Vice President & General Manager, Compressor Business Unit
Tokyo, Jp
Executive global leader responsible for revenue, channels and product development of compressors across HVACR markets. Industries include residential and commercial Air-conditioning / Chillers, Space and Water Heating, Retail Refrigeration, Medical & Scientific and Railway / EV Bus Transport segments. Led multiple compressor plants (Japan - 2, Taiwan and China) and direct consolidation of mfg. footprint, product development and sunsetting/streamlining. Board of Director roles for joint ventures (4). • Total sales management responsibility of global revenue. Consistently achieved high single digit revenue growth year over year for period of 2017 through 2020• Delivered cost reduction initiatives through continuous Procurement, Engineering and Manufacturing improvement efforts. • Overall P/L responsibility for compressor manufacturing plant (Guangzhou, China). Full staff of Operations, Engineering, Procurement, and Quality. • Development of new variable speed products to enter adjacent market segments (Heating, Data Center, Chiller, New Energy, and Industrial Drying segments) for incremental revenue.• Built global sales and technical office network to drive incremental growth in regional revenue with expansion of channels and customer facing resources (North America, Eastern and Western Europe, Middle East & Africa, India, Southeast Asia and China). • Vice Chairman for Shanghai Highly Electrical Company (Rotary compressor manufacturer for HVACR, a subsidiary of Shanghai Electric), and Director for both Highly India Electrical Company (HIEC-Rotary compressors, India) and Johnson Controls – Hitachi Wanbao (Guangzhou) Ltd.