Director / Partner
Creating competitive advantage by changing the way companies operate.Led the US Medical Device and Diagnostics practice. Launched Marketing and Sales practice. Held various interim management roles within clients to drive growth and turnaround situations. Managed large-scale strategy and restructuring efforts. Performed hands-on improvement efforts throughout operations.Sample results:• Operations strategy: Led global operations strategy for a multi-billion dollar vascular products company. Outsourced non-core operations, established low-cost center, and eliminated several high-cost centers reducing COGS by 50 percent over six years. • Product Development: Transformed development operations for a $400M medical equipment company. Refined development strategy. Restructured Engineering and Marketing organizations. Deployed new agile development processes. Balanced development projects with resources. Overhauled executive oversight. • Outsourcing: Restructured operations for equipment manufacturer. Set the operations strategy. Outsourced manufacturing and service. Changed internal processes. Restructured organization. Completed in five months, reducing headcount 50% and inventory 30%. • Start-up: Launched high-throughput gene expression factory. Re-defined and automated PCR-based protocol. Outsourced micro-arrays. Designed, built, and staffed new facility. Ramped capacity by more than 10x, within budget on 7-month schedule. Company sold to Merck. Prior Roles• SVP, Operations and Marketing: Early-stage CLEC • VP, Site Head: Start-up genomics company• VP, Automation: Rapidly growing DSL service provider• Sr. Director, Field Service: Fully automated molecular diagnostic launch• Director, Manufacturing Engineering and QA: Optical equipment turn-around
