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Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Over the past 25 years, I have contributed to leading, teaching and researching how established organizations innovate effectively for growth. Key elements include developing growth strategies that complement the core businesses, building a portfolio of opportunities, applying proven methodologies, modeling a culture of rapid learning, harnessing and developing top talent, and establishing a clear path to scale-up with the core businesses.

United States

The Innovation Catalyst Group guides profitable growth in adjacent businesses for established high-tech and manufacturing companies. We are a team of experts that collaborate with our clients to develop investment grade growth options and guide the launch of selected adjacent businesses. Our rigorous methodology is optimized for adjacent business growth and features our unique uncertainty adjusted value and evidence based execution tools.

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

This role leads a university-wide effort to design and propose a central administrative function to cultivate and steward partnerships between Oregon State University, industry, government, and higher education.

Corvallis, Oregon Area

The Impact Studio is a place for teams of faculty, administrators and staff to develop, test and incubate bold ideas that will advance the University’s strategic goals such as net revenue growth and diversification. A higher rate of institutional innovation surfaced as a priority through Oregon State University's Vision 2030 conversations, as were the needs for net revenue growth and diversification. The Impact Studio gives the University a design studio with best practices to respond creatively and nimbly to fast-changing trends in higher education.

Eugene, Oregon Area

The mission of the Oregon Consulting Group (OCG) is to deliver value for our clients and experiential learning for our student consultants. Founded in 2014, the OBCG is a professionally managed, student run consulting organization housed in the Lundquist College of Business at the University of Oregon.OCG is available to work with companies and nonprofits on a wide range of consulting projects to provide clients with a valuable outcome at a fraction of the cost of a traditional consultancy.

World Wide

Led strategy for a highly profitable $10B business unit and started a new business to drive growth. • Led strategic planning to maximize value from business unit’s technology and assets• Linked 5 divisions to launch the Sensing Solutions business and win the lead client• Led strategy and innovation workshops for multiple business units to improve their success

Worldwide

Founded and launched the Retail Photo Solutions business in 19 countries with 260 employees.• Scaled the Retail Photo Solutions business to over 5,000 stores worldwide • Acquired and successfully integrated a market leading software company to accelerate growth• Transformed the consumer retail experience increasing revenue per store from 30% to 200%

Worldwide

Formed the New Business Operation with 90 employees to drive new business growth for a $25B business unit and lead the cultural change across 8 sites worldwide with 22K employees.• Launched businesses in 4 new markets while leveraging core capabilities and assets• Mentored 35+ major innovation projects and managed a $75M venture fund for new growth• Created an innovation management system to accelerate the change across the organization• Scaled the “Idea Forum” network of over 3500 employees from 80 sites worldwide

Singapore

Led a worldwide product line delivering over $500M in revenue with an organization of 450 employees located in Singapore. • Delivered $90M in savings and improved output by 18% by creating global knowledge centers• Improved on-time shipments from 84% to 98% by streamlining performance metrics• Achieved a 30% cost reduction in plastic parts by consolidating manufacturing in Singapore• Launched a program for 150 Singapore engineers to foster innovation

Corvallis, Oregon Area

Led a program with 90 engineers to commercialize a market leading technology into dozens of products.• Drove HP’s most advanced inkjet technology into the commercialization process• Commercialized 7 different inkjet printhead platforms• Championed the technology development process to improve development time and quality

Corvallis, Oregon Area

Grew revenue by 20% per year in a $240M semiconductor business as the division sales manager. Identified and championed a Wafer Foundry business and reached $100M in the fifth year.

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Ms, Electrical Engineering

I was awarded an HP Fellowship to complete a MS in Electrical Engineering. I completed my degree and research in 12 months with a focus.

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Earned a BS in Electrical Engineering with focus on semiconductor design and processing. Financed college by working as a stereo.

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