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Outthinker Strategy Network (OSN) is an invitation-only peer group of Chief Strategy Officers at $1+ billion revenue companies. The global network helps me stay ahead of the pace of disruption. OSN facilitates access to cross-industry peers and thought leaders who help me work through my most pressing strategic challenges.

Exton, Pa, Us

Growth strategy leader, aligning the organization to identify, develop and execute new growth initiatives.

Northville, Michigan, Us

Co-founded global collaboration network, a collection of skilled coaches and facilitators, to help Powertrain team members solve problems in creative ways, improve team interaction, and support leaders in aligning their teams. This was a volunteer role that was in addition to other work responsibilities. I coached the coaches and trained the facilitators.

Northville, Michigan, Us

Cross-functional, global leadership role. Achieved profitable new market revenue growth by leading division's pivot into the EV Battery market. Developed and executed comprehensive business strategies, including product planning, design and development; go-to-market; new customer development; and people development. In this role, I introduced and facilitated proven change management and collaborative problem solving practices.

Northville, Michigan, Us

Streamlined work processes by administering customer-facing engineering team, while supervising all aspects of product development, testing, and sustaining engineering. Led seamless execution of business operations by developing streamlined global engineering workflow system, integrating best practices from diverse regions, and achieving widespread adoption.

Northville, Michigan, Us

Led multisite R&D team of 27 staff to find and adopt new materials and process technologies, create new innovative products, and implement global standardization of manufacturing technology. Supported sales team and drove revenue growth with value-added product creation. Stayed on cutting edge of technology exploration and adoption, leading strategic differentiation in existing market segments and supporting new market growth. Supported manufacturing plants with advanced machine and manufacturing processes. Managed division's patent portfolio, including more than 90 patents and 45 trademarks.

Northville, Michigan, Us

Sets and executes technical strategy for Systems Protection business unit. Responsible for P&L and organization of 40 globally distributed technical professionals. Drives innovative product solutions to commercial success in all regions. Manages technical service staff in Asia, EMEA, and North America.

Northville, Michigan, Us

Developed, communicated and implemented a technical strategy for U.S. technical operations, to meet strategic global business objectives. Managed intellectual property activity to maximize ROI and prolong product lifecycles. Managed technical services/testing function, supporting new and existing product lines.

Northville, Michigan, Us

Automotive customer technical lead through US sales office. Identified automotive customer trends and new business opportunities, convinced the product development teams to pursue them, and insured customer acceptance of resulting new products. Trained customers on product installation and effective use. Wrote customer specifications.

Northville, Michigan, Us

Created innovative, profitable new products and manufacturing processes.

New Holland, Pennsylvania, Us

Optimized processes to achieve efficiency improvement and capacity utilization improvement while maintaining quality standards. Oversaw process improvements at satellite operations. Implemented new operations in Sao Paulo, Brazil as part of multi-functional team.

M.Sc., Creativity Studies

Bs, Mechanical Engineering