Michael Ward Email & Phone Number

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Columbus, WI

Prairie Du Sac, WI

• Responsible for developing and launching medical sport product lines contributing to top line sales growth
• Key contributor to the successful Mueller Green Line launch, a product material innovation and marketing message that differentiated Mueller from competitors. Resulting in $2.5-3.0M in sales over two years and.
• Awarded ECRM Home Health Care “Outstanding New Product” Award for Mueller’s Green Adjustable Back and Abdominal Support
• Consistently balanced and achieved challenging market and price requirements while maintaining brand integrity
• Partnered with Quality Department to maintain product conformance to regulatory bodies i.e., CE marking, FDA labeling & ISO 13485.
• Managed foreign and domestic suppliers for parts and manufacturing

Cottage Grove, WI

• Managed and directed design development with overseas and Asian manufacturing vendors
• Developed and created all sales materials, including prototypes and concepts, renderings in support of The Horizon Fitness team

• Saved placement of a $1.2M High Back Booster SKU at Wal-Mart through cosmetic redesign within first two weeks of employment
• Reduced development time for new soft goods from a 3 month process to 3 week process by controlling internal design and development
• Established design direction for in-line and new child restraint systems
• Collaborated with Marketing to maintain brand integrity and product line strategy at multiple retailer price points
• Maintained close working relationship with the Fashion department to continue market leadership

• Led project development for Harley-Davidson 100th Anniversary OEM seats and accessories as well as Official Harley-Davidson 100th Anniversary Parts & Accessories Group seating, backrests, saddlebags and windshield bags
• Conceptualized, designed & developed agricultural, construction and motorcycle seats, saddlebags & accessory product lines
• Created ergonomic data via ride evaluation, reverse engineered hand carved seat concepts via laser scan to create CAD data and optimize comfort for Harley-Davidson Rider Interface Group
• Managed and coordinated multiple projects with simultaneous deadlines from concept design through production on time and within budget
• Facilitated DFMEAs (Design Failure Mode Effects and Analysis), wrote validation and test plans for new products from DFMEA and captured tasks in Gantt chart format