Ownership of product strategy and roadmap. Oversight of design engineering and manufacturing of solutions for enterprise and education verticals. Implemented NPI phase gate process resulting in efficient route to market. Strategic business development with OEM partners. Spearheaded reshoring of manufacturing back to USA. Key contributions include increase in market share, greater average transaction values and doubling of gross margins.

Category owner for leading iOS based AIDC solutions (barcode scanners, RFID readers), mobile POS solutions along with the supporting SDK and suite of mobile applications. Categories managed delivered $40M in annual revenue (80% of total company revenue). Developed the product line strategy and roadmap. Led discovery process for strategic customer programs. Leveraged agile methodology to manage software development. Curated product positioning and go to market strategy. Responsible for complete product lifecycle management.

Owned strategy, route to market and operational execution for an upstart, consumer life-style brand dedicated to delivering better mobility experiences. Successfully launched and delivered multiple crowd funding campaigns. Facilitated the overhaul of the company e-commerce platform and fulfillment network.

Contract position with upstart business focused on technology solutions for hospitality vertical servicing major hotel, restaurant and shopping mall chains. Successfully executed original objective of developing a multi-source supply chain. Focus then shifted to development and execution of product line strategy and roadmap resulting a product assortment with solutions for all tiers of customers. Collaborated on evolving the business strategy into an AdTech/SaaS platform that successfully completed pilot testing a major hotel chain just ahead of COVID-19 shut down.

Utilized competitive analysis to develop product line and go to market strategy for Incase branded power category. Developed product road map, created detailed MRD/PRD and led channel enablement activities.

Developed the business case and championed the development of a range of USB-C accessories to address emerging market needs. Collaborated on the route to market strategy, managed the NPI phase gate process and supported channel engagement.

Developed the product line strategy to drive attach rate, to increase ASP and to grow revenue. Successfully launched key line extensions and new product categories to deliver a more robust assortment. Managed all aspects of the product organization including marketing, NPI process, PLM, manufacturing and supply chain.

Product Development: Responsible for multi-national R&D and Product Management Team consisting of 10 engineers (HW, FW & SW) and 4 product managers. Responsible for driving the technology roadmap and executing the product roadmap that delivered an assortment of power and IoT solutions ultimately white-labeled by popular brands worldwide.Business Development: Introduced the strategy of pursuing new category of start-up clients which resulted in significant incremental revenue delivering greater profit margins. Expanded business model by also penning distribution agreement with the start-up clients to establish a secondary, yet greater revenue channel.

• Executed global manufacturing and supply agreements with supply chain partners.• Negotiated aggressive cost reductions programs with all tiers of vendors.• Successfully achieved over $10 million in cost reductions.• Improved company cash flow position by negotiating for Net75/Net90 payment terms.• Performed vendor evaluations and audits.• Instituted vendor performance measurement program.• Regular travel to Asia for onsite quarterly business reviews.• Achieved major improvements in asset management performance by reducing inventory levels 50%, reducing manufacturing lead times by half and by facilitating better linkage between sales and operations.• Development of document control process specific to BOM, specifications and ECR/ECO management.