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Brentwood, Tn, Us

Erkner, Brandenburg, De

Westerville, Ohio, Us

New York, New York, Us

Itasca, Il, Us

Member Of the Operations Committee

Waukesha, Wi, Us

Member of the Audit and Operations Committees

Sought out by the Board of Directors as the first Chief Executive to lead the transformation of SmartTruck from an R&D endeavor into a self sustaining commercial enterprise. Specific areas of focus include premium product positioning supported by go to market strategy, simplification of complex malfunctioning distribution system, cost improvement resulting in margin expansion, and long term product development plan.

Wichita, Kansas, Us

Based on professional reputation sought after by consumer products and industrial equipment companies to devise corporate value creation solutions. Forged confidential relationships with venture capital, private equity and C-suite leaders, and shared insights to drive financial improvement, technical innovation, operational performance, product development, marketing strategies and regulatory compliance initiatives.

Greenwood, Mississippi, Us

Recruited as #2 executive and successor to founder/CEO. Revived iconic luxury brand, led evolution into a mature consumer-driven enterprise, and facilitated sale. Continued leadership as a division of global corporation. Guided customer service, sales, marketing, capital investments, HR and IT. Oversaw 1K employees, 4 facilities and $125M supply chain. * Introduced best practices and business performance reviews, which improved EBIDTA 20% from loss to a double-digit gain.* Returned North America to growth after a 50% sales decline during economic recession. * Restructured international to grow emerging markets and improve mature region profit. Hired Asia General Manager; eliminated $2.5M Europe operating loss.* Monetized business resulting in 20X EBITDA sale to Middleby. Continued to drive customer and market growth as 1 of 3 remaining executives.* Evolved sales, marketing and customer service into a relevant consumer-driven multi-media model.* Served as de facto Chief Marketing Officer. Added talent, revitalized brand, and improved consumer connections through lifestyle marketing, social media strategy and customer experience engineering. * Developed customer channels to elevate brand exposure/visibility. Strengthened retail partnerships, expanded product lines, and introduced competitive price points. * Designed manufacturing, distribution and supply chain quality, compliance and performance improvement plans.* Drove a 7% SKU/inventory reduction, addressed product engineering gaps, and reduced service incident rates/warranty issues 25%.* Realigned 2-step distribution model; stopped “pushing inventory” practices.* Resolved legacy regulatory issues; negotiated 75%+ fine reduction.

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* Partnered with a investment firm on growth through acquisition plan and financing for an international home appliances business.

Led concurrent growth and transformation strategies, and established a customer-driven business model and performance improvement best practices. Held full P&L for 7 reporting segments, $150M+ capex/operating budgets and 10+ locations on 3 continents. Reported to the Board of Managers comprised of 3 ownership groups, including DDJ Capital Management, JP Morgan and Cerberus.* Educated investors on the true nature of assets and nuances of 8 semi-autonomous businesses with no real operational/market synergies. Provided strategies to grow net revenue 23%, improve EBITDA 57%, and position business for sale.* Refocused resources to growing, profitable markets, and resulted a significant EBITDA multiple at 2010 sale to Grupo Antolin.* Shifted $42M, 475-employee North America business from $7M loss in 2006 to $300K positive EBITDA. Recommended exit, initiated asset sale to Components Manufacturing Group, and developed wind down plan for remaining operations.* Aligned $153M, 850-employee, 6-location international business. Improved EBITDA 27%, drove double-digit growth in France, and positioned China to reach $20M revenue in 3 years.* Enhanced global banking relationships, and restructured EU credit agreement to expand financing improve covenants. * Outlined globalization strategy, created profitable business segments, introduced product innovation, and redefined customer value.* Focused 160-employee international product development center on cost-effective global product designs resulting in double-digit growth, Europe and Asia interior lighting market leadership, and breakthrough products for Big 3 automotive.* Forged customer relationships with Ford, Chrysler, Arrow, Allied, Future Electronics and other accounts.* Achieved “best in history” North America performance. Increased fill rates from 30% to 94% and cut A/R from 70 to 47 days.* Established low-cost EU manufacturing, and streamlined EMEA supply chain. Started Greenfield operation in Romania.

Benton Harbor, Michigan, Us

Held P&L for a major business representing 33% of total revenue for $4B+ Maytag. Following corporate restructuring, led global supply chain for 5 businesses: $3B budget, 19 facilities, ~$100M capital and 14K employees. CEO report throughout tenure.* Advanced enterprise performance improvement shifting from loss to profit for the 1st time ~2 years; improved shareholder value.* Executed “deep dive” into money-losing $600M floor care business. Identified $147M savings; recommended divestiture.* Conducted due diligence and integration planning for $325M Amana acquisition resulting in >$100M in savings.* Completed Whirlpool pre- and post-merger activities.* Developed balanced, low cost global product development and manufacturing footprint. Beat plant P&L plans 25%; generated $150M profit improvement.* Transformed 80-person disgruntled service group into a motivated, customer-focused team.* Built retail partnerships representing 60% of business. Doubled Home Depot business to $750M in 1.5 years.* Enacted “shrink to grow” strategy to shift a $700M money-losing Refrigeration business into a $1.4B market-leading, multi-brand global enterprise. * Achieved a 10%+ profit improvement, record profit/RONA and highest cash flow in company.* Eliminated non-value-added operations, reduced assets 12% for $6.5M savings, and transitioned $150M of annual capital into ROI-based self-funded initiatives.* Shifted unprofitable product line to Asia sourcing to participate in $700M market without high cost.* Realigned 6 brands into 4 categories, doubled margin growth, increased sales 200% over expectations, and launched proprietary product line for Sears.* Closed unprofitable domestic facility, saving $30M+. Reduced inventory 32%. Generated $1.7M in free cash flow and $1.5M annual savings.* Built $55M state-of-the-art Greenfield operation; opened the world’s “most efficient” facility in Mexico. Generated $17M upside.

Northville, Michigan, Us

Established growth strategies, customer value propositions and comprehensive cost, quality and service standards within a fully integrated global $150M, 725-employee business. Based on success, promoted to lead a $1B, 8.5K-employee, 17-facility OEM group.* Elevated the North American OEM business as a major corporate growth engine and “go to” customer partner. Demonstrated the power of customer relationship management, and transformed strained Ford relationship into profitable $160M account.* Shifted Aftermarket from missing targets to meeting/beating objectives. Became the most profitable operation in 18 months.

Purchase, New York, Us

Advanced through division, business unit and market level positions in the North America bottling operation, now $21B PepsiCo Americas Beverages. Earned a reputation for the “power of action” to drive profitable revenue growth and best in class performance. Built-high performance organizations and mentored staff to achieve substantial career advancement. * Promoted into first P&L leadership role with autonomy for a $120M, 500-employee, 5-facility Tampa, FL operation. Shifted from one of the worst performing markets to consistently rank #1/#2, and delivered 4 years of record performance.* Developed a cost-justified strategy to shut down antiquated facility, and secured corporate funding and local government incentives to construct a new cost-effective, efficient production and logistics operation.* Following a corporate reorganization, led a $650M, 6.5K-employee, 27-facility Florida/Georgia sales, manufacturing and distribution business to record profit growth, and returned operations to desired performance while reducing labor, capital and operating cost.* Leveraged Florida plant excess capacity to lead the start-up of a $2.5M Latin America export sales business.* Designed and executed corporate strategies across a rapid growth $545M, 465-employee, 23-facility, 3-state US division. Integrated acquired operations, consolidated facilities 20%, reduced costs 10%-15%, and launched new operations in 3 markets.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Selected for newly created management development program in the then $4B Food Division. Honed insights into the power of ideas, big picture thinking and change management to drive revenue and profit growth. Highlights:* Transformed a 100-year-old Crisco brand. Built a production facility that achieved the highest quality, lowest cost and fastest distribution out of 6 plants, reduced product development cycle time from 18 to 6 months, and successfully launched Crisco Oil. * Introduced customer-driven insights into Duncan Hines. Partnered with marketing and brand management on break-though innovation, resulting in 15%+ category growth behind strong national marketing and retail advertising/promotions.* Built a highly engineered Pringles production line on time and $3.2M under budget after 3 failed attempts by predecessors.

Bsce, Civil Engineering

Executive Program / Accelerating Sales Performance

Japan Executive Experience / Toyota Global Production System

Building Executive Influence

Productivity Through Quality