EN Group helps companies in almost every business vertical, including manufacturing, medical, industrial, commercial, and private equities in energy procurement, risk mitigation, cost containment, ESG, energy demand initiatives, waste stream controls and water conservation.

Transformed Franchise business from previous management/"old company" to a highly competitive multi-market approach and operational business, utilizing Original Soupman brand awareness and Original Soupman products to meet customer needs for fresh, natural, nutritious, great tasting soups and complimentary food associated products.Maximizing market reach to end customers with multi-faceted franchise models. Maintaining and growing traditional franchise store, adding co-branding in store, franchise trucks, and Kiosks. Launched fresh new brand and marketing campaign based on the Seinfeld Soupman episode having Larry Thomas as our spokes person and ambassador, representing OSM savory artisanal soup product varieties. Lead by our OSM master chef, updated soup product line to meet customer expectations/needs for fresh, natural, vegetable, nutritious, low fat, gluten free, dairy free, great tasting soups. Leveraged in-house supply chain operational structure and food production/distribution to provide continous quick turn supply at highly competitive costs to maximize success of partners in meeting end customer desires for the best consistent great tasting and satisfying soups. Implemented financial plan that provides consistent industry competitive margins and drives revenue growth through the partnership and expansion of the franchise business models.

Developed strategic marketing plan for the recently acquired Original Soupman assets and brand. Provided and implemented critical strategic and tactical operational business plan and solutions for food production, packaging, and distribution of Original Soupman products in both retail and bulk businesses. Co-lead executive team in the due diligence, acquisition, and structure of Island Fresh food production, packaging, and distribution company.Developed long range Operational growth plan and continuing to interface and guide current food production and packaging operations, with specific focus on production capacity, quality, and meeting FDA/UDSA HACCP and New York DOH food saefety requirements. Provided guidance, negotitations, and developed contracts for various suppliers and 3rd party partners.

Provided business start up guidance, direction, strategic planning, business structure, and initial launch of two companies: A Streaming content services and a Financial business application software services.

Plan and Execute OEM business for Mobile Connected Solutions / Solid Sate Drive Business Units. Provide and implement supply chain solutions to meet customer requirements, and drive to become strategic Tier 1 Supplier. Negotiate and complete contracts, Manage product life cycles with focus on NPI. Meet quarterly Financial targets. Lead integrated Program/Product Marketing Management teams. Managed OEM business operations; including 6 quarter Demand Planning and Supply Chain Planning and Execution, financial targets, P&L results, and Product Life Cycle Management. • Lead revenue growth from $450m to $1.8B in 5 years, improved gross margin by 22%, while successfully releasing new products into market while transitioning memory technologies in all product lines 6 times. • Demand Planned and managed 8 Regional Sales teams to meet 10 strategic customers and world wide Channel supply requirements. Provided and implemented various supply chain innovative solutions to meet specific customer global accounts requirements. • Worked jointly with Sales to penetrate and grow market share in secondary OEM markets in Asia. Within 3 years generated revenue to over $400m yearly run rate business. • Created and lead Operational Excellence strategies/programs that directly increased market share at 10 top accounts by an average of 30%, provided premium product lead times, multiple supply chain offerings, optimal inventory turns, and flexible life cycle product programs. • Directed world wide Sales Operation teams in Purchase order / Sales Order management, compliance, prioritization, customer shipment schedules and on time deliveries, backlog management and issues resolution, and customer satisfaction. • Lead contract negotiations/closure, created and managed Product Portfolio System, and provided market research.

• Designed and implemented postponement build–to-order manufacturing model, saving over $12m/Quarter in inventory.• Developed and implemented mass customization capabilities to support product differentiation and services.• Managed acquired SIM business from $2.4m sellable value to actual sale of $22.3m in less than 2 years, while increasing revenue from $22m to $34m.• Outsourced SIM production from captive Spain location to 3rd parties in Asia and Brazil under budget and 1 quarter ahead of schedule.Led design and implementation of postponement build-to-order supply chain and transformed manufacturing from a limited in house capacity to a strategic / scalable outsource production capability that meets 100% annual growth rates in revenue / units, reduces time to market from over 12 weeks to 6 weeks, and has an ongoing quarterly lower cost per unit structure, while providing customer acceptable lead times and customer satisfaction.

• Designed and implemented MP3 product line Operational Excellence strategy and plan – addressing supply chain, order management, and inventory for strategic and general Retail accounts. • Created in house and ODM engineering capabilities and successfully launched 6 major product lines that generated $70m in first year. • Reduced product costs by over 7%, averaging $.65/unit, each quarter while product line in mass production. • Developed technology platform that has the lowest MP3 DRM product costs. Led design and released to Retail market/channel MP3 product line and 4 product families.

• Created company wide organization and processes focused on program and product life cycle management, and customer satisfaction• Launched over 1000 Retail and OEM skus, generating over $420m in revenue. • Achieved over 90% on time launch dates.

I created and lead a newly organized P&L division focused on providing flash memory products to penetrate and serve industrial markets - computing, networking, medical, automotive, aviation/aerospace, and communications. Developed and delivered a diversified product portfolio consisting of embedded and removable form factors that met the market needs for long life, high endurance, high performance, and able to operate reliably in normal to extreme environments. • Deliveried revenue growth of 175% over 3 years with over $125m in third year.• Surpassed revenue plan 6 out of 8 quarters, exceeded GM by minimum of 5% each quarter, and increased market share from 25% to 45%. • Developed business plan, technology / product roadmaps, and operational model that provides value and differentiation to meet customer specific needs, win new accounts, and gain market share.

• Transformed manufacturing from a limited in house capability to a strategic / scalable outsource production that supports 100% annual growth rates in revenue / volume, reduces new product time to market, and lowers cost per unit by over 42%. • Reduced production cycle times by 75%, improved in process quality by 55%, and increased inventory accuracy world wide to >98% all within 1.5 years.

- Introduced and ramped mass production of a new digital Modem product platform and 2 major products from 5 R&D centers, generating over $85M in incremental revenue in first full year.- Directed cross functional team through the evolution of Test Strategy into a fully automated manufacturing test system/factory that reduced cost by $2.8m/quarter or average of $7.25/unit and increased throughput by 8 times.- Led development and implementation of automated custom configuration build to order integration system that provided turn key cabinet and chassis integration products for customers and enabled generating $153M in revenue in the first year. - Created simplified generic hardware / software product structures and processes that reduced finished goods inventory by $3.2M/quarter, a 35% reduction.

Promoted from Engineer eight times to Sr. Director of Manufacturing Engineering/Operations- Implemented automated systems integration operations for customer orders of table top, desk side and cabinet super mini computer systems that improved test yields by 65% and reduced costs by 30%- Justified and led effort to in-source manufacture of Intel processor third party computer design in time to meet market window and generate $120M in sales, while saving over $4.2M in manufacturing costs- As acting GM, directed consolidation and restructuring of 3 manufacturing plants into one fully integrated primary revenue producing facility that eliminated $35M in yearly operating costs and maintained meeting quarterly revenue targets. - Established and led cross-functional product improvement teams / processes that achieved 50% year over year continuous quality improvement and reduced inventory costs by 35%- Implemented Total Quality Management system that set in place continuous quality improvement, cultural change, quality ownership throughout all functions, and reduced product costs by 28% year over year.