After 35+ years in the Automotive biz, I'm happy to say that I've retired. I wish the best to all the people I've met. Thanks for the memories.

Personally responsible for recent new business awards: The Volt Electric Vehicle Door Trim, Load Floor and Headliner - $21.1M annual Sales CAMI Headliner Assembly and Sequencing - $5.9M annual SalesNegotiated prevention of price reduction on current Large Truck Garnish business that would have impacted Decoma by $2.3M annual.Recovered $5M in outstanding ED&D revenue through personal interface with GM and compilation of required back up documentation. Reduced… Show more Personally responsible for recent new business awards: The Volt Electric Vehicle Door Trim, Load Floor and Headliner - $21.1M annual Sales CAMI Headliner Assembly and Sequencing - $5.9M annual SalesNegotiated prevention of price reduction on current Large Truck Garnish business that would have impacted Decoma by $2.3M annual.Recovered $5M in outstanding ED&D revenue through personal interface with GM and compilation of required back up documentation. Reduced outstanding dollars to zero.Drove implementation of a construction change on the Large Truck Garnish that saved in excess of $700K annual. This achievement took nearly a year of work to implement.Negotiated GM retroactive pricing on old model Large Truck Door Trim. Reduced impact $10M.Made the key presentations at Quarterly GM Executive Review meetings. GM meeting representatives were the Executive Directors of Interiors, Purchasing and Engineering. Show less

Responsible for 13 person Sales Team that managed $410M in existing Sales.Responsible for award of the first IP and Console for Intier’s Chinese Joint Venture.Personally lead Commercial Issue negotiation lasting a year and one half that resulted in the collection of over $27M in retroactive recovery.Awarded Total Interior for the Hummer H3 - $140M in annual Sales. Lead Commercial side of Intier Automotive’s Supplier Integration negotiation team. Intier Automotive became one of… Show more Responsible for 13 person Sales Team that managed $410M in existing Sales.Responsible for award of the first IP and Console for Intier’s Chinese Joint Venture.Personally lead Commercial Issue negotiation lasting a year and one half that resulted in the collection of over $27M in retroactive recovery.Awarded Total Interior for the Hummer H3 - $140M in annual Sales. Lead Commercial side of Intier Automotive’s Supplier Integration negotiation team. Intier Automotive became one of four GM Interior Integrators. Secured an incremental $400M in new Large Truck component sales as part of the contract. Show less

First Magna employee on transition team managing incorporation of Douglas & Lomason Metals plants into Magna.Acquired $158M in new and replacement business during 1.5 year period.