Steve Gane, Mba Email & Phone Number

Guiding businesses with leadership development, team building, employee engagement, value creation, product differentiation, brand positioning, and design partnerships while expanding their overall scope, reputation and ambition."Good Goods" ~Charles Eames

P&L responsibility for the $350M Specialty Brands Division which includes Geiger, The Herman Miller Collection, Maharam and Nemschoff. Directed an 8-member senior leadership team responsible for managing the four entities and 1,000+ employees. Reported to the CEO and served as a member of HMI's Executive Leadership Team responsible for 8,500 employees and customers across 109 countries. • All four businesses in Specialty Brands exceeded EBITDA plan for FY19 achieving an average 164% of goal.• Improved Nemschoff's EBITDA $6.4M YOY (FY19 vs. FY18), returning the brand to positive EBITDA of $1.6M in 2nd year of turnaround. Quality focus reduced warranty cost more than 50%.

In January, 2011, Herman Miller introduced the Collection. I assumed leadership responsibility for this Consumer and Contract business along with Geiger. • Reclaimed modern design leadership by relaunching HMI’s Collection of curated classics and new timeless designs in 2011, quadrupling revenues while increasing profitability. • Championed the 2012 entry into e-commerce, the fastest HMI consumer channel growth engine, and initiated the 2014 DWR acquisition to solidify and accelerate consumer growth.

I joined Herman Miller in 2007 as President of Geiger, guiding the company through a $4.1M one-year turnaround from $3.5M in losses in 2007 to $600K in profit in 2008. Today, Geiger is a thriving business and established industry leader among design professionals, dealers, and end-users.

Provided operations leadership for Thomasville, a $500 million furniture manufacturer with 162 dedicated retail stores, an extensive gallery program and nine US factories. • Led the development of a published pricing strategy for the internet and catalogs which extended consumer reach and drove retail store traffic. • Developed a national guaranteed freight program, established a new West Coast distribution center, and implemented a state-of-the-art inventory management and logistics and replenishment system tool to support rapid company growth.

Built and managed talented team to significant profit and sales performance levels, consistently outperforming BIFMA's industry growth percentages by a factor of three times.• Supervised three plant expansions and initiated process improvement strategies.• Created aggressive environmental programs, including the development and implementation of a GREENGUARD Certification program for HBF seating.• Directed HBF and HBF Textiles to numerous showroom design awards, many product gold and silver awards, and industry "Best of Competition" award at NeoCon trade show, June 2000.

Served as National Sales Manager and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Comforto (1984-1987), a high-end ergonomic seating company. Provided transitional Sales and Organizational Leadership when Haworth acquired Comforto (1988-1989).

Masters In Business Administration, Marketing And Leadership

Bsba, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Junior Varsity Basketball | Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity "...teamwork, sharing credit, and helping others reach.