Michael (Mike) has dedicated his career to supporting manufacturing, dedicated to offering equipment solutions to the medical device and life sciences industries. He is a leader with experience in both marketing and management who excels at using technology to guide complex problems and ideas toward bankable, clearly communicated solutions. Turning innovative ideas into commercial reality is the hallmark of Mike’s career.In operations and management roles, Mike has led efforts to improve manufacturing efficiency using close performance monitoring in the drive towards operational excellence. He successfully scaled up operations for a 120,000 square foot, 25 employee warehousing/distribution facility. He pursued and won $30 million contracts for pioneering manufacturing projects. Mike thrives on adversity and the challenge that it brings. Many of his successes were driven by the need to improve bottom-line results through improved sales tactics and thoughtful planning. He is known for constant follow-up to bring programs in on time and within budget. He understands P&L and develops appropriate proposals to meet corporate objectives.Specialties: • Market and product development, manufacturing, and strategic initiatives• Contract manufacturing and sourcing• Lean six sigma principles, cGMP, ISO9001.• Technical due diligence for business development• 20+ years of marketing, sales, sales management, executive management in the contract manufacturing industry. • Special focus in medical device manufacturing and marketing automation systems for medical devices. • Large contract discovery, negotiation and operation