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Burlington, Ontario, Ca

Burlington, Ontario, Ca

Bolton, On, Ca

Husky is the world's largest brand name supplier of injection molding equipment and services to the plastics industry with more than 40 global offices and manufacturing facilities located in Canada, the United States, Luxembourg, Austria and ChinaLed a team of Product and Project Managers responsible for strategic marketing and product development activities for a portfolio of high-tech industrial products with an annual revenue greater than $600 million. Responsibilities spanned from competitive analysis and product positioning through to strategic planning and leading all market launch activities.-Maintained a significant premium price in the face of growing competition.-Led a cultural shift to position products based on economic value proposition rather than simple productivity.-Achieved aggressive 18 to 24 month "drumbeat" of refreshing each product line.-Rescued a failing secondary product line, improving orders by 300% in 3 months.

Bolton, On, Ca

Led the definition, development and global launch of a new product line of premium, high-tech industrial equipment targeted at the challenging emerging markets.-Grew into a $35 million business within the first three years of the product launch.-Commanded a 25% to 40% price premium compared to global competition by delivering customers a superior total cost of ownership combined with value proposition support and training for the sales force.-Delivered exceptional incremental returns and cash flows through maximizing use of existing sales and service channels and third party suppliers.

Bolton, On, Ca

Tasked with the dual responsibilities of controlling the Engineering Development Portfolio and managing a complex program of interdependent, cross functional engineering projects.-Delivered a system wide product enhancement that improved the productivity our a flag ship product line by 15% and significantly improved variable contribution margin.Implemented a Portfolio Management Team to improve organizational alignment to strategic initiatives.-Streamlined a bottlenecked product development portfolio from dozens of late, poor performing projects to seven critical initiatives with greater organizational focus.

Bolton, On, Ca

Conducted functional analysis of complex hydro-mechanical systems to determine potential for performance improvements or simplification of systems

UTC Aerospace Systems is a leading provider of technologically advanced aerospace and defence products for commercial, regional, business, military aircraft, helicopters and international space programs.Led the design and build of the world’s largest, most sophisticated landing gear validation facility in support of the Airbus A380 program.-Accomplished with minimal organization support and extremely aggressive schedule.Over $15M of custom designed and manufactured equipment.

Innovation Management

Advanced Diploma, Aeronautical & Mechanical Engineering