical ventilator rubber component production during pandemic to 4X normal levels within 60 days.

Directed all day-to-day business functions to maximize growth and operational excellence for 2 companies, responsible for $17M in revenue. Designed and implemented best practices, providing strategic leadership over P&L management, manufacturing, purchasing, technical services, inventory control, continuous improvement initiatives, and quality assurance. Conducted troubleshooting to assist with complex issues. Monitored employee performance and provided direction based on organizational goals. • Increased net operating income by 35% across both divisions from 2016 to 2018.• Through insightful inventory analysis, innovatively repurposed over 100,000lbs of off spec and offset raw materials to formulate a compound to add to a high durometer elastomer used in an automotive application, eliminating a $300K E & O write off. • Cultivated a safety-centric work environment through continual coaching and training, returning to 0 OSHA recordables.• Strategically developed new smart quote process across both divisions to reflect true manufacturing costs for all product lines, increasing precision of customer quotes to drive customer satisfaction. Integrated with other reporting systems to update labor and material changes in real time.

Responsible for manufacturing, technical services, production, inventory controls, and sales within the Silicone Division, overseeing platform products: silicone extrusions, sheet goods, and elastomeric molded parts. • Reversed years of consecutive losses and revitalized business profitability by cultivating a core group of profitable product types while simultaneously eliminating the manufacturing of unsuccessful products.o Successfully restored business to profitability within 9 months.• Streamlined innovative efficiencies throughout operations and manufacturing, including:o Standardized material formulations to reduce the number of ingredients, batch variance, and reduce costs.o Outsourced the mixing of base materials to decrease production time and improve quality.o Implemented batch rheology testing and quality control checks to quickly release material to production for immediate consumption, reducing frequent downtime.o Moved away from powders, and implemented an initiative to use dispersions, improving the processing time of most compounds, and improving air quality.o Modernized work documentation for each product to eliminate the use of previous ERP, which was unable to integrate.o Eliminated overruns and shortages through correctly populating BOM's in MRP system and updated work documentation and processes.o Created and implemented smart part number product schemes to help operators and customers quickly identify products and physical characteristics.• Identified and championed several machinery capital expenditures to increase capacity, yielding double extrusion output.

Oversaw the timely relocation of MTI Specialty Silicones, a 50,000 square foot facility from Milton, Florida to Newell, WV, engaging in effective change management tactics to minimize disruptions and prevent unnecessary setbacks.

Designed and launched the roll-out of several natural gas regulators