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Medford, New Jersey, Us

Miami, Fl, Us

Delivering coaching and mentoring as a specialist in startup and turnaround scenarios in management, manpower, strategy, tactics, market and product analysis, financial modeling and cash flow forecasting, operations structure and buildout, quality management systems, supply chain, and document control. Developed SaaS cash flow forecasting and management tools for modeling startups and actively managing cash flow for startups and small business.

Contracted by this early-stage, high-tech company to help define and build-out operations, manage critical programs, and assist this first-time CEO. Coached and mentored CEO resulting in $5M fund raise.  Developed financial model, manpower plan, and operations structure, process, and procedure; and developed circuit card assembly test processes, equipment, and fixtures. Recruited key direct and contract talent including the Director of Operations and Engineering to replace me.

Hired as COO of In-Phase Technologies and promoted to CEO of both entities by ownership group after nine months. Held Secret level clearance (current, inactive).  Increased on-time delivery from <40% to 100% in 1st quarter and maintained for 5 consecutive quarters. Achieved $1M swing in EBITDA from a projected net loss to +14% in nine months. Led company to operate continuously and profitably through COVID pandemic. Improved organization efficiency and profitability by restructuring operations, including cloud migration, ERP, supply chain, QMS, and document control systems.

Montgomeryville, Pa, Us

Raised $3.7M in funding and merged two venture-backed clients to form new company. Grew company and executed exit as assets sale for investors. Managed 50 team members.  Converted company from $500K prior year losses to profit by executing pivot in products and market focus. Reduced fixed operating expenses by 40% ($600K) in first two years. Established quality systems to maximize first-pass product quality and achieved >94% on-time delivery by developing manufacturing planning systems. Launched several products named best-in-class, including four new products in 12 months and eight new products in 20 months. Secured a feature of company and product on Fox Business (Office Spaces show). Managed and successfully defended patent and trademark portfolio.

Dornbirn, At

Drove engineering and product development for one of world’s largest lighting companies with team of 45. Developed and implemented a new product development process and specification integrating all company stakeholders. As a result of the process, we developed and launched 10 product families in 24 months in the US, Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. Gained organization’s international preeminence by developing several ground-breaking product firsts for the lighting industry.

Expert Witness Testimony, Contract Engineering and Product Development, Design Review, Contract Prototype and Pilot Production Yielded $100MM and $28MM for two clients by testifying as intellectual property expert witness. Designed, spun off, and sold two LED lighting product families (July 2007 | March 2008, September 2012 | June 2014).

Raised $3.7M in funding and merged two venture-backed clients to form this new company. Grew company and executed exit as assets sale for investors. Managed fifty team members.  Converted company from $500K loss to profit by executing pivot in products and market focus. Reduced fixed operating expenses by 40% ($600K) in first two years. Established quality systems to maximize first-pass product quality and achieved >94% on-time delivery by developing manufacturing planning systems. Launched several products named best-in-class, including four new products in 12 months and eight new products in 20 months. Secured a feature of company and product on Fox Business (Office Spaces show). Managed and successfully defended patent and trademark portfolio.