“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities, brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”– Charles SwindollAs an entrepreneur with a passion for breaking new ground through innovative product development, I love solving “unsolvable” problems and reaching “unreachable” goals. I get a bit of a thrill out of doing things no one has ever tried before and proving the naysayers wrong. But what’s most rewarding to me is creating a novel solution that delights customers and leapfrogs the competition.With 30+ years of professional experience spanning engineering, operations, administration, program management, and product and business development, I have broad experience in automation, controls, and industrial machinery. As an entrepreneur, I have built and led companies providing machine-tool automation and product design services to startups and Fortune 500s.WHAT I DO:➤ I love taking a great idea, and turning it into a marketable product. I have the soul of an engineer and the mind of a businessman. I’m fluent in both ‘geek’ & ‘MBA’, and I’m exceptionally good at building consensus and pulling everyone in the same direction. I've managed 300+ product design projects, routinely placing clients in a product leadership position.➤ At the start of the product development process, I look for creative ways to outclass the competitor’s products. An elegant design usually works best. Making things complicated is easy. Making things simple is hard … but it pays dividends.➤ An elegant product concept is just the beginning. The devil’s in the details. And those details often require a team of engineers with different specialties. I’m not a deep expert in all engineering disciplines, of course, but I have always earned the respect and the cooperation of the engineering team members. Be they employees, contractors, or vendors, we collaborate effectively and get the job done.✉ dennis.r.pugh.58@gmail.com