Innovation that drives successful product strategies, business development, operations and sales is my passion. I am an accomplished, dynamic and strategic-minded executive leader with entrepreneurial thinking who delivers unparalleled results in market-focused product development and improvements, engineering leadership, manufacturing expertise and quality standards. ~ 20+ year champion and SME in the application and leadership of Lean methodologies in functions throughout the product life cycle from conception through commercialization.~ Expert in identifying, analyzing and resolving complex issues. Continuously develop and execute effective solutions to improve operational performance and demonstrated success in managing and motivating cross-functional, multi-site teams and individual talents.~ I thrive on new challenges and overcome obstacles to provide superior support and deliver technical solutions under tight resources and aggressive scheduleI have successfully steered strategy, product, program and engineering initiatives in 4 companies that resulted in multimillion-dollar impact on revenues, cost reductions or enterprise value through innovation and Lean implementations:Doubled business volume, gained 120 new customers, lowered labor costs 30% and tripled the number of annual engineering projects for Cummins OEM East Region.Designed 27% of cost out of a Cummins Bridgeway product and achieved 3X uptick in engineering throughput.Led 300% increase in new product launches, 50% budget improvements and reduced cycle time from 25 to 7 days. Championed the opening of a new design operation and resulting improvements that increased revenues 16%, reduced development costs 30%, production issues by 85% and final testing by 50%.Pivoted the business model to diversify business in response to the 2008 recession. Developed and launched profitable engineering services and brought products to market in automotive, energy and military sectors.