Michelle Augustine Email & Phone Number

Newark, Delaware, Us

As president of the Clean Energy Business Group for W.L. Gore Associates, I lead the transformational business group executing the delivery, design, and development of innovative products decarbonizing the energy and transportation sectors. I oversee more than 200 associates spanning North America, Europe, China, Korea, and Japan.DELIVERED RESULTS INCLUDE:✔ Created the strategy and spearheaded the development of the Clean Energy Business Group—an independent operating company, poised to become one of W.L. Gore’s most profitable businesses. ✔ Onboarded a nine-member cross-functional leadership team, expanded strategic partnerships, and procured capital investments to align with high-level growth, including the acceleration of time to market for product offerings. ✔ Obtained C-suite approval for a 10-year accelerated growth plan (for the Clean Energy Business Group) including double-digit revenue growth and profit expansion.✔ Negotiated and secured multiple supply contracts worth $800M with strategic customers and value chain partners. ✔ Delivered double-digit revenue growth through new product introduction and implementation of strategic value-based selling approach.

Newark, Delaware, Us

As COO of the Performance Solutions Division of the company, I hired and led a global cross-functional business operations team of 50+ associates in delivering transformational change and in implementing process automation programs and value realization plans for critical capabilities, driving long-term profitable growth.DELIVERED RESULTS INCLUDE:✔ Effected a 10-year strategic plan delivering $800M in incremental value.✔ Stood up new business capabilities and created new teams that previously had not existed, maximizing profitability. ✔ Successfully managed an annual budget of $600M, comprised of sales, manufacturing, R&D, and general/administrative costs to deliver annual targets and objectives.

Newark, Delaware, Us

As chief of staff to the chief technology officer, I led a global functional excellence organization consisting of 11 global teams (approximately 100 associates) to identify and develop key skills and capabilities of 1800 engineers and scientists to facilitate their successful movement from business to business. DELIVERED RESULTS INCLUDE:✔ Initiated an aggressive three-year plan through partnering with enterprise functional leaders, facilitating the adoption of new technologies and bringing the organization up to date with digital capabilities. ✔ Obtained C-suite approval for wave one investment of $85M.✔ Effectively led the global functional excellence organization, resulting in a significant increase in competency of scientists and engineers and the standardization and acceleration of product development and innovation, substantially reducing cost and time to market of new products.

Newark, Delaware, Us

As vice president of technical and business development for the PharmBio Business Group, within the Performance Solutions division, I managed an $80M product portfolio with the purpose of finding new business in the biopharma space. DELIVERED RESULTS INCLUDE:✔ Selected to manage early-stage pharmaceutical/medical device compliant quality system due to thorough experience with various established medical device quality systems; drove continuous improvement and optimization. ✔ Delivered technical expertise, supporting two successful product launches and the advancement of one new product. ✔ Developed intellectual property for the bioprocessing portfolio, aiding in securing revenue projections of $100M.

Newark, Delaware, Us

As vice president of technical and business development for W.L. Gore and Associates’ General Medical Products business, I led more than 100 technical associates supporting business growth and the development and commercial manufacturing of medical products and also executed strategy for the business. DELIVERED RESULTS INCLUDE:✔ Strategically revamped business strategy, resulting in the exit of unprofitable product lines and increased product differentiation, increasing revenue and differentiating W.L. Gore’s product performance against competitors. ✔ Garnered an approved multimillion-dollar investment in the GI endoscopy market. ✔ Seamlessly transitioned infrastructure and 30+ associates from Arizona to the Elkton facility, supporting a new venture ($30M annual investment) in the medical electronics space and maximizing technical know-how and information exchange.

Newark, Delaware, Us

As director of engineering and product development for the General Medical Products business, I led technical support of commercial product operations, new product development execution, and business/product line risk management and quality. Additionally, I recruited and developed approximately 60 engineers to support medical device operations and build new product development capability in the Maryland facility. DELIVERED RESULTS INCLUDE:✔ All FDA inspection audits achieved zero nonconformances. ✔ Provided leadership in the development and launch of four new products with a projected annual revenue of $250M+.