Mike Schaefer Email & Phone Number

Petersboro, UT, US

Key Executive on Leadership Team who brings experience, financial acumen, customer orientation, and process sophistication to an exciting global start-up company focused on self-driving vehicles in the industrial, mining and agricultural space.Developed a new Robotics as a Service (RaaS) opportunity and business model. Identified and currently negotiating.

Eagan, MN, US

Led Engineering team in the office furniture market

Eden Prairie, MN, US

• As a the SVP R&D, Engineering and Technology, and member of senior leadership team, reporting directly to CEO, lead Global R&D function with annual investment over $30M with facilities on three continents. Responsible.
• Delivered incremental revenue with 25% IRR over last five years through innovative technology, structured roadmap process, external partnerships, and leading edge portfolio management. Vitality index has exceeded 40%.
• Championed innovative digital-industrial product strategy to drive competitive advantage and leverage channel strategies. Developed a base digital product structure complemented with competitively advantaged IoT, SAP.
• Connected with global customers on innovation of product, business model, and customer interaction. Determined proper market timing to establish an autonomous vehicle (robotics) program funded with four global customer.
• Served as key member of leadership team that increased sales 67% and doubled market cap through technology, channel, and business process strategies.

Eden Prairie, MN, US

• As a the SVP R&D, Engineering and Technology, and member of senior leadership team, reporting directly to CEO, lead Global R&D function.
• Championed new Innovation Center as the foundation for a talent strategy that upgraded 50% of engineers, institutionalized a customer centric culture, and hosted 20 key customer tours annually.
• Re-engineered NPD process and adopted a modular design philosophy that improved time to market by 20%, increased capacity by 17%, and reduced new product warranty costs by 30%.

Eden Prairie, MN, US

• As top executive for all Marketing and R&D functions led demand generation, channel strategy, product management, innovation and engineering for the global enterprise. Invested $8M marketing spend and $20M of R&D funds.
• Drove new marketing and branding strategy for underdevelopment segment that increased sales 20% and improved margins 960 basis points.
• Introduced award winning, leading edge product with compelling marketing campaign to drive adoption. Sales exceed $160M annually on this cornerstone product.

St. Paul, MN, US

• Reporting to the Senior Vice President of R&D, responsible for all engineering aspects of $250M global equipment business, continuous improvement and standardization of R&D processes. Led global team of 75 engineering.
• Launched continuous pipeline of innovative new systems designed to drive top line growth. Each launch represented a creative new system that was unique in the marketplace. Sales exceed $200M with 60% covered by.
• Championed LSS deployment at R, D&E and became a leading member of corporate launch team. Successfully balanced R&D innovative culture and cost savings targets. Deployment metrics set the standard for corporate.