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I provide consulting in the areas of product management, mergers & acquisitions, and strategy to automotive suppliers, hedge funds, private equity firms, and investment banks.My skills as a leader, strategist, and engineer come in handy as I consult with different companies on issues and challenges related to the future of the automotive industry. I'm passionate not only about helping to craft effective strategies, but also about helping teams of people learn, grow, and advance.

Passionate about driving strategic growth for business, I specialize in mergers and acquisitions, transition planning, exit strategies, flexible partnerships, and other strategic investments. My goal is to acquire businesses with a strong foundation while maintaining their integrity and advancing the Founder’s vision. With a rich background in consulting, I've successfully guided companies through funding, transitions, and strategic growth.Let's connect and explore how Eichenberg Capital Management can be the catalyst for your business's transformative journey.

San Francisco, California, Us

Hayden AI has developed an AI-powered platform for smart and safe city applications. We partner with the world’s most innovative cities to deploy our vision-based mobile solution in a city’s existing transportation fleet and private vehicles to collect real-time data. We generate insights that help improve traffic safety, eliminate traffic fatalities, and encourage transportation efficiency.

North Ryde, New South Wales, Au

At Baraja, I led the strategy, corporate development, and manufacturing teams to foster critical partnerships, formalize and execute a product introduction strategy, and generate investments for the automotive technology start-up. During this time, I cultivated a critical partnership with Tier-1 supplier Veoneer, who selected Baraja after evaluating 70+ LiDAR companies. This activity resulted in a joint development agreement (JDA) that generated more than $2 billion in new business opportunities, a predevelopment program with a major automotive OEM, and the organization’s most significant strategic investment. I also focused heavily on maximizing our operations team’s output by cultivating a culture where employees at all levels felt motivated and empowered to do their best work. By identifying and maximizing each employee’s knowledge and skillsets, we consistently exceeded business objectives and built plan forecasts, despite global chip shortages, supply chain interruptions, and a 30-40% reduction in staff. We even increased our production output, surpassing ambitious targets and exceeding our financial plan for 2022.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

I was tasked with helping Jason Industries transition from a private to a publicly held company. I was responsible for developing and leading a formal strategy and agenda for capital investments, and over the course of one year I helped to build a pipeline, evaluated dozens of companies, and completed three acquisitions in Brazil, the US, and Germany. Additionally, I led a strategic shift from generalist to surface-treatment specialization, developed a five year global growth strategy that forecasted 25% growth in four years, and led the integration of the company's largest-ever acquisition (Germany's DRONCO, a €42M company that was projected to deliver $2.5M in cost synergies by 2016).

Aurora, Ontario, Ca

I was hand-picked to develop growth initiatives, drive customer diversification, and expand into new international markets through a centralized global strategy and mergers & acquisitions process. I helped to refocus business from manufacturing competencies to technology and introduced the role of Global Product Manager to drive global efforts. I helped to reverse negative EBIT and grew revenues to $7B by 2014/projected $9B by 2020. I also negotiated and integrated acquisition in Europe that created a manufacturing footprint in Germany, Romania, and China. I led the integration of Magna Electronics, which achieved profitability in its first year and doubled revenues in four years. Finally, I led the transformation of Fluid Pressure & Controls from a divestiture candidate to a revenue powerhouse with a 20% global market share.

Aurora, Ontario, Ca

I relocated to China to plan and implement the strategic turnaround of underperforming JV with China's largest glass manufacturer. I successfully negotiated the complex divestiture with a Chinese government entity, allowing for the release of multimillions of dollars in record time.During this time I developed first-time processes for strategic planning, marketing, and new product development; I also earned TS16949 global certification and incurred sizable savings for the company through process improvements.

Aurora, Ontario, Ca

I developed and executed turnaround and repositioning strategy that transformed my division from a steady annual decline to having rapid growth, new product launches, and international market expansion.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

I was recruited to develop and execute expansion strategy for JIT assembly, design, and engineering. During my time here, I quantified value-added business opportunities and developed marketing, sales, program management, and R&D strategies to evolve the organization from a commodities producer to a supplier of engineered and integrated systems. Through aggressive marketing initiatives, I successfully positioned PPG as an industry innovator.I was responsible for analyzing 20+ mergers & acquisitions candidates and made three international recommendations to the board. I led negotiations to form a new company, which would go on to create synergy savings of EBIT and improve the ROC by 16 percentage points; I created all business and financial plans for the new organization. I developed a business and capital plan to acquire and license additional technologies; finally, I negotiated a non-cash equity agreement with a JV partner to form a new $700M+ company.

Auburn Hills, Mi, Us

I was chosen to manage the company's largest account (valued at $450M) when the sales organization shifted from product-line to full account management following its acquisition by Dura in 1999. I directed a staff of 13 and managed a $1.8M annual budget.During my tenure in this position I quickly generated $62M in new business by implementing a market-driven strategy establishing the company as the industry-segment leader in systems integration.

Auburn Hills, Mi, Us

In this position, I drove 15% sales growth and improved existing business profit of $3.2M through the effective leadership of an 11-member North American sales team supporting key car manufacturers. I managed a $1.5M annual budget. During my time here, I successfully streamlined the quotation process and accelerated on-time performance from 43% to 100%. I was chiefly responsible for the signed strategic alliance agreement with PPG Industries that delivered an annual savings of $1.9M. Finally, I reduced 90-day overdue receivables from $6.2M to $300K in under 10 months.

Auburn Hills, Mi, Us

I was promoted to manage the $112M Chrysler account for the entire product line, and in doing so, I grew the business by 22% annually. I also developed and led company-wide performance improvement strategy that resulted in earning Chrysler's Gold Pentastar Award.

Auburn Hills, Mi, Us

In this role, I managed seven of the company's most complex window systems programs from the design phase all the way through their launches.

Executive Development Program

Executive Development Program In Barcelona, Spain

Graduate Studies

Mba, International Business

B.S., Plastics Engineering